Owen Joseph Bainbridge 1924-2012

BAINBRIDGE PLUMMER DAVIS

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 11/23/2012 at 22:59:24

Sioux City Journal
November 13, 2012

ANTHON, Iowa | Owen J. Bainbridge, 88, of Schaller. Iowa, a former longtime Anthon resident, passed away Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, at Correctionville Nursing and Rehab Center in Correctionville, Iowa.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Armstrong Funeral Home, 402 East Brady Street, in Anthon. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, with military rites provided by American Legion McNiff Post 389 of Anthon. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at the funeral home. Online condolences can be directed to the family at www.armstrongfuneral.com where the obituary can also be found.

Owen Joseph Bainbridge was born on Feb. 23, 1924, in Kingsley, Iowa, the son of Joseph Cecil and Ruth Esther (Plummer) Bainbridge. He attended school at Washta, Iowa and later at Oto, Iowa.

On Sept. 11, 1943, Owen married Geraldine Faye Davis in Sioux City. The couple had three children and resided in rural Anthon. He worked for area farmers and at Shelgren Cream Station. He also did plumbing work in the area but primarily was employed with the city of Anthon for an extended period of time, retiring in 1986. Geraldine passed away on July 23, 1994. Owen moved to Schaller in 2001.

He served his country during World War II from 1944 to 1945, being honorably discharged following an injury. He was a member of American Legion McNiff Post 389 of Anthon.

Survivors include two daughters, Brenda Snyder and her husband Mike of Schaller, and Sis Putzier of Anthon; one son, Larry Bainbridge of Cherokee, Iowa; one brother, John "Jack" Bainbridge and his wife Nancy of Smithland, Iowa; one sister, Phyllis Struble and her husband LeRoy of Sioux City; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

Along with his wife, Owen was preceded in death by his parents; two grandchildren, Freddie Putzier, Jr. and Brandi Jean Bainbridge; a son-in-law, Fritz Putzier; and two brothers, Loren and Ward Bainbridge.