Clement ?Jerry? Schwab

KEOTA ? Clement ?Jerry? Schwab, 78, of Keota, died Sunday, May 22, 2011, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.

Memorial graveside services will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 27, at Keota Cemetery with the Rev. Frances Baumert officiating. Burial will be at Keota Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, at the Powell Funeral Home in Keota, where a Masonic service will be held at 7 p.m. A memorial fund has been established for the Keota QRS or the Keota Fire Department. Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Keota is handling the arrangements.

Mr. Schwab was born May 28, 1932, near Ainsworth, the son of John J. and Zelda (Lane) Schwab. He married Dorothy Ellis on Oct. 22, 1955, in North Liberty.

He grew up in the Kinross area. He was drafted into the Army, where he served until his discharge as a Sergeant First Class in October 1973. While in the Army he served France, Germany twice, Korea and Vietnam. He was a member of the Farmers Lodge No. 168 in Kinross.

Surviving are his wife; one sister, Dorothy Cowell of Omaha, Neb.; one brother, Ernest Edwin Schwab of Coralville; one adopted grandson, Michael David Carl; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, John W. Schwab, Donald Albert Schwab, and Duane Francis Schwab; and two sisters, Pearl Maxine Francis, and Rosemary Ann Van Weas.