Kevin John DRYER

DRYER, BLOSCH, DILGER, GOEDICKE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/27/2012 at 23:22:17

February 14, 1975 ---- March 5, 2012

GOODELL — Kevin John Dryer, 37, of Goodell, Iowa, and formerly of Otter Creek, Iowa, died Monday, March 5, 2012, at his home of a dilated heart. A visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 8, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. Visitation will be held at the St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Otter Creek, on Saturday, March 10, from 10-11 a.m. followed by funeral services at 11 a.m. on Saturday, with Father James Chappell officiating. Interment will follow at St. Lawrence Catholic Church cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Kevin J. Dryer memorial fund in care of the family.

Kevin John Dryer was born February 14, 1975, in Dubuque, the son of Allen and Donna (Blosch) Dryer. He attended school in Maquoketa, graduating in 1993. While in high school he was active in FFA. He worked construction for many years before starting work at Wal-Mart in 2000. He worked in the Waverly, Cedar Falls and Mason City, where he was currently was working as an overnight stocker. On June 6, 2005, he started his life with Anita (Dilger) Goedicke, and their daughter, Shelie, was born in 2006. Kevin was a wonderful husband and father who made his family happy and loved every day. The three of them were very close to his parents, and he will be forever missed by his family and friends. He loved pulling trucks with his father and was a member of Heartland Truck Pullers.

He is survived by his partner, Anita Goedicke; his daughter, Shelie; parents, Allen and Donna Dryer; and two brothers and their families. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Arthur and Mary Ann Blosch and Alvin and Florence Dryer. Arrangements are with Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, IA.

March 8, 2012
Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa