OBITUARY: Robert Rush Culver, 1920-2004, Worth County, Iowa

[Northwood Anchor online, April 7, 2004 (edited)]




                        Robert Rush Culver
                       
Robert Rush Culver, 83, of Manly, Iowa, died Thursday, April 1, 2004,
at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

Funeral services were Saturday April 3rd, at the Bethel United
Methodist Church in Manly with the Rev. Robert Cumings officiating.
Burial was in the Manly cemetery with military honors by the Edward
Tosel American Legion Post #110.

Robert Rush Culver was born on Sept. 9, 1920, in St. Ansgar, Iowa, the
son of Rush and Emma (Holden) Culver.  He attended and received his
education in the Manly school system, graduating from Manly High
School in 1938.  After graduating from high school he attended
Upper Iowa University in Fayette for two years.  He enlisted on
Oct. 3, 1942, and was inducted into active duty in the U.S. Army
on July 27, 1943, and was trained as a cryptographer in the signal
corps, and served overseas in the Pacific Theater in Calcutta,
India, during World War II.  After his honorable discharge on
May 26, 1946, he came back to Manly and in the fall of 1946,
he enrolled at the University of Iowa, and graduated with a B.A.
Degree in Journalism in 1948.  Robert moved back to Manly and
went into partnership with his dad at the Manly Signal newspaper.

After his dad retired he took over the newspaper as editor and
publisher in 1950.

He married Marjorie Wyatt on Aug. 3, 1952, in Hudson, Iowa.  After
their marriage, together they owned and operated the Manly Signal
until they retired in 1994, as a third generation editor and
publisher of the weekly newspaper.

He was a member of the Bethel United Methodist Church in Manly;
over 50 year member of the Edward Tosel American Legion Post #110
of Manly; over 50 year member of the Grand Lodge AF&AM; Heather
Hill Chapter OES; Manly Lions Club; Manly Jaycees; Hawkeye Press
Club; Scoutmaster for eight years; secretary for the Manly Rural
Telephone Company, and was the City Clerk in Manly for over 25 years.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife Marjorie Culver of Manly;
two sons, Dale Culver and his wife Ann of Ames, and David Culver
and his wife Diane of Iowa City; three grandchildren, Alex and
Evan Culver of Ames, and Emily Culver of Iowa City; two sisters,
Dorothy Stanley of Littleton, Colorado, and Beverly Oltman of
Cedar Falls; eight nephews and one niece; as well as other
relatives and many friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his uncle/stepfather
William W. Wood; a nephew, Douglas Stanley; three brothers-in-law,
Jack Stanley; Max Oltman; and Robert F. Wyatt.

Bride Colonial Chapel, Manly, was in charge of arrangements.



   Copyright 2004, K.L. Kittleson