Chapman, Cecil

Cecil Chapman, 79, died Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center, Dubuque, following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello, with interment in the Pine View Cemetery, Delaware. The Rev. Al Polito will officiate at the services. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello.

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Surviving are four daughters, Pam (Russell) Knock, Valerie Frericks, both of Hopkinton, LuAnn (Michael) Manson, Manchester, and Sheryl Downling, Las Vegas, Nev.; a stepson, Scott Clendenen, Manchester; his special friend, Darlene Carpenter, Earlville; 16 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren;, a brother, Howard Chapman, Anamosa; and a sister, Linda (Jim) Downs, Manchester.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Verla; a son, Wayne; a daughter, Amy; two sisters, Zelda Lighty and Helen Newhard; and two brothers, Robert and Richard.

Cecil Raymond Chapman was born Oct. 20, 1932, at Iowa City, Iowa. He was the son of Raymond and Olive Topping Chapman. He received his education in the Port #7 School, near Hopkinton. Cecil married Rita Redmond on Dec. 29, 1954, at Anamosa, Iowa. The couple lived in Monticello, Cedar Rapids and Manchester. Cecil was employed at Wellman Construction in Hiawatha and then at the Hyde Plant in Manchester as a truck driver. They divorced in 1968. Cecil married Verla Clendenen in 1975 and they moved to Delaware, Iowa. Cecil drove a grain truck for Kelchen Grain until he retired. Verla died in 2002.

Published in The Gazette Dec. 14, 2011.