Don Pape

Donald H. Pape, 86, passed away Feb. 21, 2018, at his home in Sun City, Ariz., surrounded by loving family.

Don was born Aug. 12, 1931 in Eldorado to Henry and Mildred (Osmundson) Pape. 

He graduated from West Union High School in 1950 and then attended Gates Business College in Waterloo. 

He took a job at the Black Hawk County Treasurer’s Office, walking across the bridge of the Cedar River from the YMCA where he stayed until purchasing a car about a year later. He then worked as a bookkeeper for West Union Motor Company until about 1958, when he joined Iowa National Insurance Co. in Cedar Rapids as an underwriter. In 1968, Don moved to Phoenix, Ariz., where he continued his career as an insurance underwriter until retiring in 1984.

Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Kay (Catherine) Pape, and daughter-in-law Mary Beth Miller, both of Arizona; sister Kathleen Traeger of Hawkeye; brother Daryl (Mary) Pape of Fayette; a sister-in-law, Ellen Caravello of North Phoenix; grandchildren Nicole Brown and Scott (Stacy) Miller; four great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews Judy Jellings, Jan Baade, Rhonda Bemis, Greg Vagts, Jayne Weber, Denise Halse, Candy Brockmeyer, Al Brockmeyer, Janell Bradley, Joleen Garvin, and Darren Pape. 

Don was preceded in death by his parents; sisters Jeanette Vagts and Donna Brockmeyer; a brother, Howard Pape; a stepson, George Miller; and a niece, Julie Routh.

A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, March 17, in the Pape home in Sun City. 

Online condolences can be left at: www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/sun-city-az/donald-pape.

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