IN MEMORY OF
MICHAEL E. CELUS
BORN
August 20, 1951
Kewanee, Illinois
PASSED AWAY
October 29, 2008
Germantown, Iowa
FUNERAL SERVICE
3:00 P.M. Sunday, November 2, 2008
Gaudian-Eldridge Funeral Home; Paullina, Iowa
Rev. Donald Erickson ~ Officiating
MUSIC
“The Lord’s Prayer”
“Amazing Grace”
Organist: LaNan Eldridge
FINAL RESTING PLACE
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Annawan, Illinois
Arrangements under the care of the
Gaudian-Eldridge Funeral Home
MICHAEL E. CELUS
Michael Eugene Celus, the son of Robert Donald and Marjorie Elizabeth (Thomas) Celus, was born August 20, 1951 at Kewanee, Illinois. He received his education in Annawan, Illinois graduating from Annawan High School in 1969. He went on and attended Black Hawk College. He worked in various positions in Illinois until coming to the Germantown, Iowa area in 1987. On April 15, 1989, he was united in marriage to Lynn Towe in Paullina, Iowa. After their marriage the couple lived in the Germantown area where for all these years Mike was involved in managing hog confinements. He passed away on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at his home in Germantown, reaching the age of 57 years, 2 months and 9 days.
He was a member of the St. John Lutheran Church in Germantown and was a member of the Germantown Fire Department. He was an avid Chicago Bears Fan.
Mike is survived by his daughter, Cody Ann Celus of Paullina; a brother and his wife, Robert and Patricia Celus of Annawan, Illinois; also many nieces and nephews and other relatives and many friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, John Celus.