DUNKELBERGER, George Henry 1918-2014

DUNKELBERGER, MENGEL, ELLIOTT, GRAMS, FELLER, KOEPKE, SHATZER, PALMER, BRISTOW

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 12/15/2014 at 23:32:01

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Tuesday, May 20, 2014]

LA PORTE CITY - George Henry "Chub" Dunkelberger, 95, of La Porte City, died Monday, May 19, 2014, at Windsor Manor, Vinton, from complications of age.

He was born July 3, 1918, in rural La Porte City, son of Alvin Edward and Eva Marie Mengel Dunkelberger. On June 19, 1946, he married Beatrice Evelyn Elliott in Freeport, Ill.; she died died Feb. 14, 2009.

Chub was a farmer and a member of First Christian Church, Vinton.

Survived by a son, Alvin G. (Wendy) of La Porte City; a daughter, Sharon (Jim) Grams of Hudson; six grandchildren: 11 great-grandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; a brother, Ralph (Gloria) of La Porte City; and two sisters, Ella Feller and Alvina Koepke, both of Denver.

Preceded in death by his parents; a son, John R. "Jack" Shatzer; a daughter-in-law, Nancy Shatzer; a brother, Archie; two sisters, Vera Palmer and Betty Bristow; four brothers-in-law, Glenn Koepke, Glen Palmer, Roy Bristow and Duane Feller; a sister-in-law, Joan Dunkelberger; and a granddaughter.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First Christian Church, Vinton, with burial in West View Cemetery, La Porte City. Visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home, Vinton.

Memorials may be directed to the La Porte City Fire Department.

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