William Douglas PINKHAM

PINKHAM, SHORT, SAILER, CARLO, HANSON, FORSYTH, YINUY, SCHINKE, GOWDY, FOUST

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/20/2011 at 22:30:32

August 5, 1928 ---- August 20, 2011

William Douglas "Doug" Pinkham, 83, Clear Lake

Doug died after a short illness on Aug. 20, 2011, at Oakwood Care Center, Clear Lake. Doug was a resident at Apple Valley Assisted Living, Clear Lake. A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake, with the Rev. Dennis Ganz officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, and one hour preceding the service at Ward-Van Slyke. Military honors will be provided by the Clear Lake VFW, with inurnment at a later date. Memorials may be given to the William Douglas Pinkham Memorial Fund.

Doug was born Aug. 5, 1928, to Charles and Beula (Short) Pinkham. Doug grew up in Cedar Falls and was an accomplished athlete at the Iowa State Teachers College High School. Doug was named to the IDPA second team and Des Moines Register third team All-State football teams as an end in 1945. Doug placed third in the 440-yard dash at the Iowa state track meet in 1945 and 1946 when the entire state competed in one class. Doug graduated from Iowa State Teachers College and was working his first teaching job in Rowan when he was drafted to serve in the U.S. Army in Germany during the Korean War. Doug coached high school football at Nashua from 1953 to 1960, where he was 46-14-3, including a 26-game winning streak, won four Corn Bowl Conference Championships and a "mythical" small school state championship. Doug then worked for his father, Charlie, at Iowa Sports Supply until 1964, when he returned to coaching at West Marshall in State Center, where he was 94-26-2 including a 25-game winning streak and six conference titles. In 1970 Doug was named the IFCA and Des Moines Register's prep coach of the year. Doug retired from coaching in 1978 to enter private business and sales. In 1983 Doug was inducted into the Iowa Football Coaches Hall of Fame.

Doug is survived by his brothers Tom (Xu Yinyu) Pinkham of Shanghai, China, and Neil (Evangaline) Pinkham of Boulder, Colo.; his sister, Rachael (Jon) Sailer of Roanoke, Va.; children David (Sheryl) Pinkham of Cottonwood Heights, Utah, Sue Schinke of Delano, Minn., and Kay Gowdy of Allen, Texas; grandchildren Jamie (Steven) Foust, James Schinke, Tara Schinke and Katelyn Pinkham; great-grandchild Preston Foust; and first wife Barbara Pinkham of Clear Lake. Doug was preceded in death by his parents; stepmother Sarah; sister Dolores Carlo; and second wife Jeanyce Hanson Forsyth Pinkham. Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake, IA;

Waterloo Courier - Iowa
August 23, 2011