This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/2057 Message Board Post: Edwin Gene Preuss ©Daily Nonpareil 12/06/2005 Edwin Gene Preuss, age 83, of Shelby, Iowa, passed away Sunday, December 4, 2005, at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs. Edwin was born in Shelby, Iowa. He graduated high school in Shelby, attended 1 year of college at the Univer- sity of Iowa and served in the Army. Edwin was the owner/operator of Standard Oil Station in Shelby until 1984 and worked at Schnack Auto Parts in Harlan, Iowa. He was a member of Shelby Lutheran Church. Edwin was preceded in death by wife of 48 years, Dorothy, in September 1990. Survivors include son, Darwin (Phyllis) Preuss of Omaha, Neb.; daughters, Janice (Richard) Ferdi- nandsen of Arvada, Colo. and Carolyn (Mike Lillie) Wiggins of Underwood, Iowa; brother, Gerald (Doris) Preuss of Lakewood, Colo.; sis- ter-in-law, Vivian Preuss of Ashland, Neb.; sister-in-law, Jean Seaman, of Gravois Mills, Mo.; 6 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Visitation will be Wednes- day, December 7, 2005, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Pauley-Jones Fu- neral Home in Avoca, Iowa. The family will greet friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Avoca Chapel Prayer Service will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Funeral Home. Funeral service will be held Thursday, December 8, 2005, at 10 a.m. at Shelby Lutheran Church, Shelby, Iowa, with Pastor Duane Anunson officiating. Burial is at Shelby Cemetery in Shelby.