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Daniel Kunau

1938 - 2015

Daniel Kunau obituary, 1938-2015, Preston, Iowa

BORN

1938

DIED

2015

Daniel Kunau Obituary

Daniel Kunau

Preston, Iowa

Daniel "Dan" Barclay Kunau, age 76, of Preston, Iowa, died peacefully at home after a long illness on Wednesday, August 26, 2015. A memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 12, 2015, at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Preston, Iowa. There will be visitation at the church from 3:00 - 7:00 p.m., Friday, September 11, 2015. Burial of ashes will take place in the Sterling Cemetery. Memorials may be given in Dan's honor either for the Foods Resource Bank, which is an Ecumenical Christian Response to World Hunger, or to the Kunau Scholarship at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. Friends may leave condolences at lawjonesfuneralhome.com.

Dan will be dearly missed by his wife, Jan, of Preston; four children, Timothy (Sarah) Kunau of Minneapolis, MN, Todd (Mary Beth) Kunau of Davenport; Martha Kunau of Minneapolis, and Sara Kunau of Minneapolis; five grandchildren, Rebecca, Christian, David, Adam and Anna; three brothers, Robert Kunau, Jr., of San Antonio, TX, Richard (Brenda) Kunau, of Preston, and William (Renelle) Kunau of Maple Grove, MN; and two sisters, Jeanne Narum of Washington, D.C., and Audrey (Philip) Dybdahl of Madison, WI, and by his nieces and nephews, his adopted Ekka family, and his many, many friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother in-law, William H. K. Narum, and sister in-law, Mary Brammerlo Kunau.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by the Des Moines Register on Sep. 6, 2015.

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