Ivan E. Kranz

IVAN KRANZ MUSCATINE, Iowa - Ivan E. Kranz, 87, of Muscatine, passed away on Monday, December 28, 2015, at Premier Estates. Funeral Service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Burial will take place in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Muscatine Crossroads or the Muscatine Humane Society. Online condolences: www.wittichfuneralhome.com Ivan was born on February 29, 1928, in Muscatine, the son of Graydon A. 'Sport' and Laura K. Ziegenhorn Kranz. He married Arlette Ruth Nelson on January 4, 1948, in Muscatine. She preceded him in death on May 26, 2002. He was a member of the Ss. Mary and Mathias Parish and the Moose Lodge. Those left to honor his memory include his children, Cinthia Lee and husband, Richard, Kenn Kranz, and Lesa Kranz, all of Muscatine, and Shelby Kranz and wife, Dawn, of Chicago, Illinois; three grandchildren, Mark Lee of Muscatine, Chantel Lueth of Illinois City, Illinois, and Nick Kranz of Phoenix, Arizona; ...[more]

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e great-grandchildren; and his sisters, Ann Hampton and husband, Gary, and Dorothy Terrill, all of New Boston, Illinois, and Linda Schroeder of Nashville, Tennessee. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; and a brother, Graydon Kranz Jr.