William Wesley Waterhouse
October 5, 1918 — December 12, 2002
William Wesley Waterhouse, 84 of Central City, died Thursday, December 12, 2002, in his home, following a short illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 16, 2002, at United Church of Christ in Central City, by the Rev. Jonna Jensen. Burial: Coggon Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Central City.
Survivors include his wife of thirty-three years, Maurine "Tootie?, three daughters, Irene (Bob) Lary of Muscatine, Doris Nordstrom of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Bonnie (Tom) Lingnofski of Menasha, Wisconsin; three sons, Frank (Diane) Waterhouse of Litchfield Park, Arizona, Marvin (Barbara) Waterhouse of Manchester and John Waterhouse of Iowa City; and a brother, Dick (Willie) Waterhouse of Coggon.
Also surviving are sixteen grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and his "special family? of employees at Manchester Livestock Auction and The Café.
He was preceded in death by his parents Bruce and Pearle; his brothers, George, John Calvin, Albert and Arlo and a sister, Jean.
Wesley was born October 5, 1918, to Bruce and Pearle Ondler Waterhouse in rural Linn County. On May 10, 1938, he married Helen Marie Havlik, who currently resides in Iowa City. They lived and farmed on farms Northwest of Central City until they moved with their family to Central City. In 1947, Wesley entered the auction business along with farming, livestock buying and building City Sales Company (a livestock auction market in Central City) in 1948.
On June 1, 1969, he married Maurine Bicknell Vargason. No children were born to this union, but in Wesley?s words "Tootie? has been a super mother to my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren?. They lived in Central City and Wesley continued in the auction business until he retired in 1982. In 1983, he and his son, Marvin and two other partners built Manchester Livestock Auction in Manchester.
In addition to his family, Wesley loved being with people and over the years often said he was blessed to have met and become acquainted with the best people in the entire world---the people of Northeast Iowa.
Instead of flowers, memorials may be sent to P.O. Box 171, Central City, Iowa 52214
Survivors include his wife of thirty-three years, Maurine "Tootie?, three daughters, Irene (Bob) Lary of Muscatine, Doris Nordstrom of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Bonnie (Tom) Lingnofski of Menasha, Wisconsin; three sons, Frank (Diane) Waterhouse of Litchfield Park, Arizona, Marvin (Barbara) Waterhouse of Manchester and John Waterhouse of Iowa City; and a brother, Dick (Willie) Waterhouse of Coggon.
Also surviving are sixteen grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and his "special family? of employees at Manchester Livestock Auction and The Café.
He was preceded in death by his parents Bruce and Pearle; his brothers, George, John Calvin, Albert and Arlo and a sister, Jean.
Wesley was born October 5, 1918, to Bruce and Pearle Ondler Waterhouse in rural Linn County. On May 10, 1938, he married Helen Marie Havlik, who currently resides in Iowa City. They lived and farmed on farms Northwest of Central City until they moved with their family to Central City. In 1947, Wesley entered the auction business along with farming, livestock buying and building City Sales Company (a livestock auction market in Central City) in 1948.
On June 1, 1969, he married Maurine Bicknell Vargason. No children were born to this union, but in Wesley?s words "Tootie? has been a super mother to my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren?. They lived in Central City and Wesley continued in the auction business until he retired in 1982. In 1983, he and his son, Marvin and two other partners built Manchester Livestock Auction in Manchester.
In addition to his family, Wesley loved being with people and over the years often said he was blessed to have met and become acquainted with the best people in the entire world---the people of Northeast Iowa.
Instead of flowers, memorials may be sent to P.O. Box 171, Central City, Iowa 52214
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