BOONE CONNECTED DEATH

     Wallace (Wally) Edwin Loudon, 92, Boone. Born at rural College Springs, IA. Educated in Mount Ayr and Diagonal. Married Gladys Gibson in 1949. The couple farmed near Diagonal for seven years. They moved to Moingona in 1956 and then to Boone. Wally drove trucks, worked at ISU and spent 11 years at Boesen Greenhouse in Boone. Later, for 21 years, he worked for the DOT. He loved  the outdoors and he spent many hours there. After retirement, he spent the summers at Don Williams Lake. He and Gladys divorced after 31 years of married life. He married Jacquie Reeves Tesdal Bollenbaugh in 1983 but they separated in 2003. In 2008, he met Mary Wirtz and they became companions. Survivors include Mary, as well as a step-daughter, Dawn Molle, of Boone and a step-son, Ron Tesdal, of Boone. Services in Boone and at Bass Point.