Duane E. Latta
March 7, 1928 - December 6, 2004

Duane Latta Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, Bentley Funeral Home, Wilton. Visitation: 3-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, funeral home. MUSCATINE, Iowa #45;- Duane E. Latta, 76, Muscatine, died Monday, Dec. 6, 2004, at his home. The Rev. Brian Shepley will officiate the services. Musical selections will be provided by Deb Mohr, organist. Casket bearers are Ron Latta, Byron Sweeting, Marty Mellecker, Jeff Thoma, Bob Yotty and Chad Latta. Honorary casket bearers are Brook Latta, Jordan Latta, Nathan Latta and Kim Ordway. Burial will be at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilton. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial contributions be made to the Special Olympics of Muscatine County. Mr. Latta was born March 7, 1928, in Oakville, the son of O.E. and Erma Schweitzer Latta. He married Dolores Mellecker Oct. 16, 1948, in Davenport. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict and was stationed in Alaska. After returning home in 1953, he operated a water well business in Riverside with his father and brothers. In 1978, he moved to Wilton and started another water well business with his wife and two sons. That business, Latta Well amp; Pump, is still in operation today. He retired in 1990 and enjoyed woodworking and his home on the river. He was a past president of Iowa Water Well Association and a member of Wilton Masonic Lodge No. 167. He was an honorary member of the Iowa Ground Water Association. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, DuAnn Ordway and husband Kenneth of Wilton; two sons, Mark Latta and wife Marie and Kirk Latta and wife Kim, all of Wilton; two brothers, Don Latta of Riverside and Ron Latta of Hills; three granddaughters Brook Latta, Jordan Latta and Kim Ordway; three grandsons, Chad, Zane and Nathan Latta; and a great-granddaughter, Tami Latta. He was preceded in death by his parents.

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