Overton Funeral Home

CT April 18, 2018 Jack FosdickServices for Jack L. Fosdick, 79, who passed away Monday, April 16, 2018, will be held 10 a.m. Friday, April 20, at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola with burial following in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday, April 19, at Overton Funeral Home with family present from 6 to 8 p.m.Jack LeRoy Fosdick was born on July 23, 1938, in Eagleville, Missouri, to Jesse and Wilma (Parkhurst) Fosdick. He has two younger sisters, Karen (Larry) Smith of Des Moines, Iowa, and Betty Hager of Las Vegas, NV. Jack entered the Navy on Aug. 1, 1955, and last served on the U.S.S. Rigel (AF-58) in various international ports, receiving his honorable discharge on Nov. 27, 1963, through the Naval Reserve Manpower Center in Bainbridge, Maryland.Upon his military discharge Jack drove a truck for Dutcher & Sons, hauling livestock in Des Moines. He then drove a bread truck for Colonial Bread company and later for Omar Bakery in Des Moines. Finally, he went to work for AGI Wholesale Grocers, driving their trucks.Jack met and married the love of his life, Sheila Summers, and they had three children, David Bruce (Marzale) of Kansas City, Missouri, Lori Lee Olsasky (deceased) and Brenda Marie (Darrell- deceased) Rushing, of Wills Point, Texas. In 1970 the family moved from Des Moines, Iowa, to rural Warren County, Iowa, raising cattle, hogs and sheep while farming 10 acres and still driving for AGI.Following his retirement from AGI in August 1995, Jack continued his farming operations and spent many afternoons playing cards at the American Legion Hall in Liberty Center. He loved traveling to fish at the lakes near Red Lake, Ontario, Canada, and also in Branson, Missouri. Many summers their camper stayed at the campground near Eagleville, Missouri, where Jack and Sheila would spend long weekends.Jack was preceded in death by his parents, Jesse and Wilma, and his daughter, Lori.Also treasuring Jack’s memories are his adored wife, Sheila; his remaining childr... (DesMoinesRegister.com)