John R. Lorber

John Lorber MUSCATINE, Iowa - John R. Lorber, 67, of Muscatine, died Wednesday, May 25, 2005, at his home. Funeral Mass will be 9 a.m. Saturday, May 28, 2005, at St. Mary Church, 417 Green Street. The Reverend John P. Gallagher will officiate the service. Honorary Bearers will be Jim Lamb, Gene Seyb, Homer Snyder, Ed Lee, Ed Caliger, Myron TeStrake, Ivan Kranz, Bill Payne, Bob Berry, Bud Freers and Bob Wendlandt. Pallbearers will be Dave Lucas, Larry Lemkau, Paul Null, Mike Schulte, Mike McMahon, Ron Munday, Roger Fletcher, Bill Fletcher and Jim Rastrelli. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. A funeral luncheon will be held at Gannon Hall following the committal. Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. on Friday, May 27, 2005, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home with a Rosary Prayer Service at the funeral home at 7 p.m. Memorials may be made to Muscatine Hospice or the Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, Indiana. John was born on May 22, 1938, in Muscatine, the son of Fred and Dorothy King Lorber. He married Joan Koll on June 8, 1963, at the St. Mary Church in Muscatine. He was a Muscatine Catholic High School graduate, clas...[more]

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f 1956, he attended Muscatine Community College from 1960-1962 were he received his Associate's degree. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1965 with a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting. He was in the Naval Reserves during high school and enlisted and served four years in the US Air Force Intelligence Unit as a Russian Interpreter stationed in Monterey, California; Germany and Turkey. Mr. Lorber was a member of the St Mary Church, a former member of the Elks, he served on the Muscatine Power and Water Board of Trustees for five years, the Muscatine Catholic School Board, and the Sheltered Workshop Board. He coached Little League, Senior League and Cub Scout softball. He worked for Bandag, Inc. from 1965 to 1973. He then owned and operated the Red Paint Store from 1973 to 1997 and All Seasons Glass until his retirement in 2002. Survivors include his wife, Joan Lorber of Muscatine; one son, Jeff Lorber and wife, Sandra, of Carbondale, Illinois; one daughter, Jayne Meloy and husband, Joseph, of Kansas City, Missouri; three grandsons, Donovan and Brody Meloy of Kansas City, Missouri, and Jack Lorber of Carbondale, Illinois; one brother, Charles Lorber and wife, Irma, of New London; two sisters, Susan Thirtyacre and husband, Jack, of Illinois City, and Betty Marten and husband, Tom, of Syracuse, New York; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents.