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Kenneth Harms
KENNETH HARMS
Rowley
Kenneth L. Harms, 78, of Rowley, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, at the Buchanan County Health Center, Independence. A memorial service celebrating Kenneth's life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at the First Presbyterian Church, Rowley, with the Rev. Lisa Ross-Thedens officiating. Inurnment will be held in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, at a later date.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Donna Jean; daughters, Mariana Marie (Perry) Lawrence of Cedar Rapids, Cheryl Ann (Robert) Wagner of Cedar Rapids and Kathleen Rose (Greg) Duggan of Mesa, Ariz.; and sister, Joyce Marie Hart of Anamosa. Also surviving are six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and half brother, Donald Harms.
Kenneth LaVern Harms was born June 28, 1936, in Anamosa, Iowa, the son of Kenneth and Stella (Ankney) Harms. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. On July 26, 1959, he married Donna Jean Burns in Monticello. Kenneth worked as a machinist for many years at Rockwell Collins, owned and operated the Marion Meat Market from 1971 to 1981 and then the Center Point Locker from 1981 to 1996. He was a former member of the Center Point American Legion, Lions Clubs of Center Point and Independence and was a Buchanan County Master Gardner.
Memorials may be given in his name to Arc of East Central Iowa, 680 Second St. SE #200, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401.
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