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Kelso, Harold Lee
Harold Lee Kelso, 92, of Walker, died Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Walker. The family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial: Walker Cemetery, Walker, Iowa. Military honors provided by American Legion Ray Post No. 376 of Walker.
Survivors include his wife, Erva of Walker; one daughter, Carole (Robert) Beresford of Troy Mills; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and four stepgreat-grandchildren.
Also surviving are two sons-in-law, Gene Tempus of Colorado, and Mark Meader of Waubeek; and one sister-in-law, Helen Kelso of Cedar Rapids.
He was preceded in death by two daughters, Sharon and Janet; and two brothers, Ronald and Charles.
Harold was born Nov. 22, 1917, the son of Vernon and Amelia (Engler) Kelso in Spencers Grove, Iowa. He married Erva Pearl Cahill on May 28, 1939 in Spencers Grove. Harold was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served during World War II. He worked at Quaker Oats until he changed occupations to work at Sherman Plumbing & Heating in Walker. He later became self-employed in the plumbing & heating business. Harold was an avid morel mushroom hunter and loved to read. He was a member of American Legion Ray Post No. 376 of Walker.
A memorial fund has been established in Harold's memory.
Please sign the online guest book for Harold at under obituaries.
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