Thomas Ruell Terry was born on March 15, 1926 in Rader, Missouri, to James M. and Hester E. (Ikerd) Terry. He grew up in the Rader area until he joined the Navy during WWII, and served as a Sea Bee stationed in the Aleutian Islands, building airfields for planes going to Russia. Tom married Lila L. Keeling on May 30, 1946, and the couple made their home in Clarion, Iowa. He worked as a bricklayer, a butcher at the Clarion Locker, and then for 32 years with the D.O.T. He was well known for building and remodeling homes around Clarion. After retiring, Tom moved north of Colfax, Iowa, near his daughter, Kathy.
Tom is survived by his son, Johnny (Judith) Terry of West Des Moines; and his daughter, Kathy Mathews of Colfax; grandchildren, Steven Terry, Pamela (Chandler) Fisher, and Susan Mathews; great- grandchildren, Johnny and Ryan Terry, Sydney and Evan Fisher; sisters-in-law, Bertha Terry of Conway, Missouri, and Irene Keeling of Clarion. Tom is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Lila in 2006; three sisters; and four brothers. Ewing Funeral Home, 602 North Main St., Clarion, Iowa
Des Moines Register, Iowa
February 13, 2010
Contributor: Sarah Thorson Little (50197235)
Thomas Ruell Terry was born on March 15, 1926 in Rader, Missouri, to James M. and Hester E. (Ikerd) Terry. He grew up in the Rader area until he joined the Navy during WWII, and served as a Sea Bee stationed in the Aleutian Islands, building airfields for planes going to Russia. Tom married Lila L. Keeling on May 30, 1946, and the couple made their home in Clarion, Iowa. He worked as a bricklayer, a butcher at the Clarion Locker, and then for 32 years with the D.O.T. He was well known for building and remodeling homes around Clarion. After retiring, Tom moved north of Colfax, Iowa, near his daughter, Kathy.
Tom is survived by his son, Johnny (Judith) Terry of West Des Moines; and his daughter, Kathy Mathews of Colfax; grandchildren, Steven Terry, Pamela (Chandler) Fisher, and Susan Mathews; great- grandchildren, Johnny and Ryan Terry, Sydney and Evan Fisher; sisters-in-law, Bertha Terry of Conway, Missouri, and Irene Keeling of Clarion. Tom is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Lila in 2006; three sisters; and four brothers. Ewing Funeral Home, 602 North Main St., Clarion, Iowa
Des Moines Register, Iowa
February 13, 2010
Contributor: Sarah Thorson Little (50197235)
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