Myron "Mike" Kent

December 4, 1926 - April 16, 2014

Myron “Mike” Kent, 87, of 918 Avon Street in Stratford, Iowa passed away at the Boone County Hospital in Boone on Sunday morning, April 13, 2014. He was born on December 4, 1926 in Webster City, Iowa the son of Charles and Opal (Norton) Kent. On January 11, 1948, he married Geraldine Hiveley at the Homer Methodist Church in Homer, Iowa. Mike graduated from the Stratford High School. He was a veteran of World War II serving as a Fireman 1/C in the Navy and was a life long farmer in the Lehigh and Stratford area. Mike enjoyed hunting and was a gun enthusiast. He was a member of the Calvary United Methodist Church and the American Legion, Fredrick Sonksen Post #576 of Stratford. His parents and 1 brother, Glen in infancy, preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Geraldine of Stratford; 1 son Butch Kent and wife Martha of Stratford; 2 grandsons Adam Kent and wife Kim of Panora, Iowa and Jordan Kent and wife Rachel of Urbandale, Iowa; 6 great-grandchildren; 1 brother Francis “Bud” Kent of Spring Valley, Minnesota; 3 sisters Joy Sears and husband Frank of Alabama, Jane Knoll of Webster City, Iowa, and Kaye Page of Boone, Iowa. Services will be held on Thursday morning, April 17th at 10:00 a.m. at the Calvary United Methodist Church in Stratford with Revs. Dot Hasler and Gina Spohnheimer officiating. Interment with full military honor conducted by the Boone Veterans Council will be in the Oakwood Cemetery north of Stratford, Iowa. Friends may call at the Calvary United Methodist Church in Stratford on Wednesday evening from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with the family present during that time to greet friends. Visitations will continue prior to the service on Thursday morning at the Church from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service. Those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial may direct their gift to the family for a memorial to be selected later.