Marugg, James

James Marugg, 72, of Marion and Cedar Rapids, formerly of Monticello, died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, at Willow Gardens Care Center in Marion following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 19, at First Presbyterian Church, Monticello, where friends may call after 10 a.m. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Montiello, with military honors. The Rev. Al Polito will officiate at the services. Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello, is in charge of arrangements.

Surviving are his daughter, Sheri Boes, and two granddaughters, Kristeen Barth and Kylee Patrick, all of Sycamore, Ohio; a brother, John (Nadine) Marugg, Hopkinton; four sisters, Mary (Carl) Kleitsch, Monticello, Margaret Faust, Edgewood, Helen (David) Bader-Sackett, Anamosa, and Charlotte (Dale) Lowery, Fostoria, Ohio; a sister-in-law, Darlene Marugg, Monticello; and special friends who rescued Jim after the flood in 2008, Sue and John Hutchens.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Richard, Robert and Russell.

James D. Marugg was born Jan. 22, 1937, in Richland Township, Jones County, Iowa, the son of Fritz and Ethel Winch Marugg Sr. Jim graduated from the Monticello Community Schools. He served in the Iowa National Guard. He worked for Iowa Steel. He was later employed at Wilson Foods. James married Patricia Plot in January 1974. They lived in Carey, Ohio and in Tennessee before her death in 1984.

Jim later returned to Iowa, where he lived with and cared for his mother, Ethel, in Monticello. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and gambling.

Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.

Published Oct. 18, 2012 in The Gazette