Brockway, Larry Lee 1951 - 2016

BROCKWAY, CLINE, THORNTON, NEY, MCGEE, TIESKOETTER, HANNAH, HUMPAL, LECHTENBERG, MCKEE

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 1/29/2016 at 15:00:56

Obituary for Larry Lee Brockway
Larry Lee Brockway age 64 of Castalia, Iowa died Saturday, January 23, 2016, at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah.

Friends may greet the family 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Friday, January 29, 2016, at Zion Lutheran Church in Castalia. Visitation continues an hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.

A Memorial Service will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 30, 2016, at Zion Lutheran Church in Castalia with Pastor Allan Wick officiating.

A private family burial will be held at a later date.

Larry Lee Brockway was born April 15, 1951, in West Union, Iowa, the son of Donald and Rosemary (Cline) Brockway. He attended Dover #6 country school, Postville High School, and graduated from South Winneshiek High School in 1969.

The years following high school, Larry farmed, worked for Tuohy Furniture Corp., The Luana Creamery, and started working for Winneshiek County Road Department in 1976. Throughout these years, he also hauled milk for various haulers. Larry Served on city council and was on the Castalia volunteer fire department where he served as the chief for many years.

On June 15, 1974, he was united in marriage to Kathy Thornton at Zion Lutheran Church in Castalia, Iowa. Together they had three daughters, Jodi, Brandi, and Lisa.

Larry worked for the county for 40 years retiring in November of 2015. He enjoyed fishing, golfing, playing cards, going on tours with his "trusty rusty", hunting, sports (Vikings & Hawkeyes), grilling, socializing at the shed, and especially spending time with his family. Larry was truly one of a kind and will forever be missed.

Larry is survived by his wife of 41 years, Kathy (Thornton) Brockway of Castalia, IA; three daughters, Jodi (Kendall) Ney of Erie, IL, Brandi (Cory) Mcgee of Ossian, IA, Lisa (Russell) Tieskoetter of Ossian, IA; grandchildren, Tanner Brockway and Mason Ney, Olivia (her friend Nick Bucheit) Hannah and Sadie Mcgee, Owen, Brody, and Hayden Tieskoetter; two brothers, Donald (Kay) Brockway of Preston, MN, Gary (Lori) Brockway of Postville, IA; twin sister, Jeri (Tom) Humpal of Ridgeway, IA; two brothers-in-law, Larry Lechtenberg of Festina, IA, Rick Thornton of Decorah, IA; father-in-law, Lloyd Thornton of Fulton, TX; aunt, Betty Cline of Waterloo, IA; uncle, Walt Brockway of Waterloo, IA; along with many nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and his beloved dog Rusty.

Larry was preceded in death by his parents, Donald and Rosemary (Cline) Brockway; mother-in-law, Marian Thornton; sister, Dawn Lechtenberg; niece and nephew, Kimberly and Cory Lechtenberg; sister-in-law, Terri Mckee.

Source: Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home database

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