Herbert Leroy TEW

TEW, EVANS, ZEIGLER, VANDYKE, REEDIZ

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/16/2010 at 09:58:13

April 15, 2010
Wright County Monitor, Clarion, Iowa

Herbert Leroy Tew was born February 26, 1921 in Grinnell, Iowa, the son of Donald, Sr. and Evelyn (Evans) Tew. Herb passed away Thursday, April 8, 2010 at Wright Medical Center. He was 89 years old. A private memorial service was held at the Ewing Funeral Home on Saturday, April 10. Interment was at the Evergreen Cemetery in Clarion on Monday, April 12. Herb attended school in Grinnell and graduated from Grinnell High School in 1939. Following graduation, he worked as a setup man for John Deere until World War II when he enlisted in the Navy. He served at Pearl Harbor; arriving shortly after the attack where he served as an activation mechanic. He and his father, Don, were both members of the John Deere 600 Man Battalion during World War II.

He married Edna L. Zeigler on December 16, 1948 at St John's Lutheran Church in Corwith. Herb and Edna lived in Huxley and Kanawha where Herb worked as a John Deere mechanic before settling in Clarion where he worked for Claude Banwell John Deere until it closed. He then worked for Clarion's Massey Ferguson and as a shop mechanic for Wright County until he retired in 1985.

Herb is survived by his children: Paul (Pam) Tew, Dwight (Roberta) Tew, and Carol VanDyke; eight grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; two brothers Donald Tew, Jr. and Wayne (Lynn) Tew; one sister, Maxine Reediz, sister-in-law Maxine Zeigler; and numerous nieces and nephews.