Ivan Wayne Crees ^{2 3 4}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He worked as a Self-employed: Cleaning Systems Company. ²

• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 15, Family 17, Roll 647
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Ivan Crees..Son..5..IA

(Living with parents and maternal grandmother.)
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 17 April 1940. ⁴

1940 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 16-15, Family 55, Roll 1145
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Home rented, $12
Ivan Wayne Crees..Son..15..IA..10th grade

(Living with parents and maternal grandmother.)
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• His obituary was published in the Quad-City Times on 27 July 2008 in Davenport, IA.

Funeral services for Ivan W. Crees, age 83, of Davenport, will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29, at Cunnick-Collins Mortuary Chapel in Davenport. Burial with military honors will follow at the Rock Island Arsenal National Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 11 a.m. until service time at the mortuary. Mr. Crees died on Friday, July 25th, 2008, at his home in Davenport.

Ivan Wayne Crees was born on August 5, 1924, to Edgar and Grace (Carney) Crees in Atalissa, Iowa. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the United States Army and spent time in both Germany and the European African and Middle Eastern Theater. After fulfilling his military obligations, he returned home to Atalissa where he farmed for a number of years prior to starting his own contracting business in Wilton, Iowa. Ivan's memberships include the Golden Rule Masonic Lodge #24 in Rochester, Iowa where he was a member for over 50 years, and the Davenport American Legion Post #26 where he was an active member of the funeral honor guard.

Survivors include: a Stepson: Steven Enderton of Davenport; and a nephew, Mike Rogers of Chicago. He was preceded in death by his parents. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family.

(Source: Quad-City Times, http://qctimes.com/news/local/obituaries/ivan-w-crees/article_308f997d-5219-55da-941e-a5f3340b8b5d.html, Accessed 24 Jan 2014)
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• He was buried on 29 July 2008 in the Rock Island Arsenal National Cemetery in Rock Island, IL.

Plot: X - 226

Find A Grave Memorial #28572548
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Ivan married Virginia Maxine Crees, daughter of Herbert Crees and Christina Mildred Smith, on 9 January 1945 in West Liberty, IA.² The marriage ended in divorce. (Virginia Maxine Crees was born on 5 March 1923 in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA ² and died on 20 July 2020 in Tipton, IA.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Divorced: 24 September 1965. ²