HEGG, Horace B. 1929-2017

HEGG, ERICKSON, THOMPSON, CHARLSON

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 6/12/2017 at 23:09:49

Horace and Gretchen Hegg

Services:
Saturday, May 13, 2017 St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Hudson, Iowa.

Horace donated his body to the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.

Visitation:
Friday, May 12, 2017 at the Locke Funeral Home in Waterloo, Iowa

Cemetery:
Hudson Cemetery, Hudson, Iowa

Memorials:
St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Hudson

Biography

Horace B. Hegg, 88 died on Thursday, April 13, 2017, and Gretchen T. Hegg died on Thursday, April 20, 2017, both residents of the Mayflower Health Care Center in Grinnell, Iowa. Both Horace and Gretchen were long-time residents of Hudson, Iowa.

Horace was born on February 1, 1929, in Decorah, Iowa to Dr. Lester and Palma (Erickson) Hegg. The family moved to Rock Valley, Iowa, where he was raised and graduated from Rock Valley High School with the Class of 1946. In 1950, he graduated from Grinnell College and from 1951-1953, he served with the United States Marine Corps. Following his military service, he moved to Hudson, Iowa and taught science at the Hudson High School.

Gretchen was born on June 26, 1929 in Leland, Iowa to Gilbert and Clara (Charlson) Thompson. She graduated from Forest City High School in 1945. Gretchen graduated from Waldorf College in 1947 and taught elementary school in Garner, Marshalltown, and Humboldt.

Horace and Gretchen met at the University of Iowa in the summer of 1954 and on June 4, 1955, they were married at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Leland, Iowa.

Horace dedicated his life to the education and coaching of children, working in the Waterloo School District and later with AEA-7. Gretchen managed the home and later was a teacher associate in the Hudson Schools. Together they lived in Hudson until moving to the Grinnell Mayflower Health Center in 2014.

They were both active members of the St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Hudson. Gretchen in the Women's Group (WELCA) and Horace in the designing and construction of the cross in the sanctuary of the church. They were both members of the Retired Teachers Association of Black Hawk County (Horace was past president). Horace was a former chairman of the city of Hudson Library building committee, past president of the Waterloo Senior Men's Golf League and a member of the board of directors of the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home, which later became NewAldaya Lifescapes.

Together, they are survived by their four children: Philip (Kimberly) Hegg of Brooklyn, Iowa, Sara (Jim) Hegg-Dunne of Grinnell, Erika (Jack) Arendt of Coralville, Iowa, and Christian Hegg of Orland Park, Illinois; ten grandchildren, Zachary, Vincent, Sierra, Nicole, Katelin, Eli, Philip, Prescott, Caroline and Catherine; five great-grandchildren, Sophie, Kaden, Brody, Hudson and Hayden. Horace's brother, Peer (Pat) Hegg of Hacienda Heights, California. Gretchen's two brothers: Herbert Thompson of Moline, Illinois, and David (Sue) Thompson of Irvine, CA., and one sister: Marcia Turcotte, of Minneapolis, MN.

Horace was preceded in death by his parents. Gretchen was preceded in death by her parents; four sister, Alice Tett, Winnifred Thompson, Catherine Jorgensen, Margaret Schwidder, and one brother Gerald Thompson.

Source: Locke Funeral Home website