The Life of JOHN CARROLL MATEER
Services for John Carrol Mateer, 78, of 1214 Clinton Ave., who died of a heart ailment Sunday at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Dunn''s Funeral Home. Burial will be in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Mr. Mateer was born near Monroe and lived in Newton before moving to Des Moines in 1941. He was retired manager of the Jewett-Highland Park Lumber Co., and was a member of Auburn Masonic Lodge 592, Corinthian Chapter Royal Arch, Za-Ga-Zig Shrine, and was a past vice president of the Highland Park Business Men''s Club.
Survivors include his wife, Florence; a son, Norman of Des Moines; a daughter, Virginia Bell of Russell; two sisters, Ruth Thomas of San Diego, CA, and Vera Mathis of Dallas, TX; a brother Harold of Newton; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mr. Mateer was born near Monroe and lived in Newton before moving to Des Moines in 1941. He was retired manager of the Jewett-Highland Park Lumber Co., and was a member of Auburn Masonic Lodge 592, Corinthian Chapter Royal Arch, Za-Ga-Zig Shrine, and was a past vice president of the Highland Park Business Men''s Club.
Survivors include his wife, Florence; a son, Norman of Des Moines; a daughter, Virginia Bell of Russell; two sisters, Ruth Thomas of San Diego, CA, and Vera Mathis of Dallas, TX; a brother Harold of Newton; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.