Lloyd Eugene Van Dorn

Our dad's 85 year journey down life's long and winding road was completed, as he entered his Holy Father's Home from his home in Monmouth, Iowa on August 8, 2013. A celebration of Lloyd's life will be held at 10:30 A.M., Monday, August 12, 2013, from the Carson Celebration of Life Center in Maquoketa, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 P.M. on Sunday, August 11, 2013, from the Carson Celebration of Life Center in Maquoketa. Burial will be at the Mount Hope Cemetery, Maquoketa, Iowa, with military honors. Lloyd Eugene Van Dorn was born on December 3, 1927 in Seymour, Iowa, to William Bryan and Lora Jean (Mitchell) Van Dorn. He was a 1945 graduate of Seymour High School and then served his country honorably as an Army veteran during World War II. He married Arvilla Templeton in 1949 in Maquoketa, Iowa. To this union 5 children were born, Lloyd, Bill, Laura, Jim, and Deborah. Arvilla preceded him in death in March of 1961. He married Dorothy L. Carman on January 6, 1962. To this union 2 children were born, Michelle and Sherry. Dorothy preceded him in death on December 1, 1979. He married Marjorie Roeder Winger on April 18, 1982 in Temple Hill, Iowa. Upon receivi...[more]

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his honorable discharge, he returned home to the Seymour area where he worked for the Highline Company from 1947 to the early 1950's. He then moved to Maquoketa where he worked at Clinton Engines as a supervisor until its closing. Lastly, he worked for John Deere on the assembly line, first in Dubuque and then in Moline. He also farmed in Monmouth from 1964 to 2003. Lloyd was a member of the Maquoketa VFW Post #3633 O'Connor-Regenwether, Maquoketa Masonic Helion Lodge #36 AF & AM, the Eagles Club in Maquoketa, and the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Oxford Junction. Lloyd loved the outdoors. He enjoyed fishing, camping, hunting, farming and traveling to Florida every year with Marjorie. Those left to honor Lloyd's memory include his wife, Marjorie Van Dorn of Clarence, IA; children, Bill (Pat) Van Dorn of Chariton, IA, Laura (Gregory) Boeding of Rochester, IA, Jim (Helen) Van Dorn of Dixon, IA, Deborah Van Dorn of Monmouth, IA, Michelle (and friend Joy) Tredway of Des Moines, IA, and Sherry Streets of Springville, IA; 5 step-children, Dennis (Ethel) Winger, Jerry (Mary) Winger, Terry (Denise) Winger, Richard (Anne) Winger and Cindy (Doug) Westphal; 12 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild; 13 step-grandchildren, 12 step-great-grandchildren; and a step-brother, Marvin (Oasie) Sharp of Corydon, IA. He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife Arvilla, his second wife Dorothy, a son Lloyd, brothers Robert, Neal and William, and sisters Virginia and Pauline. In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, a Lloyd E. Van Dorn memorial fund has been established. Online Condolences may be left at www.CarsonAndSon.com.