1928 - 2024
1928 - 2024
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1928
2024
Edward Androy DeLozier was born October 8, 1928, to Bert Aaron and Susie Hazel (Androy) DeLozier in Woodbine, Iowa. He was raised in the Woodbine and Pisgah, Iowa areas, Iowa and graduated from Tennant High School in 1947 in Tennant, Iowa. Ed proudly served his country in the U. S. Navy. In 1949, Ed married Joyce Messerschmidt in Yuma, Arizona. The couple lived in Des Moines, Milwaukee and Pueblo, Colorado. After returning to Logan, Ed worked for the Council Bluffs Parks Department. He then started farming with Gifford Hein and later purchased this farm.
The couple enjoyed wintering in Arizona. Ed also enjoyed traveling, golfing, fishing, hunting, camping and walking. Additionally, he enjoyed being out on the farm.
Ed died on Saturday, August 24, 2024, at Brookstone Nursing Home in Papillion, Nebraska at the age of 95 years, ten months and 16 days.
Ed was preceded in death by his parents and his wife Joyce on December 3, 2018. He is survived by his four children, Jim DeLozier and his wife Deb of Dunlap, Iowa, Sally and her husband Jim Heitz of Omaha, Nebraska, Royce DeLozier and his wife Linda of Hooper, Nebraska, Cynthia and her husband Charles Safilian of West Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; eight grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; sister, Janice Allen of Council Bluffs, Iowa; and many other relatives and friends.
THE FAMILY WILL BE HAVING A PRIVATE FAMILY SERVICE FOR ED.
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