SQUIER, Maurice Kenneth 1910-1999

SQUIER, EARL, BLANCHARD

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Date: 1/5/2011 at 15:57:47

MAURICE SQUIER

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ST. ANSGAR, IOWA - Maurice Squier, 89, of St. Ansgar, and formerly of Osage, died Tuesday, October 19, 1999, at the Good Samaritan Center, St. Ansgar.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, at the Champion Funeral Home, 702 State St., Osage.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Champion Funeral Home.

Champion Funeral Home, (515) 732-3706.

[Globe Gazette, Oct. 21, 1999]

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MAURICE KENNETH SQUIER

OSAGE, IOWA - Maurice Kenneth Squier, 89, of St. Ansgar, formerly of Osage, died on Tuesday, October 19, 1999, at the Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Champion Funeral Home in Osage, with the Rev. Ted Stowers officiating. Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Champion Funeral Home, 702 State St., Osage.

Maurice was born May 21, 1910, in East Lincoln Township, Mitchell County, near Orchard, the son of Joseph and Louise Ann (Earl) Squier. He attended Orchard schools.

He married Ione Blanchard on April 6, 1947, at Algona. They made their home in the Orchard and Osage area. In his younger years, Maurice worked on several farms near Orchard. In the early 1950s, he moved to Osage and was employed by the City of Osage. Later, he worked as a truck driver for many years. He returned to work for the City of Osage at the disposal plant and then retired in 1985.

After retirement, he enjoyed going to the Osage Senior Center and taking rides in the country. Maurice was a member of the First Baptist Church in Osage and a 50-year member of the Royal Neighbors of America.

Maurice is survived by one daughter, Joyce LaRue and her husband, Loyd, of Unionville, Mo.; two sons, Gerald Squier and his wife, Christie, of New Port Richey, Florida, and James Squier and his wife, Kathy, of St. Ansgar; six grandchildren, Lori, Tom, Leslie, Melody, Jamie and Jason; and many great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mildred Replinger, of Hamilton, Illinois.

Maurice was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Ione; one son, Charles; one daughter, Jacqualyn; three brothers, Roy, Earl and Lawrence; and three sisters, Irene, Grace and Ruth.

Champion Funeral Home, (515) 732-3706.

[ Mason City Globe Gazette, Oct. 22, 1999 ]