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Donald Gorsch
DONALD GORSCH
Millersburg
Donald Dean Gorsch died in his home Saturday, March 15, 2014, at age 64.
He was born April 4, 1949, in Sigourney, Iowa, a son of Lornie E. and Laurene E. (Dhondt) Gorsch. He grew up in the Millersburg community and graduated from Deep River-Millersburg High School in 1967.
Donald served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War and was a member of Millersburg American Legion Post 521. On Sept. 7, 1974, he was united in marriage to Phyllis Montross in Millersburg. They made their home in Marion, Iowa, until moving to Millersburg in 2009. Donald work many years at Burger King in Cedar Rapids.
He enjoyed gardening, fishing, cooking and baking.
Donald is survived by his wife, Phyllis, of Millersburg; two sons, Joe Gorsch and Jimmy Gorsch, both of Marion; three grandchildren, Bentleigh, Tavian and Jaxon Gorsch; a sister, Barb Adix of Belle Plaine; and a brother, Bill McFadden of Cedar Rapids.
He was preceded in death by his parents; infant son, Brian; and a sister, Catherine Gorsch.
A Celebration of Life service will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 19, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Millersburg. Visitation will be at Powell Funeral Home in North English on Tuesday, March 18, from 4 to 7 p.m. Burial, with military rites, will be in Community Cemetery, rural Deep River.
A memorial fund has been established to go toward Annette Schaffner's fight against cancer.
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