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Kenneth J. Slach

Born: December 17, 1920
Passed: March 25, 2005
Funeral Home: Ralph J Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home - Muscatine,
Kenneth Slach Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 30, Bethany Lutheran Church, West Branch. Visitation: 3-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, with a 7:30 p.m. Masonic service, Henderson Barker Funeral Home, 201 N. Pedersen St., West Branch. WEST BRANCH, Iowa #45;- Kenneth J. Slach, 84, died Friday, March 25, 2005, at his home near Downey. The Rev. Bob Boudewyns will officiate the services. Burial will be at West Branch Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Shriner's Crippled Children, the West Branch Fire and Rescue Department or to the donor's choice of charity. Mr. Slach was born Dec. 17, 1920, in West Liberty, the son of John and Verna Herr Slach. He was married to Arlene Paulson from 1942-68 and has been married to Betty Naeve since 1974. He graduated from West Branch High School in 1937. He farmed and was an electrical contractor in the West Branch area, owning Slach Electric. He was a 32nd Degree Mason of the West Branch Wapsinonoc Masonic Lodge No. 381, receiving his 50-year certificate last December. He was a member of the Scottish Rite Consistory, Kaaba Shrine, OES Jessamine Chapter No. 135 of Iowa City and a 50-year member of the I...[more]

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City Moose Lodge. Survivors include his wife, Betty Slach; children, Carol Belding of Coralville, Marcia Sorensen and husband, Spencer, of Burbank, Calif., Jane Slach and Mike Hill of Oxford, Raymond Slach and wife, Nancy, of West Branch, Anita Slach of Coralville, Susan Papke of Miles and Mark Naeve of Broomfield, Colo.; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant sister; a brother, Wayne; and two sons-in-law, Rand Papke and Leland Belding Jr.

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Ralph J Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home
Muscatine, 52761
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