March 28, 2024

John A. Weirick

Aug. 17, 2016

John A. Weirick, 90, of Colfax, died Wednesday Aug. 17, 2016, in Des Moines. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday afternoon Aug. 21 at the Coburn Funeral Home in Colfax, with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 22 at the Colfax United Methodist Church. Burial with full military honors will follow at the Colfax Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the Colfax United Methodist Church and condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com

John was born to Dr. Harry A. Weirick and Irma Wheeler July 6, 1926, in Des Moines. At the age of 19, John answered the call of his country and joined the United States Army Air Corps Jan. 4, 1945. He did his basic training at Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss., and passed Gunnery School at Las Vegas Army Air Field August of 1945 in Las Vegas, Nev., and later transferred to Lincoln, Neb. He logged several training flights as a side gunner in the B-24 bomber. As a Private First Class he was the supply clerk and was promoted to Corporal and served as a Supply Noncommissioned Officer in squadron supply at Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas.

Upon returning to Colfax after his honorable discharge, he married Harriette Huntrod of Colfax, Aug. 22, 1947. They were married for 67 years.

As a young man, John attended the American Institute of Business in Des Moines and later purchased the John Hahn Insurance Agency in Colfax, which later came to be known as the Weirick Insurance Agency. He was a respected businessman in Colfax for more than 40 years. John was a life-long member of the Colfax United Methodist Church. John loved to work outside, raise vegetables, work on cars, hunt pheasant and quail and play dominoes with friends and family. He and his wife loved to host holiday meals for the relatives.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife Harriette; and his half-brother George S. Weirick. Also preceding him were his mother-in-law, Anna Huntrod; his sister-in-law, Carolyn Gafford; and four brothers-in-law, Lloyd Gafford, Lloyd Henderson, Gene Mallory and Lawrence Tiedje.

Survivors include his son, Jim (Jill) Weirick of Rochester, Minn., and son Steve Weirick of Urbandale; four grandchildren, Laura (Tyler) Lecy of Mound, Minn.; John Mark (Kati) Weirick of Greenville, S.C.; Lee (Alisha) Weirick of Richfield, Minn.; and Ryan (Hannah) Weirick of Ankeny; and two great-grandsons, Noah Lecy and Liam Weirick.