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Raymond Wyman
RAYMOND WYMAN
Springville
Raymond Joseph Wyman, 79, of Springville, died May 3, 2014, at Jones Regional Medical Center, Anamosa, surrounded by his family. Funeral Service: 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation
Center in Marion by Pastor John Keizer. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home and one hour before the service. Burial: Springville Cemetery.
Ray was born April 5, 1935, to Lumir and Eleanor (Blin) Wyman. He grew up farming in northern Linn County and graduated in 1953 from Springville High School, where he played basketball and baseball and participated in the band and choir. On Nov. 1, 1953, he married Twila Pederson at Springville United Methodist Church. Together they raised two sons, Doug and Todd.
Ray worked driving truck and selling John Deere for Schwitters Inc. and Baxter Dvorak Implement and retired as fire chief from Rockwell Collins in 1998.
Ray and Twila enjoyed summers fishing at their cabin in Waupeton and around their pool. Ray was an avid hunter and snowmobiler and he loved to dance. Ray spent many years coaching baseball, including his sons' teams, and loved watching his children and grandchildren play sports. Ray was a volunteer fireman for over 55 years for the Springville Fire Department, including numerous years as chief. Ray was a longtime member of the Linn County Firefighters Association and the Iowa Firefighters Association.
Ray is survived by his sons, Doug (Kim) and Todd (Jennifer), both of Marion. Also surviving Ray are his grandchildren, Cal (Kristin), Curt (Caiti), Cassi (Alan Wilhelm) and Katie Wyman; great-grandchildren, Trevor, Avery, Wyatt, Landen, Kinnick and Kayden; sisters-in-law, Mareta "Butch" (Douglas) Ralston and Roxie (Dennis) Popper; cousin, Jean (Jim) Menster and Jim Woodworth; and several nieces, nephews and friends.
Ray was preceded in death by the love of his life, Twila; his parents, Lumir and Eleanor; his brother, Leon; an infant sister; sister-in-law, Charlene Clark; and nephews, Marty Clark and Lance and Matthew Ralston.
Memorials may be directed to the family in memory of Ray.
Please sign the online guest book for Ray at www.murdochfuneral home.com under obituaries.
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