JOHN ALBERT DICKINSON, 84, FROM COLO, IA/ALAMO, TX PASSED AWAY, MAY 21, 2010 IN MCALLEN, TEXAS. A CELEBRATON OF LIFE WILL BE HELD AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHUCH IN COLO, IA ON JUNE 7, 2010 AT 6:00 P.M. BURIAL WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THE CELEBRATION AT THE COLO CEMETERY IN COLO, IOWA. JOHN WAS BORN FEBRUARY 23, 1926 IN COLO, TO DELBERT AND LENNA DICKINSON. HE GRADUATED FROM COLO HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943. HE MARRIED DORIS GROEN DICKINSON DECEMBER 5, 1947 IN HUBBARD, IA. JOHN AND DORIS LIVED ON THE FAMILY FARM SOUTH OF COLO. HE WAS ACTIVE IN THE AMERICAN LEGION, ZA-GA-ZIG SHRINE, COLUMBIA LODGE 292 AND A MEMBER OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, COLO, IOWA. HE IS SURVIVIED BY THREE DAUGHTERS; DEBORAH (TOM) FELKAI, BECKY (PAUL) MURPHY, AND KATHY (PAUL) MENS; FIVE GRANDCHILDREN; CINDY MURPHY KOCH, ANNIE MURPHY NARVID, TINA FELKAI, KARLA MENS MCCOLLOM AND KYLE (BUD) MENS AND TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; QUIN AND BAILEE MCCOLLOM. HE WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE DORIS; PARENTS, DELBERT AND LENNA; TWO SISTERS, RUTH AND MURIAL AND SON RICHARD LEE. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS PLEASE, MAKE MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ALS FOUNDATION (LOU GEHRIG DISEASE) FREDREGILL FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, OF BAXTER, HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE CARE OF JOHN AND HIS FAMILY.