C John Zortman

ZORTMAN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 4/16/2010 at 21:34:37

Sioux City Journal
Mapleton, Iowa—C. John Kortman, 32, Mapleton, was killed Saturday in a car accident.

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at United Methodist Church, Charter Oak, with the Rev. Howard Ball officiating. Burial will be in Charter Oak Cemetery with the Walter Funeral Home, Mapleton, in charge.

Mr. Kortman was born Sept. 24, 1945, in Sioux City. He was graduated from Charter Oak High School in 1963 and from Morningside College in 1968. He worked as a stock boy at Younkers while at Morningside and in his senior year he became a buyer for Younkers. After graduation he worked for the Crawford County Extension and the Hoffman Insurance Agency in Moorhead. He moved to Mapleton five years ago, where he worked for the First State Bank.

He was a member of United Methodist Church in Charter Oak, Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, Masonic Lodge 404 AF AM, the Abu Bekr Shrine, the Mapleton Rotary, the Mapleton Jacyees and the Mapleton Club.

Mr. Kortman was co-chairman of the Mapleton Centennial Committee. He was a former member of the Charter Oak Town council and a member of the Commercial and Community Club of Charter Oak and Ute. He was a noted horseman.