WEBB, Harold T.

WEBB, MARTIN, HILL

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 6/13/2013 at 11:27:40

Harold T. Webb, 58, of 20 Four Winds Drive, Clear Lake, Iowa died Monday, Oct.
24, 1994 at North Iowa Mercy Health Centers east campus.

A Celebration of Homecoming) will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at
the United Methodist Church in Clear Lake. The Rev. Fred Lewis will officiate.
Burial will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, at the Ward-Van Slyke
Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake. The family suggests memorials in
his name.

He was born Jan. 19, 1936 to Hubert Thomas Webb and Glenna Mae Martin
Webb at Manly, Iowa. He attended Manly Schools, graduating in 1954.

On Sept. 7, 1956 he married Audrey Hill at Manly BEUB Church. He always
considered this to be the greatest honor he would ever receive.

As a youth Harold felt Jesus Christ enter his heart and thereafter worked to
lead a Christian life. He adopted the hymn "He Leadeth Me" as his personal
theme song.

He received his Bachelors and Masters Degrees from the University of Northern
Iowa, majoring in speech and hearing disorders of children. Additional
graduate studies in administration were done at Drake, the University of Iowa
and the University of Minnesota.

He served the schools of Franklin County from 1958-1970. He was Director of
Special Education for Franklin-Butler-Bremer Counties from 1970-73 and for
Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Mitchell and Worth Counties 1973-74. In 1974, he helped
create the Area Education Agencies and served as the Director of Special
Education for Northern Trails AEA from 1974-1993. His professional life was
completely dedicated to children with disabilities and their families. he was
an active member and officer of several advocacy organizations and was
appointed by Iowa Governor Terry Branstad to serve on several Governors
Councils on infants and toddlers, youth, students with special health care
needs and children with head injuries.

He received numerous awards including: Administrator of the Year, Iowa's Friend
of School Social Work, the 1992 Harmony of Living Award and the 1993
Winterstein Award for meritorious achievement in special education. The
harmony of Living Award, established by the River City Barbershop Chorus,
honors a North Iowans who exhibits "everyday unselfish patterns of positive
and harmonic service to others." Harolds nomination for the award was
supported by 100 letters, the most the group has ever received in the awards
history.

He was the founder of North Iowa Phi Delta Kappa, which recently initiated a
scholarship program in his name for prospective teachers.

Harold enjoyed wildlife and belonged to several environmental and conservation
organizations. He had a special love of trees and with family and friends had
planted over 2,000 trees, many in public parks. Several trees have also been
planted in his honor.

He was active in the United Methodist Church, where he held many officers at
the local and state level. For the past 14 years he was a Certified Lay
Speaker and conducted worship services in over 50 area churches of various
denominations. He was a member of the church choir and taught Sunday School
for several years. He and his wife, Audrey, did clown ministry for childrens
groups.

He was fascinated by the hobby of gardening, always impressed by the miracle
of plant germination and propagation. He was a charter and life member of the
Mens Garden Club of North Iowa and had served as its president.

Harold is survived by: his wife, Audrey, of Clear Lake; two sons, Hugh T. Webb
and his wife Marie, of Clear Lake, and their children Brianna Christine,
Houston Thomas and Harrison Tanner; and Greg S. Webb and his wife Sherry, of
Iowa Falls, Iowa and their children Blake Thomas and Brooke Kathryn; a sister,
Delores Mullin and her husband Avery of Milbank, S.D.; his mother-in-law,
Hazel Hill, of Mason City; a brother-in-law, David Hill, of Mason City, Iowa;
a sister-in-law, Ellen Harris, of Mason City.

He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant brother, Lloyd Dean
Webb.

Honorary pallbearers at the service will be members of the Mens Garden Club of
North Iowa.

Active pallbearers will be Dick Raatz, Lyle Abbas, Dennis Scudder, Dale
Jensen, Jim Clark, Mark Feustel, Dale Tietjens and Fritz Kruger.