Eugene E Stokes

Eugene "Gene" E. Stokes, 86, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, April 30, 2010, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, from a massive stroke.  He was born May 5, 1923 at Orange Township, Iowa, the son of Ralph and Lillian (Hillock) Stokes.  Eugene married Jean Caley and they later separated.  He was a 1941 graduate and valedictorian at Orange High School.  Eugene served with the US Army in the Pacific Theatre of Operations during WW II.  He was a farmer in Black Hawk County, a cream hauler, and was a tankman for Mobil Oil.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Pam (Joel) Wood and Janice Parsons, both of Janesville; a granddaughter, Sara (Jeff) Smead; three great grandchildren; a brother, R. Keith (JeanAnn) Stokes, of Old Frontenac, Minnesota, and his special friend, Vi Dyer, of Cedar Falls.

Eugene was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Edward Allen Stokes; a sister, Zelma Latner; a granddaughter, Amy Welter, and a son-in-law, Edward Parsons.

Services will be 2:00 pm Monday, May 3, 2010, at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, with burial at Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens, both in Cedar Falls.  Military honors will be conducted by Cedar Falls AMVETS Post 49.  Visitation will be 2—5:00 pm Sunday, and an hour before service, at the funeral home.  Memorials may be directed to the American Heart Association.  Online condolences may be left at www.DahlFuneralHome.com .

Gene loved farming, restoring IH tractors and driving his red truck.