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Kermit Hinshaw Obituary
Richland, Iowa
Kermit L. Hinshaw
Kermit Leon Hinshaw, 95, of Richland, Iowa, died Tuesday, November 4th, at SunnyBrook Living Care Center, Fairfield, Iowa. He was born March 25, 1919, in Richland, Iowa, the son of Loren Levi and Gertrude Pearl (Shy) Hinshaw. Kermit married Janet Anne Trigg on October 5, 1941. The couple lived in Richland their entire married life.
Kermit was a World War II veteran of the European Theatre. He was a farmer and businessman. He also raised and raced Standardbred horses including Jodevin, the 1976 National Two-Year-Trotter of the Year.
Kermit is survived by his son, John and wife Reka of Ankeny, IA; Emily Emonin and husband John of Marion, IA; Korwin and wife Judi of Fairfield and Sallie Hayes and husband Terry of Fairfield, IA; seven grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Janet Anne (Trigg); brothers, Loren Keith and Kevin Dean
Services for Kermit L. Hinshaw will be at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, November 8, 2014, at Woolson Friends Church, Richland, Iowa with Rev. Frosty Van Voorst officiating. Visitation be at 4:00 p.m. Friday, November 7, 2014, at Woolson Friends Church with family present from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Interment will take place at Richland Friends Cemetery, Richland, Iowa. Memorials have been established to the Woolson Friends Church, Richland Friends Cemetery and the Christian Harness Horse Association and may be left at the church or mailed to the family at 1104 Wedgewood Circle, Fairfield, IA 52556. Gould Funeral Home of Richland is assisting the family.
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Dan McGuire
November 6, 2014
To the family of Kermit Hinshaw,
Sad to hear of the passing of Kermit.
Great Guy! my condolences to your family.
I first met Kermit about 20 years ago and did spine surgery on him--I was at DMOS. We kept in touch some over the years and I still have his last letter to me.
Hope you can share some good stories. Dan McGuire
November 6, 2014
A very full life well lived. I will never forget the night Kermit and I spent hosing and walking Jodevin. After the vets at the hospital advised euthanasia for the 10 year old World Champion due to kidney failure and extremely severe acute laminitis, Kermit and I brought him home. We took a horse that could not walk a step without nerve blocks and whose head and legs were grotesquely swollen from the kidney failure to a horse literally looking like a million dollars as he pranced around his paddock the morning after Kermit's all night treatment. His dappled spring coat sparkled in the sun as the horse literally looked like he had been raised from the dead that day.
Kevin S Williams
November 6, 2014
My thoughts and prayers are with the Hinshaw family, I had the pleasure of meeting Kermit some years ago and It was a blessing to have been able to have crossed paths with this remarkable man, I know he will be missed by everyone he touched in many ways, on his journey through life.
Lynne Myers
November 5, 2014
I had the pleasure of talking to Mr. Hinshaw many times over the years when he placed ads in The Horseman And Fair World magazine. He had a quick wit and such a pleasant demeanor, he made every conversation enjoyable. My thoughts and prayer are with his family.
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