Richard "Dick"  Broderson, 58

Born: April 7, 1951

Died: November 23, 2009

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Richard O. “Dick” Broderson, 58, Muscatine, went home to be with the Lord, on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, at the VA Medical Center, Iowa City.

Service: 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, at the Walnut Park Baptist Church, 215 Colorado St. Visitation: 4-6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 27, Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Burial: 3 p.m. Clinton Lawn Cemetery, Clinton. Online condolences: www.wittich

The Rev. Walden Askren  will officiate the service. 

Casketbearers will be Dennis Edwards, Rodger Broderson, Trea Boyd, Gary Broderson, Seth Burdick, and Carl Broderson Jr. 

Memorials may be left to the family in care of his mother, Laura Broderson.

Mr. Broderson was born April 7, 1951, in Clinton, the son of Gerald Owen and Laura Etta Smith Broderson. 

He was a graduate of Muscatine High School, class of 1970.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran having served from 1971-75 during the Vietnam era.

He worked for Monsanto and for Doanes the past 11 years, retiring in 2006.

He attended Walnut Park Baptist Church.

Survivors include his mother, Laura Broderson of Muscatine; a brother, Roy Broderson and wife, Joy of Muscatine; a sister, Pat Edwards and husband, Dennis Edwards Sr., of Muscatine; several nieces and nephews; and great-nieces and great-nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father on Nov. 26, 1998, and a niece, April Dawn Edwards.