Charles M. Meroshek

MEROSHEK, POSPISIL, ZIER, VANOUS, WELTER, LUSE

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Date: 10/30/2017 at 19:37:12

The Cedar Rapids Gazette Saturday September 13, 2003
Charles M. "Chuck" Meroshek, 91, a resident of Winslow House Care CEneter, died there Friday, Sept. 12, 2003, following a short illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Marion, by the Rev. John Gossman. Burial: Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, with military rites. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Survivors include his children [private]; two sisters, Rose Pospisil and Clara (Robert) Pospisil, both of Mount Vernon; a brother, Frank (Sally) Meroshek of Marion; and three sisters-in-law, Charlotte Meroshek of Mount Vernon, Pat (Jim) Luse of Marion and Mildred Welter of Mediapolis.
Also surviving are nine grandchildren [private]; 10 great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Susan; a brother, William; and a son-in-law, Robert Zier.
Chuck was born to Frank and Mary Vanous Meroshek on Jan. 21, 1912, in rural Marion. On July 19, 1936, in Marion, he was united in marriage to Susan V. Welter. She died March 10, 1992.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, training near St. Louis, Mo., and was assigned to the 1061 Port Construction and Repair Battalion. His unit was assigned to operations on the German/French border. After V.E. Day, his unit shipped out the for the Pacific, where it helped repair the harbor of Subic Bay.
Chuck worked for the Linn County Roads Department for 18 years and then for REC in Marion for more than 20 years. Church was a member of American Legion Marion Post 298, which will conduct the military rites....

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