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Arduser, Raymond
Raymond Arduser, 63, of Monticello, died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, at his home following a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held 11 Tuesday morning, Sept. 7, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Monticello, with interment in Oakwood Cemetery. The Rev. Father Keith Birch and the Rev. Peter Wenzel will officiate at the services. Friends may call from 4 until 8 on Monday at Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello, where there will be a parish vigil service at 8 p.m.
Surviving are his wife, Jennifer; four sons, Aaron (Michele), Cedar Rapids, Adam (Stella), Gainesville, Fla., Andrew and girlfriend, Paige Klocke, Waukon, and Alex and fiancee, Chelsea Fields, North Liberty; three grandchildren, Brittany, Braeden and Jayden; and his brother, Alan (Deb) of Monticello.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Raymond David Arduser was born Dec. 24, 1946, at the John McDonald Hospital, Monticello, Iowa, the son of Lyle and Margaret (Petersen) Arduser. Ray started school in the Hardscrabble area. He graduated from Monticello Community Schools with the class of 1965. Ray then went to work for the Cedar Rapids Police Department. He was later employed at Rem Electric and Franklin Equipment. Ray married Jennifer Wren on March 11, 1972, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids. The couple made their home in Monticello, where in 1981, they started the building of R.J. Bowling Center. The bowling alley opened in 1982 and the couple operated the business until 1985.
Ray had been active as a volunteer on the Monticello Ambulance Service, had served on the Peace United Church of Christ board and after converting to Catholicism, he was an active volunteer at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, often taking communion to the homebound. He loved to garden but gave half or more of it away to friends. He also loved to feed birds and enjoyed bird watching.
Ray called two friends, Tillie Monk and Jane Barnts, most every night, to check on their day and had coffee daily at Holmes Garage.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established.
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