Everett L. “Bill” Dewey, 86, of Shell Rock, Iowa, formerly of Waterloo, died at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics on Saturday, December 13, 2008.

Everett Lynn Dewey was born August 24, 1922, in Janesville, Iowa, the son of Leslie Harlan and Stella Mercy (Cortright) Dewey.

Bill graduated from Waverly High School in 1939 and attended Wartburg College.

He married Norma Jean Rigdon on March 29, 1947 at the Trinity American Lutheran Church in Waterloo. She died May 26, 2001.

He worked for the WCF&N Railroad for 15-1/2 years and then he was the Licensing Manager for Kroblin Refrig. Express from 1959-1979 and later for Warren Transport for 7 years, retiring in 1986.

Bill was a member of Trinity American Lutheran Church where he served on several church committees, Lifetime Member and Past Secretary of the Waterloo Optimists, and Past President of Allen Hospital Mended Hearts.

Bill is survived by son Marc and his wife Doris of Davenport, Iowa, son David and his wife Bette Jacobsmeyer of Concord, California, daughter Susan Nunn and her husband Gary of Pocatello, Idaho, seven grandchildren: Amy (Dan) Vogel, Chad (Susan) Dewey, Alicia (John) Knepper, Amanda (Fredrick) Johns, Elizabeth Dewey, Christopher Nunn, Matthew Nunn, and nine great grandchildren.

He is also survived by brother Rolland and his wife Evelyn of Waverly, brother Raymond and his wife Emelda of Waverly, brother John and his wife Ruth of Antioch, Tennessee, brother Dean of Barrhead, British Columbia, sister-in-law Audrey Dewey of Waverly, and brother-in-law Melvin Harms of Cedar Falls.

Bill is preceded in death by his parents, wife, brother Charles and sister Ethelyn Harms.