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| David Kenneth Palmer |
| October 30, 1942 - June 02, 2010 |
Grinnell,Iowa
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| Memorial Service: 2:00 p.m. Saturday June 05, 2010 at First Friends Church - Grinnell |
| Visitation: 5:00 to 7:00 Friday evening June 04, 2010 at Smith Funeral Home, Grinnell |
Interment: following memorial service June 05, 2010 at Westfield Cemetery, rural Grinnell
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David Palmer, 67, of Grinnell died June 2, 2010, at Friendship Manor in Grinnell.
A memorial service will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 5, at the First Friends Church in Grinnell with the Rev. Ron Bryan of Oskaloosa officiating. Organist will be Kathy VanderPloeg. Burial will be in Westfield Cemetery near Grinnell.
Visitation with the family present will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 Friday evening at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell.
Memorial contributions may be directed to Camp Quaker Heights in Eldora.
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David was born October 30, 1942, in Grinnell, the son of William Kenneth and Bessie “Betty” Whitaker Palmer. He was raised in Grinnell and received his education in the Grinnell School District.
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David worked on the family farm for many years and also as a veterinarian assistant at the Grinnell Livestock Exchange. For over 20 years he was a night watchman at Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company.
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He was an avid baseball fan and particularly enjoyed following the New York Yankees. Through his passion for baseball he had traveled to many stadiums in the Midwest to watch a game. He loved his family and enjoyed visiting with people.
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Survivors include two brothers, Dr. Dennis (Vicki) Palmer of Aledo, Illinois, and Tom (Jan) Palmer of Oskaloosa; a brother-in-law, Delvin (Erma) Coppinger of Oskaloosa; seven nieces and nephews, Douglas (Romy) Coppinger, Denise (Randall) Nichols, Sidney (Jon) Hill, and Katy, Lindsay, Whitney, and Erica Palmer; and four great-nieces and nephews, Jared, Hannah and Emma Nichols, and Reece Coppinger. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Mary Ann Coppinger.
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