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Richard L. Rex, 80, West Branch
Obituaries · December 22, 2016
Richard L. Rex, 80, of West Branch passed away peacefully Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, at Cedar Manor Nursing Home in Tipton.
Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, at the United Methodist Church in West Branch. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Branch. Burial will be in the West Branch Cemetery. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarkerfuneralhome.com. A memorial fund has been established.
Richard was born April 3, 1936, in Ames, Iowa, the son of Charles Russell and Sara Arlene (Millett) Rex. He graduated from Marshalltown High School in 1954. He then attended the University of Iowa. He moved to West Branch in 1955 to help his family run the bowling alley, where he met his future wife. On Oct. 20, 1957, he was united in marriage to Audrey Foster in West Branch. He was later employed with his brother-in-law at Foster Maytag. He then worked for United Model, and in 1980 opened Rex Hardware, which he operated until 1988. He later joined the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, where he worked as supervisor of security retiring in 2014 after 28 years. He served 16 years on the West Branch School board, where he served as president. He also served as mayor of West Branch for 12 years.
Dick and Audrey enjoyed many years traveling to his parent’s resort, White Hill Haven in Bemidji, Minn., and later to their trailer at Paradise Valley in Northeast Iowa. He enjoyed following the Iowa Women’s Basketball team, of which they have been season ticket holders for 20 years. He also enjoyed fishing, was an avid Minnesota Vikings fan, and following his grandchildren and great grandchildren in all their activities.
He was a member of the West Branch United Methodist Church and a former Kiwanis member.
He is survived by wife Audrey of West Branch; four children: Tim (Madonna) Rex of West Branch, Tammy Rex McGrew of Rockford, Ill., Terry (Kris) Rex of Oelwein, and Tracy (Chuck) Wolfe of North Liberty; 14 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; one sister: Jan (Ken) Mather of West Branch; and two sisters-in-law: Doris Hagen of San Antonio, Texas, and Mary J. (Buck) Turnbull of Des Moines.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a granddaughter Shelby.
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