Howard E. Maurer

WILTON, Iowa -Howard E. Maurer, 80, of Wilton died Friday, Dec. 21, 2001, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Services are 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church in Wilton. The Rev. Bruce Giese will officiate. Musical selections will be provided by organist Diana Gradert and vocalist Henry Bentley. Pallbearers are Andy Mueller, Kevin Mueller, Matt Sawvell, Nate Sawvell, Casey Sawvell, Kyle Hansen, Jeremiah Maurer, Trent Allmandinger, Christopher Heinrich and Jared Townsend. Honorary pallbearers are Kelli Pedersen, Jodi Lucas, Stephanie Anderson, Kara Maurer, Amy Allmandinger, Madison Maurer, Alexis Maurer, and Morgan Maurer. Burial will be at Oakdale Cemetery in Wilton. Graveside Military Honors will be conducted by American Legion Post No. 584 in Wilton. Visitations are 2-7 p.m. Saturday at Bentley Funeral Home in Wilton and one hour prior to services Sunday at the church. A memorial has been established. Mr. Maurer was born Sept. 17, 1921, in Wilton, the son of Walter and Mary Louise Hunzinger Maurer. He married Betty J. Marolf Jan. 12, 1947, in Wilton. He served in the U.S. Army from 1942-1945. He was the sexton at Oakdale C...[more]

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tery in Wilton for 14 years, retiring in 1984. He had also owned and operated Maurers Mobile in Wilton, farmed in Muscatine County, drove school bus for the Wilton Community Schools and drove a milk truck for Wilton Milk Products. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church; a 50-year member of the Wilton Masonic Lodge No. 167 AF amp; AM; 50-year member of the Iowa City Moose Lodge; and member of the Wilton American Legion Post No. 584. He loved being with his family and friends. Survivors include his wife; six daughters, Jane Kreimeyer and husband Dale, Sandra Mueller and husband Keith, Becky Hansen, Terri Becker, Lori Brown and husband Steve and Kristi Townsend and husband Frank, all of Wilton; two sons, Tom Maurer and wife Laurie and Mark Maurer and wife Amy, all of Wilton; 18 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; seven stepgrandchildren; and 12 stepgreat-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by parents; and a sister, Laura Ellen Maurer