Willard Howard "Pete" Loper
1908 - 1999 (91 years)
Generation: 1
1. Willard Howard "Pete" Loper was born on 25 Oct 1908 in Lamoni, Decatur County, Iowa; died on 4 Nov 1999 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; was buried in Newton Memorial Park, Newton, Jasper County, Iowa. Notes:
Willard Loper
Newton
William H. Loper, 91, of Newton, died of a heart ailment Thursday at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Newton, of which he was a member. Burial will be at Newton Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Loper was born in Lamoni and had lived in Newton most of his life. He was a retired mechanic with Maytag Corp. and a member of Archery Club.
He is survived by his wife, Elsie; a son, Dwaine of Encinitas, Calif.; a daughter, Shirley Kelley of Altoona; a stepdaughter, Marilyn Lind of Colfax; a sister, Myrtie Evans of Waukee; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Wallace-Pence Funeral Home in Newton is handling arrangements.
The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa. Sunday, 7 November 1999.
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Garden of Devotion, Row 3Family/Spouse: Elsie May Bohne. Elsie was born on 18 Jul 1913 in Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington; died on 19 Apr 2001 in Mitchellville, Polk County, Iowa; was buried in Newton Memorial Park, Newton, Jasper County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]