Virgil Hinz

VIRGIL HINZ

Anamosa

Virgil Hinz, 90, died Monday, June 2, 2014, at Mercy Medical Center, following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 6, at the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church, rural Monticello, with interment in the Wayne Zion Cemetery. The Rev. Ellery Dykeman will officiate at the services. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa.

Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to SAINT Animal Rescue, P.O. Box 154, Wyoming, IA 52362.

Survivors include a daughter, Diane Irvine, Portland, Ore.; a granddaughter, Angela Hinz; and great-grandson, Caleb, both of Des Moines; his siblings, Vernice Shada and Allen Hinz, both of Anamosa, Sylvester (Joanne) Hinz, Cedar Rapids and Edward Hinz, Texas; and his three cats, Magic, Pearl and Callie.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Blondie in 1999; his son, Brian in 1977; his twin sister, Virginia Benter; and three brothers, Clifford, Manford and Marcellus.

Virgil P. Hinz was born May 3, 1924, at Farmington, Wis. He was the son of Paul and Esther Boucher Hinz. Virgil attended the Anamosa Community Schools. He enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II. His deployment was the armed guard that protected the merchant ships from the U Boats.

Virgil married Leanna Mae "Blondie" Wehling on April 28, 1948, at the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church. Virgil was employed at Linn-Jones F.S. as a propane gas salesman and delivery driver. He also drove a fertilizer truck in the busy spring planting season. Following Blondie's death, Virgil took care of cleaning and maintenance at Cedar River Towers in Cedar Rapids and later at Wayne Zion

Lutheran Church for several years.

Virgil and his daughter, Diane, were able to make an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., in 2010.

Virgil was an avid

Chicago Cubs and Green Bay Packer fan. He enjoyed feeding the wild turkeys and deer that came to his backyard.