Official Obituary of
Robert G. Runyon
January 31, 1955 ~ September 9, 2007 (age 52) 52 Years Old
Robert Runyon Obituary
Robert G. Runyon 52 of rural Stockport passed away on Sunday, September 9, 2007, at the Jefferson County Hospital.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. at the Chem-Gro Shop in Hillsboro with Rev. Dave Doerr officiating Burial will be in the Hillsboro Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. on Tuesday at the Beatty-Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials have been established to the Chemo Suites of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Robert was born on January 31, 1955, in Keosauqua, Iowa the son of William L. & Ruth Watson Runyon. A graduate of Harmony High School, in Farmington, & IHCC in Ottumwa, Robert worked for J.J. Nichting Company of Pilot Grove, Iowa., before returning home to farm with his Dad until his death. In the off season he done custom applying fertilizer for Chem-Gro of Hillsboro, and worked in the shop during the winter. On December 14, 1985 he was united in marriage to Beverly Burkhalter in Stockport.
He is survived by his wife, and two daughters: Rochelle Engle and her husband Chuck of Fairfield, and Chantelle at home, and one grandson Vincent. His sister: Doris Carr and her husband Tom of Keosauqua, and two brothers: Richard and his wife Karen of Cheney, Washington and Daryl and his wife Dianne of Hillsboro and several nieces and nephews, cousins and aunts and uncles.
He was preceded in death by his mother, his brother Larry, a nephew Eric and uncle Milo.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.beattymurphyfh.com
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. at the Chem-Gro Shop in Hillsboro with Rev. Dave Doerr officiating Burial will be in the Hillsboro Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. on Tuesday at the Beatty-Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials have been established to the Chemo Suites of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Robert was born on January 31, 1955, in Keosauqua, Iowa the son of William L. & Ruth Watson Runyon. A graduate of Harmony High School, in Farmington, & IHCC in Ottumwa, Robert worked for J.J. Nichting Company of Pilot Grove, Iowa., before returning home to farm with his Dad until his death. In the off season he done custom applying fertilizer for Chem-Gro of Hillsboro, and worked in the shop during the winter. On December 14, 1985 he was united in marriage to Beverly Burkhalter in Stockport.
He is survived by his wife, and two daughters: Rochelle Engle and her husband Chuck of Fairfield, and Chantelle at home, and one grandson Vincent. His sister: Doris Carr and her husband Tom of Keosauqua, and two brothers: Richard and his wife Karen of Cheney, Washington and Daryl and his wife Dianne of Hillsboro and several nieces and nephews, cousins and aunts and uncles.
He was preceded in death by his mother, his brother Larry, a nephew Eric and uncle Milo.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.beattymurphyfh.com
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