Donald Hundley (1928-2007)

HUNDLEY, HARMS, DURNS, MCCARGAR, HILL

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 10/7/2007 at 07:56:53

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Sunday, October 7, 2007.

July 29, 1928-Oct. 5, 2007

Donald Hundley, 79, of LeGrand, returned to the loving arms of the Lord on Friday, Oct. 5, at Grandview Heights Care Center while in their care. His death came peacefully at 5:15 p.m.

Funeral services celebrating his life will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown. He will be laid to rest in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery at Haverhill with a time of fellowship following at the hospi tality room of the funeral home. Friends may call at Mitchell Family Funeral Home from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Oct. 9, with a 7:30 p.m. vigil service. For condolences, please visit www.mitchellfh.com. A memorial fund is being established. Mitchell Family Funeral Home, (641) 844-1234, is caring for Donald and his family.

Don was born on July 29, 1928, to James and Margarita (Harms) Hundley in Waterloo. He was raised in the area and graduated from Iowa School of the Deaf in Council Bluffs in 1947. He married Betty Durns, of Cedar Falls, in 1953. He worked at Montgomery Wards in Waterloo and then as a linotype operator for Holst Printing in Cedar Falls until 1955. In 1995, they moved to Marshalltown, and he worked as a linotype operator for Marshall Printing and was in the Local 414. From 1958 to 1974, he worked at the Marshalltown Times-Republican as a linotype operator. He worked two years in the Des Moines area as a linotype operator for several companies. From 1976 to 1986, he worked at the East Marshall School as a custodian. In 1986, he started at the U.S. Post Office in Cedar Rapids as a mail handler and retired in 1994.

He and his wife moved to LeGrand in 1969 and raised five children. He liked to build model cars and airplanes, watch soap operas, spending time with his family and dog Woodruff "Woody," camping and enjoyed old cars.

He leaves behind his wife, Betty, of 54 years, children Dean, of Nevada; Linda (Les) McCargar, of Gilman; Gordon (Karen), of Ankeny; Randy, of Melbourne; and Kevin (Tracy), of Marshalltown; five grandchildren; one sister Joann Hill, of Las Vegas; one brother Bert McGuire, of Waterloo; and his dog, Woody.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers Raleigh and William McGuire; and an infant sister, Annabelle.

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