Robert Prull (1928-2021)

PRULL, KELLEY, KETELSEN

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 10/21/2021 at 08:39:24

Anamosa

Robert Prull, 93, of Anamosa, died Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a sudden illness.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 22, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Anamosa. Interment will be in the Springville Cemetery with military honors. The Rev. Rodney Bluml will officiate at the services. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa. Due to the current health pandemic face masks, properly fitted over the nose and mouth, will be required at all times inside the funeral home and the church. Thank you for your cooperation! Please visit goettschonline.com and share your thoughts, memories, stories and condolences with Bob's family.

Surviving are three children, Teresa (Keith) Bahl, Marion, Karen Dolter, Dubuque, and Kelley (Julie) Prull, Cedar Rapids; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and another on the way; and his in-laws, Ray Ellis, Katie Prull and Sandy Prull.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Bonnie; a son-in-law, Pat Dolter; and five siblings, Ralph, Mary Jo, Lorna, Betty and Larry.

Robert Paul Prull was born Jan. 8, 1928, at the family home near Center Junction, Iowa. He was the son of William and Ida Ketelsen, Prull. He received his education in the Martelle schools where he graduated in 1946. Bob drove a gas truck for Farm Service before he went to serve in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Robert Prull and Bonnie Kelley were married June 20, 1954, at the Springville Methodist Church. The couple lived in Martelle and Bob worked at Economy Lumber in Cedar Rapids. He later went to work for Iowa Electric, where he was employed for 27 years.

He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church where he served on the church council, the call committee and the building committee. Bob served on the Martelle Fire Department where he was the Assistant Fire Chief; he also served on the Martelle City Council. He volunteered at Camp Courageous with the IBEW Local 204. Bob was also a member of the Anamosa Veterans. He tried never to miss coffee with his friends at McDonald's in Anamosa.