Arno ''Arnie'' A. Meincke

Arno Meincke WALCOTT, Iowa #45;- Arno 'Arnie' A. Meincke, 79, Walcott, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2002, at Wilton Retirement Community, Wilton. Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Bentley Funeral Home, Durant. The Rev. Charles Mills will officiate. Musical selections will be provided by organist Marian Henderson and vocalist Henry Bentley. Pallbearers are Joel Meincke, Ed Timm, Gary Wiese, Dean Stecher, Steve Urmie and John Caes. Honorary pallbearers are Gary Bachus, Duane Bachus, Dennis Stecher, Bruce Meincke, Freddie Wells, Brent Arp and Jeff Meincke. Burial will be at Durant Cemetery, Durant. Visitation is 3-7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Wilton Retirement Community and to the Durant Ambulance. Mr. Meincke was born on Dec. 30, 1922, in Scott County, the son of Albert and Lula Lamaack Meincke. He married Janice A. Bachus on March 10, 1945, in Davenport. He farmed his entire life in Scott and Cedar counties, retiring in 1995. He later worked for Meincke Plumbing, Davenport. He was a member of the Walcott Community Club. He enjoyed playing sheephead. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Sandra Marti of Davenport; a son, Bryan M...[more]

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cke and his wife, Cherie, of Boulder, Colo.; a granddaughter, Amy Krenz and her husband, Todd, of St. Louis, Mo.; a grandson, Kevin Marti of Davenport; a great-granddaughter, Miranda Krenz; a sister, Lasella Stecher of Durant; a brother, Robert Meincke and his wife, Delores, of Durant; a special nephew, Craig Meincke of Davenport; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Harold Meincke.