Vernon Eganhouse 1927-1980

EGANHOUSE, JURGENSEN, BALLOU, RUSHFORD, RUBEL, NOLAN, FRANCIS

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Date: 11/16/2021 at 07:28:46

19 June 1980 - Midland Times

Vernon J. Eganhouse, age 53, died on Monday, June 16, 1980 following an accident near Oxford Junction. He came in contact with an electrical current and fell from a pole. He was pronounced dead at Jackson County Hospital in Maquoketa.

Vernon was born at Bellevue on May 18, 1927, the son of Elmer and Amelia Kiefer Eganhouse. He was a graduate of Monmouth High School. Following two years of service with the Air Force, he was married to Delores Jurgensen on February 22, 1949 at Stone City. He had lived all of his married life in Wyoming.

He was in the lime business for five years, operated a restaurant in Wyoming for three years and had been in the sand and gravel business the past 20 years. He was a past member of the Wyoming Volunteer Fire Dept.

Mr. Eganhouse is survived by his wife, Delores, one son Gregory of Hale, two daughters, Mrs. Steve (Vicki) Ballou and Mrs. Terry (Pam) Rushford, both of Center Junction; three grandchildren, seven brothers, George and Merton of Wyoming, Robert of Pittsburg, PA, Leland of Monmouth, Gerald of Cedar Rapids, Thomas of Naperville, IL, David of Lost Nation, three sisters, Mrs. Ed (Carmen) Rubel of Bellevue, Mrs. Rosemary Nolan of Wyoming and Virginia Francis of Monouth, IL. He was preceded in death by his parents and one grandchild.

Services were held on Thursday, June 19, at 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Oxford Junction with scripture services on Wednesday evening. Burial was in the Wyoming Cemetery. Father R. J. Sigwart officiated.