Healey, Melvin 'Butch'

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Melvin “Butch” Healey, 62, of Marengo, died at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. Funeral services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, at First United Methodist Church, Marengo, with the Rev. Dianne Buswell officiating. Burial will be in Koszta Cemetery, rural Marengo. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo.

A memorial fund has been established.

Butch is survived by his loving wife of almost 44 years, Connie; two sons, Rob (Gail) Healey and Denny (Suzie) Healey, both of Marengo; and six grandchildren, Stephanie, Katelin, Drake, Dylan, Andrea and Delaney Healey. He is also survived by his four sisters, Linda (Dennis) Walter of Farmington, Minn., Becky (Gary) Hagen of Marengo, and Lois Ann Shaver and Debbie (Tim) Seckar, both of Newton; his brother, Kevin (Carol) Healey of Victor; his aunt, Rachel Stotelmyre of Marengo; many nieces and nephews; and grandpa's pal, “Buddy.”

Butch was preceded in death by his father in 1991; his mother in 1962; his father-in-law, George W. Myers in 2000; and his mother-in-law, Marguerite Myers in 2009.

Melvin Frederick Healey was born June 21, 1947, in Victor, Iowa, the son of Melvin L. and Lois Buswell Healey. He attended St. John's Catholic and HLV schools, both in Victor. He married Connie Myers on Jan. 8, 1966, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Marengo. From 1967 to 1988, he worked for Myers' 66 on Highway 6 in South Amana. In 1988, he purchased the business and renamed it Butch's Repair and Towing. In 2004, he sold the business to his son Denny and the business was renamed D&S Repair. From 2007 to present, he worked for Iowa County Transportation.

Butch enjoyed going to tractor pulls to watch Denny pull with “Ambush,” watching Nathan race, talking to his son Rob on the phone in the evenings, wood working, participating in car shows, and attending as many of the grandchildren's activities as possible.

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