HARMON, Marion
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HARMON, Marion
| nance53w (View posts) | Posted: 13 Nov 2003 5:35PM GMT |
Classification: Pension
Surnames: Harmon, Walker, Kester
October 30, 2003 The Wapello Republican and The Morning Sun News-Herald. I am not related and have no further information.
Marion “Kie” Harmon
Marion Frank “Kie” Harmon, age 87, of Mediapolis, died Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at the Great River Medical Center. The son of Robert and Grace Walker Harmon, he was born January 23, 1916, at Aledo, Illinois. On May 14, 1943, he married Mildred Kester at Chicago, Illinois.
He was a 1935 graduate of Mediapolis High School and served in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
He worked for Walkers Brothers plumbing and Heating before purchasing the business himself in 1962. The business then became known as Harmon’s Plumbing and Heating and is still operated by his son, Larry Harmon, in Mediapolis.
He was a former member of the Lions Club, a former city councilman of Mediapolis, and a former Mediapolis Fireman. He was a member of the Mediapolis American Legion and the Mediapolis United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife of Mediapolis; one son, Larry and Valerie of Mediapolis; three grandchildren, Matthew Harmon, Christopher Harmon and Alicia McLaughlin.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, and four sisters.
There was no visitation or public service.
A private family service was held Saturday at the Hagele and Honts Funeral Home in Mediapolis. Interment will be at a later date. Mr. Harmon donated his body to the University of Iowa.
Memorials have been established for the Mediapolis United Methodist Church and the Mediapolis Fire Department.
Marion “Kie” Harmon
Marion Frank “Kie” Harmon, age 87, of Mediapolis, died Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at the Great River Medical Center. The son of Robert and Grace Walker Harmon, he was born January 23, 1916, at Aledo, Illinois. On May 14, 1943, he married Mildred Kester at Chicago, Illinois.
He was a 1935 graduate of Mediapolis High School and served in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
He worked for Walkers Brothers plumbing and Heating before purchasing the business himself in 1962. The business then became known as Harmon’s Plumbing and Heating and is still operated by his son, Larry Harmon, in Mediapolis.
He was a former member of the Lions Club, a former city councilman of Mediapolis, and a former Mediapolis Fireman. He was a member of the Mediapolis American Legion and the Mediapolis United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife of Mediapolis; one son, Larry and Valerie of Mediapolis; three grandchildren, Matthew Harmon, Christopher Harmon and Alicia McLaughlin.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, and four sisters.
There was no visitation or public service.
A private family service was held Saturday at the Hagele and Honts Funeral Home in Mediapolis. Interment will be at a later date. Mr. Harmon donated his body to the University of Iowa.
Memorials have been established for the Mediapolis United Methodist Church and the Mediapolis Fire Department.