Orr, Sr., Paul M. (1927-2009)

ORR, RECKARD, QUILLEN, MARSHALL, ELLEFSON, PRESCOTT, OELBERG, PERTEET, FLATEN, HEGINGER, KISS, SMITH, MEGO, PURCELL, STEPHENSEN, KILBORN, BENTLEY, CUNNINGHAM

Posted By: Colleen J Ossman (email)
Date: 7/10/2009 at 18:28:58

Webster City Freeman Journal, 8 July 2009

Paul M. Orr Sr., 82, of 1301 Summit St., Marshalltown, Iowa died Monday July 6, 2009 at the Iowa Veterans Home, Marshalltown. Funeral services will be 10:30a.m. Thursday July 9, 2009 at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour before the service on Thursday. Interment will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery with military honors provided by the Clear Lake V.F.W. Family requests all memorials go to Hospice of North Iowa or Clear Lake VFW.

Paul was born April 26, 1927 in Duncombe, the son of George and Gladys (Reckard) Orr. He attended school in Duncombe.

He lived on the Brushy Farm rural Duncombe, until serving in the U.S. Army during WWII. Following the service he moved back to Ft. Dodge. He married Erma Quillen in 1949, she preceded him in death in 1959. While living in Ft. Dodge he drove Midget Race Cars in Webster City.

He married Marilyn Marshall in 1962 and in 1987 she preceded him in death. They moved to Clear Lake in 1965. He worked for the Clear Lake Schools as a bus driver, "Smiley," for over nine years. He moved to Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown, Iowa in 2000.

Paul attended auctioneering school and enjoyed auctioneering.

Paul is survived by four children; Sally Ellefson and her husband Vern, Clear Lake, Paul M. Orr Jr., Forest City, Roberta Prescott and her husband Clayton, Garner, and Barbara Oelberg, Joice; nine grandchildren LeRoy Perteet, Matthew Flaten, Tammy Heginger, Candy Kis?s?, Trixy Smith, Shelly Mego, Bridgett Purcell, Chad Oelberg and Daniel Orr; nineteen great-grandchildren; two brothers Robert Orr and his wife Bonnie, Sonoma, Calif. and Loyd Orr and his wife Margaret, Lincoln, Neb.; three sisters Florence Stephensen, Webster City, Laura Kilborn and husband Melvin, Ostrander, Minn. and Mary Bentley and her husband Clair, Webster City. He was preceded in death by his parents, two wives Erma and Marilyn; infant daughter Pauline and two sisters Wanda Cunningham and Rose Marie Orr. Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, Iowa. 641-357-2193. www.colonialchapels.com

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