WATERLOO - Dirk Eugene Wheat, 64, of Waterloo, died Saturday, Oct. 21, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, of leukemia.
He was born Aug. 3, 1936, in Iowa City, and was adopted by Wilbur Clark and Cozette Angel Waltz Wheat. He married Lillian Arlene Hickman on May 31, 1958, in rural Eldora.
Mr. Wheat worked at Smitty's Tire and Appliance, Cedar Falls, for 25 years, and was a partner for the past 10 years. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran serving in Bordeaux, France, and was director of the Waterloo Bowling Association.
Survived by: his wife, Lillian A.; a son, Tracy Eugene of New Hartford; three daughters, Kathryn Stafford of Lenoir, N.C., Marnae Tucker of Sharpsburg, Ga., and Karyn Salmon of Cedar Falls; 14 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a sister, Loretta Standard of Horseshoe Bend, Ark.; three half brothers, Charlie Owens of Waterloo, Mark Wheat of Sun Prairie, Wis., and Dean Wheat of Marion; a half sister, Dorothy Warren of Lady Lake, Fla.; two stepbrothers, Norman Hickman of Conrad and Larry Hickman of Waterloo; and his adopted mother, Cozette Ramey of Grand Junction, Colo.
Preceded in death by: an infant son, Ted Allen; and three sisters, Betty Jacobs, Jeanette Young and Joan Crippen.
Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hammond Avenue Brethren Church, Waterloo, with burial in Berlin Cemetery, Owasa. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Tuesday at the church, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Pence Funeral Home, Newton, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: may be directed to the church.
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