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Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 23, at Grace Lutheran Church in Tripoli, with the Rev. Miles Renaas officiating. Lunch and fellowship will be held at the church immediately following the funeral service.
Burial will be 2 p.m. Monday at Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, rural Oelwein. Military rites will be conducted by Brandenburg-Krueger V.F.W. Post 4013 of Tripoli.
Friends may call 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Rettig Funeral Home in Tripoli and for one hour preceding services at the church on Monday.
Richard Vincent Truog, the son of John "Roy" and Clara (Vanselow) Truog, was born July 27, 1926 in Oelwein, Iowa. He attended Oelwein Community Schools before enlisting in the U.S. Navy at the age of seventeen. He served with the Navy during World War II. Dick was baptized and confirmed on May 16, 1948 at Zion Lutheran Church in Oelwein. Dick was united in marriage with Betty Steward on Sept. 3, 1949 at Zion Lutheran Church in Oelwein. Betty preceded him in death on May 17, 2006.
Dick worked for John Deere for a short time, before working for Lagerstrom Plumbing and Heating in Oelwein. In 1965, Dick and Betty moved to Tripoli, when he purchased Tripoli Plumbing and Heating. He owned and operated the shop until his retirement.
Dick was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Tripoli and had served on the church council. He was also a member and past-Post Commander of the Brandenburg-Krueger V.F.W. Post 4013 in Tripoli. He loved to fish, hunt, golf, and was still bowling shortly before his illness.
Dick is survived by one son, Steven (fiancée Chris) Truog of Waterloo; one daughter, Kathy (Barry) Fink of Tripoli; two grandsons, Matthew Fink of Tripoli and Nathan (Nicole) Truog of Waterloo; one great grandson, Trevor N. Troug; two brothers, Roy (Dione) Truog of Oelwein, and Don (Joann) Truog of Morrison; and one sister, Eleanor Truog of Oelwein.
Dick was preceded in death by his wife Betty; one brother and sister-in-law, Andrew and Dorothy Truog; and a niece Karen Handke.
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