Kerr, John B. – 1944-1984

BACHMAN, BRYANT, BURDICK, CHICOTE, FOREMAN, KERR, THEIS

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Date: 11/5/2014 at 17:04:40

John B. Kerr, 39, of Muscatine, a former resident of Newton, died Wednesday, March 21, at his home.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at the Wallace-Pence Funeral Home in Newton.
Dr. Richard Bentzinger, pastor of the Newton First United Methodist Church, will conduct services. Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery in Knoxville.
Visitation with the family will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be left at the funeral home.
Survivors are his wife, Doris, two sons, John K. of Denver, Colo. and Michael W. of Newton, a daughter Julie Kerr of Newton, five sisters, Mrs. Larry (Sandara) Chicote of Belle Plaine, Janice Bryant of Indianola, Mrs. Ron (Jacqueline) Foreman and Mrs. Michael (Susan) Theis, both of Newton, and Mrs. Max (Ruth) Bachman of Cedar Rapids; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kerr of Newton.
He was preceded in death by her paternal and maternal grandparents.
Mr. Kerr was a member of the Methodist Church and a former member of the Newton Lions Club.
He had been a truck driver and a salesman for several companies.
The son of John W. and Marjorie Burdick Kerr, he was born July 29, 1944 in Knoxville.
Source: Newton Daily News; Friday, 23 March 1984