From the July 7, 2010 edition of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald
GUTTENBERG, Iowa -- Dr. Donatian Earl "Don" Meder, 92, of Guttenberg, died Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at the Guttenberg Care Center.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 9, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Guttenberg, with the Rev. Marvin Bries officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Guttenberg. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 8, at Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Guttenberg. Friends also may call after 9 a.m. Friday at the church.
He was born on Jan. 27, 1918, in Littleport, son of Earl and Josephine (Berns) Meder. He grew up on the family farm in Mederville. He attended schools in Mederville and Elkader and graduated from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in 1942.
Don was united in marriage with Helen Lake on May 24, 1941. He served as a Lieutenant JG Navy dentist with the Marine Corps during World War II on the Pacific front. After the war, he set up his dental practice in Guttenberg and maintained it for 41 years.
Don and Helen raised three children in a caring, loving home. He was a long-standing member of St. Mary's Church and the American Dental Association and its Iowa and Dubuque Chapters. Don was a charter member of the Guttenberg Municipal Hospital, Guttenberg Care Center and the Guttenberg Golf and Country Club. He was community-minded and was a member of the American Legion, the Knights of Columbus fourth degree and the early Sportsmen's Club. He helped Boy Scouts build Adventure Island and served on the first Clayton County Conservation Commission, when it acquired Osbourne Nature Park and the Frenchtown Recreation Area.
Don enjoyed the outdoors and was an avid sportsman, hunter, fisherman and golfer. He enjoyed Hawkeye sports, Cubs baseball and NFL football. Don and Helen spent happy times wintering in Arizona and traveling in the U.S. and Europe.
Surviving are his beloved and devoted wife of 69 years, Helen Meder. He leaves three loving children, Mary Helen (David) Grace, of Des Moines, Joe (Peg) Meder, of Solon, and Jim Meder, of Dubuque; eight grandchildren, Zach (Megan Jackson) Meder, Dr. Lindsey (Dr. Chris Cowherd) Meder Cowherd, Chris Meder, Greg (Sarah) Meder, Lee Ann Meder, Joseph (Mahalaxmi Majumdar) Grace, Michael Grace and Dr. Elizabeth Grace; six great-grandchildren, Grace, Mary and Lilly Meder, Abhijay Grace, Madeleine Cowherd and Benjamin Meder; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Earl and Josephine Meder; and his brother, Jack Meder.
GUTTENBERG, Iowa -- Dr. Donatian Earl "Don" Meder, 92, of Guttenberg, died Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at the Guttenberg Care Center.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 9, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Guttenberg, with the Rev. Marvin Bries officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Guttenberg. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 8, at Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Guttenberg. Friends also may call after 9 a.m. Friday at the church.
He was born on Jan. 27, 1918, in Littleport, son of Earl and Josephine (Berns) Meder. He grew up on the family farm in Mederville. He attended schools in Mederville and Elkader and graduated from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in 1942.
Don was united in marriage with Helen Lake on May 24, 1941. He served as a Lieutenant JG Navy dentist with the Marine Corps during World War II on the Pacific front. After the war, he set up his dental practice in Guttenberg and maintained it for 41 years.
Don and Helen raised three children in a caring, loving home. He was a long-standing member of St. Mary's Church and the American Dental Association and its Iowa and Dubuque Chapters. Don was a charter member of the Guttenberg Municipal Hospital, Guttenberg Care Center and the Guttenberg Golf and Country Club. He was community-minded and was a member of the American Legion, the Knights of Columbus fourth degree and the early Sportsmen's Club. He helped Boy Scouts build Adventure Island and served on the first Clayton County Conservation Commission, when it acquired Osbourne Nature Park and the Frenchtown Recreation Area.
Don enjoyed the outdoors and was an avid sportsman, hunter, fisherman and golfer. He enjoyed Hawkeye sports, Cubs baseball and NFL football. Don and Helen spent happy times wintering in Arizona and traveling in the U.S. and Europe.
Surviving are his beloved and devoted wife of 69 years, Helen Meder. He leaves three loving children, Mary Helen (David) Grace, of Des Moines, Joe (Peg) Meder, of Solon, and Jim Meder, of Dubuque; eight grandchildren, Zach (Megan Jackson) Meder, Dr. Lindsey (Dr. Chris Cowherd) Meder Cowherd, Chris Meder, Greg (Sarah) Meder, Lee Ann Meder, Joseph (Mahalaxmi Majumdar) Grace, Michael Grace and Dr. Elizabeth Grace; six great-grandchildren, Grace, Mary and Lilly Meder, Abhijay Grace, Madeleine Cowherd and Benjamin Meder; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Earl and Josephine Meder; and his brother, Jack Meder.
From the July 7, 2010 edition of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald
GUTTENBERG, Iowa -- Dr. Donatian Earl "Don" Meder, 92, of Guttenberg, died Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at the Guttenberg Care Center.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 9, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Guttenberg, with the Rev. Marvin Bries officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Guttenberg. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 8, at Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Guttenberg. Friends also may call after 9 a.m. Friday at the church.
He was born on Jan. 27, 1918, in Littleport, son of Earl and Josephine (Berns) Meder. He grew up on the family farm in Mederville. He attended schools in Mederville and Elkader and graduated from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in 1942.
Don was united in marriage with Helen Lake on May 24, 1941. He served as a Lieutenant JG Navy dentist with the Marine Corps during World War II on the Pacific front. After the war, he set up his dental practice in Guttenberg and maintained it for 41 years.
Don and Helen raised three children in a caring, loving home. He was a long-standing member of St. Mary's Church and the American Dental Association and its Iowa and Dubuque Chapters. Don was a charter member of the Guttenberg Municipal Hospital, Guttenberg Care Center and the Guttenberg Golf and Country Club. He was community-minded and was a member of the American Legion, the Knights of Columbus fourth degree and the early Sportsmen's Club. He helped Boy Scouts build Adventure Island and served on the first Clayton County Conservation Commission, when it acquired Osbourne Nature Park and the Frenchtown Recreation Area.
Don enjoyed the outdoors and was an avid sportsman, hunter, fisherman and golfer. He enjoyed Hawkeye sports, Cubs baseball and NFL football. Don and Helen spent happy times wintering in Arizona and traveling in the U.S. and Europe.
Surviving are his beloved and devoted wife of 69 years, Helen Meder. He leaves three loving children, Mary Helen (David) Grace, of Des Moines, Joe (Peg) Meder, of Solon, and Jim Meder, of Dubuque; eight grandchildren, Zach (Megan Jackson) Meder, Dr. Lindsey (Dr. Chris Cowherd) Meder Cowherd, Chris Meder, Greg (Sarah) Meder, Lee Ann Meder, Joseph (Mahalaxmi Majumdar) Grace, Michael Grace and Dr. Elizabeth Grace; six great-grandchildren, Grace, Mary and Lilly Meder, Abhijay Grace, Madeleine Cowherd and Benjamin Meder; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Earl and Josephine Meder; and his brother, Jack Meder.
GUTTENBERG, Iowa -- Dr. Donatian Earl "Don" Meder, 92, of Guttenberg, died Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at the Guttenberg Care Center.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 9, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Guttenberg, with the Rev. Marvin Bries officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Guttenberg. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 8, at Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Guttenberg. Friends also may call after 9 a.m. Friday at the church.
He was born on Jan. 27, 1918, in Littleport, son of Earl and Josephine (Berns) Meder. He grew up on the family farm in Mederville. He attended schools in Mederville and Elkader and graduated from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in 1942.
Don was united in marriage with Helen Lake on May 24, 1941. He served as a Lieutenant JG Navy dentist with the Marine Corps during World War II on the Pacific front. After the war, he set up his dental practice in Guttenberg and maintained it for 41 years.
Don and Helen raised three children in a caring, loving home. He was a long-standing member of St. Mary's Church and the American Dental Association and its Iowa and Dubuque Chapters. Don was a charter member of the Guttenberg Municipal Hospital, Guttenberg Care Center and the Guttenberg Golf and Country Club. He was community-minded and was a member of the American Legion, the Knights of Columbus fourth degree and the early Sportsmen's Club. He helped Boy Scouts build Adventure Island and served on the first Clayton County Conservation Commission, when it acquired Osbourne Nature Park and the Frenchtown Recreation Area.
Don enjoyed the outdoors and was an avid sportsman, hunter, fisherman and golfer. He enjoyed Hawkeye sports, Cubs baseball and NFL football. Don and Helen spent happy times wintering in Arizona and traveling in the U.S. and Europe.
Surviving are his beloved and devoted wife of 69 years, Helen Meder. He leaves three loving children, Mary Helen (David) Grace, of Des Moines, Joe (Peg) Meder, of Solon, and Jim Meder, of Dubuque; eight grandchildren, Zach (Megan Jackson) Meder, Dr. Lindsey (Dr. Chris Cowherd) Meder Cowherd, Chris Meder, Greg (Sarah) Meder, Lee Ann Meder, Joseph (Mahalaxmi Majumdar) Grace, Michael Grace and Dr. Elizabeth Grace; six great-grandchildren, Grace, Mary and Lilly Meder, Abhijay Grace, Madeleine Cowherd and Benjamin Meder; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Earl and Josephine Meder; and his brother, Jack Meder.
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