Memorial services for Rodney Ralph Hatcher, 79, who died Saturday, December 19, 2009 at the Indianola Westview Care Center, will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 22 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola with burial of cremains following in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

Rodney was born in Missouri Valley, IA and had served in the United State Army during the Korean Conflict then serving in the Iowa National Guard.  He worked for 30 years for Triple "F" Products in Des Moines.  He had a life long interest in horses and was nationally and internationally known as a master breeder of fantail pigeons and English parakeets.  He was an author of fantail books.

Rodney is survived by his wife Florence; children Larry (Vicky) Hatcher of Platteville, CO, Gary (Jackie) Hatcher of Greene, IA, Mark (Carol) Hatcher of Ankeny, Teresa (Roger) Jones of Gilbert and Karen (Mike) Tomlinson of New Virginia; brothers, Robert, Jerry, Keith and Jon Hatcher; sisters, Sally Hurt, Katy Henkel, Joanne Jenneman and Ruth Hatcher; 10 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; and special family friends, Earl and Grace Biedermann of Tucson, AZ.  He was preceded in death by his son, Douglas Hatcher; parents, Ralph and Lena Hatcher; brother, Paul Hatcher; sister, Dianna Hanna.