John A. Burger, 1943-2014

BURGER, DREES, BURGER, GOEDKEN, CONNOLLY, SMOCK, TRUMM, WOLFE, GOEDKEN, QUINT

Posted By: Cheryl Moonen (email)
Date: 11/9/2014 at 23:43:12

Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Tuesday, September 30, 2014 Deceased Name: John A. Burger

John A. Burger
NEW VIENNA, Iowa - John A. Burger, 71, of New Vienna, died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, at his home after a long battle with cancer.

Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW, Dyersville, where a parish vigil service will be held at 2 p.m. and an American Legion Service will be held at 7 p.m.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville, with burial in the church cemetery where military honors will be accorded by American Legion Post 137. The Rev. Dennis Quint will officiate.

John was born Aug. 3, 1943, in Dubuque, the son of Raymond and Marcella (Drees) Burger. He joined the Army National Guard, where he served nearly six years. He married Marian Goedken on Jan. 22, 1966, in Petersburg, Iowa. He worked at Ertl Toy Company for 29 years, obtaining the position of Die Cast Operations Manager. After Ertl Company, he worked at Spec Cast and then became the plant manager at Lund Manufacturing until his retirement in 2009.

John had a larger than life personality with the ability to make people laugh. When asked how he was he would reply, "Not too bad for a fat, ugly, old man," or "I'm fine, it's the rest of the world that's screwed up!"

Surviving are his wife, Marian; three sons, Doug (Shiree) Burger, of Strawberry Point, Steve (Monica) Burger, of Earlville, and Brian (Nancy) Burger, of Petersburg; five grandchildren, Autumn Burger, Cody (friend, Olivia Connolly) Burger, Nick (friend, Leah Osterhaus) Burger, Cole and Ben Burger; siblings, Darlene (Merrill) Smock, Carl "Cub" Burger, Kaye (Eldon) Trumm, Dave "Crockett" (Linda) Burger and Wilma Wolfe, all of Worthington; many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; his stepfather, William Wolfe; his parents-in-law, Emil and Cyrilla Goedken; in-laws, Dale C. Goedken, aka Goedken Dale, and Robert (Joan) Goedken; and a nephew, Richard Smock.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.kramerfuneral.com.

Due to John's lengthy battle with cancer, we would like to thank all of the doctors, nurses and other health care professionals who have tended to our needs these last 10 years.

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