Trimble, Leo

DEWITT --- Mr. Leo Trimble, 89, DeWitt, died Sunday, morning, December
14, 2008, at Genesis Medical Center, DeWitt. A funeral liturgy will be
held  at  11:00 a.m.  Wednesday,  December  17,  2008, at  St.  Joseph
Catholic  Church, DeWitt.  Visitation  will be  from  3:00 until  7:00
p.m. Tuesday, December  16, 2008, at the church with  a rosary at 3:00
p.m. and  a vigil service  at 7:00 p.m.  Burial will be at  Villa Nova
Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Joseph School. Pallbearers will
be Lou  Biel, Mike Schafer,  Don Shumaker Jr., Rick  Schrader, Matthew
Trimble  and Will Burke.  Honorary pallbearers  will be  Jeremy Burke,
Nathan  Edwards,  Ryan Carstensen,  Josh  Trimble,  Tyler Trimble  and
Brennan Trimble. Mr.  Trimble was born Leo Francis  Trimble, on Easter
Sunday,  April 20,  1919,  at Villa  Nova,  Iowa, to  Thomas and  Mary
Isabelle (McDonnell) Trimble. Leo  married Rosalie C. McGarry February
22,  1941, at  St. Patrick  Catholic  Church, Villa  Nova. The  couple
farmed in the Villa Nova area  until retirement in 1982. They moved to
DeWitt  in 1987. Leo  was a  longtime member  of St.  Patrick Catholic
Church, Villa Nova, as well as St. Joseph Catholic Church, DeWitt, and
the Knights of Columbus. God, his wife and his family were foremost in
Leo’s life. He was a farmer through and through and found great joy in
every aspect of it. Leo, a very caring man enjoyed chats on almost any
subject over a warm  cup of tea. He was an avid  Iowa Hawkeye fan. Leo
was dearly loved and will be  greatly missed by all. Left to honor his
memory  include  his  loving  wife  of 67  years,  Rosalie;  children,
Rosamond  (Louie)   Biel,  DeWitt,  Rita   (Jim)  Schafer,  Bardstown,
Kentucky,  Mary  Kay   (Don)  Shumaker,  Davenport,  Maureen  (Dennis)
Schrader, Welton, Lee (Linda)  Trimble, McHenry, Illinois, Beth (Gary)
Burke, DeWitt,  Becky (Tom)  Burke, Charlotte, Teresa  (Bill) Edwards,
DeWitt,  Peggy  (Joel) Carstensen,  Charlotte,  Loren (Anne)  Trimble,
Schaumburg, Illinois,  Garry (Gayle) Trimble, DeWitt,  and Joe (Rusti)
Trimble, St. Paul, Minnesota; 44 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren
and three  more great-grandchildren  in 2009; brothers,  Mick, Denver,
Colorado  and  Jack,  Tucson,   Arizona;  a  sister,  Teresa  Trimble,
Charlotte;  sisters-in-law, Bertine  Trimble,  Clinton, Anna  Trimble,
Surprise,  Arizona, Barb  Trimble, Dubuque  Diane Trimble,  DeWitt and
Lynne  Trimble,  Davenport. Preceding  Leo  in  death  were an  infant
daughter,  Rosalie Frances;  his parents;  and siblings,  Joe, Robert,
Mary,  Charlie, Gerald,  Ambrose,  Paul and  Tom.  Condolences may  be
expressed      and      a       photo      tribute      viewed      at
www.schultzfuneralhomes.com.

Death date: Dec. 14, 2008
Published in the Clinton Herald from 12/15/2008 - 12/17/2008