OBITUARY: John A. "Jack" Bork, 1930-2005, Mitchell County, Iowa

[ Original version posted on www.mcpress.com Oct. 19, 2005 ]

      



                         John A. "Jack" Bork
 
Funeral services for John A. "Jack" Bork, age 75, of Grafton, Iowa, were
held Monday, Oct. 17, 2005, at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Grafton,
with Rev. Wayne Ellingson and Irmgard Ellingson, Associate In Ministry
officiating. Interment was in the Grafton Cemetery.

John died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, at the Mitchell County Regional Health
Center-Hospice Unit in Osage, Iowa.

Jack was born September 22, 1930, in Grafton, Iowa, the son of John August
and Elvera (Rappath) Bork. He graduated from Grafton High School, and
attended Wartburg College in Waverly, where he participated in wrestling.
Jack married Marilyn O'Rourke in Rockford, Iowa. Marilyn died on May 18,
1968. Jack was a co-owner of the family business, Grafton Produce. He
drove school bus for many years in the Grafton and St. Ansgar School
districts.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and his wife Marilyn in 1968.

Jack is survived by one son, John W. (Val) Bork and children Patrice, John
J.H., and Brianna of Grafton; two daughters, Gwen (Tom) Seivert and children
Tim and Erin of Coon Rapids, Minn.; Lisa (Kevin) Hanson and children
Christopher and Anthony Duncomb of Grafton; and a brother, Donald Bork of
Maitland, Florida.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, was in charge of the arrangements.



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