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David D. Dorr

2/17/1941 - 5/2/2018


Obituary


David D. Dorr, 77, of Belmond, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at the Iowa Specialty Hospital in Belmond.

Graveside services for David Dorr will be held on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 2:00 PM at St. Francis Catholic Cemetery in Belmond, with Father Jerry Blake officiating.

David Duane, son of Leo A. and Helen (Kelly) Dorr, was born in Anamosa, Iowa on February 17, 1941. David attended Belmond Community Schools and was baptized and confirmed at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. He started working at a young age doing construction work for his dad’s construction company and King Construction in Iowa Falls. He later worked at Lloyds Standard and Ford Motor. In 1970, David started working at Kinseth Plumbing and Heating until his retirement in 2003. The Kinseth group was his second family and taught him everything in the business.

On December 5, 1992, David was united in marriage to Wanda Saylor at The Little Brown Church in Nashua.

After retirement, David loved to do woodworking. He enjoyed traveling to Minnesota and Canada with family and friends for fishing trips. David was a member of the Jaycees and the Belmond Fire Department.

David is survived by his wife Wanda; son Mark (Tonia) Dorr, step-son Kirk Saylor, step-daughter Kari (Shannon) Sanders; two grandchildren Christopher Dorr and Chloe (Joe) Tully, five step-grandchildren Devon Cline, Mason Saylor, Katelyn and Maggie Saylor, and Cayden Sanders; and many other family and friends.

He is preceded in death by his parents; maternal and paternal grandparents; two sisters Colleen (Doug) Walrod and Donna (Dave) Robertson; and two brothers Eugene Dorr and Leo (Kathy) Dorr Jr.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Gateway Hospice.