Dunston, Clifford 'Lyle'

Clifford “Lyle” Dunston, 93, of Cedar Rapids, passed away Wednesday, July 21, 2010, at Keystone Place at Blairs Ferry, Cedar Rapids. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, July 24, at Noelridge Christian Church. The Rev. James Cotten will officiate. Burial, with military honors: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home. Additional visitation time will be held one hour before the service on Saturday at the church.

Survivors include his wife of 69 years, Evelyn; children, Lani (Steve) Yates of Waterloo and Dennis (Sherrie) Dunston of Woodland, Calif.; grandchildren, Dustin Yates, Brett Yates and Sean Dunston; and two sisters, Lorna Banse and Janelle Beresford, both of Vinton.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Roy and Maza Dunston.

Clifford Lyle Dunston was born June 19, 1917, in Vinton, Iowa, the son of Roy Milton and Harriet Maza (Wyckoff) Dunston. He attended the first 4 ½ years of schooling in a one room country school. He graduated from Lincoln High School, Vinton, in 1935. He attended the State University of Iowa from 1937 to 1940. He served in the U.S. Army from February 1941 to January 1946, three of the years serving in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre of operations. He married Evelyn Corbett on June 23, 1941, on her family farm home northeast of Vinton. In September 1946, he returned to the State University of Iowa and received a BSC degree in June 1947. He was an employee (Field Agent) of the IRS for 29 years, retiring in May 1977.

Clifford was associated with Boy Scouts of America for nine years, a member of the American Legion, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, the Wyckoff House Association, a life member of the Reserve Officers Association of America, and a charter member of Noelridge Christian Church, where he served as deacon, vice chairman of the board, and a trustee. Clifford and Evelyn engaged in square dancing for many years and he enjoyed fishing and mechanical endeavors most of his life.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Cedar Valley Humane Society, Noelridge Christian Church, or the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion in Mount Pleasant.

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