Lyle Kehn

Lyle E. Kehn, 81, a resident of Bettendorf, Iowa died Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at the Clarissa Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf.

Private family services will be held at the McGinnis-Chambers Funeral Home of Bettendorf. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Clarissa Cook Hospice House.

Lyle was born in Delmar, Iowa on November 14, 1930, the son of Clarence & Rose (Durkop) Kehn. In his early years, he worked at the former Hanrahan’s Service Station in Delmar and later went to work at the Alcoa Company. He retired from Alcoa as a maintenance crane operator after over 30 years of faithful service.

In 1953, he was united in marriage to Audrey June Mittman at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa.

Those left to honor his memory include his wife, Audrey; his daughter, Karen (John) Zaehringer of Charleston, South Carolina; his son, Russ (Pam) Kehn of Bettendorf; his grandchildren, Samantha Zaehringer, Shayla (Erik) Mattly of Bettendorf and Elizabeth Kehn of Bettendorf; and his great-grandchildren, Anna, Liv, Tierney, Brynn & Peyton.

Lyle was preceded in death by his sisters, Dorothy Brackenmeyer and Jean Waite.