HOVERSTEN, Donald E. 1931 - 2004

HOVERSTEN, WEAVER, HALL, SWARTWOOD, VERHALEN, KINSTLE, SCOTT, RICHTSMEIER, ROUT, ROCKOW

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 1/30/2014 at 01:33:41

DONALD E. HOVERSTEN

CLEAR LAKE — Donald E. Hoversten, 72, of 604 S. Third St. in Clear Lake, died suddenly of a heart attack, Wednesday (Jan. 7, 2004) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Zion Lutheran Church, 112 N. Fourth St. in Clear Lake. Inurnment will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Mason City.

Visitation will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the church prior to the memorial service. Memorials may be given to the Don Hoversten Memorial Fund.

Don was born July 28, 1931, the son of Elmer Truman and Bessie Ilo (Weaver) Hoversten, in Hamilton County, Williams, Iowa. Don graduated from Alden High School in 1949, and entered the U.S. Air Force, Dec. 29, 1949, in Des Moines. He was an airman first class serving during the Korean War and was discharged July 16, 1952.

Don married Jacqueline H. Hall, Aug. 2, 1952, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. They lived most of their married life in Clear Lake, where Don worked at the Clear Lake Bakery for seven years on the loading dock, before joining the staff of the Clear Lake Sanitary District in 1973, where he was employed until retiring in 1993.

Don was a collector of wooden trains, and enjoyed gardening, watching “The Price Is Right,” “Wheel of Fortune,” and football, especially the Vikings and Hawkeyes; and going to the casino and playing games of chance. Don liked to dine out with his family at many local restaurants and enjoyed spending time with his grandkids.

He was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, American Legion, and Thrivent.

Don is survived by his wife, Jackie Hoversten, of Clear Lake; three children, Susan Swartwood and her husband, Steve, of Mason City, William Hoversten, of Clear Lake, and Kathy Verhalen and her husband, Eric, of Clear Lake; five brothers, Wally, Merle, Dave, Butch and Ron Hoversten; five sisters, Evelyn Kinstle, Verna Scott, Betty Richtsmeier, Fran Rout, and Delia Rockow; five grandchildren, Joshua Heginger, of Mason City, and Justin, Nathan, Nicholas and Jami Verhalen, all of Clear Lake; and one great-granddaughter, Kourtney Verhalen-Hare, of Mason City.

He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Richard, Robert, Harold and Gene; and two infant sons, Todd and James.