H. John Priebe, age 67, of Council Bluffs, passed away August 5, 2013, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital.
John was born March 29, 1946, in Erlangen, Germany. He graduated Abraham Lincoln High School in 1964 and served his country in the US Army during the Vietnam War. John married Karen Rodenburg on September 17, 1983. He was an insurance agent for Allstate Insurance Company for twenty years and then worked for TS Bank. He was a member of Living Hope Community Church, where he was a founding member and the Western Iowa Grape Growers Association.
John was preceded in death by his mother and father, Hulda (Banek) Priebe and Max Priebe.
He is survived by his wife of 29 years, Karen Priebe, of Council Bluffs; son, Eric (Jennifer) Priebe, of Seattle, Wash.; grandchildren, Cristiaan, Keegan and Sydney Priebe; in-laws, Gene and Jean Rodenburg, of Council Bluffs; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Ed and Linda Rodenburg, of Omaha, Neb.; sister-in-law, Mary, of Fritch, Texas; nephews and nieces, Brandon and Matthew Rodenburg, Bryan and David Wakefield, Beth Carpenter and Katie Carpenter-Hodges; cousins in Canada and Germany.
Memorial service, Sunday, 2 p.m., at Living Hope Community Church. Reverend Ken Dohmen, pastor will officiate. A lunch will immediately follow the service. Private inurnment was held on Saturday in Ridgewood Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Living Hope Community Church, 15101 Hope Lane, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503.
This obituary was originally published in The Daily Nonpareil.
