Louis Schoettmer

LOUIS JOHN SCHOETTMER

Mount Vernon

Louis John Schoettmer, 74, of Mount Vernon, died Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, at the Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. with a funeral service beginning at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, at Community Bible Church, 940 W. Mount Vernon Rd., Mount Vernon, by Pastor Dave Dechape. Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, at a later date. Arrangements are with Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Mount Vernon.

Survivors include his wife, Jo Ann; children, Jeffrey (Tammy) Schoettmer, Angela (Mike) Gardeman, Shelly (Mike) Massell, Kelly (Todd) Anderson, Renee (Dale) Eslinger, Michael (Cara) Schoettmer and Daniel (Susie) Schoettmer; Jo Ann's children, Cindy Shuttleworth, Patty (Keith) Glodowski, Arnold (Bev) Lutheran, Wade Lutheran, Tammy (Jeff) Schoettmer and Lynn Gunderson; sister, Joanne (Jean) Oliphant; brother, Gerald (Mary) Schoettmer; 25 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.

John was born Jan. 8, 1942, in Cedar Rapids, the son of Louis and Catherine (Stark) Schoettmer. He was a farmer and had also worked at John Deere in Waterloo and Lynch Ford in Mount Vernon. On June 17, 1996, he married Jo Ann Lutheran in Lisbon.

A member of the Oakland Pontiac Club, John had a great appreciation for Pontiacs and collected several of them. He also enjoyed NASCAR and taking pictures of special times with the family.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

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