Thomas 'Tom' Michael McChesney

Tom McChesney BURLINGTON, Iowa--Thomas Michael McChesney of San Antonio, Texas, 65, died March 27 after a battle with cancer. He recently was transferred to the Hospice House in Burlington after surgery in Texas. Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 31, 2012, at the Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home in Wapello. Burial will take place in Wapello Cemetery. There will be no visitation, but friends may call from 2 to 7 p.m. on Friday, March 30, 2012, at the funeral home. Tom was born on November 15, 1946, in Burlington, Iowa, son of Kenneth and Betty McChesney. He graduated from Wapello High School in 1964, and Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, in 1968. He was a member of Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity. After graduation he joined the Air Force and was stationed at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio where he served four years with a rank of Captain when discharged. Tom was a cost controller for Intertek in San Antonio. He attended Castle Hills Baptist Church in San Antonio. He enjoyed all college and professional sports. He is survived by his son, Ken M. McChesney and wife, Sandra, of Houston, Texas; his parents, K...[more]

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y and Betty McChesney of Wapello; a sister, Sandy Ehrhardt and husband, Steve, of St. Louis, Missouri; nieces, Kristi Schache and husband, Bryan, and Katrina, Kylie, Jonathan, and Joshua of Peoria, Illinois; Keri and Alec Lucas and husband, Alex, of Chicago, Illinois; and a nephew, Jeff Ehrhardt and wife, Erica, of St. Louis, Missouri. He was preceded in death by his son, Christopher Daniel McChesney.