Al Determan

DETERMAN, SPAIN, GOETTSCH, DROESSLER, REITHER, DRISCOLL

Posted By: Barb Kelley (email)
Date: 12/3/2005 at 09:11:47

The Clinton Herald

Published: December 02, 2005 12:45 pm

Al Determan

Al Determan, 72, of DeWitt, died Thursday.

Visitation will be at the Schultz Funeral Home, DeWitt, from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday. The parish vigil service is at 6 p.m. Sunday. Funeral liturgy is at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, DeWitt. Interment will be in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Roger Haatvedt, Chuck Hunter, Duane Spain, Dick McDermott, Don McMain, Dick Schrader, Don Johnson, Orville Rittmer, George Brown, Vince Angerer, Bobby Tracy and Ron Storjohann.

He was born Feb. 15, 1933, to Ed and Lottie Determan. He married Donna Spain on June 1, 1957, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Delmar.

He graduated from Goose Lake High School in 1950.

He enlisted in the U.S. Navy from 1952 until 1956 during the Korean War and was honorably discharged.

He started working in construction shortly after he was discharged from the Navy. He worked for various contractors in and around the Quad-City area operating cranes. He retired in 1996. He also farmed for many years in rural DeWitt.

He was a lifetime member of Operating Engineers Local 537, Rock Island, Ill., later Local 150 of Chicago. He also was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, DeWitt, for 42 years and the American Legion for nearly 50 years.

Survivors include his wife; Jess (Kay) Determan of DeWitt and Curt (Lisa) Determan of LeClaire; two grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Dorothy (Lyle) Goettsch of DeWitt, Mrs. Camilla (Don) Sarevelli of North Carolina, Mrs. Mary Jo (Claire) Droessler and Mrs. Lorraine (Frank) Reither of Colorado and Janet Driscoll of California; and two brothers, Jim Determan of Goose Lake and Richard (Mary) Determan of Tucson, Ariz.

Online condolences may be made at www.schultzfuneralhomes.com.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, one sister-in-law, one brother-in-law and one nephew.

Death Date: Dec. 1, 2005