Victor M. Runions, 83 of Sergeant Bluff, died Friday, March 20, 2020 at a local hospital.

Victor Marcellus Runions was born a sharecropper’s son on March 25, 1936 in Moorefield, West Virginia to Howard and Lillian (Smith) Runions. He entered the United States Army in 1955 and served in the Korean War. He met his lovely wife of 55 happy years at a establishment called the Guesthouse in Schopfloch, Germany in 1962. Victor and Lieselotte were married in April of 1964. He retired from the Army in 1975 while in Germany and retired as a Sergeant 1 ^st Class.  They stayed in Germany and Victor worked as a welder until he retired in 2000. They moved to Sergeant Bluff, Iowa in 2004 made their home there.

Victor enjoyed working on cars with his brother, going fishing, and loved spending time with family especially his grandchildren.  He also enjoyed being a member of the Nativity American Legion Post 664.

Victor is survived by his wife; his son Mike of Germany; his daughter Barbara (Derek) Jaques of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa; his sister Pollana DeVore of Cumberland, Maryland; three grandchildren Alyssa, Sara, and Nicholas.

Victor was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and two brothers.