Mr. John Anthony Carlisle's Obituary
JOHN ANTHONY (SCOOTER BALL) CARLISLE, 66, OF FORT DODGE , IOWA PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY SURROUNDED BY FAMILY ON JUNE 21ST, 2023, AT THE ISRAEL FAMILY HOSPICE HOUSE IN, AMES, IOWA. JOHN WAS BORN ON MAY 21ST, 1957, TO WILLIE LEE AND ANNIE B. CARLISLE IN LAUDERDALE, MISSISSIPPI. HE CONFESSED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AND JOINED ELIZABETH BAPTIST CHURCH IN LAUDERDALE, MISSISSIPPI. AFTER GRADUATING FROM NORTHEAST LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1975, JOHN WOULD MOVE TO FORT DODGE, IOWA. IN 1982 JOHN MARRIED DELOIS ALTMAN AND HAD THREE CHILDREN. JAQUELINE, JOHN AARON, AND AMANDA. HE WOULD ALSO BEGIN HIS CAREER AT NATIONAL GYPSUM IN THE 1980S. IN 2005 JOHN WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO DIANE BESAW. TOGETHER THEY WOULD OPERATE. A SMALL CAFE CALLED J&D’S IN DOWNTOWN FORT DODGE, IA. IN 2016, JOHN RETIRED FROM NATIONAL GYPSUM AFTER 34 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE WOULD ENJOY HIS RETIREMENT BY FIXING UP VEHICLES, VARIOUS HANDY MAN PROJECTS, AND SPENDING QUALITY ]IME WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN.
JOHN LEAVES HIS LEGACY BEHIND AND MEMORIES TO BE CHERISHED BY HIS LOVING DAUGHTERS: JAQUELINE BERKLEY (CONWAY) OF CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE; AND AMANDA (ETHAN) PERRY OF STORY CITY, IOWA; STEPCHILDREN: AMBER (SHAWN) PASSOW OF FARNHAMVILLE, IA; DARREN (SARAH) HANSEN, OF DES MOINES, IA; GRANDSONS, TYRAN FORTE, ISAIAH BERKLEY, FINN PASSOW, ROWAN PERRY, AND ALASTAIR PERRY; GRANDDAUGHTERS: NEVAEH BERKLEY, KAILEE PASSOW, ADDISON HANSEN,,, AND ALANA HANSEN; SISTER, STACEY (KENNY) GILES OF LAUDERDALE M; BROTHERS: BROTHERS: WILLIE (GERLENE) CARLISLE OF WASHINGTON, D.C.; TONY CARLISLE OF NEVADA, IA; DUANE CARLISLE OF LIVINGSTON, AL; AND A HOST OF UNCLES, AUNTS, NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND FRIENDS WHO LOVED HIM DEARLY.
JOHN WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE, DIANE CARLISLE; HIS PARENTS, WILLIE LEE AND ANNIE B. CARLISLE; HIS GRANDPARENTS; SON, JOHN AARON CARLISLE; SISTERS: VELERIA MCWILLIAMS, ELOISE BRUNSON, AND MINNIE PEARL CARLISLE; AND BROTHER, DAVIE CARLISLE; NEPHEWS, JAMES MCWILLIAMS JR. AND JERRY MCWILLIAMS.
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