Robert Fahnestock
December 23, 2007
Robert Lyle Fahnestock, 88, died Sunday, December 23, 2007 at Iowa Lutheran Hospital.
Robert was born in Des Moines on April 21, 1919 and was a life long resident. He retired from Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in 1978 after 30 years of service.
He was a Navy Veteran of WW II, charter member of Grandview Park Baptist Church, Hawkeye Chapter of Telephone Pioneers, and CWA Retiree Club.
Survivors include his wife of 68 years, Norma Jean (Currier); daughters, Mary Lou Walker and Ruth Ann Richards; sister, Elizabeth Abbott; four grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, and three step great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a great grandson.
Visitation will be on Thursday, December 27, 2007 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at Hamilton’s Lyon Street Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 11:00 a.m. also at the Funeral Home, 605 Lyon Street. Burial will follow at Highland Memory Gardens. Memorials may be directed to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
Jodie Howard
12/27/2007
Norma--
I do not read the paper as often as I should and was saddened today I saw that Bob has passed away. I feel very fortunate to have known Bob and to know you, Norma, through my grandmother, Marie Halley, who was very fond of the both of you.
May God bless you and hold you and comfort you in your time of sorrow and in the days ahead.
Jodie Howard
4125 E. 27th Street
Des Moines, IA 50317
Scott and Stephanie Walker
12/26/2007
Scott and I would like to express our deepest sympathy and our prayers to all the friends and family members of Mr. Fahnestock. In being the step children to Mary Lou, Scott and I were able to spend a few Christmas Eve's and Father's Day Holidays with Robert. Although our meetings with him and his lovely wife Norma were brief we will not forget his very sweet smile and his kind words. He lived a long, good life, with a beautiful family. These are sad days since his passing for all of you, do remember that he's in the most perfect place of all, with the lord.
Our Thoughts And Prayers Are With You,
Scott and Stephanie Walker