OBITUARY: Lynn Melbourne Cheney, 1909-1995, Mitchell County, Iowa

[MASON CITY (Iowa) GLOBE GAZETTE - Sep. 16, 1995]
                                                          


                     Lynn Melbourne Cheney

OSAGE--Lynn M. Cheney, 86, of Waterloo, formerly of Osage, died
Thursday (Sept. 14, 1995) at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo
of a heart attack. 

Memorial services will be held 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Champion
Funeral Home in Osage with the  Rev. Arno H. Melz and the Rev.
Clark Christian officiating.  There is no visitation.  Inurnment
will be at Stillwater Cemetery, rural Orchard, with graveside
military rites by  Osage VFW Post 7920. 

Lynn Cheney was born on the Cheney Homestead four miles east
of Orchard on Aug. 12, 1909.  His parents were George V. and
Lina May (Gage) Cheney.  Lynn graduated from Orchard High School
in 1927.  He married Evelyn Smith on March 11, 1939, at Waterloo.
 
He served with the U.S. Army during World War II in the European
Theater. Lynn was employed in the Osage area as a general maintenance
man until his retirement in 1993.  He was a life member of the
VFW. 

Lynn is survived by his wife, Evelyn Cheney, of Waterloo; one daughter
Lina Marie (Mrs. Gene) Taber of Waterloo; seven grandchildren.
14 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents.



 

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