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Howard E. Hitner 1931 - 1998

HITNER, KEPPLER, HUCKSTAD, HOWES, JOHLL, GELLER, KROSHUS, LUSHEN, BITKER

Posted By: Errin Wilker (email)
Date: 1/23/2007 at 16:56:32

Howard E. Hitner, 67, of Waukon, died Monday, Nov. 16, 1998, at Veterans Hospital in Iowa City.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18 at Hanson Funeral Home in Waukon with the Rev. Msgr. Ed Lechtenberg officiat­ing. Burial was in Rossville Ce­metery.

He was born Jan. 30, 1931 in Ada, MN to John and Susie (Keppler) Hitner. Howard re­ceived his education in Minne­sota schools. During the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Army. Howard was a member of the American Legion.

Howard was a mechanic and school bus driver.

Nov. 25, 1960 he married Beverly Huckstad in Waukon.

Survivors include his wife; three children, John, LaSandra Howes and Cindy Johll, all of Waukon; two grandchildren; three sisters, Rose Geller, Della Kroshus and Marcella Lushen; and two brothers, Joe and Bill Hitner.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister Edith Bitker; and five brothers, Emil, Robert, Louis, Melvin and Paul.

Casket bearers were Legion members, Orville Bratrud, Wil­liam Byrnes, Rupert Caballero, John Regan, and Otto and Virgil Thorstenson.

Source: Allamakee Journal ~ 2 December 1998


 

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