"Our thoughts and prayers are with you."
In loving memory of
Claude E. Webb Jr.
May 28, 1939 - April 23, 2007
Claude Webb Jr. Services: 10 a.m. Friday, April 27, Nelson-Boylan-LeRette Funeral Chapel, Red Oak. Visitation: 7-8 p.m. Thursday, April 26, funeral chapel. RED OAK, Iowa - Claude E. Webb Jr., 67, Red Oak, died Monday, April 23, 2007, at Montgomery County Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. The Revs. Duane Lacock and Derek Watt will officiate. Burial will be at Wierich Cemetery near Lyman. Mr. Webb was born May 28, 1939, in Muscatine, the son of Claude and Vera (Reichert) Webb. He married Sharon Sunderman on Nov. 19, 1961, in Griswold. He was raised in Muscatine, graduating from the Muscatine High School in 1957. That same year he started working for Northwestern Bell as a lineman. He held several positions in Sioux City, Keokuk and Atlantic. He served in the U.S. Army from 1962-63. Upon his return from the Army, he and his wife moved to Red Oak where they have lived ever since. He worked for Northwestern Bell as central office supervisor and manager at Red Oak, Shenandoah and Hamburg retiring after 31 years of service in 1986. He then worked for Sunderman Oil Co., Griswold. He was a charter member of Nishna Church of Christ where he held several positions; was a founding member of the Classy Chassis Car Club; past president of the Lions Club; was a former member of the Red Oak Jaycees where he was the outstanding first year Jaycee for 1964-65; president of the Nishna Club Telephone Pioneers. He loved racing and most Saturday nights would be found at the Adams County Speedway, Corning. Survivors include his wife; a son, Kirk Webb and wife Lisa of Griswold; a daughter, Jana Jessen and husband Rick of Corning; grandchildren, Ashley Lamb of Ames, Whittney Lamb of Grant and Paige and Regan Jessen, both of Corning; a great-grandchild, Jace Lamb of Grant; his mother, Vera Webb of Muscatine; a sister, Gay Hindbaugh and husband Leo of Muscatine; and many other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his father; a sister, Linda Schmidt; and father- and mother-in-law, Floyd and Esther Sunderman.