Ronald L. Jarms 1936-2007

JARMS, SNOOK, DEERING

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Date: 11/20/2007 at 20:29:58

Ronald Jarms

Ronald L. Jarms, age 71, longtime Cheney, WA resident, passed away October 10, 2007 in Spokane, WA. Funeral services were held Saturday, October 13 at Cheney Funeral Chapel in Cheney, WA.

Ron was born March 30, 1936 in Monona to Harvey and Vera Jarms. Ron lived on the family dairy farm and was an All-American basketball player at Upper Iowa University in Fayette. Ron graduated in 1958 with a B.S. degree and a double major in physical education and science and math. After college Ron worked as a manager in retail sales until 1972 when he and his family came to Cheney and he purchased Edgett Brothers Hardware, which eventually became Jarms Hardware. He retired in 1995.

Ron was a supporter of E.W.U. athletics, and was an avid fisherman and basketball fan. He loved working in his yard and on his cabin on Vancouver Island. He will be greatly missed.

He is survived by his wife, Tracy Jarms, at home; their children, Kimberly Snook and her husband Jay of Clarkston, WA, Bill Jarms and his wife Carol of Cheney, WA, Tom Jarms and his wife Charlene of Cheney, WA, and Dan Jarms and his wife Linda of Spokane, WA; his mother, Vera Jarms-Wirkler of Postville; his sister, Sandy Deering of Postville; seven grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son, Michael Jarms, in 1984.

The Waukon Standard, October 16, 2007

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