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SCHLUTER, Vernon F. 1924-2008

SCHLUTER, WEGENER, CHANTRILL

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/30/2012 at 17:36:33

Vernon F. Schluter

MASON CITY, IOWA - Vernon F. Schluter, 84, of Mason City, formerly of Nora Springs, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. today, March 28, at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 101 N. Hawkeye Ave. in Nora Springs, with the Rev. Jenny Edinger officiating. Interment will be in Park Cemetery in Nora Springs with military honors performed by the Nora Springs American Legion Post No. 449.

Visitation was held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 27, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. in Mason City.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Vernon F. Schluter Memorial Fund.

Vernon was born on March 8, 1924, in Heepen, Westfalen, Germany, the son of August and Martha (Wegener) Schluter. He immigrated to rural Eldora with his parents in 1925 and attended a rural one room school house in Hardin County. He graduated from Owasa High School in Owasa in 1943. He was drafted into the United States Army on Feb. 26, 1945, and served during World War II, until being honorably discharged on Oct. 15, 1946.

He married Margaret Chantrill on May 23, 1948, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Hubbard. Together they farmed many years in north central Iowa until retiring in 1986.

After retirement, he enjoyed volunteering with many organizations and activities. He had a passion for old tractors, he restored them and drove them in local parades. He also enjoyed traveling and spending time with his family. He was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Nora Springs.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret, of Mason City; children, Mary Keck, of Gallant, Alabama, and children, Tracia (Les) Billman, Jennifer (Stephen) Markle, Kevin Lyndon (Ginni) Keck; Linda Schluter and Bob Strom of Mason City, and her children, Mark Lines, Sarah (Bob) O'Neill and Scott Lines; Larry Schluter (Sharon), of Osage, and his children, Janet (Charles) Hooper, Teresa Carri Schluter, and Michelle Schluter; Myron Schluter (Vicki) of Louisburg, Kansas, and children, Rachel and Matthew Schluter; Randy Schluter (Susan) of Mason City, and children, Nick (Sarah) Schluter and Mandy (Mike) Steckly; Dale Schluter (Karen), of Decorah, and children, Travis and Mitch Schluter; Faye Lonning (Kyle), of Mason City, and her children, Kelli, Ben, and April Jeffrey; 11 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Albert Schluter and wife, Ruby, of Cresco, and Kenny Schluter and wife, Dorothy, of Bowen, Illinois; many nieces, nephews and great-nieces and nephews.

Vernon was preceded in death by his parents, August and Martha Schluter.

Arrangements are with Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 641-423-0924. www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com

[ Published in the Globe Gazette on 3/28/2008 ]


 

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