COHR, Dann Duane

COHRS, READINGER, TAYLOR, EDMUNDS, NIELSON, ZWALD, CHRISTIANS

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 7/6/2018 at 00:01:42

Obituary ~ Dann Duane Cohrs
October 21, 1951 ~ April 04, 2005

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Thursday, April 07, 2005

VENTURA — Dann Duane Cohrs, 53, of 15283 Black Locust Ave, Ventura, died Monday (April 4, 2005) at the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, West Campus.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. today at the Redeemer Lutheran Church, Ventura with the Rev. Daird Korth officiating. Graveside services will be at Friday 11 a.m. at Atlantic Cemetery, Atlantic, Iowa, with military honors by the Atlantic Color Guard.

Visitation was from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake and will continue one hour before the service today at the church.

Dann was born Oct. 21, 1951, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Duane and Lorraine (Readinger) Cohrs. He graduated from Atlantic High School in 1969 and was All State Football tackle in 1968. He was always active in sports and played basketball with alumni against the Kansas City Chiefs for a charity event.

He entered the United States Air Force Dec. 7, 1970. He served as a medic while in the service. Following the service he enrolled and graduated from Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, and then a member of the faculty at Weber State. He then became program director of Diagnostic Medical Technology at University of Iowa Hospital. He never knew a stranger. He helped all he could.

He enjoyed hunting, fishing, U.S. history, reading about Lewis and Clark, and American Indians.

Dann is survived by his son Eric (Lynne) Taylor and their children Hailey and Riley of San Antonio, Texas; a daughter Kyra Dannielle Cohrs and special friend Ryan Edmunds of Cedar Rapids; his parents Duane and Lorraine Cohrs of Ventura; brother Douglas (Debra) Cohrs of Mason City; three sisters: Pamela (Raymond) Nielsen of Avoca, Iowa, Julie (Brian) Zwald of Farmington, Minn. and Kristie (David) Christians of Klemme; and nieces and nephews.

Dann was preceded in death by Grandma and Grandpa Cohrs, and Grandpa Readinger.

Family suggests memorials be given in memory of Dann to be used in the new park in Ventura by the Lake.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N 4th St., Clear Lake, (641-357-2193) . www.colonialchapels.com.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, July of 2018