Obit: Donald Raymond Calvert
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Obit: Donald Raymond Calvert
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Posted: 3 Jun 2009 12:59PM GMT |
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Calvert, McGowen, Randall, Hoben, Showalter, Anderson, Novarro, Miller, Percell, Zolnik, Coder, McClintock, Wunderlich, Frans, Toussaint, Fitchner
MUSCATINE, Iowa -- Donald Raymond Calvert, 79, Muscatine, died Monday, Feb. 23, 2004, at Unity Hospital.
Services are at the Jeffrey S. Nichols Chapel Hill Funeral Home and Crematory, 114 W. Fourth St., Muscatine. According to his wishes, cremation rites will be accorded after the service. Inurnment will be at Greenwood Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers are his grandsons. After the service, a luncheon will be served at the Musserville Methodist Hall.
Mr. Calvert was born May 25, 1924, in Muscatine, the son of Vincent and Hattie Mae McGowen Calvert. He married Shirley Anne Randall Dec. 22, 1945.
He was of the Baptist faith.
He played varsity football and participated in track at Muscatine High School and later attended the University of Iowa.
He was a federal postal worker for several years and worked for Pinkerton Security.
At age 61, he graduated from the Wendlestedt School for Professional Umpires in Florida and umpired baseball games until he was 75-years-old.
He was a long-time St. Louis Cardinals and Iowa Hawkeye fan.
He enjoyed his grandchildren and great-grandchildren and country music.
He and his wife and Bill and Dodie Hoben co-founded the Muscatine County Parents of the Hearing Impaired Association.
Survivors include his wife; four sons, Donald of Los Angeles, California, Gregory of Coralville, Daniel and wife, Lea, of Garner and Vincent and wife, Mary, of Horseshal, N.C.; son-in-law, Alan Showalter; five daughters, Cecelia Anderson of Waunakee, Wis., Miriam Novarro and husband, Joe, of West Palm Beach, Rosilind Calvert of New York, Shirley Miller and husband, Mike, of Muscatine and Jennifer Percell and husband, Keith, of Keokuk; 17 grandchildren, Anthony Zolnik, Marc and Cole Showalter, Scot Calvert, Aaron and Andrew Calvert, Nathaniel Percell, Andrea Coder, Kris McClintock, Abigail Calvert, Faith, Rachel and Sarah Calvert, Sally and Lilly Calvert, Nicole and Johanna Percell; a stepgranddaughter, Emily Kay Miller; three great-grandchildren, Brieana Coder, Hannah Rose and Simon Peter Dharma Showalter; three brothers, Virgil L. Calvert of Quincy, Ill., Ken Calvert and wife, Virginia, of Davenport and Cecil Calvert and wife, Maxine, of Muscatine; four sisters, Vivian Wunderlich of Iowa City, Dorothy Frans of Muscatine, Maxine Toussaint and husband, Stan, of Dallas, Texas, and Ruth Fitchner and husband, Paul, of Eliza, Ill.; a sister-in-law, Amelia Calvert of Iowa City; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, David Calvert in 1995; and a brother, Lysle Calvert in 1999.
Services are at the Jeffrey S. Nichols Chapel Hill Funeral Home and Crematory, 114 W. Fourth St., Muscatine. According to his wishes, cremation rites will be accorded after the service. Inurnment will be at Greenwood Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers are his grandsons. After the service, a luncheon will be served at the Musserville Methodist Hall.
Mr. Calvert was born May 25, 1924, in Muscatine, the son of Vincent and Hattie Mae McGowen Calvert. He married Shirley Anne Randall Dec. 22, 1945.
He was of the Baptist faith.
He played varsity football and participated in track at Muscatine High School and later attended the University of Iowa.
He was a federal postal worker for several years and worked for Pinkerton Security.
At age 61, he graduated from the Wendlestedt School for Professional Umpires in Florida and umpired baseball games until he was 75-years-old.
He was a long-time St. Louis Cardinals and Iowa Hawkeye fan.
He enjoyed his grandchildren and great-grandchildren and country music.
He and his wife and Bill and Dodie Hoben co-founded the Muscatine County Parents of the Hearing Impaired Association.
Survivors include his wife; four sons, Donald of Los Angeles, California, Gregory of Coralville, Daniel and wife, Lea, of Garner and Vincent and wife, Mary, of Horseshal, N.C.; son-in-law, Alan Showalter; five daughters, Cecelia Anderson of Waunakee, Wis., Miriam Novarro and husband, Joe, of West Palm Beach, Rosilind Calvert of New York, Shirley Miller and husband, Mike, of Muscatine and Jennifer Percell and husband, Keith, of Keokuk; 17 grandchildren, Anthony Zolnik, Marc and Cole Showalter, Scot Calvert, Aaron and Andrew Calvert, Nathaniel Percell, Andrea Coder, Kris McClintock, Abigail Calvert, Faith, Rachel and Sarah Calvert, Sally and Lilly Calvert, Nicole and Johanna Percell; a stepgranddaughter, Emily Kay Miller; three great-grandchildren, Brieana Coder, Hannah Rose and Simon Peter Dharma Showalter; three brothers, Virgil L. Calvert of Quincy, Ill., Ken Calvert and wife, Virginia, of Davenport and Cecil Calvert and wife, Maxine, of Muscatine; four sisters, Vivian Wunderlich of Iowa City, Dorothy Frans of Muscatine, Maxine Toussaint and husband, Stan, of Dallas, Texas, and Ruth Fitchner and husband, Paul, of Eliza, Ill.; a sister-in-law, Amelia Calvert of Iowa City; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, David Calvert in 1995; and a brother, Lysle Calvert in 1999.