CHAPIN, Johnnie

CHAPIN, EVANS, FINKE, ITA, JENKINS, TIFFANY, LEINHAUSER, KERN, HYLTON

Posted By: Connie Street, volunteer (email)
Date: 9/11/2003 at 00:30:21

CHAPIN, Johnnie

Johnnie Chapin, 64, Columbus Junction, Iowa, formerly of Kansas City, died March 15, 1994, at a hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Stacy-Lewis Chapel, Columbus Junction; graveside services will be at the Leavenworth National Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today the chapel, where Masonic services will be at 7:30 p.m. The family suggests contributions to the American Heart Association.

Mr. Chapin was born in Clinton, Mo., and lived in Kansas City before moving to Columbus Junction 28 years ago. He was a truck driver, retiring in 1992. He was a member of the Columbus Junction United Methodist Church. He was a Marine veteran of the Korean War and was past commander of the Jarchow-Schroeder post of the American Legion.

Survivors include his wife, Betty Chapin of the home; a son, John "Butch" Chapin, Muscatine, Iowa; two daughters, Tonya Chapin, Marshall, Mo., and Glenda Evans, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; three stepdaughters, Cindy Finke, Columbus Junction, Cheri Ita, Danville, Iowa, and Carla Jenkins, Ainsworth, Iowa; two stepsons, Randy Tiffany, Wapello, Iowa, and Rick Tiffany, Columbus Junction; four brothers, Don Chapin and Ron Chapin of Excelsior Springs, Jimmy Chapin, Warsaw, Mo., and Raymond Chapin, Pleasant Valley in Clay County; three sisters, Marge Leinhauser, Des Moines, Iowa, Cleda Kern, Independence, and Linda Hylton, Pleasant Valley; seven grandchildren; and 16 stepgrandchildren.

Source: The Kansas City Star, March 17, 1994.
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