Dale Rademaker

Dale D. Rademaker, 90, of Waukon, IA, died Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Memorial services with military honors will be held Saturday, June 2nd, at 11:00 AM at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukon with Pastor Bill Odermann officiating. Inurnment will be at Greenwood Cemetery, rural Westgate, IA. Friends may call from 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Friday at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon. Memorials can be made to Veterans Memorial Hospital or St. John's Lutheran Church, both in Waukon.

Dale DuWayne Rademaker was born August 22, 1927, in Westgate, IA, the son of Adrian and Maude W. (Hollenback) Rademaker. In 1944, he graduated from Maynard High School and then enlisted in the Air Corps reserve; in 1945, Dale joined the U.S. Naval Medical Corps School and was honorably discharged from the Navy in 1946, as a Pharmacist Mate, 3rd Class. Dale then attended Upper Iowa University in Fayette, graduating in 1950.

Throughout his career, Dale lived in many places. From 1950-60, he was a salesman for Goodyear and Uniroyal Tire Companies and moved around from Oelwein, Des Moines, Webster City, and Mason City, IA, Austin, MN, and Detroit, MI. For about 20 years, Dale was in Cedar Rapids, IA, working for H.D. Lee Company until 1980. On October 1, 1971, he married Pearl Ann Hawf Leist. After leaving Cedar Rapids, he and Ann moved to Palm Harbor, FL, where Dale was a real estate broker. In 1995, they returned to Iowa and lived on the Mississippi River, finally moving to Waukon in 1997.

Dale belonged to St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukon and the VFW and American Legion. He liked to golf, scoring three holes-in-one in his lifetime, and was a member of the Waukon Country Club. Dale also enjoyed boating and fishing from their weekend home on the Mississippi, going for drives through the Allamakee County countryside, and playing cards. He also had his pilot's license.

He is survived by his wife Ann of Waukon; son David (Sandy) Rademaker of Cedar Rapids, IA, two stepsons: Terry (Carol) Leist of Bozeman, MT, and Timothy (Rachel) Leist of Iowa City, IA; grandchildren: Chris (Shelley) Emmons and Andrea (David) Carlson; step-grandchildren: Jacob and Alexa Leist; great-grandchildren: Grace and Leah Emmons and Cooper Carlson; and sister-in-law Doris Rademaker of Fayette, IA.

Dale was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter Julie Flesner; and his siblings: Adrian (Abe) Rademaker, Eleanore Long, Marge (Paul) Artis, Jean (Fred) Wetlaufer, and Betty (Robert) Turney.