7/21/2023 0 Comments Trout funeral home![]() ![]() He also liked gardening and raised tomatoes and miniature pumpkins. He enjoyed giving his grandkids and great-grandkids many tractor and wagon rides around the farm. Les loved to chop wood and pick and harvest walnuts. Les enjoyed golfing, tennis, bowling, and doing games and puzzles. He also served as a Trustee for the Kellogg Township for 50 years and was on the Board of Trustees for William Penn University. Les was a member of the Center Friends Church, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and the Quaker Men. For Les and LaVola’s 25th anniversary they took a trip to Honolulu, Hawaii that would result in them returning every winter, minus a couple, for almost 40 years. ![]() For over 35 years, he was a Grade A Dairy Farmer and later continued farming including having a Christmas Tree Farm for many more years. He was united in marriage with LaVola Herrington on Jat the Center Friends Church in rural Newton. Les graduated from Newton High School in 1943 and attended the University of Iowa. That same farm has since been recognized as a Heritage Farm. Not only was he born, but he was also raised, and lived most of his life on the farm that was settled by his ancestors because of the Abolitionist Movement. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Center Friends Church/Cemetery, Interfaith Alliance of Iowa, Justice for our Neighbors, or Project Awake-Newton Arboretum may be left at the funeral home.Ĭyrus Leslie “Les” Trout, the son of Cecil and Jennie (McCausland) Trout, was born on Octoon the family farm northeast of Newton. The family encourages everyone to wear Hawaiian clothing to represent Les’ love for his winters in Hawaii. The family will greet friends after the service with a lunch at the funeral home. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, October 26, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Les Trout, 94, of Newton died on Monday, October 21, 2019, at MercyOne Newton Medical Center.
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