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Jaeger, Urban J.
HOPKINTON - Urban J. Jaeger, 87, of Hopkinton, died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, at Kramer Funeral Home in Dyersville, where a parish Scripture service will be held at 6 p.m. and an Altar Society rosary recited at 8 p.m. Friends may continue to call after 9 a.m. Monday. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Paul Catholic Church, Worthington, with burial in the church cemetery. Officiating will be the Rev. Robert Gross. Military honors will be accorded by American Legion Post 137.
Urban was born April 1, 1923, in Dyersville, Iowa, the son of Sylverius and Angela (Kramer) Jaeger. He helped on the family farm as a child and served in Europe during World War II from 1944-1946. He married Irene Petsche on Aug. 23, 1947, in Guttenberg. Urban was an independent trucker until 1960, and then was a self-employed construction worker. Urban and Irene began farming in 1965, northeast of Hopkinton. Farming was an occupation he enjoyed until his accident nearly two weeks ago.
Urban designed and built the first end loader in the area which he used to dig many basements, including the basement of St. Francis Xavier Basilica.
Survivors include his wife, Irene; children, Russell (Pat) Jaeger and Sue (Jim) Guthrie, both of Hopkinton, and Eldon (Barb) Jaeger of Worthington; seven grandchildren, Angela, David, Sharon and J. Russel Guthrie, Rodney, Kathy and Brenda Jaeger; 12 great-grandchildren,
six siblings, Joan Helle of Dubuque, Norma (Laverne) Petsche of Dyersville, Della Rose Downey of Marietta, Ga., Eileen Appel of Houston, Texas, William (Mary Ann) Jaeger of Manchester and John (Ruth) Jaeger of Manchester; four half siblings, Leo (Diane) Jaeger of Kenton, Ohio, Leroy Jaeger of Earlville, Loras (Mikki) Jaeger of Bettendorf and Marilyn (Pat) Werner of Dyersville; and a sister-in-law, Bernice Blunk of Garnavillo.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his stepmother, Coletta Pottebaum Jaeger; and two siblings in infancy, Jeanne Ann and Eldon Jaeger.
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