Merlin Nicholas Stoffel

From Cedar Rapids-Iowa Cty, Iowa Gazette, Jan 5 1995 Merlin N Stoffel, 73, d Wed Jan 45 1995 in Guttenberg Municipal Hospital aft long illness. Svcs 10:30am Sat, St Marys Catholic Church, by Rev Paul Peters. Burial Church Cem. Friends may call 2-9pm Fri at Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home, Guttenberg. Survivors include wife, Germaine, 3 dtrs (spouse): Janet (Bill) Wilson, Strawberry Pt; Carol (Vince) Meyer, Colesburg; & Cathy (Lennie) Beck, Guttenberg; 6 sons (spouse), Jim (Vicki) & Ron (Rena) all of St Olaf; Bob (Micki) & Pete (Betty) all of Cedar Rapids; Tom (Sherri), Clayton Ctr; & Paul, Dubuque; bro Bernard, Montfort, WI; 3 sis (spouse), Teresa Campbell, Dubuque; Rosemary (Don) Ploessl, Holy Cross; & Joanne (Ray) Klein, Balltown; 26 grdchildren; 5 ggrdchildren; nieces; nephews; & 2 sis-inlaw, Agnes Stoffel, Holy Cross & Gertrude McDermott, Epworth. He was preceded in death by parents; grdson, Bobby; & 3 bros, Francis, Arnold & Leonard. Born Dec 10 1921 in Rickardsville, to Peter & Alvina Wilwert Stoffel, he m Germaine Heiderscheit Feb 10 1942 at St Joseph Catholic Church, Rickardsville. Merlin farmed in Littleport area many yrs.