Robert Dimmitt 1919 - 2006

DIMMITT, NEWQUIST, GREGORY, MULLEN, WATTERS

Posted By: Mary (email)
Date: 12/30/2006 at 11:26:10

Ottumwa Courier dated December 29, 2006 10:05 p.m.

ROBERT DIMMITT, 87 AGENCY

AGENCY - Robert O. Dimmitt, 87 of 338 Farringston, Agency, died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006 at home.

He was born Jan. 13, 1919 in Hawarden, Saskatchewan, Canada to Noble Orville and Mary J. Campbell Dimmitt. He married Marian Newquist June 16, 1946 in Ottumwa.

He served in World WW 11 from April 9, 1941 to June 16, 1945. During his service time, he was involved in the invasion of North Africa at Algiers and was taken prisoner by the German's in 1943 and released in 1945. He farmed in Wapello County from 1946 until moving to Agency into 1992.

He was a very active member of the Agency Methodist Church, served as Secretary, Treasurer and Vice - President of the Wapello County Farm Bureau, was boys assistant 4 - H Leader, member of the Agency Lions Club and worked with Wapello County Historical Society where he served as President the year the society moved from Chester Avenue to the Burlington Depot.

Survivors include his wife, Marian of Agency; a son Wendel (Becky) Dimmitt of Ottumwa; a daughter, Marilyn (Jack Gregory) of Independence, Kas; two granddaughters, Anna and Elizabeth Gregory; two brothers Kenneth of Texas and Colin of California and two sisters, Ethel Jean Mullen of Des Moines and Helen "Judy" Watters of California.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Margaret Dimmitt; two brothers, Wayne and Stanley, and a granddaughter, Paige Dimmitt.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007 at Agency Methodist Church with Pastor Bob Dvorak officiating. Burial will be in Agency Cemetery with O.B. Nelson Post #3 American Legion Service.

Open visitation begins 10 a.m. Monday, January 1, 2007 at Robertson - Jay Funeral Home with the family present 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Memorials may be made to Wapello County Historical Society or Agency Methodist Church.