| Lyle Stecher
MUSCATINE, Iowa -- Lyle R. Stecher, of Muscatine, Iowa, died
Saturday, May 14, 2005, at Unity Hospital. Funeral services will be 10
a.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2005, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Muscatine.
Casketbearers will be his grandsons, Brad Stecher, Chad Stecher,
Jared Stecher, Justin Stecher, Tyson Beach and Matt Mack. Honorary
casketbearers will be his granddaughters, Jill Beach, Lindsay Stecher
and Cara Mack. Burial will be at Muscatine Memorial Park Cemetery.
Following the interment, a time of food and fellowship will be held at
Gannon Hall of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Visitation for Lyle will be
3-7 p.m. today at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home, Muscatine. A
memorial has been established at the funeral home in Lyle's name.
Sympathy notes may be left for the Stecher family at
www.lewisfuneralhomes.com. The Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Home for Funeral
& Cremation Services is caring for Lyle's family and his service.
Lyle Robert Stecher was born September 26, 1924, in Pleasant
Prairie, Iowa, the son of Albert E. and Mary (McGee) Stecher. On August,
11, 1951, Lyle was united in marriage to Jo Anne K. Schultz in
Davenport, Iowa. Lyle was a lifetime farmer around the Pleasant Prairie
area and a member of St. Mary's Church. He enjoyed his tractors, his two
dogs, Abbie and Snowball, and loved spending time with his grandchildren.
Lyle will be deeply missed by his wife, Jo Anne; two sons, Joe
Stecher, and his wife, Connie, of Stockton, and Steve Stecher, and his
wife, Judy, of Pleasant Prairie; four daughters, Lou Ann Christofferson,
of Muscatine, Karen Beach, and her husband, Jim, of Muscatine, Cathy
Mack, and her husband, Bernie, of Davenport, and Holly Stecher, of
Muscatine; two brothers, Raymond Stecher and Bernard Stecher, and his
wife, Leona, both of Durant; and nine grandchildren, Brad Stecher, Jill
Beach, Chad Stecher, Jared Stecher, Justin Stecher, Tyson Beach, Matt
Mack, Lindsay Stecher and Cara Mack. He was preceded in death by his
parents, three sisters, Bernice Hearst, Alberta Awbrey and Mary Daufeldt,
one son-in-law, Steve Christofferson, and one grandson, Brady Mack.
(Quad-City Times, May 17, 2008)
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