Joshua A. Jarvis

BLOOMFIELD ? Joshua Adam Jarvis, 35, of Anchorage, Alaska, died Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Anchorage.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 18, at the Wagler Funeral Home in Bloomfield with the Rev. Heath Jarvis officiating. The Patriot Guard will lead the procession for burial at the IOOF Cemetery in Bloomfield. Graveside military rites will be performed by Reed-Whisler Post 78 of the American Legion. No visitation is planned. A memorial has been established to the Wounded Warrior Project and may be mailed to Wagler Funeral Home at 304 W. Jefferson St., Bloomfield, IA 52537.

Mr. Jarvis was born April 2, 1980, in Royal Oak, Mich., the son of Kevin and Brenda (Wintermote) Jarvis.

He graduated from high school in Coldwater, Mich., in 1998, and a short time later moved to Washington. While living in Washington, he enlisted in the Army. He served his country honorably, having done a tour of duty in Iraq. He was a hero, having saved a fellow soldier from an attempted suicide while in training in Texas. After being honorably discharged from the Army in 2006, he moved to Ottumwa. A short time later, he entered training to become an FAA air traffic controller. After training in Oklahoma City, Okla., his job duties took him to Anchorage, Alaska, where he spent the last few years of his life. He was an avid lover of reading, music and movies. He was also a self-proclaimed computer nerd and loved video gaming of all sorts. He was known as being extremely intelligent, extremely creative, and for having a witty sense of humor. He enjoyed the outdoors of Alaska and was a serious gun collector. He was well respected by his friends and family for his personality, intelligence, and wit. He was well respected by his co-workers for his professionalism and skill as an air traffic controller. His life was short but full. He traveled the world, served his country with distinction and honor, lived in many places, experienced a lot of things, and impacted the lives of everyone he met, in a positive way.

Surviving are his parents, of Ottumwa; two brothers, Heath Jarvis and wife Louise of Naples, Fla., and Chris Jarvis of Columbus, Ohio; one grandfather, Gilbert Jarvis of Ottumwa; one grandmother, Shirley Schumaker of Bloomfield; one niece; one nephew; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.

He was preceded in death by one grandfather, Paul Wintermote; one grandmother, Ivalee Emery; and one aunt.