John E. Vanous
August 19, 1947 ~ October 20, 2015
John E. Vanous, 68, of Lisbon, died on Tuesday, October 20, 2015, at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Funeral Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, October 24, 2015, at the Lisbon United Methodist Church. Visitation will be for one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial with military honors at the Lisbon Cemetery. Arrangements are with Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Mount Vernon.
Survivors include his wife, Mo; son, Ed (Jean) Vanous of Lisbon; siblings, Bobby Vanous of Cedar Rapids, Rose Marie (Will Ewart) Vanous of Springville, and Linda (Michael) Starr of Cedar Rapids; sister-in-law, Janean (Boyd) King of Monticello; grandchildren, Josh, Shea, and Tyler; and a great granddaughter, Kia.
John was born August 19, 1947, in Cedar Rapids, the son of Robert and Anna Mae (Machacek) Vanous. John honorably served in US Army. On March 7, 1970, he married Morean Plattenberger in Lisbon. John worked as a mover for Coe College for many years. He enjoyed golfing, fishing, camping, and caring for his dog, Molly. He was a member of the Lisbon United Methodist Church and the Solon American Legion Stinocher Post #460.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and a sister-in-law, Kathy Vanous.
A memorial fund has been established.
Please share your support and memories with John's family on his tribute wall at www.stewartbaxter.com under obituaries.
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Through you we learned….
How to not only work hard,
(Carrying the picket signs, you yelling at the scabs,
Yelling, “Muscatine Melons” and lining the damn chairs up on the lines to name a few.)
But how to play hard too!
( Kernals Baseball (we even did a Cardinals one too) Motorcycle rides, Snowmobile rides and pulling us on the sled at the farm
weekend trips, motels rooms and domino’s pizza delivered at night, family vacations and seeing all the sites, you always landed us in places we should’t have been, laughing)
Family was love, no matter what and to always help out.
(Christmas time at Uncle Bobbies Greenhouse in CR, cutting, flocking and selling tree’s-Taking Auntie Em and your Ma out and just stopping in to see them. Afternoons with
Gramps and his Martini and you and your 3 beers. Loading up the van on the weekends with no set destination planned. You and Ed on your motorcycle and Mo and I on Gramps’ again
just going for a ride and letting the road take us to where ever it wanted.
The value of a buck-
Spending the evenings at the hall cleaning and Weekends working whatever gig they had going on
saving our money for our next trip.
Take care of what you have-
Hours taking care of cars, bikes and sleds, changing oil in the front yard and washing and waxing. Hours and hours on your Dads old car and listening to the stories
you would tell as you shined it up
The little things in life-
Fishing off of the 1st Ave bridge, Denny’s Turkey Clubs, cruising the Ave, doing donuts in the Nova,
putting our arms down the laundry shoot upstairs to scare Mo in the basement as she was doing hair
Laughter, oh the laughing we shared-Haunted Houses in October
The best I saved for last,
How to make your coffee for 2 am when you get up for work, it’s ok to get up at midnight
for a snack and how to bake oatmeal cookies for you.
These are just a few memories of the best memories and lessons of my 2nd Dad, John.
Saturday I will kiss his bald head and tell him I love him for the last time. My heart aches and
there is a great deal of pain right now but I am blessed that I got to do this for over 40 years
I will deeply miss you my friend, always welcoming me with that bold toughness. I will never forget our last Wrestling match, Love yah buddy. my thoughts and prayers our with the family in this time of sorrow! God bless Brandy
What a shock. John was the sweetest and funniest man I knew @ Coe College. He was a wonderful co-worker who will be missed by all Kohawks. Mary Dias, Retired Hickok Hall Secretary 2001-2009
My deepest sympathy to All of John`s Family . I have known them for many years. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Yours,
John A. Kuba
Podivin Czech Republic
John was a good friend to me, and I have wonderful memories of the times we spent together at work and carpooling. My deepest sympathy is sent to John’s family, who were his pride and joy.
We had fun times when we were younger. You were always happy and in a good mood. I send my very deepest sympathy to your family. I love your wife very much. Sincerely, Judy (Bigger) Askew
First of all I’m sorry to hear about the loss of a good man. We had out difference. He loved his dogs and grandkids n great granddaughter kaiya. God took your from this world .in our heart we are sadden. I know you will be looking down on the ones you love .dance with those 👼 john. No more pain. All my love me
Our deepest sympathy to Mo, Ed and John’s family in this time of great loss. It came as quite a shock. It has been many years since Denise helped at Boxing Bingo. Those were good, fun times and good memories that now seem so long ago like a page in life’s journey. John was always happy and fun loving with a great sense of humor. He will be truly missed by all that knew him. We will keep you and your family in our thoughts and our prayers. May friends and family ease your sorrow and may God’s word bring you peace and comfort.
Moe and family my heart goes out to you. We had some good laughs with you on the swing at your yard. Good memories!!! Great parties. Take care. I will pray for you! Love Joyce Oldorf
My sympathy to the Vanous family. Please know that I care and lift you in prayer.
Mo and family,
Please accept my sympathy on the loss of John. I was shocked when I heard it. And with all you have going on in your life now….I’m so very sorry.
I always liked John, I remember when he would stop at the store when he got off work, he always had something funny to say or kid about. Needless to say, he left his mark on a LOT of people and will be missed by so many. Hold your memories of John close.
Know you are in my sincere thoughts,
Annamae Baker