Wooder, Leo Dale

Leo Dale Wooder, 63, of Morley, died Saturday, April 3, 2010 at the Jones Regional Medical Center in Anamosa following a brief illness.

Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Goettsch Funeral Home in Anamosa. Service will be officiated by Pastor Barb Krueger and Father Phil Schmidt. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home in Anamosa. Interment will be at Cedar Memorial Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at .

He is survived by his wife, Sue; his mother, Dorothy Wooder; a son, Lane Wooder of Atlanta, Ga.; uncle, Bill Jackson, and cousin, Bill Jackson, both of Arizona; and other living relatives including mother-in-law Helen Gogel and her children and spouses, and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father George and his grandparents.

Dale was born September 22, 1946 to George and Dorothy Wooder in Anamosa, Iowa. He was raised in Morley, Iowa and graduated from Anamosa High School in 1964. On October 30, 1971 he was married to Sue Gogel at Saint Isidore's Catholic Church in Springville, Iowa. He lived his whole life in Morley and worked as a land surveyor for several companies and for the last 24 years at Anderson-Bogert Engineers and Surveyors Inc. of Cedar Rapids, where he obtained his surveyor's license.

Dale served his country honorably as a United States Army soldier. He enlisted in 1966 and was discharged in 1969 after serving a tour in Vietnam and obtaining the rank of staff sergeant. He served his community as a fireman, Morley city council member for 24 years, member of the Morley men's club, and assistant scout master of Troop 67. He was an avid hunter and loved the outdoors. He was a wonderful son, husband, father and friend to many and will be dearly missed by all.