BRAKKE, Harvey Vinton Wallace 1922 - 1997

BRAKKE, THOMPSON, LOVICK

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 1/27/2014 at 15:05:24

HARVEY VINTON WALLACE BRAKKE

CLEAR LAKE -- Harvey Vinton Wallace Brakke, 74, of 21391 Eagle Ave., died Thursday (May 8, 1997) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Fertile Lutheran Church, Fertile, with the Rev. Roger Kampstra officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City.

Visitation will be held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. today at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., and one hour prior to services at the church. The family suggests memorials to the Harvey Vinton Wallace Brakke Memorial Fund.

Harvey was born on the family farm in rural Lake Mills, the son of Halver and Tillie (Thompson) Brakke, on May 18, 1922. He was baptized and confirmed in the Winnebago Lutheran Church, rural Lake Mills.
Harvey attended rural school through the eighth grade and then helped his dad with the farming which pleased his dad.

Harvey married Irene Gladys Lovick on May 21, 1943, at the Fertile Lutheran Church, Fertile. They continued to live on the family farm until 1951 when they bought a farm north of Clear Lake, where he had lived ever since.

Harvey enjoyed farming, going to farm sales, vacationing in the summer and winters with his wife and other family members, and fishing in the summers. Harvey always made time for visitors with a game of cards, a light-hearted conversation and refreshments. Harvey was a member of the Fertile Lutheran Church, Fertile.

Harvey is survived by a son, Kenneth Brakke, Clear Lake; three grandchildren, Jeff Brakke and his wife, Theresa, and their children, Barak and Haley of Joice; Tom Brakke and his wife, Candy, and their children, Tabitha and Sara of Clear Lake, and Lori Brakke of Scottsdale, Ariz.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife on Jan. 14, 1992; one brother, Don; one half brother, Bob; and two half sisters, Helen and Ethel.

He will be greatly missed by all whose lives he touched, especially his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.