Harold Moffit

HAROLD MOFFIT

Central City

Harold E. Moffit, 78, of Central City, died Monday, May 12, 2014, at Manor Care in Cedar Rapids. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 16, at the Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in North English. Elder Alan Trumpold will officiate. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Piersol Cemetery, rural North English.

A general memorial fund has been established.

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Harold Elroy Moffit was born Feb. 19, 1936, near North English, Iowa, a son of William and Bessie Simmons Moffit. He grew up and attended school in the Green Valley community. Harold served honorably in the U.S. Marines and Army, where he was an expert marksman. He loved to fish and hunt and was a Golden Gloves boxer in his younger years.

He married Judith J. Knipfer and they later divorced. Harold married Delilah Trumpold Eichacker on Sept. 13, 1980, in Cedar Rapids. Harold worked at Nissen Trampoline, Dearborn Brass and 20 years at Retail Data Systems in Cedar Rapids. In his later years, he enjoyed gardening. Harold became a resident of Manor Care in Cedar Rapids in August 2012.

Harold is survived by his wife, Delilah Moffit of Marion; a son, William Moffit of Fairfax; grandsons, Mack and Brayden Moffit; daughter-in-law, Annette Van Thournout of Parnell; sisters, Velda Schauff of Wellman, Ruby Mayes of DeSoto, Mo., and Mildred Walters of Tiffin; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Roy Moffit; brothers, Dean and Wayne Moffit; and sisters, Emmagene Myers, Ida Herrick, Donna Perrin, Ruth Claypool and Arlene Swenson.

A special thank you to all of the nurses, aides and staff of Manor Care.