Venice D Fasse

Weslaco/Cedar Falls: Venice Fasse, 72, passed away on Saturday, December 23rd, 2017 at Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco. He was born on November 18th, 1945 to William and Margaret Fasse in Waterloo, Iowa, where he lived a humble life, the first child in his family who was actually born in a hospital, Allen Hospital. He was baptized at St. John Maxfield Church in Denver, IA on December 9th, 1945 and confirmed on April 10, 1960 at St Paul Lutheran Church in Waverly, IA. Venice grew up in Iowa, where he graduated Waverly-Shell Rock High School in 1964. Shortly after graduating, he began working at B&B Oil to support his first wife, Shirley Reints, who he married in June of 1963. They had four children together, Rick, Sandy, Tom and Deb. They divorced in 1981 and Venice married Terri Twaddle in August of 1985, which would end in divorce in 1989. In the meantime, Venice had begun his career at Carnation/Nestle in 1966, where he would eventually retire after 35 years of service. He had held about every position available in a factory and enjoyed it thoroughly. Venice was reunited with his childhood friend, Sharon Dewey on April Fool's day of 1992 and they were married in October the same year. The third time was the charm for Venice and he would spend the rest of his life with Sharon. Venice and Sharon began spending winters at Snow to Sun in Weslaco, TX in 2007 and knew everyone in their park. Venice had a very outgoing personality and he never met a stranger. It would literally take him an hour to check the mail, because he had to visit each neighbor on his way to and from the mailbox. Venice was a loving father and grandfather. His passion in life besides his wife and children, was anything that had a motor. He loved cars and enjoyed restoring them. He used to buy old wrecked vehicles and restore them to help the family members. His pride and joy was his 1972 Chevy pick up that he restored. Venice loved anything to do with motors, whether it was riding them, fixing them up, or just admiring them. Forever bowtie (Chevy) It is probably no surprise that he and Sharon traveled all over the US on their motorcycles, from Las Vegas, Reno and the Golden Gate Bridge. Venice is preceded in death by his parents, his step-son, Steve Klunder, his brothers, Vernon, Virgil, and Victor Fasse, and his sister, Violet Bock. He is survived by his children, Rick Fasse (Vicki) of Urbandale, IA, Sandy Johnson (John Stagman) of Marshalltown, IA, Tom Fasse (Jessi) of Shellrock, IA, and Deb Dunham (Mitch) of Webster City, IA, step-sons, Ken Klunder (Jan) of Portland, OR, Jeff Klunder (Shirl) of Lexington, NC, and step-daughter in law, Kristen Klunder, 14 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.