Raymond Schlarmann

Survivors include: 4 daughters: Rosemary (Paul T.) Krogmann of Manchester, Iowa, Grace (Richard) Koob of Dubuque, Iowa, Patricia (Dale) Casper of Belmont, Wisconsin and Monica (Ronald) Wiskus of Luxemburg, Iowa; 3 sons: Raymond, Jr. (Marlene) of Worthington, Iowa, Robert (Margaret) of Hopkinton and Jerome (Star) of West Des Moines, Iowa; 36 grandchildren; 62 great-grandchildren; 2 brothers: Clifford (Juanita) of LaMotte, Iowa and Ambrose (Hattie) of Monticello, Iowa; 1 sister: Bernice Beringer of Cascade, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his wife on September 1, 1985, a son, John, in infancy, a grandson, Christopher Wiskus and a great-granddaughter, Kaye Marie Krogmann; 4 sisters: Rita Schlarmann, Della Cameron, Marcella Bodine and Vera Elsner; and 1 brother, Leonard Schlarmann Raymond was born on December 21, 1910 in Earlville, Iowa, the son of Bernard and Margaret (Kramer) Schlarmann. He married Veronica K. Kremer on April 19, 1937 in Worthington, Iowa. They farmed in the Worthington area. He enjoyed working as a mechanic on tractors and loved photography, especially taking videos. Raymond was a lifelong member of St. Paul Catholic Church.