Gaylord D. MATHEWS

MATHEWS, DAKINS, HANSEN, TOLSTRUP, HARRISON, SCHMIDT

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/2/2009 at 00:19:13

Gaylord D. Mathews, 86, of Cedar Falls, died at home on Monday, October 29, 2007. Gaylord was born September 12, 1921 in Woolstock, Iowa, the son of John & Edith (Dakins) Mathews. He married Marcella K. Hansen July 15, 1961 in Cedar Falls. She preceded him in death December 9, 2004. Gaylord served in the U.S. Army Air Corp during WWII. He was owner and operator of Iowa Distributing Company in Cedar Falls for thirty years, retiring 1993. Gaylord was a member of the American Legion and the Cedar Falls AMVETS.

Survivors include his sister, Melba (Jerry) Tolstrup, of Webster City, Iowa, a niece, Gail Harrison, of Blountville, Tennessee and a nephew, David Schmidt, of Woolstock, Iowa, and many other nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife and two brothers, Lyle and Donald Mathews.

Services will be 1:30 pm Thursday, November 1, 2007, at Nazareth Lutheran Church Chapel, with interment at Greenwood Cemetery, both in Cedar Falls. Military honors will be conducted by Cedar Falls AMVETS Post 49. Visitation will be one hour before service at the church. Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice or the Senior Activity Program, 528 Main St., Cedar Falls.

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