Kortemkamp, Anton 'Tony'

Anton “Tony” Kortenkamp, 100, of Marion, longtime resident of Oelwein, died Monday, Oct. 25, 2010, at Northbrook Manor Care Center, Cedar Rapids.Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Kramer Funeral Home, 103 Fifth St., Dyersville, with rosary at 4:30 p.m. Funeral mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 29, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with burial in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery. Officiating will be the Rev. Dennis Quint.

Tony was born June 18, 1910, in Rib Lake, Wis., to the late Simon and Catherine (Stoeckl) Kortenkamp. He grew up on, and later farmed, the Kortenkamp family farm in Aurora. On Nov. 4, 1936, he married the love of his life, Ruth Tegeler, in St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville. The Basilica was built in 1889, by Tony's great-uncle, Father Anton Kortenkamp.

They farmed until moving to Independence. During World War II, they lived in St.Paul, Minn., where Tony worked on B-24 bombers at Holman Field. After the war, they moved to Oelwein, where he was a mechanic. He was with King Brothers Oelwein Implement for 12 years, working on Packards and International Harvester trucks. He later became a custodian at Mercy Hospital, Oelwein. They retired to Cedar Falls. For the past six years, Tony lived at Village Ridge Apartments, Marion.

He was preceded in death by brothers, Leonard, Raymond and Richard; and sister Henrietta Cashen; his wife of 64 years, Ruth (Tegeler) Kortenkamp; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

He is survived by three sons, Daniel (Janet) of Stevens Point, Wis., Leon (Virginia) of Belmont, Calif.,and Edwin of Marion; one daughter, Marilyn (James) Van Pelt of Grand Junction; 18 grandchildren; and 31 great-grandchildren.

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