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Merle Lathrop 1916-1977

LATHROP, KEUDELL, CARPENTER, RAWSON, KULA, JANSEN, DAVIS

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 11/30/2019 at 16:03:16

14 July 1977 - Midland Times

Merle W. Lathrop, 61, Onslow, died July 7 at the Jackson County Public Hospital, Maquoketa.

Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. at the Onslow Presbyterian Church, and burial was at North Madison Pioneer Cemetery. Rev. Charles Johnson officiated, with Hayden Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Pallbearers were Ronnie Martensen, Merle Ballou, Bert Ballou, Daryl Jansen, Gary Kula and Wilfred Wherry.

Mr. Lathrop was born in Oxford Junction March 14, 1916, the son of Thomas and Faye Karns Lathrop. He was raised in the Oxford Junction, Oxford Mills, and Onslow area, and attended rural school near Oxford Junction.

He served in the Air Force during World War II, when he met his wife, Elizabeth Keudell. The couple married December 28, 1946 in San Antonio, Texas, and farmed near Onslow after their marriage.

Survivors include his wife, one son, Michael, Onslow; five daughters, Mrs. Cyril (Barbara) Carpenter and Mrs. Mark (Patricia) Rawson, both of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Galen (Sherry) Kula, Monticello and Vicki and Deborah, Onslow. He is also survived by three grandchildren, two brothers, Lyle, Scotch Grove, and James, Davenport, and two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Jansen, Onslow; and Mrs. Betty Davis, Mt. Vernon.

Mr. Lathrop was preceded in death by his parents and one son.


 

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