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Troy Lee Jennings

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Troy Lee Jennings Veteran

Birth
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Death
16 Jul 2015 (aged 81)
Johnston, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Pleasant Hill, Polk County, Iowa, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.583784, Longitude: -93.525554
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Troy Lee Jennings, 81, passed away peacefully at Mercy Hospice in Johnston on Thursday, July 16, 2015.

Troy was born August 24, 1933, in Des Moines, Iowa to Ernst and Georgia (Brown) Jennings. He graduated from Altoona High School and attended Iowa State University.

He served his country in the Army during the Korean War and worked for Western International as an installer for 38 years. Troy was a member of Altoona Masonic Lodge #407 and a fifty year member of the Za Ga Zig Shrine where he was a Za Ga Zig Children’s Hospital Dad, traveling over 47,000 miles to transport sick children to the Shriners Hospital. He loved helping children through the Shrine and was known around his neighborhood as a helper and a handyman.

Troy was honored to be chosen to be a participant on the Freedom Honor Flight this past September and viewed it as one of the highlights of his life.

He was preceded in death by his parents, daughter, Gina, and brother, Floyd Jennings.

Visitation will be held from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., with a Christian and Masonic service at 2:30 p.m., Monday, July 20, 2015, at Hamilton’s Funeral Home, 605 Lyon Street, Des Moines, with burial at Oakwood Cemetery, Pleasant Hill.
Troy Lee Jennings, 81, passed away peacefully at Mercy Hospice in Johnston on Thursday, July 16, 2015.

Troy was born August 24, 1933, in Des Moines, Iowa to Ernst and Georgia (Brown) Jennings. He graduated from Altoona High School and attended Iowa State University.

He served his country in the Army during the Korean War and worked for Western International as an installer for 38 years. Troy was a member of Altoona Masonic Lodge #407 and a fifty year member of the Za Ga Zig Shrine where he was a Za Ga Zig Children’s Hospital Dad, traveling over 47,000 miles to transport sick children to the Shriners Hospital. He loved helping children through the Shrine and was known around his neighborhood as a helper and a handyman.

Troy was honored to be chosen to be a participant on the Freedom Honor Flight this past September and viewed it as one of the highlights of his life.

He was preceded in death by his parents, daughter, Gina, and brother, Floyd Jennings.

Visitation will be held from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., with a Christian and Masonic service at 2:30 p.m., Monday, July 20, 2015, at Hamilton’s Funeral Home, 605 Lyon Street, Des Moines, with burial at Oakwood Cemetery, Pleasant Hill.

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