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Schirm, Richard O.
Richard O. Schirm, 78, of Waterloo, died Friday, April 16, 2010, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home of natural causes. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Kearns, Huisman-Schumacher Chapel on Kimball in Waterloo, with burial at Garden of Memories Cemetery. Public visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Monday and one hour before services Tuesday at the funeral home. Graveside military rites will be conducted by Becker-Chapman American Legion Post 138 and VFW Post 1623.
He was born March 26, 1932, in Newhall, son of Lewis and Agnes Hegewald Schirm. He married Carol E. Sassaman on Jan. 2, 1965, in Cedar Falls. Mr. Schirm was employed by Titus Manufacturing for 13 years and then by John Deere & Co. for 19 years, retiring in 1996. He also was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the Korean conflict.
Survivors include his wife, Carol of Waterloo; two sons, Brian Schirm of Waterloo and Brent (Kristin) Schirm of Norwalk; one daughter, Brenda (Brian) Bonner of La Porte City; two brothers, DuWayne (Lillian) Schirm of Garrison and David (Janice) Schirm of Vinton; and one sister, Lois (Dean) Flickinger of Traer.
He was preceded in by his parents.
Memorials may be directed to Faith Lutheran Church, Cedar Valley Hospice, or the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home.
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