Osburn, William "Paul"

OSBURN, HUNTER, THOLEN, HERRON, MEIERS, WEIR

Posted By: carol (email)
Date: 10/10/2005 at 14:35:08

William "Paul" Osburn, 90, of Clinton, Iowa, died Saturday, May 21, 2005, at Eagle Point Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, Clinton.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, 2005, at the Clinton Chapel Snell-Zornig-Dennis A. Lemke Funeral Homes and Crematory with the Rev. Ron Lott officiating. Burial will be in the Clinton Lawn Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Jim Owen, LeRoy Andresen, Bill Fatchett, Lowell Weir, Dennis Meiers, and Casey Brodersen. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
William "Paul" Osburn was born November 18, 1914, in Bedford, Iowa, the son of Emmett and Opal (Hunter) Osburn. He married Esther Tholen on June 28, 1947, in Clinton.
He was a 1932 graduate of Bedford High School, Bedford, Iowa. He started farming in 1936 near Low Moor, Iowa. He and his wife farmed until 1970 where they retired from their farm in DeWitt, Iowa. After retiring from farming, he was employed at the Wendling Quarry near Follets until retiring in 1982.
He was a member of First Baptist Church and a former member of the Clinton Moose Lodge #363. In his younger years he was an all-star baseball player in the Industrial League in the 1930s and '40s, and had an opportunity to play ball with Babe Ruth.
He is survived by his wife, Esther, of Clinton; two daughters, Paula (Paul) Herron, of Fallbrook, California, and Shirley (Dennis) Meiers, of Port Byron, Illinois; one son, Eugene Osburn, of Reedsport, Oregon; five grandchildren, Stephanie (Geoff) Norman, Jason Osburn, Krista Brodersen, Casey Brodersen, and Vicki (Tom) Brennen; two great-grandchildren; and one sister, Louise Weir, of Bedford.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, and one sister.
The family requests that memorials be made to the Visiting Nurses Association.
Published in the Quad-City Times on 5/24/2005.