Ollie Lacy Killgore
November 4, 1921 — July 21, 2014
Ollie Lacy Killgore, 92, of Hiawatha, Iowa, died Monday, July 21, 2014, at his home in Hiawatha. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 25, 2014, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids conducted by Chaplain Christine Wagner-Hecht. Family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, July 24, 2014, at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include his wife, Jeanne; daughters, Mary (Dennis) Corderman, Kay (Dennis) Baldridge and Ruth (Darold) Laackmann; step-son, Ed Landuyt; grandchildren, John (Maridee) Corderman, Joe Baldridge, Cate (Matt) Konicek; step-grandson, Jeremy Landuyt; great-grandchildren, Morgan and Madeline Corderman and Maximus Konicek; and siblings, Doris Laughlin and Charles W. Killgore.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Maxine R. Killgore; brother, Ed Killgore; and parents.
Ollie was born November 4, 1921, in Branson, Colorado, son of Levi and Willie V. (West) Killgore. He served in the Navy from 1942-1944 on a troop transport in World War II. Ollie married Maxine R. Weidemann on June 6, 1945. Maxine passed away in 1994. He married Jeanne Landuyt on June 29, 1996. Mr. Killgore worked as a machinist and retired from FMC in 1983. Ollie was a member of VFW, Merkel-Bockholt post #107 American Legion, ILLIAMO Airstream Club, Eastern Iowa Wood Carvers and the UAW.
Memorials may be made to Mercy Hospital Hospice, or the American Cancer Society.
Survivors include his wife, Jeanne; daughters, Mary (Dennis) Corderman, Kay (Dennis) Baldridge and Ruth (Darold) Laackmann; step-son, Ed Landuyt; grandchildren, John (Maridee) Corderman, Joe Baldridge, Cate (Matt) Konicek; step-grandson, Jeremy Landuyt; great-grandchildren, Morgan and Madeline Corderman and Maximus Konicek; and siblings, Doris Laughlin and Charles W. Killgore.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Maxine R. Killgore; brother, Ed Killgore; and parents.
Ollie was born November 4, 1921, in Branson, Colorado, son of Levi and Willie V. (West) Killgore. He served in the Navy from 1942-1944 on a troop transport in World War II. Ollie married Maxine R. Weidemann on June 6, 1945. Maxine passed away in 1994. He married Jeanne Landuyt on June 29, 1996. Mr. Killgore worked as a machinist and retired from FMC in 1983. Ollie was a member of VFW, Merkel-Bockholt post #107 American Legion, ILLIAMO Airstream Club, Eastern Iowa Wood Carvers and the UAW.
Memorials may be made to Mercy Hospital Hospice, or the American Cancer Society.
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