John Henry Daniels, age 93, died Wednesday, November 29, 2006, at his home following a sudden illness. Funeral Services: 10:30 A.M. Monday, December 4, 2006 at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo with Richard Heishman officiating. Burial will be in the Koszta Cemetery, rural Marengo. Friends may call from 3 to 7 P.M. Sunday, December 3, 2006 at the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established.

John is survived by three sons, Alan J. of Littleton, CO, William D. of Belle Plaine, and Lawrence J. and wife Lee of Ladora; a daughter, Rebecca Ann Daniels of Cedar Rapids; eleven grandchildren, Kristina, Benjamin, Theresa, Matthew, Megan, David, John, Andy, Shane, Jacob and Ireta Daniels; two great-grandchildren, Victorcito and Cora. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Ireta in 1979, six siblings, Judson, Clement, Irene Wagner, Ralph, Walter in infancy, Warren and a granddaughter, Pamela Jean Daniels in 1970.

John Henry Daniels was born March 7, 1913 at home in rural Ladora, the son of Almon J. and Minnie Burgy Daniels. He received his primary education in the Iowa County, Honey Creek Township school and graduated from Marengo High School in 1933. He served in the U.S. Army Medical Corp from 1942-1945 during World War II. He married Ireta K. Rinehart on November 4, 1945 at the Presbyterian Church in Marengo. He was a lifelong farmer in Honey Creek Township. In his later years he was very proud of his independent living. He was an avid hunter, trapper and fisherman. He especially enjoying deer hunting. His pets were his constant companions.