Edward F. Kremer 1924-2012

KREMER, STRENG, LOEFFELHOLZ, GILE, WELSH, MCCABE, HUNT, FROMMELT, BISENIUS, VICKERS, POTTER

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Date: 4/20/2015 at 01:43:59

CASCADE, Iowa - Edward F. Kremer, 88, of 708 Sixth Ave. SW, Cascade, died at 1:40 a.m. Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, at Shady Rest Care Center, Cascade.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at St. Martin's Catholic Church, Cascade, with the Rev. Douglas Loecke officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Cascade, where military rites will be accorded by the Cascade American Legion Post 528. Friends may call from

2 to 8 p.m. today at Reiff Funeral Home, Cascade, where there will be a wake service at 7:30 p.m.

Ed was born on Oct. 13, 1924, in Cascade, son of Frank and Katherine (Streng) Kremer. He was a graduate of the former St. Mary's High School in Cascade.

He married Dorothy G. (Loeffelholz) Gile on July 18, 1970, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Cascade.

Ed was a World War II Army veteran and was a member of the American Legion Post 528, for which he served as past commander.

He was employed at the Cascade Municipal Utilities until his retirement in 1990. He also was a member of St. Matthias Parish in Cascade.

Ed was an avid Cubs fan. He truly loved spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Kremer, of Cascade; seven children, Kay (Doug) Hunt, of Cascade, John (Helen) Gile, of Dubuque, Patricia (Kevin) Frommelt, of St. Michael, Minn., David (Julie) Gile, of Norfolk, Neb., Pete Gile, of Cascade, Sandra (David) Bisenius, of Dubuque, and Randy (Deb) Gile, of Wyoming; 24 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; a brother, Carl (Marion) Kremer, of Cascade; a sister, Mary Jane Clarke, of Cascade; and sister and brothers-in-law, Edith Vickers, of Darlington, Wis., Mariann (Ed) Welsh, of Janesville, Janet McCabe, of Cuba City, and Jack (Joann) Loeffelholz, of Hazel Green.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Jerome Kremer; a sister, Dola Potter; a sister-in-law, Midge Kremer; and two brothers-in-law, Willard Potter and Pat Clarke.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.reifffuneralhomeinc.com.

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