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Louis Clemens Burkle
July 6, 1931 – January 4, 2020
Louis Burkle, 88, died Saturday, January 4, 2020, at the V.A. Medical Center, Iowa City.
Mass of Christian burial was held 11 a.m. Thursday morning, January 9, 2020, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Monticello. Friends called after 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the church. Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello, has taken Louis and his family into their care. Military honors will be conducted by the United States Army following the service.
Surviving is his wife, Anna; nine children, Duane, Petersburg, Randy, Madison, Wisconsin, Debbie (Dick) Etringer, Anamosa, Deanne Hasler, Monticello, Becky (Jeff) Bader, Anamosa, David, Monticello, Brian, Los Angeles, California, Pat (Katrina) Madison, Wisconsin, and Michael (Johna), Monticello; twenty-seven grandchildren; twenty-eight great-grandchildren, and three more on the way; and his sister, Marie Recker, Greeley. He was preceded in death by his parents; stepmother, Theresa Goedken-Burkle; his son-in-law, Paul Hasler; two infant siblings; a sister, Helen Sperfslage; and two brothers, Arnold and John.
Louis Clemens Burkle was born July 6, 1931, in Dubuque. He was the son of Ralph and Thekla (Goedken) Burkle. He received his education in the rural schools near his home. Louis served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He returned home from the Army and married Anna Platten on April 16, 1956, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Monona. The couple farmed near Prairieburg from 1957 until 1960 and then near Earlville for a year, before moving to their farm near Scotch Grove in 1961.

Submitted by: Janet A. Brandt
Source: Anamosa Journal Eureka, Anamosa, Iowa, 16 January 2020

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