HALBERSTADT, Hubert Nelson "Hap" 1915 - 2010

HALBERSTADT, SMELSER, STEINBURGH, JACOBSEN, DOWNING, BUDWIG, ABRAHAM

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 1/26/2014 at 01:19:26

HUBERT NELSON “HAP” HALBERSTADT

VENTURA - Hubert "Hap" Nelson Halberstadt, 95, of Ventura died Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, at the Cedar Memorial Health Center in Charles City.

A celebration of life service for Hap will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 North 4th Street, Clear Lake, with Pastor Rhoda Preston of the Ventura United Methodist Church officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date in the Cantrell Cemetery in Cantrell, Iowa. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time on Sunday at the chapel.

Hubert "Hap" Nelson Halberstadt was born on Jan. 5, 1915, in Stoutsville, Mo., the son of Casper and Leona (Smelser) Halberstadt. Hap received his education in the Cantrell community schools, graduating from Cantrell High School in 1935. Hap was united in marriage to Helen Steinburgh in 1940. She preceded him in death in 1972.

Hap worked for the South Iowa Co-op Creamery in Keosauqua, Iowa, in the print room for 10 years before moving to Clear Lake in 1967. After moving to Clear Lake he began working at the State Brand Creamery in Mason City where he drove truck for 18 years until his retirement. Hap moved to Ventura in 1973, and was united in marriage to Mary (Balaban) Jacobsen on Aug. 18, 1973, at the United Methodist Church in Ventura.

Hap loved traveling, fishing, hunting, gardening, woodworking, carving and loved to visit with family and friends.

Hap was a past member of the Masonic Lodge in Keosauqua, former member of the United Methodist Church in Cantrell, Iowa, and a member of the United Methodist Church in Ventura.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Mary Halberstadt of Charles City; two children, Raymond (June) Halberstadt of Des Moines and JoAnn (Doug) Downing of Mascoutah, Ill.; three stepchildren, Judith (James) Budwig of Colwell, Thomas (Elizabeth) Jacobsen of Naperville, Ill., and Stephen (Bonnie) Jacobsen of Coon Rapids, Minn.; sixteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; a sister, Viola Abraham of Downingtown, Pa.; as well as many other extended family members and friends.

Hap was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Helen; a brother, Thomas Halberstadt; a sister, Irene; and a stepson, Paul Jacobsen.