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Earl Heeren
EARL HEEREN
Mount Vernon
Earl Heeren, 92, of Mount Vernon, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at Hallmark Care and Rehabilitation Center, Mount Vernon. Funeral services: 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, at Morgan Funeral & Cremation Choices, Mount Vernon, by Pastor Stephanie Wherry. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial: Mount Vernon Memorial Cemetery.
Surviving Earl are his children, Harold of Poy Sippi, Wis., Karen (Greg) Pepin of Rochester, Minn., Connie Heeren-Collins of Lisbon, Ronnie (Candy) Heeren of Mount Vernon and Robert (Jan) of Fairfax; 10 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.
Preceding Earl in death was his wife, who died Sept. 13, 2014.
Earl was born June 29, 1922, in Fayette, Iowa, the son of Emil and Gesina (Tjaden) Heeren. He served in the U.S. Army National Guard. On Nov. 27, 1942, he married Dorothy Voelker. He retired after 32 years from Quaker Oats as a pipe fitter. Earl was a charter member of Anamosa Bow Hunters.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the donor's favorite charity.
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