Wallace "Wally" Thiesen
December 2, 1929 — March 27, 2015
Wallace “Wally” Thiesen, 85, of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, March 27, 2015. A Memorial Gathering will take place Saturday, April 4, 2015, at The Legacy Center at Murdoch-Linwood from 11:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. There will be a private family burial at Cedar Memorial at a later date.
Wallace “Wally” Thiesen was born December 21, 1929, in Clinton, Iowa, to his parents Joseph and Frances (Sawyer) Thiesen. He was a Navy veteran of WWII serving with the 121st CB Battallion. He married Shirley Moore December 9, 1950, at St. James United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids. She died January 15, 2004. Wally was employed at Armour & Company, owned Wally’s Deep Rock Service Station and Link-Belt Speeder before going to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics where he was a supervisor of housekeeping, retiring in 1994.
Wally is survived by his daughters, Michelle (Bob) Kuder of What Cheer, Iowa, and Linda Thiesen of Cedar Rapids; one brother, Louis (Sarafina) Thiesen of Indiana; two brothers-in-law, Jay (Jo) Moore of Marion, and Steve Moore of Dallas, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife.
Wallace “Wally” Thiesen was born December 21, 1929, in Clinton, Iowa, to his parents Joseph and Frances (Sawyer) Thiesen. He was a Navy veteran of WWII serving with the 121st CB Battallion. He married Shirley Moore December 9, 1950, at St. James United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids. She died January 15, 2004. Wally was employed at Armour & Company, owned Wally’s Deep Rock Service Station and Link-Belt Speeder before going to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics where he was a supervisor of housekeeping, retiring in 1994.
Wally is survived by his daughters, Michelle (Bob) Kuder of What Cheer, Iowa, and Linda Thiesen of Cedar Rapids; one brother, Louis (Sarafina) Thiesen of Indiana; two brothers-in-law, Jay (Jo) Moore of Marion, and Steve Moore of Dallas, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife.
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