John Roger Tandy

John Roger Tandy
February 16, 1925 - March 18, 2012
Millersburg, Iowa
Memorial Service: 10:30 AM March 24, 2012 at Millersburg United Methodist Church, Millersburg, Iowa
Visitation: 3-7 PM March 23, 2012 at Powell Funeral Home & Cremation Service, North English, IA
Interment: March 24, 2012 at Millersburg Cemetery, Millersburg, Iowa
John Roger Tandy, age 87, died at his home near Millersburg, Iowa, on Sunday, March 18, 2012, as the result of cancer. A Celebration of his life service will be held 10:30 AM on Saturday, March 24th, 2012, at the Millersburg United Methodist Church with Rev. Michelle Williamson officiating. Burial with military rites will be in the Millersburg Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Friday, March 23rd, 2012, at the Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in North English. In lieu of flowers a general memorial fun has been established. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com under obituaries. Roger was born on February 16, 1925, in Osceola, Missouri, the son of Bert and Pearl Back Tandy and graduated from Wellman High School in 1942. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps where he became a radar technician. He was discharged in May 1946. Roger started farming and got his pilot's license. One of the highlights of their farm was having a small airport and owning a plane with a flying club. On April 8, 1950, he married Corrine Morse of Millersburg, at the Millersburg United Methodist Church. The were blessed with a daughter, Dawn. Roger was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge, the American Legion, English Township Trustee, served on the Heritage Task Force many years, was a director of Security Savings Bank, 17 years, taught Sunday School and was a finance chairman at the Millersburg Methodist Church. Family and friends were important to Roger. He liked going to Dawn's school activities and later to those of his grandchildren, Ben and Lindsay Coffman. He enjoyed playing cards, fishing, and going to air shows at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, going to dances and having pit barbecues. After he retired from farming where he especially liked raising Angus cattle, he and Corrine enjoyed spending the winters in Arizona where they made many friends. Roger was an avid reader. He was a good husband, father and grandfather. He is survived by his wife Corrine of Millersburg; daughter Dawn Coffman and husband Dave of Williamsburg; granddaughter Lindsay Foster and husband Rich of Ankeny; and great grandchildren, Charlie and Cora Foster; also sisters-in-law Eunice Holderness and Pat Morse; brother-in-law Gerald Morse; nieces and nephews and many cousins including special cousins Tom and Merna Back. Roger was preceded in death by his parents, and a grandson Ben Coffman.