Robert Shannon


NEW SHARON - Robert J. "Bob" Shannon, 66 of New Sharon, died June 23, 2004, at
home.

He was born March 29, 1938 to  Francis A. and Margaret Anne Peiffer Shannon in
Keota. He married Barbara Johnson June 18, 1959 at What Cheer.

He was  a 1956 graduate  of Delta High  School and attended the  University of
Tampa in Tampa,  Fla. He had been employed with Keokuk  County Hospital at the
administrative desk; had  been elected to the Keokuk  County Clerk of District
Court; had worked  a paper route in Colorado with his  wife; had been employed
with  Robinson  Press  in  the  marketing  department;  was  employed  by  the
Ft. Collins  Coloradoan; and ran  a bookkeeping business  out of his  home. He
returned  to Iowa in  1987 and  moved to  New Sharon  in 1988.  Robert enjoyed
surfing the internet, writing poems  and fishing. He had taken several fishing
trips to Canada with his son.

Survivors  include his wife;  son, Mark  and wife  Laura Shannon  of Loveland,
Colo.;  daughter, Megan  Prueser  and  husband Bob  of  Houston, Texas;  three
grandchildren, Ashley, Dalton and Tyler Shannon; and four sisters, Cleo Bryant
of  Estes  Park, Colo.,  Dorothy  Greiner  and  husband Harold  of  Sigourney,
Marjorie Ropp and husband Carl of  Cheyenne, Wyo. and Ruth Johnson and husband
Jim of Delta.

He was preceded in death by  his parents; brother, Francis Eugene Shannon; and
an infant granddaughter, Allison Shannon.

Cremation has been accorded.

Memorial services will be 11 a.m.  Saturday at the First Christian Church, New
Sharon with Pastor Phil De Boef officiating. Scattering of the ashes will take
place in Alaska at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the New Sharon Ambulance Service.

Harden Funeral Home, New Sharon is in charge of arrangements.


Ottumwa Courier
June 25, 2004

Also in the Sigourney News Review, June 30, 2004.