Leonard Longhurst
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Leonard Longhurst
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Posted: 16 May 2009 7:23AM GMT |
Classification: Obituary
MUSCATINE, Iowa - Leonard 'Goofy' A. Longhurst, 76, of Muscatine, died Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2000, in Willmar, Minn.
Services will be at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Rev. Leif Pohl of the Grace Lutheran Church will officiate. Pallbearers will be Bill Scott, Elmer Marland, Jim Carlson, Dennis Longhurst, Ray Meyn and Gerald Hetlzer. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery with a Military Services provided by the V.F.W.
Mr. Longhurst was born on Dec. 11, 1923, in Clinton, Iowa, the son of George and Anna Schmer Longhurst. He married JoAnn B. Diercks on Feb. 14, 1959, in Muscatine, at the Zion Lutheran Church. He has been a Muscatine resident most of his life.
He attended Grace Lutheran Church and was a member of the Moose Lodge # 388; the Moose Camping Club; and HON Retiree Club.
He was a veteran of World War II serving in the Air Force in the Pacific.
He worked at the Rock Island Arsenal for 30 years as a machinist retiring in 1974. He had also worked at HON Company as a tool and dye maker for 10 years retiring in 1984. He has also worked part-time in the Meat Department at Econo Foods.
He enjoyed camping, fishing, and hunting with his family and friends.
Survivors include his wife, JoAnn Longhurst of Muscatine; a son, Jeff Longhurst and his wife, Kathi, of Muscatine; daughters Kim Arnold and her husband, Gene, of Mediapolis, Barb Sander and her husband, Toby, of Muscatine; twin daughters Wenda and Wanda, from a previous marriage; five grandchildren, Scott, Susan, and Sara Longhurst and Seth and Trey Sander; five brothers, Francis Longhurst, Euston Longhurst, Tom Longhurst, Russell Longhurst, and Warren Longhurst; and special friends, Bill and Laurel Scott of Minnesota and Elmer and Donna Marland, of Eldridge.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Robert K. Longhurst and Raymond Longhurst
Services will be at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Rev. Leif Pohl of the Grace Lutheran Church will officiate. Pallbearers will be Bill Scott, Elmer Marland, Jim Carlson, Dennis Longhurst, Ray Meyn and Gerald Hetlzer. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery with a Military Services provided by the V.F.W.
Mr. Longhurst was born on Dec. 11, 1923, in Clinton, Iowa, the son of George and Anna Schmer Longhurst. He married JoAnn B. Diercks on Feb. 14, 1959, in Muscatine, at the Zion Lutheran Church. He has been a Muscatine resident most of his life.
He attended Grace Lutheran Church and was a member of the Moose Lodge # 388; the Moose Camping Club; and HON Retiree Club.
He was a veteran of World War II serving in the Air Force in the Pacific.
He worked at the Rock Island Arsenal for 30 years as a machinist retiring in 1974. He had also worked at HON Company as a tool and dye maker for 10 years retiring in 1984. He has also worked part-time in the Meat Department at Econo Foods.
He enjoyed camping, fishing, and hunting with his family and friends.
Survivors include his wife, JoAnn Longhurst of Muscatine; a son, Jeff Longhurst and his wife, Kathi, of Muscatine; daughters Kim Arnold and her husband, Gene, of Mediapolis, Barb Sander and her husband, Toby, of Muscatine; twin daughters Wenda and Wanda, from a previous marriage; five grandchildren, Scott, Susan, and Sara Longhurst and Seth and Trey Sander; five brothers, Francis Longhurst, Euston Longhurst, Tom Longhurst, Russell Longhurst, and Warren Longhurst; and special friends, Bill and Laurel Scott of Minnesota and Elmer and Donna Marland, of Eldridge.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Robert K. Longhurst and Raymond Longhurst