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Willie Heldreth
WILLIE HELDRETH
Cedar Rapids
Willie J. Heldreth, 84, of Cedar Rapids, passed away Thursday, June 15, 2017. Services: 11 a.m. Monday, June 19, at First Church of the Nazarene, with visitation one hour before the service, conducted by the Rev. Carter. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include his wife, Eloise Heldreth; children, Mary (Jerry) Potter, Gloria (Gale) Andrews, Rose (Larry) Robertson of Kansas and Tod Heldreth; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and brother, Karl (Cassondra) Foxpool.
He was preceded in death by his mother and son, Glen.
Willie was born Dec. 17, 1932, in Lumberport, W.Va. He did factory work all of his life and retired as a maintenance worker at Iowa Precision. Willie was a man of faith, an avid hunter and fisherman and loved riding his motorcycle.
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