Luther 'Lute'' Hartley

Luther Hartley LONE TREE, Iowa - Luther 'Lute' Hartley, 69, of Lone Tree died Friday, July 6, 2001, at his home with his family, following an extended illness. Services are 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Sorden-Lewis Funeral Home in Lone Tree. Carol Kaalberg, Parish Life Coordinator, will officiate. Burial will be at the Muscatine Memorial Park Cemetery in Muscatine. A luncheon will be held at the Lone Tree American Legion following the burial. Pallbearers are Jim Slack, Bob Barkema, Bill Jarrard Bill Richter, Ernie Schmutz and Steve Cerny. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made the Iowa City Hospice. Mr. Hartley was born Sept. 8, 1931, in Pemberville, Ohio, the son of Cecil Charles and Rouie Sayre Hartley. He married Norma Jean Howell March 15, 1952, at the St. Mathias Rectory in Muscatine. He was a 1949 graduate of Wilton High School. He served with the U.S. Air Force for four years during the Korean Conflict. He retired from Iowa Electric Light and Power Company after 40 years. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lone Tree, the Lone Tree American Legion and the Moose of Muscatine. He liked to camp, fish, play Crib...[more]

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e and work with wood. He loved spending time with his family and friends. Survivors include his wife, Norma of Lone Tree; a son, Donald Hartley and his fiance, Deb Schenkel, of Mount Vernon; six daughters, Linda Loveless and special friend, Bobby Doerres, of Muscatine, Cindy Klein of Waterloo, Nancy Ford and her husband, Jerry, Irene Freid and Diana Feldman and her husband, Scott, all of Lone Tree, and Mary Wood and her husband, Doug 'Woody', of Navarre, Fla.; 18 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Hildreth Noble of Wilton and Jane Luettjohann of Cedar Bluff. He was preceded in death by his parents; and three brothers, Nate, Roland and Alfred.