Duane Roy Trumblee

CANTON, Mo. -- Duane Roy Trumblee, 86, of Canton, formerly of Lamont, Iowa, died at 5:45 p.m. Sunday (June 5, 2011) in the Lewis County Nursing Home in Canton.

He was born June 3, 1925, in Lamont, a son of Roy Omega and Anna Mathilda Tomashaska Trumblee. He married Norma E. Bronestine on June 9, 1951, in LaGrange, Mo. She survives.

Duane served in the U.S. Army both in World War II and the Korean War. He was a member of the VFW in Lamont.

After the service, Duane worked as a carpenter with Chester Drawe in LaGrange for several years. Later he owned and operated Trumblee Tiling in Lamont. He also was a welder at Henderson Manufacturing in Manchester, Iowa, before buying and operating the Lamont Hardware Store. After retirement, he and Norma were vendors at many craft shows, his specialty being macramé lawn chairs. He was of the Lutheran faith.

Surviving, besides his wife, are six daughters and one son, Marsha (Carroll) Hoffman of Canton, Debra (John) O'Brien of Ewing, Sheila Trumblee of LaGrange, Judee (Jeff) Fuller and Linda Trumblee of Kirksville and Becky (Mark) Tucker and Jim (Teri) Trumblee of Strawberry Point, Iowa; 14 grandchildren, Kim (Stacy) Berhorst, Justin (Holly) Hoffman, Sara Hoffman, Jamie (Gary) Oitker, Terry (Angela) O'Brien, Matt (Jennifer) O'Brien, Lori Trumblee, David Trumblee, Chante' Trumblee and fiancé Ryan McKim, Cody Fuller, Cassandra Fuller, Alicia (TJ) Volquardsen, Jared Tucker and fiancé Leanne Meyers and Jordan Tucker; 12 great-grandchildren, Alainah and Leah Hoffman, Cali Berhorst, Kristen and Taryn Oitker, Toby and Tyler O'Brien, McKenna O'Brien, Adustyn Vice Trumblee, DaShawn Trumblee, MiKayla McKim and Ayden Volquardsen; brothers, LaVon (Donna) Trumblee of Hiawatha, Iowa, and Alfred (Mardell) Trumblee of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; a sister, Beverly Kraus of Arlington, Iowa; sisters-in-law, Mary Culton of Manchester, Iowa, Bonnie Bronestine of Ewing, Doris Lay of Canton and Wanda Pindell of Taylor; brother and sister-in-law, Verne and Betty Bronestine of Quincy, Ill.; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father and mother; a sister, Leta Trumblee in infancy; his brothers and sisters-in-law, Ray and Lavon Trumblee and John and Hazel Trumblee; and brothers-in-law, Wayne Bronestine, Donald Lay and Russell Pindell.

SERVICES: 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Davis Funeral Home, Canton, with the Rev. David Howald conducting. Burial will be in East Midway Cemetery near LaGrange.

Pallbearers will be grandsons Terry and Matt O'Brien, Justin Hoffman, David Trumblee, Cody Fuller, and Jared and Jordan Tucker.

VISITATION: 5 to 8 p.m. tonight in the funeral home.

MEMORIALS: East Midway Cemetery.

ARRANGEMENTS: Davis Funeral Home, Canton.

Condolences may be expressed online at www.whig.com.