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Harvey A. Peden, 56, Atalissa
Obituaries · May 13, 2009
Harvey A. Peden, 56, died Monday May 11, 2009, while planting corn on one of the family farms North of Atalissa.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday May 15, 2009, at the West Branch United Methodist Church with Rev. Scot Patrick officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Branch. Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery in Tipton, Iowa. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Harvey Peden memorial fund. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarkerfuneralhome.com.
Harvey was born April 21, 1953, in Davenport, Iowa, the son of George and Marian Meier Peden.
He was a graduate of West Branch High School in 1971 and attended the Farm Operation Program at Iowa State University. On August 7, 1976, he was united in marriage to the former Joetta Lanfier in West Branch.
He had farmed East of Springdale his entire life.
He was a former member of the Jaycees, past FFA president, had received the Iowa FFA farmer degree, member of the I-Club, Farm Bureau and was a University of Iowa Foundation supporter. He also enjoyed playing volleyball and had grown and sold sweet corn in the area for 24 years.
He is survived by his wife, Joetta Peden of Atalissa; mother Marian Peden of Atalissa; three daughters: Shanelle Peden of West Branch, Alicia Peden of Arlington, Va., and Haley Peden of Ames; brother David (Kathy) Peden of West Branch; two sisters, Marcia Kennedy of Houston, Texas, and Stacie (Tony) Pridotkas of Fairfax, Va.; nieces and nephews Scott (Stacy) Peden and Shane (Pam) Peden, George Pridotkas and Leila Pridotkas; as well as many friends.
He was preceded in death by his father and a sister, Susan.
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