Lenfred “Lenny” Wilbur John Phelps – Edgewood (formerly of Colesburg)

Lenfred “Lenny” Wilbur John Phelps, 85, of Edgewood (formerly of Colesburg), passed away on Friday, August 9,
2024, at the Regional Medical Center in Manchester. He was born on July 21, 1939, on the family farm near
Colesburg, the sixth child of Merton and Bertha (Kauffman) Phelps. Lenny was raised and educated in the area and
was a 1957 graduate of Colesburg High School. Following graduation, Lenny enlisted in the United States Marine
Corps and was honorably released due to a medical injury.

On January 21, 1961, Lenny was united in marriage to Janet Ridenour at the Methodist Church in Colesburg. Two
children were born to this union. Together they resided in Colesburg, until moving to Edgewood in 2015. Lenny
worked for John Deere in Dubuque, logged with his uncle Billy Walters, and then began a 32-year career selling
insurance for Farm Bureau. His gift of gab and love for all people made this a fulfilling job for him until his
retirement. Lenny was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and Constellation Lodge #67.
Lenny will be remembered for his quick wit, his jokester personality and his deep love of family. He enjoyed
watching sports, especially the Chicago Cubs, Iowa Hawkeyes and the Ed-Co Viking Softball teams. He loved
spending time outdoors – fishing, hunting, searching for morel mushrooms and mowing grass. Most days you could
find him putting together a puzzle, playing cribbage or euchre or being a sidekick flower delivery person. The
monthly luncheons with his 1957 classmates, the friends at the Greeley meal site, and the weekly Sunset Breakfast
Club held a very special place in his heart.

Lenny would do anything for his family and showed it time and time again. He was his family’s biggest supporter
and cheerleader, and his infectious smile showed his pride.

Survivors include his loving wife of 62 years, Janet; his daughters and sons-in-law, Julie (Bob) Hackbarth of
Colesburg and Shelley (Greg) Snook of Edgewood; grandchildren, Danielle (Adam) Thurn, Allyson and Katie Snook
all of Edgewood, and Tyler (Kristin) Hackbarth of California; great- grandchildren, Gavin, Cora, Ace, and Colter; one
sister, Lila Bushaw of Florida; sisters- and brothers-in-laws, Mary Ann Lov, Jackie (Dean) Sherman all of
Manchester, and Patty (Scott) Clark of Strawberry Point; and many nieces and nephews.
Lenny was preceded in death by his parents, Merton and Bertha; his parents-in-law Raymond and Virginia
Ridenour; and brothers-and-sisters-in-law, Lyle and Dorothy Phelps, Lillian and Clarence Handke, Leland and
Vivian Phelps, Lowell and Jeannine Phelps, Lois and Jack Hill, and Ronald Bushaw.

Online condolences may be sent to www.leonard-mullerfh.com .

Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Edgewood, Iowa,
with Pastor Mike Jackson officiating.

Visitation: 4:00 – 7:00 p.m., on Monday, August 12, 2024, at Leonard-Muller Funeral Home in Edgewood, Iowa.
Friends may also call one hour before the service at the church on Tuesday.

Interment: Zion Cemetery, rural Colesburg, Iowa