IOWA CITY, Iowa —James Kenneth “Ken” Grable, 60, formerly of Iowa City died Thursday, June 25, 2009.

Graveside services for family will be held at the Nichols Cemetery. 

Online condolences may be sent for his family at www.gayandciha.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to a fund for his grandchildren or Hospice Compassus of Davenport. 

Ken was born February 1, 1949, the son of George H. and Alice (Elder) Grable.

 Following graduation from Lone Tree High School in 1967, he attended and graduated from the University of  Iowa.  During the Vietnam War he served in the Army Reserves and received the rank of 2nd Sargent before his discharge. 

He married Sherry Hudson in 1969 in West Liberty.

 He worked for MidAmerican Energy at their Iowa City location for more than 22 years.  Following retirement from MidAmerican he moved to the Lake of the Ozarks where he was self-employed as an electrical contractor.

He enjoyed life to its fullest, spending many days on his boat, working in the shop with wood or metals, traveling the country, snow skiing in the winter months and restoring old cars. But most of all he enjoyed being with his family and many friends both in Iowa and Missouri.

Ken’s family includes his daughter and her husband, Heather and Ray Carrizales of Fairfax; four grandchildren, Maya, Cole, Ava, and Cade; his parents, George and Alice Grable of Bettendorf; sisters, Linda Marcus and her husband, Mark of Pasco, Wash., Marilyn Grable of Davenport, and Beth Eden and her husband, Gary of Iowa City; and Ken’s former wife, Sherry Grable of Solon.