Robert L. Bissell, 92, of Muscatine, died Thursday, May 20, 2010, at the Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Illinois. Funeral Mass will be 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at the St. Mathias Church. A luncheon will be held immediately following the funeral mass at Gannon Hall. Rite of Committal will take place at 1:30 p.m. Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to American Diabetes Association.
Robert was born on October 2, 1917, in Ottumwa, the son of Calvin and Bertha Klepfer Bissell. He married Nancy Jones on November 12, 1955, in Muscatine. She preceded him in death on April 17, 2006.
He was a US Army veteran having served during World War II. He was a member of the Ss Mary and Mathias Parish attending St. Mathias Church.
He worked at Grain Processing Corporation as a transportation analyst for more than 17 years. He bowled for the Kent Feeds senior league for 50 years. He was also a member of the St. Mathias Choir.
Those left to honor his memory include a daughter, Sarah Weron of Glen Ellyn, Illinois; two grandsons, Lance T. Weron and Jeffrey B. Weron, both of Glen Ellyn, Illinois; and 17 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; one sister, Mary Brecht; and three brothers, William C. Bissell, Fred Bissell, and his twin brother, James Edward Bissell.
Robert was born on October 2, 1917, in Ottumwa, the son of Calvin and Bertha Klepfer Bissell. He married Nancy Jones on November 12, 1955, in Muscatine. She preceded him in death on April 17, 2006.
He was a US Army veteran having served during World War II. He was a member of the Ss Mary and Mathias Parish attending St. Mathias Church.
He worked at Grain Processing Corporation as a transportation analyst for more than 17 years. He bowled for the Kent Feeds senior league for 50 years. He was also a member of the St. Mathias Choir.
Those left to honor his memory include a daughter, Sarah Weron of Glen Ellyn, Illinois; two grandsons, Lance T. Weron and Jeffrey B. Weron, both of Glen Ellyn, Illinois; and 17 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; one sister, Mary Brecht; and three brothers, William C. Bissell, Fred Bissell, and his twin brother, James Edward Bissell.
Robert L. Bissell, 92, of Muscatine, died Thursday, May 20, 2010, at the Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Illinois. Funeral Mass will be 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at the St. Mathias Church. A luncheon will be held immediately following the funeral mass at Gannon Hall. Rite of Committal will take place at 1:30 p.m. Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to American Diabetes Association.
Robert was born on October 2, 1917, in Ottumwa, the son of Calvin and Bertha Klepfer Bissell. He married Nancy Jones on November 12, 1955, in Muscatine. She preceded him in death on April 17, 2006.
He was a US Army veteran having served during World War II. He was a member of the Ss Mary and Mathias Parish attending St. Mathias Church.
He worked at Grain Processing Corporation as a transportation analyst for more than 17 years. He bowled for the Kent Feeds senior league for 50 years. He was also a member of the St. Mathias Choir.
Those left to honor his memory include a daughter, Sarah Weron of Glen Ellyn, Illinois; two grandsons, Lance T. Weron and Jeffrey B. Weron, both of Glen Ellyn, Illinois; and 17 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; one sister, Mary Brecht; and three brothers, William C. Bissell, Fred Bissell, and his twin brother, James Edward Bissell.
Robert was born on October 2, 1917, in Ottumwa, the son of Calvin and Bertha Klepfer Bissell. He married Nancy Jones on November 12, 1955, in Muscatine. She preceded him in death on April 17, 2006.
He was a US Army veteran having served during World War II. He was a member of the Ss Mary and Mathias Parish attending St. Mathias Church.
He worked at Grain Processing Corporation as a transportation analyst for more than 17 years. He bowled for the Kent Feeds senior league for 50 years. He was also a member of the St. Mathias Choir.
Those left to honor his memory include a daughter, Sarah Weron of Glen Ellyn, Illinois; two grandsons, Lance T. Weron and Jeffrey B. Weron, both of Glen Ellyn, Illinois; and 17 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; one sister, Mary Brecht; and three brothers, William C. Bissell, Fred Bissell, and his twin brother, James Edward Bissell.
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