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Daniel Herbert Wiedemeier passed away at 08:05 a.m. on April 19, 2022 at Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice House. Mr. Wiedemeier was born on October 11, 1938 in Burlington, Iowa. He was the son of the late Herbert and Nola Wiedemeier.
In 1959 he married Ruth Jane Hunt. He later married Marcia Holmes Marshall in 1988.
He graduated from Burlington High School in 1956. He attended Burlington Junior College for one year and graduated from the State University of Iowa with his bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1960. He did graduate work at Carlton College, Northwestern University, Michigan State and the University of Nebraska. He served in the United States Army National Guard for eight years.
His professional career began with the then Bell System in 1960. He later was transferred to Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph in Denver Colorado. When the Bell System was divested, he was transferred to American Telephone and Telegraph. During his almost 30-year tenure in the communication industry he was transferred to 14 different cities. He was Vice President and Chief Executive Officer for South Dakota. Vice President and General Manager for Colorado, Regional Vice President for AT&T in Denver, Corporate Vice President- Human Resources AT&T New York, and retired as Vice President – Federal System AT&T in Washington, D.C. in 1987 and moved back to his beloved Iowa and Burlington.
After two years of retirement, he joined Farmers and Merchants Bank. He retired from the bank in 2000. He has since worked on a part time basis with Lunning Chapel.
He loved his family and enjoyed being with his children and grandchildren. He enjoyed golf, spending time at the river cottage fishing. He was an avid aviation enthusiast and private pilot.
Dan has always been active in the communities where he has lived. In 1994 he was appointed by Governor Branstad to the Iowa Transportation Commission and served as its Chair in 2000-2001. He is a past president or chair of the following organizations: Southeast Council-Boy Scouts of America, Civic Music Association, Des Moines County Conservation, Messiah Lutheran Church Council and Burlington Kiwanis Club, Board of Great River Medical Center, Airport Authority.
He was a strong supporter of the United Way and Junior Achievement working as a volunteer for over 45 years. Awards of recognition seemed to follow Dan everywhere. His most treasured were the Boy Scout Distinguished Citizen Award and the Burlington Chamber Emmy Award presented in Burlington. He loved his country, Iowa, and always served to improve his community wherever he happened to live.
He is survived by his wife Marcia and children Bradford-Elbert, Colorado and Jane Hill-Green Way Village, Colorado. One sister Delores Harken-Landsdale, Pennsylvania; three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Dan was preceded in death by his parents and his son Todd.
Surely Dan has already assumed his position as “Chairman of the Board” hereafter.
The funeral service for Mr. Wiedemeier will be 2:00 PM, Saturday, April 23, 2022 at Messiah Lutheran Church, Burlington, Iowa with Reverends Ryan Cosgrove and Dean Graber officiating. Interment will be at Aspen Grove Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 12:30 until time of service. Friends may call Friday, April 22, 2022 at Lunning Chapel from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Military rites will be conducted by the Iowa National Guard.
In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established for Hope Haven and the Des Moines County Humane Society.