Services will be 2:30 p.m. Monday in Runge Chapel for Walter Leslie Paarmann, 60, a Tri-City Symphony musician, of 2521 23rd Avenue, Moline. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park.
Mr. Paarmann died on arrival Friday night at Mercy Hospital following an apparent heart attack. He was stricken while a passenger in an auto at Kimberly Rd. and Brady St. in Davenport.
Born in Davenport, Mr. Paarmann married Gladys L. Thompson in 1929. He had been a foreman at Farmall Works, International Harvester Co., and had been with the company for the past 28 years. He was an honorary member of the American Federation of the Masonic Blue Lodge in Moline, and the Moline Consistory.
Mr. Paarmann was a member of the Tri-City Symphony Orchestra for 30 years and was active in musical groups. He played with the Gene Gast Orchestra for the past 12 years, traveled the Keith-Orpheum theater circuit and performed with the Crescent Orchestra on radio station WOC in the 1920s.
Services will be 2:30 p.m. Monday in Runge Chapel for Walter Leslie Paarmann, 60, a Tri-City Symphony musician, of 2521 23rd Avenue, Moline. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park.
Mr. Paarmann died on arrival Friday night at Mercy Hospital following an apparent heart attack. He was stricken while a passenger in an auto at Kimberly Rd. and Brady St. in Davenport.
Born in Davenport, Mr. Paarmann married Gladys L. Thompson in 1929. He had been a foreman at Farmall Works, International Harvester Co., and had been with the company for the past 28 years. He was an honorary member of the American Federation of the Masonic Blue Lodge in Moline, and the Moline Consistory.
Mr. Paarmann was a member of the Tri-City Symphony Orchestra for 30 years and was active in musical groups. He played with the Gene Gast Orchestra for the past 12 years, traveled the Keith-Orpheum theater circuit and performed with the Crescent Orchestra on radio station WOC in the 1920s.
Family Members
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Fae Viola Paarmann Schlueter
1902–1986
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Mildred Lucia Paarmann Schneff
1908–2011
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Claire Lucretia Paarmann Lamb
1910–2005
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William Arthur "Bill" Paarmann Jr
1912–1996
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Ruth Irene Paarmann Phares
1914–1995
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Harriette Hulda Paarmann Buff
1917–2005
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Carl Albert Paarmann
1920–2007
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Ralph Edward Paarmann
1924–2013
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