Roy Engleka

Roy Engleka

Creston

Roy Engleka, 71, of Creston, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021, at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr. A Celebration of Life service will be 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, at Powers Funeral Home, 601 New York Avenue in Creston. Pastor Mary O’Riley will officiate. The service will also be livestreamed at the link under events at powersfh.com.

Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery, south of Creston. Open visitation at Powers Funeral Home will be 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday, with family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are to EveryStep Hospice at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr. Online condolences can be given on the tribute wall at www.powersfh.com.

Roy Fredrick Engleka, son of Fredrick M. Engleka and Doris M. (Houston) Engleka, was born October 14, 1950, in Clarinda. He graduated from Clarinda High School in 1969 and later earned his Bachelor Degree in Business at the University of Northern Iowa. He worked with numerous K-Mart stores in the Chicago area.

He moved to Creston in 1983, where he worked at the local K-Mart as assistant manager.

In 1985, Roy married Angela Jo Hook in Creston. They settled and worked all of their married life in Creston. Roy went on to work at Radio Shack and Chat Mobility in Creston, until retiring in 2013.

Roy was a member of the Elks Lodge of Creston; he was a former member of the Creston Kiwanis Club and the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) where he served as a deacon and helped with the taxis ministry. Roy was also a long-time member of the Pine Valley Golf Club.

Survivors include his wife, Angela Engleka; his step-son, Courtney Rouh of Emmetsburg; a step-daughter, Shannon (Charlie) Abell of Orient; three grandchildren: Owen Gandee, Molly and Elizabeth Rouh; a sister, Kay (Huey) Rowen of Sheridan, Mo.; four sisters-in-law: Judy Engleka of Visalia, Calif., Lisa (John) Shaw of Creston, Teresa Hook of Marshfield, Wisc. and Sandee Hook Carlsbad, Calif.; brother-in-law, Tracy (Jan) Hook of Urbandale; and many nieces, nephews and other extended family.

Roy was preceded in death by his parents, and his brother, Merle Engleka and two brothers-in-law, Lanny and Scott Hook.