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Franklin Chrisman
FRANKLIN CHRISMAN
Troy Mills
Franklin L. Chrisman, 89, of Kaiser, Mo., formerly of Troy Mills, died June 18, 2014, after a short illness in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services: 1 p.m. Sunday, June 22, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, by the Rev. Del Bear, with military honors by American Legion Post 298 of Marion. The family will greet friends one hour before the service Sunday at the funeral home. Graveside service: 9 a.m. Monday, June 23, in Lafayette Cemetery, rural Alburnett.
Franklin was born in July 1924, in Lafayette, Iowa, and graduated from Alburnett High School in 1942. He farmed the family farm in Lafayette until entering the Navy during World War II, serving from April 1944 to 1946, and was in the Naval Reserves until 1950.
He graduated from Iowa State College in 1952 in farm operations and went on to work for Linn County Soil Conservation for several years. He then took up commercial beekeeping and purchased a small farm in Troy Mills.
In 1976, he moved to St. Elizabeth, Mo., where he farmed until 2004. He then moved to Kaiser, Mo., to retire and fish.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Nancy Chrisman; and brothers and sisters, Clifford, Ruby, Elsie, Gladys and Mildred.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Wounded Warrior Project at www.woundedwarrior project.org in Franklin's memory.
Please sign the online guest book for Franklin at www.murdochfuneral home.com under obituaries.
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