MAX R. DICKINSON, 80, died Wednesday, May 31, 2000, at his home in Cedar Falls. He was born November 30, 1919 in Charles City, Iowa, the son of Albert and Olga (Anderson) Dickinson. Max married Ruth Byers on December 15, 1941 in Kahoka, Missouri. He served with the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theatre during W.W. II. Max was employed as a welder for twelve years with Clay Equipment Company in Cedar Falls and with Cribmaster of America for several years.
He is survived by his wife Ruth and his son Kenneth M. Dickinson, both of Cedar Falls; five grandchildren, Keith and Douglas Steimel, Laura Rose, and Carolyn and Elizabeth Dickinson; eight great-grandchildren, Nichole, Jason, Justin and Natalie Steimel, Dylan and Sydney Steimel, and Courteney and Lyndesey Rose; a brother Leo Dickinson of Glenora, California; a sister, Alice Maxwell of Ione, California and his son-in-law, Gary Steimel of Eagle Center, Iowa.
Max was preceded in death by his parents and a daughter, Patricia Steimel; a granddaughter, Amber Steimel, and two sisters, Albertta Gregory and Barbara Mixdorf.
Services: 1:00 p.m. Friday, June 2, 2000 at the Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, with burial at Greenwood Cemetery in Cedar Falls. A memorial fund will be established at a later date.