L. Neil Waldorf

1922 - 2012  (89 years)

• Name	L. Neil Waldorf
  Born	10 Aug 1922	Hudson, South Dakota
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 May 2012	Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha   [1]
  Buried	Aft 8 May 2012	Evergreen Cemetery, Vinton, Benton Co, Iowa, USA
  Person ID	I2169	Decker Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	Horace S. Waldorf,   b. 25 Nov 1889, Hudson, Lincoln, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 26 Jul 1954, Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA  (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Florence Ethel Cable,   b. 11 Apr 1893, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 25 Mar 1938, Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA  (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1915
  Family ID	F765	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kathleen L. Potter,   d. 27 Apr 2004
  Married	21 Aug 1945	Van Horne, Iowa   [1]
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F766	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Published May 10, 2012 L. Neil Waldorf, 89, of Vinton, died Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha following a sudden illness. He had been a resident at Windsor Manor in Vinton for the past three years. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 14, at the Vinton Presbyterian Church with Pastor Fred Darbonne and Pastor Kara Courtney officiating. Private family committal services will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton with military rites conducted by Geo. G. Luckey American Legion Post 57 and Iowa Military Funeral Honors. Neil was born Aug. 10, 1922, in Hudson, S.D., the son of Horace S. and Florence Ethel Cable Waldorf. He graduated from Lincoln High School in Vinton in 1940. He served his country in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He was stationed in the South Pacific and was discharged as a corporal. On Aug. 21, 1945, Neil was united in marriage with Kathleen L. Potter in Van Horne, Iowa. Following retirement, the couple volunteered at a hospital in Mission, Texas, for many years. Kathleen preceded him in death on April 27, 2004. Neil co-owned 4th Street Cleaners in Vinton with his brother-in-law, Marion Isbell; he worked as an accountant and ran a tax service; he owned the Hamburger Inn in Vinton; and he was also a paymaster for D.C. Taylor Co., retiring in 1986. Neil was a past member of Vinton’s Presbyterian Church, Kiwanis Club and Country Club. He enjoyed golfing, fishing, hunting, camping, boating, bowling and playing cards. His greatest joy in life was spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; one brother, H. Cable Waldorf; and one sister, Raechel Raish.

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] Obituary.