Earl Dan Schoppe

Earl Dan Danny Schoppe, 76, of Marshalltown, departed this life early in the morning of Friday, February 27th, at the Cedar Falls Nursing and Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 6th, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home. He will be laid to rest with full military honors by the combined units of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Harry C. Harter Post #839 and American Legion Frank Lewis Glick Post #46 in the Hillside Cemetery at State Center. Visitation will be held from 5-7:00 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials in his honor may be directed to St. Judes Hospice, 101 Elkader Street, Strawberry Point, Iowa, 52076. For condolences, please visit www.mitchellfh.com. Ph. 641-844-1234. Born on August 22nd, 1938, at Rhodes, Iowa, he was the son of Harold and Opal (Hayes) Schoppe. He graduated from the State Center High School. On August 29th, 1959, he was united in marriage to the love of his life, Norma Jean Hapes, in Nevada, Iowa. Danny was employed in the field of his passion- cars. He took care of the mechanical work of police cars for the City of Marshalltown until his retirement. Many problems of the world were solved with him at the Hardees Coffee Club. Mr. Schoppe was a proud collector of two-cylinder John Deere tractors and loved to participate in parades with them. The time with his family, motorcycles, camping and traveling with Norma were all equally important. Left to cherish his memory is his son, Terry (Lori) Schoppe of Cedar Falls and grandchildren Michaela and Madison Schoppe. In death, he rejoined his beloved wife Norma, parents, brother Richard and sister Dorothy (Schoppe) Barrett.