This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jwelsch Surnames: Garrison, Goddard Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.garrison/3569/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From Muscatine Iowa Journal April 3, 2002 Vester Garrison MUSCATINE, Iowa -- Vester Lee Garrison, 67, Muscatine, died Sunday, March 31, 2002, at his home. Services are at the Nichols Chapel Hill Funeral Home and Crematory. The Rev. Edith Little will officiate. Mr. Garrison was born May 25, 1934, in Boonville, Mo., the son of George and Susie Bledsoe Garrison. He married Mary Goddard Dec. 26, 1950. He later married Marlene Noggle May 24, 1993, in Wilton. He retired as a welder from the Hon Company and had worked as a concrete contractor for Dutch Lenz and Reggie Myer for many years. He was a member of the Eagles Lodge. He loved watching television. He was an animal lover and enjoyed watching monkeys. He loved his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Survivors include his wife; a son, Jerry of New Braunfels, Texas; four daughters, Judy Greenhaw of Muscatine, Barbara Mohror of Keota, Susan Lynn Rickey and Laurie Swanson, both of Muscatine; three brothers, George and Orville, both of Paola, Kan. and Charles of Marshall, Mo.; five sisters, Lorene Jackson, Isabelle Jackson and Mary Simmons, all of Boonville, Ola Henderson of Muscatine and Evelyn Smith of Lees Summit, Mo.; 11 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; five stepchildren, Tandy Noggle of Wilton, Michele Davis-Maatah of Melrose Park, Calif., Shon Noggle of Council Bluffs, Shay Noggle of Hannibal, Mo. and Tory Noggle of Goldsboro, N.C.; 11 stepgrandchildren; and special neighbor, Maxine. He was preceded in death by his parents, a son in infancy, two brothers and a sister. No relation a very good friend. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.