Stanley Waterbury

STANLEY "MAX" WATERBURY

"God Saw Him Tired"

God saw him getting tired and
A cure was not to be,
So He put His arms around him
and whispered "Come with me."

With tearful eyes we watched him suffer
And saw him fade away,
Although we couldn't bear to lose him,
We could not ask him to stay.

A golden heart stopped beating,
Hard working hands laid to rest,
Into God's hands we entrust him
Who gave us his best.

Stanley Max Waterbury, 85, of, Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, November 27, 2006, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic after a long battle with cancer.
Mr. Waterbury was born September 18, 1921, in Elberta, Utah, the son of Burrell and Murle (Eggleston) Waterbury. His folks moved to Blue Hill, Nebraska when he was a year old.
He graduated from the Blue Hill High School and attended college at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.
He served his country in the United States Army Air Force during WWII.
On January 20, 1946, Max married Arlene F. Classen in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Glenvil, Nebraska.
Max was a member of the Lutheran Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He ran a service station in Grand Island, Nebraska for 15 years and then worked for Continental Oil Company until his retirement.
Survivors are his wife, Arlene Waterbury of Atlantic, Iowa; one daughter, Shirley and her husband, Norman Hayman of West Point, Indiana; one son, Michael and his wife, Debbie Waterbury of Atlantic, Iowa; six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Carol; his parents; his father and mother-in-law; as well as two brothers-in-law.
Graveside committal services will be held in the St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery west of Glenvil, Nebraska, at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 2, 2006. Officiating will be Pastor Adam P. White of the First St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Hastings, Nebraska. Military graveside rites will be conducted by the Glenvil American Legion. Cremation was chosen and there are no local services or visitation.
The family has requested that memorials go to either the American Cancer Society or the CCMH Home Care/Hospice in Atlantic, Iowa, in Mr. Waterbury's memory.
Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic is in charge of the local arrangements.