MOTTET, Francis John

MOTTET, STREB, CHUCK, SHEPARD, BRIGGS, GODWIN, BROWN, MCDOWELL, WELTHA

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 8/17/2009 at 14:41:25

"The Fairfield Ledger", Friday, August 14, 2009, Page 10

MOTTET, Frances -- Frances MOTTET, 92, of Richland, died at 10:10 a.m. today, Friday, Aug. 14, 2009, at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.

Arrangements are in the care of Gould Funeral Home in Richland.

[Ed. note: Given name spelled Frances in the death notice above, and Francis in the obituary below.]

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"The Fairfield Ledger", Monday, August 17, 2009, Page 8

MOTTET, Francis John -- Francis John MOTTET, 92, of Richland, died Friday, Aug. 14, 2009, at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.

A Mass of Resurrection will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary Catholic Church in Fairfield, with the Rev. Stephen C. Page officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield.

Visitation begins at 5 p.m. today at the church, with the family present from 6-8 p.m. and Prayers for a Christian Wake at 7 p.m.

Memorials to Polishville Association or the St. Mary Catholic Church new building fund may be left at the church or may be mailed to the family at 1166 Nutmeg Ave., Richland 52585.

Arrangements are in the care of Gould Funeral Home in Richland.

Mr. MOTTET was born May 31, 1917, in Riverside, the son of Laurence Xavier and Mary Winifred STREB MOTTET. He married Mary Teresa CHUCK Jan. 24, 1948, in East Pleasant Plain.

Mr. MOTTET graduated from West Chester consolidated high school. He served in the United States Army during World War II. He was a farmer all of his life, except while serving in the army. He lived and farmed in the Richland area for the past 63 years, retiring in 1991.

Mr. MOTTET was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Fairfield and served on the Diocesan Lay Council for 12 years including a term as vice president. He was active in the National Farmers Organization, serving as president of the Jefferson County unit and as vice president of the First Congressional District unit. He also was a member of the American Legion.

Mr. MOTTET enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and overseas. Following his retirement, he volunteered at the Veterans Hospital in Iowa City for seven years and took up golfing.

Survivors include his wife of rural Richland; two daughters, Joann SHEPARD and husband Richard of Indianola and Jean BRIGGS and husband Terry of Rochester, Minn.; two sons, Ray MOTTET and wife Peggy of Fairfield and Ken MOTTET and wife Mary of Berwyn, Ill.; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one brother, Duane Joseph MOTTET of Brighton; and two sisters, Catherine GODWIN of Cedar Rapids and Dolores BROWN of Mount Pleasant.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Helen McDOWELL and Jeneta WELTHA; and two brothers, Bernard and Richard MOTTET.

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