ge of Dentistry in 1907. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma social frater
nity. He came to Waverly, Iowa in June 1907 and practiced there for ov
er fifty years before retiring. He was called Jed by his friends and fami
ly.

He married Iva in 1915 and they had four children. John was a good and ap
preciated husband. He was a sportsman, a hunter, trap shooter, golfer, a
nd in earlier years he played baseball. He hunted in the Dakotas and Cana
da and he, with several of his friends, maintained their own hunting lak
e. As a dentist he had an excellent reputation and was known throughout I
owa. He was a life member of the Iowa Dental Association, for ten yea
rs a member of Iowa State Board of Dental Examiners, and a Fellow of the A
merican College of Dentists. He was past chairman of the Board of Directo
rs of the First National Bank of Waverly and was a communicant of St Andre
w's Episcopal Church in Waverly.

John was ill for fourteen years before his death suffering from Parkinso
ns Disease. His wife says "The greatness of him as a man, his courage, h
is patience, his faith was fully revealed in the way he accepted this drea
dful disease." He died at the age of eighty-six at St. Joseph's Mercy Hos
pital where he had been a patient for eight days. He was buried at Harlin
ton Cemetery. Iva was living in Waverly, Iowa in 1976.