OBITUARY: John R. Shovein, Sr., 1921-2005, Mitchell County, Iowa 





                           John R. Shovein, Sr.
    
A Memorial Mass for John R. Shovein Sr., age 83, of Paradise, California,
and formerly of Osage, Iowa, and Mason City, Iowa, will be held at
Saturday, May 7, 2005, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Osage, Iowa with
Rev. Mark Reasoner officiating.

Inurnment will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery with Military Honors by Osage
American Legion Post 278.  John died on Sunday, April 24, 2005 at Hospice
House in Paradise, California.

John was born November 14, 1921, in Mason City, Iowa, the son of Joseph W.
and Julia Theresa (McGrath) Shovein. He was a graduate of St. Joseph High
School, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Marquette University College of
Engineering and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.  He
served honorably in the U.S. Navy as Lt.(jg) in the Pacific theater during
World War II.

In 1944 he married Madeline Marley of New Haven, Iowa.  Together they
raised their seven children while moving across the country to follow
John's successful career in manufacturing. In 1976, John retired as
President & CEO of Armstrong Containers, Chicago, Ill. He and Madeline
retired to Osage, eventually relocating to Paradise, Calif. in 1993.

John was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Betty Oulman and
Delphine Suter; a brother James Shovein; and a daughter-in-law, Silvia
(Palacios) Shovein.

He is survived by seven children: Julia Shovein and husband Horst Wolff of
Paradise, Calif., John Shovein of Orland, Calif., Jeffrey Shovein of
Scappoose, Oregon, Joel Shovein of Winona, Minnesota, Janine Shovein and
husband Michael Holmes of Shakopee, Minn., James Shovein and wife Cindy
of Savage, Minn., and Jennifer Stringer of Paradise, Calif.; and grand-
children: Julian and Brendan Wolff, Jake Shovein, Ian and Anna Holmes,
Jake Kraemer, and Riley, Keefer and Madeline Stringer, and also a large
extended family.

The arrangements were made by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, Iowa.




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