Shores, Louis W. 1915 - 2014

SHORES, CHYLE, KACHER, WIGGINS, WALTERSDORF, WHITNEY, KINKOR

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 1/31/2014 at 12:50:01

Louis W. Shores age 98 of Protivin died Friday, January 24, 2014, at the New Hampton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

A memorial service will be held in the latter part of February at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Protivin. A date and time will be announced.

Arrangements are with Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home in Protivin. 563-569-8800.

Louis Walter Shores was born May 27, 1915 on the family farm in rural Chickasaw County, IA, the son of Louis J. and Mary (Chyle) Shores. He received his education in Spillville. On May 3, 1938, at St. John Catholic Church in Ft. Atkinson, he married Irene Pauline Kacher. To this union four sons were born. Louis and Irene farmed near Little Turkey from the time they were married until 1984. The couple were active with their parish in Little Turkey. The couple moved into Protivin in 1984 where they had been members at Holy Trinity Catholic Church.

Survivors include four sons, Gerald (Carole) Shores of Dallas, TX, David (Kathy) Shores of Winston-Salem, NC, Linus (Karen) Shores of Holland, PA, Don Shores of Omaha, NE; eight grandchildren, Jeff Shores of Dallas, TX, Jill Wiggins of Richmond, VA, Jane Shores of Dallas, TX, Craig Shores of Winston-Salem, NC, Christopher Shores of New York City, Carla Waltersdorf of Albany, NY, Brian Shores of New Town, PA, Jason Shores of Colorado Springs, CO; eleven great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Irene on October 29, 2010; two daughters-in-law, Donna Bader Shores and Chris Bares Shores; three sisters, Mary Shores, Lillian Whitney and Ella Kinkor; three brothers, Charles, Milo and Walter Shores.

Source: Hugeback - Johnson Funeral Home database