Melvin Walter WEIDEMANN

WEIDEMANN, FANSELOW, MILLER, FINNEY, SNODGRASS, DORENKAMP, SMIT, GREEN, KELLER, BOLL

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/24/2013 at 12:21:57

January 1, 1945 --- June 15, 2013

Melvin Walter Weidemann, 68, of Dows, Iowa, passed away peacefully Saturday, June 15, 2013, at Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City, Iowa. He was born on January 1, 1945, in Dows, Iowa, to Walter H. and Mabel (Fanselow) Weidemann. Mel graduated from Dows High School in 1963. He married Nancy Miller in 1968 and later married Cindy Finney in 1987. Mel served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He worked for Georgia Pacific in Atlanta, Georgia, for twenty-seven years and later owned and operated Scooters Bar in Dows for eight years. Mel was a former member of the Vernon Lutheran Church in rural Dows and a current member of the First Lutheran Church in Dows. He enjoyed fishing, camping, spending time at the Weidemann cabin on Napoleon Lake in Minnesota, and cooking for his family; fish fry's were his specialty.

Mel is survived by his children Chris (Carolyn) Weidemann of Augusta, Georgia, Heather (Hughey) Snodgrass of Modoc, South Carolina, Sean Weidemann of Garner and Nick Weidemann of Garner, grandchildren Josh, Amber, Kayle, Chloe and Brooklyn, great-granddaughter Kaliah Dorenkamp, siblings William B. (Beverly) Weidemann of Dows, Dora Sue Smit of Hampton, Jon Weidemann of Angora, Minnesota, Merle (Inez) Weidemann of Dows, Kathryn (Randy) Green of Austin, Texas and Karen (Sam) Keller of Papillion, Nebraska, along with numerous nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Walter and Mabel, sister Donna Rae Boll and brother-in-law Dennis Smit.

Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 29, 2013, at the Fairview Cemetery in Dows, with Rev. Arthur J. Zewert officiating.

Sietsema-Vogel Funeral Home
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