Jack Lawrence Estle
August 31, 1923 - December 7, 2010
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Jack Lawrence Estle Obituary
Jack L. Estle LETTS, Iowa - Jack Lawrence Estle, 87, Letts, died Tuesday, December 7, 2010, at Colonial Estates Assisted Living, Columbus Junction. Private graveside service will be held at Indian Creek Cemetery with the Rev. Collette Gould officiating. Memorial Service will be 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 11, 2010, at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services. Commissioned Lay Pastor Ramona Wink will officiate the memorial service. Following the memorial service there will be a time of food and fellowship at the Allen Wright Hanft American Legion Post No. 100, 99 Second St. There will be no visitation. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the 4-H Foundation, the Tri-Rivers Conservation Foundation or Letts United Methodist Church in Jack's name. Jack was born on August 31, 1923, in rural Columbus Junction, the son of John L. and Orpha M. Foster Estle. He was a U.S. Army veteran from August 1943 to December 1945, serving in Europe for 21 months and receiving two purple hearts. He married Lois Louise Hafner on March 17, 1946, in Letts. He was a member of the Letts United Methodist Church. He was a life-long farmer in the Letts area, retiring after 43 years. He served as Louisa County Supervisor from 1989-2001 and was a member of the Allen Wright Hanft American Legion Post No. 100, the Muscatine Elks Lodge No. 304, the Louisa County Farm Bureau, the Letts-Grandview Lions Club and the Columbus Junction Community Club. He was a director for the Columbus Junction State Bank and attended the United Methodist Church Men's Breakfast Club. He enjoyed playing bridge and other card games, visiting with people and especially, spending time with his family. He will be dearly missed by his daughters, Dianne Bohling and husband, Al, of Columbus Junction and Nancy McConahay and husband, Mike, of Letts; three grandchildren, Brandon Bohling and wife, Denise, Joseph Bohling, and Christopher McConahay; and a great-grandchild, Bryce Bohling. He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife.
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Jack L. Estle LETTS, Iowa - Jack Lawrence Estle, 87, Letts, died Tuesday, December 7, 2010, at Colonial Estates Assisted Living, Columbus Junction. Private graveside service will be held at Indian Creek Cemetery with the Rev. Collette Gould officiating. Memorial Service will be 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 11, 2010, at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Fun
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