James Ballard, 24 Apr 1924 - 28 Apr 2007

BALLARD, WHITFIELD, RIDENOUR, STAMBAUGH, FRIMML, PLOTZ, KENSLER

Posted By: Netha M Meyer (email)
Date: 4/30/2007 at 20:29:36

James T. Ballard, age 83, died Saturday, April 28, 2007 at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, following an extended illness. Funeral Services: 11:00 A.M. Thursday, May 3, 2007, Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo with Pastor Mark McDermott officiating. Burial will be in the Marengo Cemetery with military honors. Friends may call from 4 to 7 P.M. Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. A memorial fund has been established.

He is survived by his daughter, Trudie Stambaugh and husband George of Granbury, TX; two grandchildren, Connie Johnson and husband Jeff of Roanoke, TX and Janelle Stambaugh of Granbury, TX; two great-grandchildren, Logan Charles and Nolan Thomas Johnson; two sisters, Irene Frimml and Helen Plotz, and two brothers, LeRoy and Richard, all of Marengo; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Raejean, three brothers, Edmond, Harry and Robert and a sister Estelle Kensler.

James Thomas Ballard was born April 24, 1924 south of Williamsburg and Parnell in Iowa County, Iowa, the son of James and Esther Whitfield Ballard. He attended the Iowa County Lenox #4 school and worked on the family farm. He married Raejean Ridenour on June 20, 1944 in Lancaster, MO. James served in the U.S. Army as a warehouseman in Germany for a year. James returned home and was employed by Amana Refrigeration. He started Ballard Brothers along with his brother Edmond in September 1949. This business later became Ballard Trucking which he operated along with his nephew Dennis until 1985. He also owned and operated lime-hauling trucks, and a corn shelling business. He retired after 20 years of providing for local farmers.

James enjoyed TV westerns, playing cards and riding his bicycle.

Kloster funeral home, Marengo
Cedar Rapids Gazette, 30 Apr 07