TRETTIN, Kermit 1918-1991

TRETTIN, WHEELER

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 3/4/2008 at 22:13:45

Funeral services for Kermit Trettin, 73, of Grafton, Iowa, who died Wednesday, July 24, 1991, at Mitchell County Memorial Hospital, were held Saturday, July 27 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Grafton, with the Rev. Gregory Bjornstad officiating.

Kermit Trettin was born April 28, 1918 near Grafton in the same home where he lived all his life. He attended Grafton schools and graduated from Grafton High School.

He married Olive Wheeler on September 15, 1942 at St. Joseph, Missouri, and they made their home on the farm near Grafton. He was a ham radio operator.

Survivors include his wife, Olive of Grafton; one daughter, Mrs. Gary (Mardell) Porter of Sandusky, Ohio; two sons, Robert of Waterloo and Thomas of Fairfax, Virginia, and five grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one grandson. Burial was in the Grafton Cemetery.

(St. Ansgar Enterprise, St. Ansgar, Iowa; 1 AUG 1991)