Date : 06 Jul 2006
Location : Clinton Lawn Cemetery, Clinton, IA
CLINTON, Iowa
David A. Breen, 76, of Clinton, Iowa, died Thursday, June 29, 2006, at Mercy Medical Center, North Campus. Funeral Service will be 10 a.m. Thursday, July 6, 2006, in the Pape Funeral Home, Clinton, with Rev. Michael Brewer, Pastor of New Hope Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will be in Clinton Lawn Cemetery with military rites accorded by the William L. Forsee AMVETS Post 28, of Clinton. Pallbearers will be members of St Edward Council 707, Knights of Columbus, Earl Farrell, Jim Krava, Pat McClimon, Richard Steele, Charles Horner, Loras Ernst. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the charity of your choice.
He was born June 19, 1930, in East Chicago, Ind., the son of Charles C. and Ruth Allison Breen. He married JoAnne Andresen in 1956 in Clinton. She passed away in 1993. He had been employed as a journeyman machinist at Clinton Corn Processing Co. in Clinton for over 25 years before his retirement in 1980. He and his wife founded Gateway Marble Products in 1976 and retired in 1990.
He had been a volunteer with Nee-Hi's, serving as chaperone, bus driver and chief mechanic. He was a member and Past Commander of the William L. Forsee AMVETS Post 28. He had been a member and Past President of the Clinton Lions Club, the Clinton Builders Club, and the National Marble Manufacturers Association.
He had a lifelong love of the river and boating. He was a Veteran of Korean War, serving in the U.S. Marine Corps.
He is survived by his daughter, Susan L. Breen-Held and her husband, Steve Held, and granddaughters, Ellen, Megan and Cara, of Des Moines, Iowa; daughter, Connie A. Vulich and her husband, Mark Vulich, of Clinton; and special friend, Alice Pringle, of Clinton.
He was preceded in death by his wife and one infant daughter.
Quad-City Times - Jul 2, 2006
