"Sad to hear of Dewayne? passing. Spent lots of time playing golf with Dewayne when we worked together at Southeast Polk Schools. RIP old friend. "
In loving memory of
Dewayne Buhr
July 30, 1941 - February 11, 2021
Funeral service for Dewayne will be held on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 2:00 PM at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. Visitation will start at 1:00 on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. **Due to the Pandemic, Face Masks and Social Distancing is required**
Dewayne's funeral will be livestreamed on Zion's website. www.zionmanning.com. Please click on the Facebook logo.
Dewayne Arthur Buhr passed away on Thursday night, February 11, 2021, at the Friendship Home in Audubon at the age of 79 years old of a long illness of COPD.
Dewayne was born in Waterloo, Iowa on July 30, 1941, to Werner and Esther (Ball) Buhr. He grew up in the Clarion area with 8 brothers and sisters. Dewayne graduated from Goldfield High School in 1959, attended college at Iowa State University and graduated in 1965. He taught Industrial Arts in the Southeast Polk School system where he also coached wrestling for 8 years. During this time, Dewayne was a volunteer with the Pleasant Hill Jaycee's, which he enjoyed so much. He also enjoyed the game of golf during these years. He moved to Des Moines and entered the residential real estate business in the Des Moines suburbs where he practiced as a Realtor with Iowa Realty for 27 years, winning numerous sales awards.
In 1980 Dewayne married the love of his life, Cheral, at the Little Brown Church in the Vale in Nashua, Iowa, and blended their family of 6 children. In 1999 they moved to Cheral's hometown of Manning, Iowa. He then took a job at Quakerdale in Manning as a Youth Counselor working with troubled youth until his health failed him and he retired in 2013. He then participated in their home-based family business of buying and selling collectibles on eBay.
Dewayne was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. He enjoyed spending time with family at their summer cabin at Blackhawk Lake. He was an avid Iowa State sports fan, a political guru, enjoyed jigsaw puzzles, computer games and in summer spending time at their cabin at Blackhawk Lake. Most of all enjoyed spending time with his grandkids, who he loved and was so proud of.
Dewayne is survived by his wife Cheral Andresen Buhr of Manning; three children from a prior marriage: Eric (Monique) Buhr of Hawthorne, CA; Daniel (Angelia) Buhr of Cedar Rapids and Sarah (Alex) Wibe of Newport News, VA.; three step-children: Pamela (Denny) Garvis of Templeton; David Vollstedt of Lake View and Sandra (Brett) Harvey of Blue Springs, MO. Also surviving Dewayne are 5 brothers and sisters: Allen (Diana) Buhr of Spirit Lake, IA; Weldon Buhr of Eagle Grove, IA; Ivan Buhr of Jackson, MN; Bonnie Lester of Searcy, AR and Pamela (Ernie) Lewis of Goldfield, IA; 15 grandchildren: Lexi Buhr, Nicole Buhr, Caedon Buhr, Griffin Buhr, Gannon Buhr, Abigail Buhr, Michael Nath, Carson Harvey, Samantha and Lizzy Witcher, Scott Motter; Logan, Kayla and Cyndi Wibe, and Alexis McMinn; 7 great grandchildren, plus many nieces, nephews and friends.
Preceding him in death are his parents; three brothers: Donnie, Willey and Dallas; brother-in-law Arnold Lester; sister-in-law Beth Buhr and Cheral's parents Lester and Lillian Andresen.
Tributes
"I worked with Dewayne at Quakerdale for several years. He was such a smart and kind man who positively impacted those who knew him. He will be missed."
"Thoughts and prayers for Dewayne\'s family. I worked with him for many years at Quakerdale, and he was a wonderful role model for the teens that came in. "
"Mike, I am sorry to learn of the loss of your grandfather. You and your family are in my thoughts. I am thinking back fondly to when I enjoyed having you in physics class and seeing you on stage at the Manning High School. I believe that in the production of ?Schoolhouse Rocks,? those two worlds came together."