Donald Eugene Bliss
May 31, 1919 — August 23, 2011
Donald Eugene Bliss, 92, died Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at the Anamosa Care Center in Anamosa. Family will greet friends from1-4 p.m. Sunday, August 28, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Private family graveside services will be held.
Survivors include his daughters, Judy McNamara of Blue Grass, IA, and Jean Bliss of Olin, IA; 2 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren, Shannon (Mike) Benson of Jesup, and their children, Jaryd and Haleigh, and Erin (Darin) Thomas of Muscatine, and their children, Mac and Amelia; 4 step-children, Harry Simonsen of Marion, Weaver (Margaret) Simonsen of San Diego, CA, Narda Murphy of Williamston, MI, and Phyllis (Sam) Curtis of Morristown, Arizona.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wives; 4 brothers, Albert, Harold, Merle, and Jack; and 2 sisters, Alice Turner and Blanche Betenbender.
Donald was born May 31, 1919, in Central City, the son of Chester and Julia (Danford) Bliss. He married Dorothy Marie Paul on March 5, 1947. She died September 25, 1990. He then married Pauline Simonsen who died in 2000. Donald was a World War II Army Veteran, serving during the Pacific Theater. He was a lifelong farmer in Linn and Jones County.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Camp Courageous, PO Box 418
Monticello IA 52310
Please sign our online guestbook for Donald at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
Survivors include his daughters, Judy McNamara of Blue Grass, IA, and Jean Bliss of Olin, IA; 2 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren, Shannon (Mike) Benson of Jesup, and their children, Jaryd and Haleigh, and Erin (Darin) Thomas of Muscatine, and their children, Mac and Amelia; 4 step-children, Harry Simonsen of Marion, Weaver (Margaret) Simonsen of San Diego, CA, Narda Murphy of Williamston, MI, and Phyllis (Sam) Curtis of Morristown, Arizona.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wives; 4 brothers, Albert, Harold, Merle, and Jack; and 2 sisters, Alice Turner and Blanche Betenbender.
Donald was born May 31, 1919, in Central City, the son of Chester and Julia (Danford) Bliss. He married Dorothy Marie Paul on March 5, 1947. She died September 25, 1990. He then married Pauline Simonsen who died in 2000. Donald was a World War II Army Veteran, serving during the Pacific Theater. He was a lifelong farmer in Linn and Jones County.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Camp Courageous, PO Box 418
Monticello IA 52310
Please sign our online guestbook for Donald at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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