Jon Styre

JON STYRE

Cedar Rapids

Jon Arnold "Arnie" Styre, 47, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., formerly of Cedar Rapids, died suddenly Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, in his home.

Survivors include his wife, Joyce; daughter, Jonna, and sons, Jacob and Joshua, all of Port St. Lucie; his mother, Sandi Wright Richmond (Barry) of Cedar Rapids; his father, Jon Styre (Dorothy) of Robins; brothers, Edward Styre (Nicole) of Austin, Texas, and Aaron Styre of Cedar Rapids; his grandfather, Edward Wright of Ottumwa; two nephews, Brenden Styre and Connor Miller, both of Cedar Rapids; and many aunts, uncles, great-aunts, great-uncles and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Betty Hart Wright; paternal grandparents, Robert Styre, Gertrude Davis Styre and Violet Styre; and two uncles, Jan Styre and Gary Styre.

Arnie was born Feb. 8, 1966, in Berkeley, Calif. He graduated from Kennedy High School, Cedar Rapids, in 1984, and attended CFCC in Ocala, Fla. He served in the U.S. Army Reserves for six years.

In his early 20s, he started working in the nuclear power industry as a radiation protection technologist. He was very well respected by all those he worked with. Arnie was a Silver Direct distributor for Usana nutritional supplements.

He was a real go-getter type guy. He always wore a big smile and to go with that smile he had big-big-big beautiful brown eyes.

There wasn't a project he couldn't do and "Joycie" often had a honey-do list for him to prove it. He loved his sweet little

family.

He loved to golf and fish with his boys and his friends. Jonna was his little "Pookie." If you were invited to the Styre home for a meal you would find Arnie at the grill flipping burgers, cooking chicken or grilling homemade

pizza.

Arnie loved to decorate for the holidays and always made the family recipe of homemade noodles at Thanksgiving. He loved the beach and the ocean. His two younger brothers looked up to him as their "hero."

Much, much more could be said about him but we'll end saying, "he was loved and will be missed by all who knew him. All our love to a beautiful son, husband, father, grandson, uncle, nephew, cousin and friend. Rest in Jesus dear Arnie….."

A Celebration of Life

memorial will be held for Arnie at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, at Seventh Day Adventist Church, 10351 73rd St., Ottumwa.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial in Arnie's name (Jon Arnold Styre) may be directed to the Ottumwa SDA Church or online at

www.jonstyre.my

dagsite.com.