Bernard Mark Shannon, Sr. Obituary (1937

Bernard M. Shannon Sr., 75, of Oelwein, Iowa died on Tuesday morning, March 12, 2013 at the Grandview Health Care Center in Oelwein, Iowa. Funeral Service: 11:30 A.M. on Saturday, March 16, 2013 at the Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home in Oelwein; Officiating: Deacon Jim Patera; Visitation: from 9:30 A.M. to service time at the Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home on Saturday; Inurnment will be at a later date at Woodlawn Cemetery in Oelwein, Iowa. A Memorial Fund has been established in his name. Bernard Mark Shannon was born on December 28, 1937 at Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Kenneth J. and Clara I. (Cummings) Shannon. He graduated from Sacred Heart Catholic High School at Oelwein in 1955 and attended Upper Iowa University at Fayette, Iowa for 1 year. Bernard married Barbara Ann Keinroth on September 7, 1957 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Oelwein. He worked at the Oelwein Creamery, the Great Western and later the Northwestern railroads, the Union Pacific Railroad and also at John Deere Tractor Works in Waterloo where he was a machinist. Bernard also farmed in rural Oelwein. He enjoyed spending time with his family, granddaughters, auctions, fishing, walking the bike trail and living a farm life. Bernard is survived by: Wife--Barbara Shannon of Oelwein, Iowa Children--Bonnie (Wes) Dahl of Jesup, Iowa Brian (Jane Berkes) Shannon of Hawkeye, Iowa Bernard Shannon Jr. of Oelwein, Iowa 3 Granddaughters--Amber (Jon) Suhr of Jesup, Ia Alisa Nelson of Winthrop, Ia Karissa Shannon of Oelwein, Ia 2 Great Granddaughters--Olivia and Eva Suhr Brother--Keith Shannon of Oelwein, Ia Sister--Kathleen Gifford of San Diego, California. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother (Kent Shannon) and a brother-in-law (John Keinroth).