Forrest Raymond DAWSON

DAWSON, SHIREY, PAUL, HENNAGER, JONES, KAYSER, LITTLE, RICHARDS, KALE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/18/2007 at 22:00:34

Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
June 13, 2006

Forrest R. Dawson (1922-2006)

OELWEIN — Forrest Raymond Dawson, 83, of Waverly, formerly of Oelwein and Boone, died Monday, June 12, at Bartels Lutheran Home, Waverly, from complications of a stroke. He was born Sept. 21, 1922, in Meyerthorpe, Alberta, Canada, son of Raymond and Mabel Shirey Dawson. He married Betty Mac Paul on Dec. 16, 1945, on the family farm near Laurel. She died March 5, 2003. Mr. Dawson graduated from East High School in Des Moines and from Central College, Pella. He served aboard the USS Nelson in the U.S. Navy during World War II as chief lieutenant. He then attended Drake University, Des Moines, where he worked towards a master’s degree in math and science. He taught math and science at Clarion for several years, then worked in the office as an engineer for the Chicago Great Western Railroad in Oelwein, the Rock Island Railroad in Ankeny and the Northwestern Railroad in Boone.

Survivors include: two daughters, Gale (Dan) Hennager of Waverly and Joan (Dan) Jones of Grinnell; a son, Paul (Joyce) of Elgin, Ill.; five grandchildren, Dr. Krista (Pete) Kayser of Lone Tree, Dr. D.J. (J.J.) Hennager of Iowa City, Holly (Justin) Little of Waverly, Matt (Amanda) Jones of Lynnville and Angie (Dave) Richards of Newton; nine great-grandchildren, Gaby, Kenna and Evan Kayser, Ella and Celi Hennager, Jackson and Sidney Little, Bryce Richards and Morgan Jones; a sister, Joy Kale of St. Augustine, Fla.; and a brother, Leo (Martha) of Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada.

Memorial services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Messiah Lutheran Church, Janesville, with inurnment at 2:30 p.m. in Prairie View Cemetery, Gilman. Public visitation 4 to 8 p.m. today at Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home, Oelwein. Memorial fund: has been established.