Robert Earl Sheets, 74, of Winterset died of congestive heart failure Friday at Veterans Medical Center in Knoxville. Cremation will follow visitation. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Waukee Cemetery in Waukee.
Mr. Sheets was born in Oakland and had lived in the Earlham, Van Meter and Dallas Center areas before moving to Winterset five years ago. He was a bulk-feed truck driver with Farmer's Co-op in Dallas Center and a part-time custodian at Dallas Center-Grimes Elementary School before retiring. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Dallas Center United Methodist Church and American Legion in Dallas Center. He enjoyed camping and fishing.
He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Jean; two daughters, Linda and Nancy; a son, Larry; a stepson, Mike Wright of Winterset; a stepdaughter, Deeanna Prague of Nova Scotia, Canada; three brothers, Harold and Raymond, both of Perry, and Ralph of Peoria; and a grandchild.
Friends may call after noon Tuesday at Brandt Funeral Home in Dallas Center where the family will be present from 5 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Robert Earl Sheets Memorial Fund.
Mr. Sheets was born in Oakland and had lived in the Earlham, Van Meter and Dallas Center areas before moving to Winterset five years ago. He was a bulk-feed truck driver with Farmer's Co-op in Dallas Center and a part-time custodian at Dallas Center-Grimes Elementary School before retiring. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Dallas Center United Methodist Church and American Legion in Dallas Center. He enjoyed camping and fishing.
He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Jean; two daughters, Linda and Nancy; a son, Larry; a stepson, Mike Wright of Winterset; a stepdaughter, Deeanna Prague of Nova Scotia, Canada; three brothers, Harold and Raymond, both of Perry, and Ralph of Peoria; and a grandchild.
Friends may call after noon Tuesday at Brandt Funeral Home in Dallas Center where the family will be present from 5 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Robert Earl Sheets Memorial Fund.
Robert Earl Sheets, 74, of Winterset died of congestive heart failure Friday at Veterans Medical Center in Knoxville. Cremation will follow visitation. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Waukee Cemetery in Waukee.
Mr. Sheets was born in Oakland and had lived in the Earlham, Van Meter and Dallas Center areas before moving to Winterset five years ago. He was a bulk-feed truck driver with Farmer's Co-op in Dallas Center and a part-time custodian at Dallas Center-Grimes Elementary School before retiring. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Dallas Center United Methodist Church and American Legion in Dallas Center. He enjoyed camping and fishing.
He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Jean; two daughters, Linda and Nancy; a son, Larry; a stepson, Mike Wright of Winterset; a stepdaughter, Deeanna Prague of Nova Scotia, Canada; three brothers, Harold and Raymond, both of Perry, and Ralph of Peoria; and a grandchild.
Friends may call after noon Tuesday at Brandt Funeral Home in Dallas Center where the family will be present from 5 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Robert Earl Sheets Memorial Fund.
Mr. Sheets was born in Oakland and had lived in the Earlham, Van Meter and Dallas Center areas before moving to Winterset five years ago. He was a bulk-feed truck driver with Farmer's Co-op in Dallas Center and a part-time custodian at Dallas Center-Grimes Elementary School before retiring. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Dallas Center United Methodist Church and American Legion in Dallas Center. He enjoyed camping and fishing.
He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Jean; two daughters, Linda and Nancy; a son, Larry; a stepson, Mike Wright of Winterset; a stepdaughter, Deeanna Prague of Nova Scotia, Canada; three brothers, Harold and Raymond, both of Perry, and Ralph of Peoria; and a grandchild.
Friends may call after noon Tuesday at Brandt Funeral Home in Dallas Center where the family will be present from 5 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Robert Earl Sheets Memorial Fund.
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