Robert Marchik's obituary appeared in The Quad-City Times (Davenport, IA) newspaper on March 7, 1993
TIPTON, Iowa - Services for Robert Louis Marchik, 69, of Tipton, will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Tipton. Burial will be in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.Visitation will be 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. Monday at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton, with a prayer vigil service and rosary at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Marchik died Friday at University Hospitals, Iowa City. He was a retired farmer and former employee at K&K Farm Implement, West Side Farm Supply and John Deere Co., Moline.
The World War II Army veteran married Lorna Crock in 1950 in Tipton. Memberships included the church. A memorial fund has been established.
Survivors include his wife; daughters, Mary, Des Moines; Catherine Sloan and Maggie, Iowa City; and Diane, Grafton, Wis.; sons, Dennis and Donald, Tipton; and Daniel, Iowa City; 14 grandchildren; a sister, Bernardine "Dena" Jebson, DeWitt.
Obituary from the Quad City Times (Tipton, Iowa):
Raymond Crock Jr. 04/08/2004 TIPTON, Iowa
Raymond J. Crock, Jr., of 222 E. 13th St., Tipton,
Iowa, died April 6, 2004, on a rural farm near Tipton, after
an apparent heart attack. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Friday with
a rosary service at 7 p.m. at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. Fun-
eral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, April 10, at St. Mary's
Catholic Church, Tipton. Father Eugene Benda will officate.
Burial will be in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. A memorial
had been established.
He was born July 16, 1931, in Iowa City, to Raymond
L. Sr. and Dorothy A. (Brennan) Crock. He was a 1949 Tipton
High School graduate. During the Korean War, he served in
the U.S. Army. He married Margaret Jean Beuter on Aug. 2,
1952, in Morse, Iowa.
He was a farmer. He served on St. Mary's Board
and St. Mary's Cemetery Board, was a member of Tipton
Moose Lodge and a past member of Tipton Lions.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret; children, Sue
Howe and husband Scott, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Steve Crock
and wife Denise, of Tipton, Teresa Wulf and husband Daniel,
of Tipton, Rita Cowell and husband Robert, of Lisbon, Iowa,
Kenneth Crock and wife Sarah, of Tipton, David Crock and
wife Amy, of Tipton, and Diane Wehde and husband Mike, of
Tipton; 19 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brothers,
Donald Crock (Marianne) and James Crock (Mary Louise), of
Tipton; and sisters, Lorna Marchik, of Tipton, and Mary Jean
Bents (John), of Tipton. He was preceded in death by his
parents, Raymond and Dorothy Crock.
Online condolences may be made at www.fryfuneral-
home.com.