John Karl Gagliardi, 59, of Springville, passed away on Thursday, October 14, 2021, at Mercy Medical Center. Private family services will be held at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Marion.
John was born on November 18, 1961, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the son of Karl and Dorothy (Pagel) Gagliardi. He was a 1980 graduate of Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids. He went on to serve honorably in the United States Army. John was a master painter and worked for the Solid Waste Company. If he wasn’t watching the Hawkeyes, Vikings or Twins he was riding his Victory motorcycle. John will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.
John is survived and lovingly remembered by his father, Karl (Terri) Gagliardi of Marion; mother, Dorothy Kilpatrick of Marion; son, Anthony Gagliardi of Colorado; sisters, Lynn (Greg) Brown of Cedar Rapids and Debby (Jim) Roth of Marion; step-sister, Laura (Mark) Olinger of Anamosa; niece, Katy Richard of Cedar Rapids; and nephew, Phillip Roth of Cedar Rapids.
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