John Ivan Liska

John Liska IOWA CITY, Iowa--John Ivan Liska, 91 of Riverside, passed away on Monday, December 5, 2011, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, December 9, 2011, at the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Riverside. Casket bearers will be Gerald Liska, Michael Liska, Jim Figgins, Brian Dobbs, Jim Leets and Denny Witthoft. Burial will take place in Riverside Public Cemetery with full military rites by the Wellman American Legion. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 8, 2011, at the funeral home. John was born on June 25, 1920, in Riverside, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Bierka Liska. John was united in marriage to Wilma Kline on February 2, 1947. They later divorced. He later married Shirley Hauser on March 15, 1979, and they later divorced. He will be deeply missed by his son, Melvin Liska and wife, Wanda, of Riverside; three grandchildren, Brenda Liska and her partner, Brian Dobbs, of Riverside, Gerald Liska and wife, Melissa, of Kalona, and Michael Liska and wife, Kelsey, of Granger; four great-grandchildren; Madilynn Liska, Allison Dobbs, Makenyn Liska...[more]

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nd Keaton Dobbs; his special friend, Rose Mart of Washington; and his sister, Emma Feldman. He was preceded in death by his parents; his sisters, Rosa Jondell and Anna Woodley; and his wives.