Robert L. Bertotti

Robert Bertotti MUSCATINE, Iowa -- Robert L. Bertotti, 76, Muscatine, died Sunday, March 25, 2007, at Lutheran Homes, Muscatine. Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 29, 2007, at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services, 2907 Mulberry Ave. Rev. Teressa L. Clark will officiate. Casketbearers are Morgan Simons, Keaton Simons, Robert Cinotto, Ed Kopf, Austin Cole and Herb Roelle. Honorary casketbearers are Austin Bertotti-Kingery and Connor Nathan Min Bertotti. Burial will be at Muscatine Memorial Park Cemetery with military rites by the combined units of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1565 and American Legion Post 27. After the services a time of food and fellowship will be held at Faith United Church of Christ. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at the funeral home. A memorial has been established at the funeral home. Mr. Bertotti was born May 22, 1930, in Spring Valley, Illinois, the son of Peter Lawrence and Agnes Mabel Struthers Bertotti. He married Carol Marlene Lane on Feb. 17, 1957, in Spring Valley, Illinois. He joined the Air Force in 1951, serving his country as a First Class Airman in ...[more]

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many during the Korean War. He worked for the Highway Department where he tested the tread wear of tires. In 1960, Roy J. Carver invited him to join Bandag as the Plant II manager. He was employed at Bandag for 35 years. He was a member of Faith United Church of Christ. After his retirement, he enjoyed walking three miles every day, collecting antique model cars and taking care of his home on Saulsbury Road. Survivors include a son, John R. Bertotti and wife, Reesa, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; a daughter, Amy Bertotti-Kingery and husband, Scott, of Muscatine; and four grandsons, Morgan Simons, Keaton Simons, Austin Bertotti-Kingery and Connor Nathan Min Bertotti. He was preceded in death by his parents; and a sister, Norma Bertotti Cinotto.