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| Paul L. Edwards |
| October 12, 1932 - March 25, 2010 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma and formerly of Kellogg, Iowa
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| Visitation: 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., Sunday, March 28, 2010 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell |
| Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Monday, March 29, 2010 at Kellogg Christian Church in Kellogg |
Interment: following his service on Monday, March 29, 2010 at Westfield Cemetery near Grinnell with military rites
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Memorials: Comfort House, Hospice of Pella, 505 Union Street, Pella, Iowa 50219 or to Warren Cancer Research Foundation, Oklahoma CCOP, Saint Francis Health System, 6465 S Yale Ave, Ste 707, Tulsa, OK 74136. The family wishes to express their sincere appreciation to Dr. Alan Keller and the team at Cancer Care Associates for their kind and loving care. The family also sincerely thanks the caring staff at the Comfort House, Hospice of Pella for their wonderful care.
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Paul was born the son of Andrew Emmett Edwards and Theresa “Rose” Lauber on October 12, 1932 in Kellogg, Iowa. He was raised in Kellogg and graduated from Kellogg High School in 1951. He honorably served in the United States Army from 1951 until 1955. Following his service, he attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa where he graduated in 1959.
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On September 5, 1954 he married Jo Ellen Jacobs at the Kellogg Christian Church in Kellogg, Iowa. They began their life together in Des Moines, Iowa before moving to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where they started their family. Paul worked for Skelly Oil Company and Skelgas Inc. until his retirement in 1993. He lived in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Indianapolis, Indiana; Chicago, Illinois, and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Paul was a fifty-year member of Masonic Lodge #59 in Newton, Iowa. He was a perfectionist who enjoyed home improvement projects, working in the yard, traveling, watching sports, especially the Chicago Cubs, playing cards with his friends, and working puzzles. He was also an active investor who enjoyed analyzing the stock market. Paul dearly loved his family and his pet dogs.
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Paul is survived by his son Thomas P. Edwards of Maplewood, New Jersey and daughter and son-in-law Mary Jo and James M. Roy of Arlington, Virginia; his sisters, Colleen Spain of Newton, Iowa and Dorothy Hubler of Lakewood, CO. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Jo Edwards on October 1, 2009; and his brothers, Gerald, Donald, Everett and infant sister Barbara.
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