WARDEN, Loyd Gail
WARDEN, LAWRENCE, GARCIA, SHOWERS, TIEDKE, DOANETTO, WOOD, CAPEHART, MCFADDEN, PATTON
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/4/2018 at 19:55:04
Loyd Gail Warden
April 22, 1953 - February 12, 2018Leon Journal-Reporter
Leon, Decatur County, IowaLoyd Gail Warden, age 64, of Leon, Iowa, the son of Theodore Roosevelt and Ruby Marie (Lawrence) Warden, was born April 22, 1953, in Des Moines, Iowa. He passed from this life on February 12, 2018, at the Story County Hospital in Nevada, Iowa.
Loyd’s family lived in Des Moines when he was born, but in 1960, they moved to Wisconsin where he attended school. At the age of 9 years, Loyd was in an accident, in which he lost one leg and the other foot was severed but reattached. He never complained and lived his life to the fullest with an artificial leg. In 1966, they moved back to Iowa and he completed his education, graduating from Saydel High School in Polk County in 1972. He worked at a Shell gas station before starting a nearly 45-year career driving truck for National By-Products, which later became known as Darling International.
In July of 1974, Loyd married Rita Ann Garcia. They were blessed with three children, Steve, Felicia, and Shelia. On August 18, 1989, Loyd married Lorene Faye Showers of Leon, Iowa at Beard’s Bluff Park near Ashdown, Arkansas. They and his children made their home in Leon.
In his free time, Loyd loved to ride motorcyles, and mow and work in the yard. He liked having a nice yard. He and Lorene enjoyed participating in motorcycle rallies and poker runs. He was a member of the GWRA (Gold Wing Riders Association), Re-Tread (a 50+ year old member motorcycle club), and Borderline Motorcycle Club out of Mt. Ayr, Iowa. He loved playing with his grandchildren every chance he got.
Preceding him in death were his parents; grandpa, Felix Garcia; siblings, Clyde Warden, Janet Tiedke, and Corrine Warden; and brothers-in-law, Lonnie Showers and Dennis Showers. Survivors include his wife, Lorene Warden of Leon; children, Steve Warden of Liberty Center, Iowa, Felicia and John Doanetto of Clive, Iowa, and Shelia and Tom Wood of Indianola, Iowa; five grandchildren, Skyler Warden, Catalina Doanetto, Steve Flynn, Kirk Wood, and Saleena Wood; sisters, Lila and Bill Capehart of Des Moines and Mary McFadden of Ashdown, Arkansas; brother, Alan Warden of Des Moines; sisters-in-law, Joan Warden of Altoona, Iowa, Judi and Faye Patton of Des Moines, and Kathy Showers of Corydon, Iowa; nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held at the Slade - O'Donnell Funeral Home in Leon, Iowa at 10 a.m.. Wednesday, February 21, 2018. Burial will be in the Leon Cemetery, Leon, Iowa. A memorial fund has been established by the Family.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2018
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