Ronald Harland


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Posted Online: Nov. 20, 2012, 5:27 pm
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Ronald Joseph Harland, 61, of Kewanee, died on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, at Royal Oaks Care Center, Kewanee.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 23, at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Kewanee. President Dan Schoenheider will officiate. The Kewanee Veterans Council will accord military honors at the church following services. Inurnment will be private for the family at a later date. Memorials contributions may be directed to the family. Schueneman-Tumbleson Funeral Home, Kewanee, is in charge of arrangements.
Private online condolences may be left for the family at www.schuenemantumblesonfuneralhome.com.














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