Dick Bissell

Dick L. Bissell, 76, of Creston died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 25, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Creston. The Rev. Kenneth Halbur Jr. will be the celebrant. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery in Creston. Open visitation is from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at Pearson Family Funeral Service and Cremation Center, 809 W. Montgomery St., in Creston with family present from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Memorial contributions may be directed to Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Online condolences may be left at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com.

Dickie “Dick” Lee Bissell, son of Mary Margaret (Devereaux) and Kenneth Virgil Bissell, was born Oct. 15, 1942, in Adams County. When Dick was two years old, he moved with his parents to a farm eight miles northwest of Creston. It was on this farm, that he was a partner with his dad in the Bissell and Son farming and livestock operation. He graduated from Cromwell Consolidated School in 1961.

On Aug. 6, 1972, he married Margie Sue Dillard in Indianola. To this union, son Matthew Wayne Bissell was born. They later divorced.

Dick was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church and Iowa Army National Guard with the Corning unit from 1963 to 1969.

Dick is survived by his son Matt of Lake Elmo, Minnesota; grandson Hayden Joseph Bissell; granddaughter Kinsley Mae Bissell; sisters, Jane (Roland) Miller of Lenox and Marcia (Robert) Vest of Ankeny; nephews, Brian Miller and Christopher (Lora) Vest; great-nephew Zachary (Chelsie) Miller; great-nieces, Morgan and Brooke Miller and Addison Vest; and other relatives and friends.

Dick was preceded in death by his parents and nephew Nicholas Vest.