Harold E. Schirm

BROWN, RAIRIGH, SCHIRM, TROWBRIDGE, WEAKLEND

Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 3/4/2006 at 18:16:07

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, January 10, 1996

Rev. Harold Schirm, Orient

The Rev. Harold E. Schirm, 65, of Orient, died Jan. 6, 1996 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Winterset. Funeral services were held here today (Wed., Jan. 10)at the First United Methodist Church in Winterset with the Rev. Tompsie K. Smith, Rev. Don Frank and Dr. J. Robert Burkhart officiating. Burial was in the St. Charles Cemetery.

He was born June 25, 1930, in Madison County to Edward and Edna Mae (Trowbridge) Schirm. he married Lena Mae Weaklend in St. Charles on Oct. 5, 1952. He was a United Methodist pastor and was currently serving as visitation pastor at the First United Methodist Church in Winterset and the First United Methodist Church in Patterson. He had lived in Orient since July 1995, moving there from Odebolt. He was a member of the Masons; Lions Club; Odebolt Rotary; Eastern Star; and Sports Booster Club. He had formerly served as pastor for the following congregations: Ira, Wesley Chapel; Union Park, Des Moines, Irwin-Kirkman; Orient-Nevinville-Otis Chapel, Penn Ave.; Farmington-Big Mound-Bonsparte; Paton; Winfield-Spring Run; Beaman-Albion; and Odebolt.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; and a son.

He is survived by a son, Edward Schirm of Camp LeJeune, N.C.; three daughters, Suzanne Brown and husband, Allen of Clearfielfd, Kathryn Schirm of Dunnellon, Fla., and Sharon Perry and husband, Michael of Toledo; a brother, Philip Schirm and wife, Lois of St. Charles; a sister, Helen Rairigh and husband, Dell of Bennett, Colo.; four grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the First United Methodist Church or the American Cancer Society.

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