Sampson, John Walter (1940 - 2020)

SAMPSON, WADDELL, GLENN, LIBBY, HARGENS, FIGGINS, LONG, ROGERS, THORNTON, DAUGHERTY, WILLIE, NASH, PORTER, SMYSER

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 12/9/2020 at 13:49:40

Name of deceased: John Walter Sampson

Aged: 80 yrs, 6 mo, 13 days

Residence: Walnut, Pottawattamie County, IA

Born: April 22, 1940; Westside, Crawford County, IA

Died: Nov. 4, 2020; Jennie Edmundson Hospital, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA

Funeral services: Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020; Our Savior Lutheran Church, Walnut, IA

Survived by: Wife of 58 years, Kay; children, Johnny of Dodge City, KS, Brenda (spouse, Bruce) Waddell of Harlan, IA, and Cindy (spouse, Jerry) Glenn of Walnut, IA; siblings, Dave (spouse, Carol) Sampson of Hancock, IA, Arnie (spouse, Carol) Sampson of Pikeville, NC, Wayne Sampson of Underwood, IA, Susan Libby of Walnut, IA, Martha (spouse, Randy) Hargens of Walnut, IA, and Joseph/Pete (spouse, Margaret) Sampson of Elliot, IA; sisters-in-law, Barb Sampson of Avoca, IA, Colleen Figgins of Corning, IA, Mary Ann Long of Ava, MO, Patty Rogers of Livonia, LA, Cheri (spouse, Lyle) Thornton of Sparta, MO, and Terry (spouse, Steve) Daugherty of Urbandale, IA; 8 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; nieces; nephews; other family members and friends.

Predeceased by: Parents, LeRoy and Edna Sampson; siblings, Robert, James, Walter and Mary; brothers-in-law, Thomas Willie, Ed Nash, Lewis Porter, Bill Long, Burt Rogers and Glen Figgins; father- and mother-in-law, John and Eloise Smyser; sisters-in-law, Darlene Sampson and Joyce Nash; nephew, Ronnie Willie

Education: Attended country school in Westside, IA, until the family moved to Walnut, IA. He was in the 7th grade at the time and graduated in 1958

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: no information provided

Marriage: Kay Jean Smyser; Oct. 6, 1962; Zion Lutheran Church, Atlantic, Cass County, IA

Employment: During school and after graduation, John initially worked as a farm hand and then began helping his brother, Dave, on a milk route. After that, he had many jobs including driving a cream and egg truck for Farmers Coop Creamery in Avoca, IA, working at Pioneer Lumberyard in Ankeny, IA, at Nielson Elevator in Walnut, IA, Avoca Livestock Auction Company in Avoca, IA, and finally working for Pottawattamie County Secondary Roads, from which he retired.

Hobbies/Interests: He enjoyed family trips to Missouri, Louisiana and South Dakota, and loved it when he and his brothers would go on bus trips to Chicago to see the Cubs games; looked forward to going to a Kansas City Chiefs game every once in a while; enjoyed fishing and going deer hunting every year with his brothers and nephews; enjoyed a good Euchre game; doing Find a Word puzzle books; taking daily walks; he especially enjoyed spending time with family and friends.

Sources: hockenberryfamilycare.com