Danny Honts

HONTS, PHELPS, YEDLIK, AIRHARDT, JENS, REITER, FORBES, BURLINGAME, SCHMOLDT

Posted By: Ann H. (email)
Date: 2/19/2008 at 13:31:20

DANNY HONTS

Danny Honts, 72, of 1620 Hershey Avenue, Muscatine died at 9:30 pm Thursday, April 30th, at Veteran's Hospital in Iowa City, after a long illness.

Funeral services will be 2 pm Monday at the Riley Funeral Home with the Rev. Lief Pohl in charge. Visitation will be Sunday afternoon and evening, at the Riley Funeral Home.

A Loyal Order of Moose service will be held Sunday at 6:30 pm at the Riley Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, where military rites will be conducted jointly by the American Legion and The V.F.W.

He was born Feb. 20, 1920 in Milton, Iowa, the son of Walter and Mary Phelps Honts.

He was a resident of Muscatine since 1936, coming from Danbury, Wis. He married Lena Yedlik in 1940 in Muscatine, who preceded him in death. He later married Virginia Airhardt Jens on April 5, 1990 in Iowa City.

He was a World War II Navy veteran, a 50 year member of the Loyal Order of Moose and was also a member of the Eagles, American Legion and Muscatine Power Boat Club. He owned and operated Danny's Sales and Service since 1958. Prior to that time he was a Muscatine policeman for seven years and was also formerly employed at Henderson's Garage and later by Lee Osborn.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia; two sons, Bill Honts and Steve Honts, both of Muscatine; two daughters, Mrs. Ed (Violet) Reiter, St. Petersburg, Fla. and Mrs. Steve (Janet) Forbes, Muscatine; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother, Robert Honts, Muscatine; one sister, Darlene Burlingame, Kahoka, Mo.; three step-sons, Gary Lee Jens, Dennis Jens and Randy Jens, and one step-daughter, Mrs. Dean (Dorothy) Schmoldt, all of Muscatine, 12 step-grandchildren and 9 step-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his first wife in 1987 and two sons.

Muscatine Journal - Saturday, May 2, 1992