Clyde Harold Stuntz

CLYDE HAROLD STUNTZ Funeral services for Clyde H. Stuntz, 91, of Greene, will be at the United Methodist Church, 107 North Water Street, Greene at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011, with Pastor Ashok Patet officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery, Greene. Friends may call at the celebration of life on Friday night or at the church one hour before the services. A celebration of Clyde’s life will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, at the American Legion Clubhouse, 10068 Sandhill Road, Greene. Clyde was born to Harold and Margaret (Montgomery) Stuntz on July 11, 1919, in Greene, Iowa and died at Via Christe in Omaha, Nebraska on Jan. 17, 2011. He married Esther Fern Newcomer on Dec. 20, 1942, in Iowa City, Iowa. Clyde graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in Dairy Industry. While at Iowa State, Clyde was a member of Farm House fraternity, lettered in freshman football, and participated in many intramural sports. He was a proud member of the dairy judging team from ISU that traveled to Toronto, Canada in October of 1941. After graduating from Ames, Clyde returned to Greene to manage the Greene Cooperative Creamery. He remained manager of the creamery until he started raising turkeys on the family farm south of Greene, a business he continued for over fifty years. Clyde served on the United Methodist Board, Waterloo Production Credit Board, and the Greene School Board. He was instrumental in installing the grass greens at Round Grove Golf and Country Club in Greene. Clyde was an avid golfer, winning the Greene Round Grove Golf and Country Club men’s championship several times. Clyde and Fern competed for many years in husband & wife golf tournaments around the state, at one time competing in 99 tournaments in a three-year span. Clyde and Fern spent many happy hours on lakes in Minnesota and Canada fishing for “the wily walleye.” Their grandkids remember flying in Grandpa’s plane and riding in fishing boats with him. Clyde enjoyed bridge, travel, and time with family and friends. He is survived by two daughters, Martha (Hugh) McCampbell, of Sweetwater, Tenn. and Linda (Mark) Backer of Arcadia, Wis.; two sons, Wendell (Lyn) Stuntz of Council Bluffs, Iowa and Richard (Kathy) Stuntz of Lawrence, Kan.; eleven grandchildren: Elizabeth (Edward) Sunder IV of Flintstone, Ga., Andrew (Dana) McCampbell of Nashville, Tenn., Emily (Mike) Sloan of Sugar Hill, Ga., Bryan Backer (Kyrsten Johnson) of Altadena, Calif., Corinne (Andrew) Brzeski of Ixonia, Wis., Ryan (Melanie) Stuntz of Farley, Iowa, Tony Stuntz of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mike Stuntz of Iowa City, Iowa, Chad Welter (special friend Renee Leeds) of Raymore, Miss., Cori (Adam) Green of Lawrence, Kan., and Stephanie Magnuson of Lawrence, Kan.; and twenty-five great-grandchildren: Edward, Bennett, John, Samuel, Isaac, and Nathan Sunder; Andrew, Michal, and Leyton McCampbell; Anna, Elanor, Lucy, and Matilda Sloan; Tavin and Reese Backer; Sadie, Ava, and Ben Brzeski; Claire and Peter Stuntz; Braden and Addison Welter; Alexis and Jaycee Mountain; and Aubrey Magnuson. He is also survived by a brother-in-law Edgar ‘Ted’ Bedell of New Richmond, Wis., and many nieces and nephews. Clyde was preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Margaret (Montgomery) Stuntz; his wife, Esther Fern; brother, James; three sisters, Helen Johnson, Anna Holzschuh, and Laura Jane Bedell; sister-in-law, Irene Stuntz; and two brothers-in-law, William Johnson and Leo Holzschuh. Memorials to the United Methodist Church, Greene, Iowa. Funeral services have been entrusted to Reid’s Funeral Chapel, 519 N. First St. Greene. 641-823-4457 www.reidsfuneralchapel.com

Clyde Harold Stuntz

January 17, 2011