Michael Scott "Eddie" Edwards

GREENE - Funeral services for Michael Scott Edwards, 50, of 215 S. Fourth St. in Greene, will be 2:30 p.m. Monday at Reid's Funeral Chapel, 519 N. First St. in Greene, with Pastor Ashok Patet and Pastor Gene Burry officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Greene.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Reid's Funeral Chapel where there will be a public Scripture service at 7:30 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services on Monday at the chapel.

Michael Scott Edwards was born Dec. 25, 1955, at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, a son of Charles Leo and June Marie (Cummings) Edwards, and died Wednesday (March 8, 2006) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

He graduated from Council Rock High School in Newtown, Pa., in 1974. Mike attended Chesapeake College, obtaining his AA in 1984 and completed one year toward his BA degree at the University of Maryland. He graduated from the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy in 1984 and later received his certification from the Delaware State Police as a Doppler radar operator. He also attended the Security Specialist Air Force Military Training Center in Lackland AFB.

Mike enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1975 and was stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. He served with the 44th Security Missile Wing, 44th Missile Security Squadron, and was a member of Flight 67-2. He also worked in the 68th area guarding missiles. Following Mike's discharge in 1979, he moved to New Jersey.

On May 26, 1979, he was united in marriage to Janet Louise Daiker at the Church of the Brethren in Denton, Md., and this union was blessed with two sons. He and his family moved to Greene in 1990, and he later became employed at the United States Postal Service in Mason City where he worked until his death.

Mike's spiritual journey began when he gave his life to the Lord in July 1976 and received the Holy Spirit on Oct. 23, 1988. Mike was a very active member of the Church of the Brethren and it's yoke parish, United Methodist Church. He taught adult Sunday school and was a member of the Pastor Parish Relation Committee. He filled in at the pulpit when asked.

He was an avid reader and enjoyed fishing and hunting. His greatest hobby was model building, which he started doing at a very young age. Mike loved flying in a Cessna 150, having soloed and done cross-country flights.

Living family members include his loving wife of 26 years, Janet, of Greene; two sons, Michael Alan (friend Stephanie) and Christopher Mark Edwards, both of Greene; mother, June Edwards, of Church Hill, Tenn.; two brothers, Charles F. Edwards of Manitou Springs, Colo., and Mark (Sandra) Edwards of Peoria Heights, Ill.; mother- and father-in-law, Don and Mary Daiker of Greene; two sisters-in-law, Freda (Greg) Collins, of Delaware and Dorothy Daiker of Texas, and one brother-in-law, Blair Daiker of Texas; and two nieces and one nephew.

He was preceded in death by his father, Charles L. Edwards, on June 1, 1994.

Those planning an expression of sympathy may direct memorials to the Michael S. Edwards Memorial Fund in care of the family or to the Credit Union Memorial Fund, 12 N. Delaware Ave., Mason City, IA 50401.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Reid's Funeral Chapel, (641) 823-4457.