Kent James STAHL

STAHL, SCHONEMAN, LESLIE, JONES, BERTRAM, STOHR, KAMPMAN, ASHBY, FRANKEN, MAIFELD

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/12/2010 at 16:21:55

September 17, 1959 - July 8, 2010

APLINGTON, IA - Kent J. Stahl, 50, of Aplington, died Thursday, July 8, at Wright Medical Center, Clarion, of natural causes. He was born Sept. 17, 1959, at Grundy County Memorial Hospital, Grundy Center, son of Calvin and Janice Schoneman Stahl. He married Ellen Leslie Aug. 8, 1992, at Lake Darling State Park, near Brighton. He graduated from Aplington High School in 1978. He completed his heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration mechanics training to be a certified HVAC/R technician from the Refrigeration School Institute in Phoenix. Mr. Stahl was employed at Mort's Plumbing and Heating in Iowa Falls.

Survived by: his wife; two sons, Greg (Jenna) Jones of Wellsburg and Casey (Amber) Jones of Aplington; a daughter, Jessica (Nate) Bertram of Aplington; six grandchildren; his parents, Calvin and Janice Stahl of Aplington; two brothers, Hal (Marty) Stahl of Aplington and Keith (Marcia) Stahl of Rio, Ill.; and two sisters, Janeen (Chad) Stohr of Aplington and Sharla (Butch) Kampman of Pella. Preceded in death by: a sister, Beth Stahl; and a brother-in-law, Michael Ashby.

Services: 1:30 p.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church, with burial in Pleasant View Cemetery, both in Aplington. Public visitation from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Redman-Schwartz Funeral Chapel, Aplington, and for an hour before services Monday at the church.

Memorials: may be directed to the family.

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Kent James Stahl, age 50, of Aplington, Iowa, was born the son of Calvin and Janice (Schoneman) Stahl on September 17, 1959, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital, Grundy Center, Iowa. He was baptized into the Christian faith at the Colfax Presbyterian Church, rural Holland, Iowa. He received his education and graduated from the Aplington High School in 1978. Kent continued his education at RSI (The Refrigeration School Institute) in Phoenix, Arizona where he completed his heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics training to be a certified HVAC/R Technician. On August 8, 1992, Kent was united in marriage with Ellen Leslie at Lake Darling State Park, near Brighton, Iowa. They made their home in Aplington where Kent has been a lifelong resident. Kent was currently employed at Mort’s Plumbing & Heating in Iowa Falls, Iowa.

Kent enjoyed traveling with his family and would often stop at the roadside parks to spot an eagle and watch the other wildlife. In his earlier years he enjoyed hunting and fishing. Some of his favorite things to do were to have coffee on the porch in the mornings, to watch WWE Wresting at night and have peanut M & M‘s most any time of the day. His pride and joy were his grandchildren and he was known to them as Papa. Kent especially loved to see and play with them as often as possible. His kid’s joke with him was; somehow he would know the mile marker number, wherever we were at on the road, and would say…oh you are at mile marker # such and such, and they would laugh and smile, as they would drive by, he almost knew their exact number as they passed the next marker.

Kent died Thursday, July 8, 2010, at the Wright Medical Center in Clarion, Iowa, of natural causes. He was preceded in death by one sister, Beth Stahl; his paternal grandparents’, John and Martha (Franken) Stahl; his maternal grandparents’, Folkert and Augusta (Maifeld) Schoneman; a brother-in-law, Michael Ashby; and a friend, Jack. Kent is survived by his wife, Ellen Stahl of Aplington, IA; two sons, Greg (Jenna) Jones of Wellsburg, IA, and Casey (Amber) Jones of Aplington, IA; one daughter, Jessica (Nate) Bertram of Aplington, IA; six grandchildren, Cadence, Mason, Landon, Ava, Chase and Parker; his parents, Calvin and Janice Stahl of Aplington, IA; two brothers, Hal (Marty) Stahl of Aplington, IA, and Keith (Marcia) Stahl of Rio, IL; two sisters, Janeen (Chad) Stohr of Aplington, IA, and Sharla (Butch) Kampman of Pella, IA; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services will be 1:30 p.m., Monday, July 12, 2010, at the First Presbyterian Church with burial in Pleasant View Cemetery, both in Aplington.

Visitation will be from 2:00 – 6:00 p.m., Sunday at the Redman-Schwartz Funeral Chapel in Aplington, (319) 347-6275 and continue for one hour prior to services at the church.

Memorials may be directed to the Family of Kent.

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