Dwight Mount

February 13, 1922 - December 16, 2020

Dwight I. Mount Grand Junction, Iowa Date of Death: December 16, 2020 A Memorial Service for Dwight Mount, age 98, of Grand Junction, Iowa, will be held at 10:30am Friday, April 30, 2021 at First United Methodist Church in Grand Junction, Iowa. Pastor Steve Ransom will preside. The eulogy will be delivered by long-time friend, Jack Anderson. Gary Haupert will be the soloist. Dwight I. Mount was born on a farm south of Grand Junction on February 13, 1922. He was the son of Virgil and Mary (Collogan) Mount. Dwight attended Grand Junction High School. He played baseball on the 1939 State Champion Baseball Team, and only lost in the state finals in 1940. He graduated from Grand Junction High School in 1940. Dwight enlisted in the United States Navy on October 1, 1942. He served as a Naval Aviator and was honorably discharged November 3, 1945. As a long-time resident of the Grand Junction community, Dwight was a member of the First United Methodist Church, and he belonged to the American Legion. Dwight died December 16, 2020 at the Greene County Medical Center at the age of 98 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, and brothers: Warren, Merle, and Wayne Mount. Survivors include his son, Ivan Mount of Boone, IA; and daughters: Diana Roberts of Gardner, KS; Sandy Estlund of Gowrie, IA; and Barb Mount of Spring Hill, KS; eleven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; brother, Dale Mount of Boone, IA; sister, Genevieve Farmer of Panora, IA; other relatives and friends. Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home, Jefferson