Obituaries

Raymond F. Manternach

Raymond F. Manternach, 92, of 805 Sixth Ave. SW, Cascade, died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, at 6 p.m. at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, Iowa.

Friends and relatives of Raymond may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Reiff Funeral Home, 205 Hayes St., Cascade, where a wake service will be held at 4 p.m. and a Knights of Columbus rosary will be held at 7 p.m. Services for Raymond will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Cascade, with the Rev. Douglas Loecke officiating. Homilist will be the Rev. David Hoefler. Burial will be held in Calvary Cemetery in Cascade, Iowa.

Raymond was born Nov. 4, 1919, in Temple Hill, Iowa, son of Victor and Mary (Kremer) Manternach. On Nov. 18, 1942, he was united in marriage to Leona M. Miller at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Cascade. The couple farmed in the rural Temple Hill area. He strongly believed in soil and water conservation and earned the Jones County District Conservationist of the Year Award in 1982.

Raymond F. Manternach

Raymond honorably served his country in the U.S. Army (Rank Tech-5) from 1941 to 1945, Company E-33rd Armed Regiment, Spearhead Division. He was in Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe. He transported supplies into combat areas, in all types of terrain, night driving under blackout conditions. He was present at the liberation of Nordhausen Concentration Camp in Germany. He was an Army veteran, having served in World War II.

He was a member of St. Matthias Parish in Cascade, the Cascade American Legion and the Cascade Knights of Columbus-Council #930.

He is survived by his wife, Leona Manternach of Cascade; his children, Karen of Newport, Ore., Nancy (Greg) Grant of Cedar Rapids, Diann Love of Marlton, N.J., Kathy Manternach of Cedar Rapids, Darlene (Roy) Doorenbos of Grinnell, Ray J. Manternach of Cascade, Liz (Peter) Lensen of Cascade, Tom (Cheri) Manternach of Cascade, and Bill Manternach of Boca Raton, Fla.; 22 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, David Manternach on July 25, 1977; and his siblings, Hilda, Ida, Cecelia, Al, Matt, Florian, Edwin and George.

Memorials may be made to the Ray Manternach memorial fund.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.reifffuneralhomeinc.com.

Published in The Gazette Jan. 23, 2012.