Elbert Westpfahl
Elbert “Bert” Westpfahl, 83, of Hiawatha died after a courageous battle with lung cancer, surrounded by his family on Saturday, March 17, 2018.
Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. on Friday, March 23, at St. Pius X Catholic Church, celebrated by the Rev. Phil Thompson.
Burial: 2 p.m. on Friday, March 23, at God’s Acres Cemetery in Clermont, Iowa.
Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce; his children, Kathy (Marc) Ferguson and Tom (Kathy) Westpfahl; his grandson, Jason; great-grandson, Gage; his siblings, Richard Westpfahl, Lorraine Miller, Ruth Amundson, Betty Freeman, and a large extended family.
Bert was preceded in death by his parents, siblings and in-laws.
Bert was born July 14, 1934, in Clermont, Iowa, the son of Carl and Grace Westpfahl.