Jack Porter Stream, 1923-2010

STREAM, PORTER, OWEN, FAUVER, LIPPOLD, CHAPLIN, GRAVES, PUSHCAR, LAMBERTSON

Posted By: Connie
Date: 8/2/2010 at 17:51:32

Creston News Advertiser, Creston, Iowa
Wednesday, July 21, 2010, Page 2A

Dr. Jack Stream,87, of Creston died July 19, 2010, at Greater Regional Hospice Home. Services will be 2:30 p.m. Friday, July 23, at Pearson-Coen-Beaty Family Funeral Service, 809 W. Montgomery St. Mary O'Riley will officiate. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery. Open visitation will be 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday with family present 6 to 8 p.m. and 9 a.m. Friday until the time of service at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to Greater Regional Hospice Home and/or C. A.R.E. (Creston Animal Rescue Effort). Online condolences may be left at www.pearson-funeralhomes.com. Dr,. Jack Porter Stream, son of Alice Lydia (Porter) and Harry S. Stream, was born May 4, 1923, in Galesburg, Illinois. Jack lived all of his life in Creston. Jack graduated from Creston High School in 1941. Jack served in the United States Army during World War II in the European Theatre from 1943-1946. On February 18, 1946, Jack married Lorraine Owen in El Paso, Texas. Jack attended University of Nebraska in Lincoln for three and a half years and graduated from Iowa State University in 1951 with a doctor of veterinary science degree. Jack returned from college and began working in 1951, then went into a partnership with Dr. Les Edrington. Together they built Creston Veterinary Clinic on Townline Road. Jack practiced medicine in Creston from 1951 until 1990. Jack served as secretary treasurer and president of Southwest Iowa Veterinary Association and past president of Crestmoor Golf Club. He also served on the advisory committee of Iowa State University School of Veterinary Medicine, was a member and president of Creston School Board and Kiwanis and was a member of the Elks Club and Eagles Lodge. Jack is survived by his wife, Lorraine Stream, of Creston; daughters, Cheryl (husband Loren) Fauver of Reno, Nevada, and Vicki (husband Jim) Lippold of Lincoln, Nebraska; sons Steven (wife Jeannie) Stream of Rossville, Illinois and Scott Stream of Incline Village, Nevada; grandchildren, Bree Chaplin, Bryce Fauver, Josh Stream, Janessa Graves, Austin Pushcar, Callie Stream, Ciara Lambertson and Jordan Stream and great-granddaughters, Makenna and Makayla Fauver. Jack was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents, Frank and Matilda Stream, who raised Jack.