Duayne Mere

DUAYNE MERE

Morley

Duayne Mere, 81, formerly of Morley, died Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015, at Jones Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 9, at Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa,

where friends may call from 4 until 7 p.m. Thursday. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Anamosa, with military honors. The Rev. Barb Krueger will officiate at the services.

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

In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established.

Surviving are his companion of 15 years, Donna Joslin; six children, Linda (Gerald) Tenney, Cedar Rapids, Ron (Brenda) Mere, Freemont, Ohio, Marie Havel and Renada Schoon, both of Geneseo, Ill., Frank (Peg) Mere, Monticello, and Steve Mere, Olin; a daughter-in-law, Sharon Mere, Hiawatha; 30 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and a stepbrother, Richard Binley, Iola, Wis.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Bart; a son-in-law, Brad Schoon; a great-grandson, Michael; and an infant sister, Vadaera.

Duayne Franklin Mere was born Jan. 27, 1934, in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Isadore and Goldie Corkins Mere. He attended Anamosa Community Schools. Duayne married Stefanie Jankovic in 1955 in Anamosa. He served in the U.S. Army from 1956 until 1961.

Duayne was a certified welder at LeFebure in Cedar Rapids for 15 years. He then moved to Arizona where he worked as a golf course groundskeeper. In 1985, he returned to Iowa and lived in the Morley area.

Duayne loved his Kansas City Chiefs, bowling, playing cards and golf, and mowing his lawn.