Delbert John Strawn was born on 16 September 1930 in Oelwein, Fayette, Iowa.
1 He died on 3 February 2006, at age 75, in Oelwein, Fayette, Iowa.
2 Delbert John Strawn was in Strawn's DX- Oelwein, Iowa- Railroad.
2 (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
OELWEIN - Delbert John Strawn, 75, of Oelwein, died Friday, Feb. 3, at Grandview Health Care Center, Oelwein, after a lengthy illness. He was born Sept. 16, 1930, in Oelwein, son of Loren David and Loretta Mary Bauer Strawn. He married Nov. 19, 1951, at St. John Catholic Church, Independence. He graduated from Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Oelwein, in 1948, and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, stationed in Germany. Mr. Strawn operated Strawn's DX in Oelwein and was employed by John Deere Tractor Works, Waterloo. He retired from the Chicago Northwestern Railroad in 1995 after 25 years of service. Survived by: his wife; three sons, a daughter, six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; four brothers, and a sister-in-law. Preceded in death by: a son, Jerry; and a brother, Dale. Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, both in Oelwein. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday at Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home, Oelwein, where there will be a 6 p.m. military service and a 7 p.m. parish rosary service. (bio by: Bradley Moody.)