Kenneth Kreiter
d. January 31, 2011
Kenneth H. Kreiter, 83, of rural Davenport and recently a resident of the Good Samaritan Nursing Center in Davenport, Iowa died on Monday, January 31, 2011 at Good Samaritan.
Memorial services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, February 5, 2011 at the Chambers Funeral Home of Eldridge, Iowa. The family will greet friends from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. on Saturday. Memorials may be made to the Good Samaritan Nursing Center or the Iowa Nature Conservancy.
He was born November 29, 1927 in Davenport, the son of Henry & Roma (Wiese) Kreiter. On November 27, 1947, he was united in marriage to Rosalee E. DeWulf in Long Grove, Iowa. He later married Anna White in Eldridge, Iowa on March 6, 1981. She preceded him in death on February 18, 2009.
Ken was employed by the Central Scott Telephone Company of Eldridge first as a lineman and later as a supervisor. He retired after 32 years of faithful service. In earlier years, Ken farmed the family farm and hauled grain & gravel.
He was an avid boater and fisherman and enjoyed life on the Mississippi. At one time Ken owned a second home in McGregor, Iowa and spent many trips visiting there and fishing the river and its backwaters. Ken also loved hunting and was an accomplished trap shooter.
Those left to honor his memory include his daughters, Kathy Davies & her husband Edward of McGregor, Iowa and Shelley Kreiter & her husband, Patrick of Winston-Salem, North Carolina; his sons, Russell Kreiter & his wife, Janet of Iowa City, Iowa and Jon Kreiter & his wife, Kathy of West Branch, Iowa; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; his sister, Shirley (Donald) Baustian of Davenport; his son-in-law, David Clissold of University Heights, Maryland; and his second wife Anna’s children, Earl Kreiter, Mike Porter, Ivan Porter, Tracy Porter, Cathy Corwin, and Cheryl Porter.
In addition to his wife, Ken was preceded in death by his son, Steven Matthew Kreiter; his daughter, Nancy Ann Kreiter; and his brother, Jack Kreiter.
Condolences may be expressed to the family by viewing Ken’s obituary at www.McGinnis-Chambers.com .