BYRNES, Victor Pladious --- 1923-2011
ZOLL, BYRNES, BLOXHAM, STEINHART, QUILLIN, HALER, MURPHY
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Date: 4/23/2011 at 10:29:32
Victor Byrnes
Victor P. Byrnes, 87, of Waukon died Thursday, March 10, 2011 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 15 at St. Mary’s Hanover Catholic Church in rural Waukon, with Rev. Msgr. Ed Lechtenberg officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Victor Pladious Byrnes was born July 7, 1923 on the rural Hanover area farm of his parents, Larry and Nora (Zoll) Byrnes. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Hanover Catholic Church and attended Hanover #3 rural school. Vic farmed all of his life on the home farm in the Hanover area where he raised beef cows and crops. He was a member of St. Mary’s Hanover Catholic Church. He was also a member of the Farm Bureau, where he held several offices and served as a past president. Vic was a caregiver to his mother for many years.
He enjoyed dancing, cooking for the deer hunters, coming to town for coffee and taking care of his many cats. Vic also enjoyed spending time with his family and friends, especially the younger children and attending many of the family’s special occasions.Survivors include a daughter, Vicky (Brad) Bloxham of Dorchester; three grandchildren, Joshua Bloxham and Stuart (Amanda) Bloxham, both of Waukon, and Trina Bloxham of Dorchester; one great-granddaughter, Claire Bloxham; special friends, Alberta Benhart Sparks of Prairie du Chien, WI and Margaret Blake of Dorchester; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; six brothers, Clement, Francis, Garland, Lawrence, Patrick and Mark Byrnes; and six sisters, Mary Steinhart, Gladys Quillin, Phyllis Haler, Anita Murphy, and infants Donna and Gertrude Byrnes.
Casketbearers were Joshua and Stuart Bloxham, Greg, Matt and Lonnie Byrnes, and David Reinhardt.The Waukon Standard, March 16, 2011
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