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Saturday, December 10, 2022

Donald Duane Bliss

Donald Duane Bliss

Marion

Donald Duane Bliss, 84, of Marion, Iowa, passed away Thursday, December 8, 2022, at St. Lukes Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The family will greet friends and family from 1 to 3 pm Sunday, December 11, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Marion. Casual dress is requested. Dress up your gear with Bliss Custom Rods. A private graveside service will be held at a later date at Lenox Cemetery in Norway, Iowa.

Duane was born April 19, 1938, on the Witwer Farm in Marion, the son of Albert and Margaret (Robison) Bliss. He was a 1956 graduate of McKinley High School in Cedar Rapids, where he was named to the All-City basketball team. On Nov. 24, 1956, Don married the most beautiful woman in Norway, Maxine Cookie Uthoff. Together they raised six children. Don started at Collins Radio as a Draftsman, and worked there for 35 and a half years, many of those years in Configuration Management, before retiring in 1993. After retirement, he went on to start Bliss Custom Rods, placing his fond of fishing. every rod he made.

Don enjoys working on cars and keeping them running for six teenage drivers. He also enjoyed woodworking, loved fishing and spending time with his family at home.

Left to cherish her memory are her children, Dean (Julie) Bliss of Cedar Rapids, Sandi Bliss of Texas, Dan (Dawn) Bliss, Sue Bliss and Sara (Kirk) Schobert, all of Marion; 15 grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren; his sister, Joan (Tom) Leso and her family of Virginia; sisters-in-law, Dolores Rawson, Berti Rhinehart and Marjorie Beatty; many nieces and nephews; and special extended family, Arlene (Scott) Walters and Tina (Dave) Kearns and their children; and Kitty.

He was preceded in death by his parents; beloved wife, Cookie; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Wittenburg, Arlene Wear, and Virginia Roths; brothers-in-law, Walter Uthoff, and David Uthoff; son, David; and grandson, Rowan.

A special thanks to Dr. Lawrence, Dr. Bell, and the Palliative Care team, throughout Unity Point St. Lukes ICU team, and to the Ed and Joan Hemphill Hospice team.

Please share a memory of Don at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.

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