Schrock, Truman William (1920-2005)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Jan 30 p. 8

Birth date: 1920 Mar 6

text of obituary:

TRUMAN SCHROCK

Truman William Schrock, 85, of Kalona, Iowa, died Jan. 4, 2006, after a brief illness from acute leukemia. He was born March 6, 1920, to William and Katie (Schlabach) Schrock.

He married Nettie Miller on Feb. 15, 1948, at Fairview Mennonite Church, where he was an active member until his death.

He farmed in the rural Kalona area all his life. He served in Civilian Public Service from Dec. 9, 1941, to 1945 at Dennison, Iowa, Three Rivers, Calif., and Mount Rainier, Wash. He enjoyed telling stories to his children and grandchildren about CPS days.

Survivors include three sons, Dale and his wife, Marlene, and Phil and his wife, Roberta, all of rural Iowa City, and James of Iowa City; two daughters, Anna Marie Tillotson and her husband, Jack, of Nashwauk, Minn., and Lucille Shetler and her husband, Wilbur, of Kalona; 17 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Nettie, on Nov. 18, 1995.