Alvin Westlake

ALVIN "TINY" WESTLAKE

Lone Tree

Alvin "Tiny" L. Westlake, 86, of Lone Tree, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, at Simpson Memorial Home in West Liberty. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 16, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service

in Iowa City, where visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

A memorial fund has been established to support the future education needs of Tiny's great-grandchildren, who have been the twinkle in his eyes these past few years!

Online condolences may be sent for his family through the Web at www.gayandciha.com.

Alvin L. Westlake was born June 15, 1928, in Letts, Iowa, the son of Earl Alvin Westlake and Delta (Mink) Westlake. During the Korean conflict, Tiny served in the United States Army. In 1955, he married the love of his life, Martha Hungerford, in Keswick, Iowa. The couple made their home in Lone Tree.

Tiny worked for many years for Protein Blenders in Iowa City as its mill supervisor.

Tiny loved life; he and Martha loved to travel and camp with a special group of friends. In their retirement they began going to Florida for the winters. There they made long-lasting friendships and enjoyed being able to be outdoors year round.

Tiny has always loved the outdoors, where he was an avid (pretty good) fisherman and turtle trapper. He was especially good at cooking them too!

When Martha was battling her cancer, Tiny stepped up and took over the housework: cooking, cleaning and doing laundry. He assisted her so she could continue to go places and do things she enjoyed. The love evident between them during this time was clear and strong. When Martha died, a very special part of Tiny died with her.

His family includes his daughter, Renee Lunemann of Solon; grandson, Ryan Lunemann of Solon; granddaughter and her husband, Caty and Logan Frederick of Marshalltown; two great-grandsons, Archer and Ryker Frederick; sisters, Thelma Frauenholz and her husband, Don, of West Branch, Juanita Forbes of Iowa City and Mary Keever of Columbus Junction; brother, James Westlake and his wife, Nancy, of Lone Tree; sister-in-law, Ruth Anne Hungerford of Iowa City; and many nieces and nephews.

Tiny was preceded in death by his wife, Martha; his parents; sisters, Margaret Hicok and Helen Westlake; brother-in-law and his wife, Mahlon and Georgia Hungerford; and mother-in-law, Margie Hungerford.