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Sunday, August 16, 2020
Daniel Lee Schirm
Age: 65
City: Marion
Funeral Date
Visitation: 2 p.m. Aug. 23, Antioch Christian Church, Marion
Funeral Home
Murdoch Funeral Homes & Cremation Service
Sunday, August 16, 2020
Daniel Lee Schirm
DANIEL LEE SCHIRM
Marion
Daniel Lee Schirm, 65, of Marion, Iowa, completed his fight with appendiceal cancer at UnityPoint-St. Luke's Hospital on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, the one-year anniversary of his diagnosis. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, at Antioch Christian Church in Marion followed by a Celebration of Life. Social distancing will be observed; masks are encouraged. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established. To view the full obituary and to share a memory, please go to www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.