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Daryl A. McCall
Dec. 24, 1925 - Nov. 6, 2001
Daryl A. McCall, 75, of Keokuk, died Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 6, 2001, at his home.
He was born on Dec. 24, 1925, in Ottumwa, the son of Raymond and Ada McCall. He married Mildred "Millie" Faucett Neal on Sept. 16, 1961, in Keokuk. She survives.
Additional survivors include: five sons, Kimm Raymond McCall of Charleston, S.C., Franklin A. Neal-McCall and his wife, Carol, Kirby L. McCall and his wife, Cathy and Mitchell J. McCall and his wife, Julie, all of Keokuk and Brian Scott Neal and his wife, Glenda, of Rock Island, Ill.; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Roland "Chub" McCall and Robert McCall and his wife, Jane, all of Des Moines; an aunt, Mrs. Harold McCall of Ottumwa; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
He served in the United States Marines during World War II. IN 1945 he was awarded the Purple Heart on Iwo Jima. He had lived in Keokuk since 1951.
Mr. McCall was a florist and owned Flowers by Daryl and later owned Finders Keepers Antique Mall.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Davenport Scottish Rite, KAABA Shrine, Keokuk Fez Club, past captain of the Keokuk Chiefs Shrine Patrol, past exalted ruler of B.P.O. Elks, Keokuk Lodge #106, past member and secretary of Keokuk Lions Club and a member of American Legion Post #41 and V.F.W. Post #3508.
Mr. McCall was of the Methodist faith.
Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Friday at DeJong's Funeral Home in Keokuk. The eulogy will be given by Mitchell McCall.
Burial with military rites will be in Keokuk National Cemetery.
Visitation is after 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with family meeting friends from 7 to 9 p.m. A public Masonic memorial service will be at 7 p.m.
H. Wendell Spangler
July 3, 1916 - Oct. 20, 2002
H. Wendell Spangler, 86, a longtime resident of Warsaw, Ill., recently a resident of River Hills Village in Keokuk, died at 3:40 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, 2002, at River Hills Village.
He was born on July 3, 1916, near Webster, Hancock County, Ill., the son of Harry E. and Agnes Callahan Spangler. He married Dorothy Fletcher on Aug. 15, 1937, in Warsaw. She preceded him in death.
Survivors include: a daughter, Mary Anne (and Gary) Scott of Indianapolis, Ind.; a son, Terry (and Julie) Spangler of Warsaw; two sisters, Helen Foster of Sterling, Ill., and Mary Iungerich of Sun Lakes, Ariz.; two grandsons, Nathan Scott and Damon Scott; and three stepgrandchildren, Michelle Watson, Candi Moore and Wendi Buysse.
He also was preceded in death by his parents.
He graduated from Fountain Green and Webster, Ill., schools and from Western Illinois University, Macomb, receiving his master's degree in education.
Mr. Spangler was a lifelong educator and began his teaching career in a one room schoolhouse near Fountain Green, teaching all 12 grades.
In 1948, after earning his master's he went to the Warsaw School District, serving first as principal of the high school and then as district superintendent.
After nearly 20 years in the Warsaw School District, he worked for the State Department of Education under Ray Page, State Superintendent of Schools.
Following this appointment, he worked for the federal C.E.T.A. job training program. He then returned to teaching part-time in the Warsaw schools as a reading specialist and mentor.
During his retirement years, he served on the Policy Committee and the Board of Directors for the West Central Illinois P.A.C.T. (Parent and Child Together).
Mr. Spangler was a volunteer with the Bloodmobile and Meals on Wheels and was active in the Illinois Retired Teachers Association. He was a life member of the Masonic Lodge in Warsaw.
Mr. Spangler served on the Warsaw Park Board and was active in the Warsaw Coon-hunters' Association. He was well-known for raising and training championship coon-hounds.
Mr. Spangler was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church of Warsaw for more than 50 years, serving as an elder, deacon and adult Sunday school teacher.
Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church in Warsaw, with Rev. Bill Olmsted officiating.
Burial will be held in the Moss Ridge Cemetery , Carthage, Ill.
Family will meet friends from 9 a.m. Wednesday until the time of services at the church.
Memorials in his memory may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Warsaw or any charity of the donor's choice.
Lamporte Funeral Home of Warsaw is in charge of arrangements.
Nancy C. Rule
Feb. 10, 1952 - Feb. 28, 2003
MONTROSE - Nancy C. Rule, 51, of Montrose, died Feb. 28, 2003, at Fort Madison Community Hospital.
She was born Feb. 10, 1952, in Anniston, Ala., the daughter of George and Bobbie Machen Hardy. She married Harry Rule on Oct. 4, 1980, in Fort Jackson, S.C. He survives.
Additional survivors include: two sons, Harry "Lee" Rule Jr. of Greenville, S.C., and Chris Rule of Montrose; two stepdaughters, Jamie Morgan of Keokuk and Ann Kendall of Seattle, Wash.; two stepsons, Michael Rule of Sacramento, Calif., and Eric Rule of Burlington; six grandchildren; her mother of Orangeburg, S.C.; two brothers, George Steven Hardy of Greenville and Allan David Hardy of Jackson S.C.
She was preceded in death by her father.
She and her husband moved to Montrose in 1991, from Columbia S.C.
She had been employed as a registered nurse by Fort Madison Community Hospital for 11 years.
Mrs. Rule was a member of the Faith Christian Outreach Church in Mount Pleasant. She loved to read and make ceramics.
Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Vigen Memorial Home in Keokuk, with the Rev. Monte Knudsen officiating.
Burial will be in the Montrose Cemetery.
Visitation is today at the funeral home, with family meeting with friends from 7 to 9 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the Faith Christian Outreach Church or Fort Madison Community Hospital.
Leo R. Schneider
Oct. 25, 1928 - Feb. 27, 2003
SARASOTA, Fla. - Leo R. Schneider, 74, of Sarasota, Fla., died Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003, at Kensington Manor in Sarasota, Fla.
He was born on Oct. 25, 1928, in Freeport, Ill., the son of George and Marie Deery Schneider. He married Marjorie Piggott on June 26, 1966, at the Bethel Presbyterian Church in Hamilton, Ill. She survives in Sarasota.
Additional survivors include: two brothers, George Schneider of Elgin, Ill; and Norman Schneider of Freeport.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Jim.
Mr. Schneider was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served for two years.
He had been employed as a draftsman at the Structo and Rexam companies.
Mr. Schneider enjoyed boating, fishing and playing the organ.
Graveside services are at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Oakwood Cemetery
in Hamilton, with Robert Wagner officiating. A flag presentation will be held at the graveside by Hamilton V.F.W. Post #5256.
Memorials have been established.
Lamporte Funeral Home of Hamilton is in charge of arrangements.
Eugene 'Gene' Max Lucas
Aug. 23, 1931 - April 16, 2002
Eugene "Gene" Max Lucas, 70, of Keokuk, died at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, 2002, at his home.
He was born on Aug. 23, 1931, in Des Moines, the son of Max and Madalin Pecenka Lucas. He married Mary Lu Heslop on Aug. 16, 1953, in Eldora. She survives.
Additional survivors include: four children, Susan Jo Lucas and her partner, Rob Bergstrom of Fort Madison, Jeff Lucas and his wife, Christina, of Chicago, Jennifer Noel and her husband, Kirk, of Ankeny and Scott Lucas of Denver, Colo.; two grandsons, Seth Noel and Kaleb Noel of Ankeny; an aunt, Lillian White of Madrid; sisters and brothers-in-law, Lois and Keith Strother of Arnolds Park, Rita and Jim Heslop of Banning, Calif., Nancy and Jim Flickinger of Florence, Mass., and Carol Lucas of Keokuk; several nieces and nephews; and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his father on Dec. 15, 1947 and his only sibling, Jerry G. Lucas on Jan. 28, 2001.
He grew up in Madrid, graduating from Madrid High School with the class of 1949.
Mr. Lucas attended Simpson College in Indianola and later Drake University night school in Des Moines.
He served in the United States Army from 1954 through 1956, with tours of duty in Salzburg, Austria and Vicenza, Italy.
Mr. Lucas worked his entire life as a printer. Starting as a teenager he worked at his grandfather Lucas' printing company, Western Printing & Lithographing, in Madrid, along with his father and two uncles. In June 1962 he moved his family to Keokuk when he purchased the Hill Printing Company. He and his brother, Jerry, operated Hill Printing until they sold it in 1994. He then continued working with his brother in their Foil Graphics business until January 2001.
Mr. Lucas loved to fish, especially on White Fish Lake in
Minnesota with his children and grandsons. In the spring he enjoyed the challenge of mushroom hunting.
He was also an avid Hawkeye and St. Louis Cardinal fan.
A memorial service will be held at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Keokuk at 2 p.m. Saturday.
The body will be cremated.
Family will meet friends from 7 to 9 p.m. at DeJong's Funeral Home on Friday.
