Tremel, Kenneth Alfred (1931 - 2023)

TREMEL, O’DAY, NOLTON, SCHWERY, BUCKLEY, FREDERICK, GROSS

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/8/2023 at 15:03:40

Name of deceased: Kenneth Alfred Tremel

Aged: 91 yrs, 10 mo, 20 days

Residence: Panama, Shelby County, IA

Born: Aug. 26, 1931; rural Panama, Shelby County, IA

Died: July 16, 2023; Myrtue Medical Center, Harlan, Shelby County, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Wednesday, July 19, 2023; St. Mary's of the Assumption, Panama, IA; burial was in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Panama, IA

Survived by: Wife of 51 years, Betty of Panama, IA; daughters, Vicki (spouse, Brian) Nolton of Grinnell, IA, Luann (spouse, Dale) Schwery of Panama, IA, and Kim (spouse, Terry Keefer) Tremel of Coralville, IA; granddaughters, Danica Nolton of Duluth, MN and Kendra Nolton of Grinnell, IA; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Anna and Joseph Tremel; sisters, Leona Buckley, Helen Frederick, and Mary Gross; brothers, Edward, John, Alphonse, Raymond, Leonard, Joseph, and Charlie

Education: no information provided

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Military service: U. S. Army, 1952-1954, in the Co K, 27th Infantry Regiment during the Korean War

Marriage: Elizabeth (“Betty”) Jean O’Day; April 8, 1972; location not provided

Employment: Farmer

Hobbies/Interests: enjoyed playing on Panama’s baseball town team and could hit the ball as hard and far as anyone. His love of baseball continued through rooting for the Red Sox and Braves teams and later inspired him to build his own batting cage on his farm. Although he said it was for softball hitting practice with his daughters, we knew it just as much for his own slugging time.

Sources: kjan.com; pauleyjones.com