Robert Adams Dana (1907-1988)

DANA, ADAMS, DOLECHECK

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 12/17/2013 at 14:23:26

From Nevada Journal February 1988

ROBERT ADAMS DANA

Robert Adams Dana, 80, of 1891 9th St., Nevada IA, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 1988, at Story County Hospital in Nevada.

He was born Aug. 6, 1907, in Cambridge IA to Harry and May (Adams) Dana. They moved to Nevada in 1916.

Mr. Dana attended the public school in Nevada and accounting school in Washington DC. He worked for the Perry (IA) Bank, Clark Brown Grain Co., Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. and Nevada Poultry Co., all in accounting. He then had his own business, Dana Bookkeeping and Tax Service, until his retirement.

On June 10, 1938, he was married to Louise Dolecheck. They had two sons, Paul Robert Dana, now of Waynesboro VA, and Thomas Harry Dana, now of Hillsboro OR.

Mr. Dana had been active in Rotary Club, in Central Presbyterian Church in Nevada, and in many community affairs.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, at Cooper-Ryan Funeral Home, 5th St. and Lincoln Hwy., Nevada, with Rev. Brad Braley of Central Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment will be in Nevada Cemetery, Nevada.

Mr. Dana's survivors include his wife, Louise Dolecheck Dana; the two sons, and three grandchildren.

Visitation will be held at the funeral home Tuesday, Feb. 23, from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m.