John B. McCann (1923-2008)

MCCANN, REED, SOUTHWICK, SCHNEIDER, LEUENHAGEN, WAMPLER, KELLY, HENDERSON, RAE

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 7/27/2008 at 10:59:12

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Sunday, July 27, 2008.

Dec. 28, 1923-July 26, 2008

John B. McCann, 84, of Story City, died Saturday, July 26, at Bethany Manor in Story City. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 28, at Bethany Manor Chapel in Story City. Burial will be in Gilbert Cemetery after the service and a time of fellowship. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Bethany Manor in Story City.

John was born Dec. 28, 1923, in Lincoln Township, Harrison County near Woodbine. He was the son of Leslie J. and Alice (Reed) McCann. He married Dorothy E. Southwick on Aug. 3, 1948, in Kingsley, Iowa. She preceded him in death on March 5, 1986. He attended country school and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1942. He served in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific on the USS Vicksburg as a radar man from 1944 to 1946. Following his service, he attended Iowa State College in Ames from 1947-1948.

He farmed in the Ames and Gilbert area. While in college and while farming, he worked as a baker at Purity Bakery, Fareway, Ferguson's Bakery and Hy-Vee, all in Ames. He enjoyed working with his farm neighbors and visiting his many, many friends, often taking them donuts he had baked. He loved farming, feeding cattle and raising seed corn and was proud of his Irish heritage. He had many gifts, one of which was the way he fostered young people and challenged them to reach their greatest potential.

He is survived by one son, James E. McCann and his wife, Mary Ann, of Gilbert; two daughters, Carol Schneider and her husband, John Schneider, of Le Mars, and Rebecca Leuenhagen and her husband, Bryan Leuenhagen, of Meridian, Idaho; and grandchildren Jo Ellen and Andrew Schneider of Ames, and Nicholas Leuenhagen of Meridian, Idaho; step-grandson, Robert Wampler; step-granddaughter, Carol Kelly and her husband, Jerry, of Ames; great-grandchildren Megan, Brandon, Nichol and Nathan Kelly of Ames; brothers, Joe of Guthrie Center, Dean and Bill of Colorado; sister, Connie Henderson of Cedar Falls; and many nieces and nephews. Two special friends and companions he enjoyed sharing time with include the late Grace Johnson and Rose Trca.

He was preceded in death by a grandson, David Michael McCann; his parents; and a sister, Ellen Rae.

Memorials may be made to Homeward Hospice, 400 S. Dakota Ave., Ames, IA 50014, and the Story County 4-H Foundation, P.O. Box 118, Nevada, IA 50201.

Soderstrum Funeral Home in Story City is in charge of the arrangements.

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