Verlin "Felix" AugspurgerDes MoinesOn March 7, 2017, Felix Augspurger passed away at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines. Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. with the funeral service at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 11, 2017, at St. John's United Methodist Church, 4700 SW 14th Street. Lunch will be served immediately following the service at the church. Felix will be laid to rest at 2 p.m. Saturday with military honors at Avon Cemetery.Felix was born on November 12, 1925 to Herman and Lorna Augspurger in Pulaski, Iowa. He graduated from Pulaski High School and joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1943. After his honorable discharge, he enrolled at Parsons College in Fairfield where he met Dorothy Hartman. They were married in 1951 and had three daughters. Felix joined the 34th Army National Band while in Fairfield. He worked in Ottumwa at Morrell's and Louden's in Fairfield in their accounting departments. The couple moved to Des Moines in 1961 where he joined the Air National Guard. Felix worked at the Capital as State Assistant to the Personnel Director and later went back to school to earn his teaching certificate. He started teaching math in 1963 at Washington Irving Middle School, then to Brody Middle School for 10 years, later taught at Kurtz Jr. High, and retired from McCombs Middle School in 1987. He retired from the Air National Guard in 1984 after 20 years of service. He was an avid coin collector, woodworker, lapidarist and fisherman.Felix and Dorothy enjoyed their retirement traveling the country in their little RV and spending their winters in Texas.He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Dorothy Augspurger; daughter, Nancy Jean Augspurger; parents, Herman and Lorna Augspurger, step-mother, Lois Augspurger; sister, Maggie Miller; and his brother-in-law, Stan Miller.Felix's family was his backbone. He is survived by his three daughters, Lorna (Gary) Jones, Joy Augspurger and Carol Smith; grandchildren, Ashley (Justin) Nelsen, Ryan Jones, Shelly Griffith, Brian (Megan) Griffith, Todd (Jennifer) Smith and Aaron (Kim) Smith; nine great-grandchildren; sister, Debbie (Jim) Palko; and his brother, John (Deb) Augspurger. Memorial contributions may be directed to Taylor House Hospice.Online condolences may be expressed at www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com.