HARTHAN, Jack Lee

HARTHAN, MILLER, NICOLET, COLLINS, KERDUS, STRONG

Posted By: Sharon R. Becker (email)
Date: 5/2/2014 at 04:54:50

Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Obituary - Jack Lee Harthan
December 07, 1932 ~ June 04, 2001

VENTURA - Jack Lee Harthan, 68, 103 W. Ventura St.,Ventura, died Monday (June 4, 2001) at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Kermit Roisen officiating.

Visitation with the family will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake. Inurnment will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Pleasantview Cemetery, Thornton.

Memorials may be given to the Jack Harthan Memorial Fund.

Jack was born Dec. 7, 1932 in Ventura. He was the son of Leland and Evelyn (Miller) Harthan. He attended Ventura schools and graduated from Thornton High School in 1951.

After graduation, Jack helped his parents farm until he enlisted in the U.S. Army in January 1953. He served in E Company 12th Infantry Regiment, and was awarded the Army of Occupation Medal (Germany) and National Defense Service Medal.

Jack married Lorene Nicolet on June 27, 1953, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Thornton. After leaving the service, Jack and Lorene farmed several years north of Swaledale. In February 1964 they moved to Clear Lake and he worked for the Farmers Co-op in Mason City. Jack worked for Land O' Lakes as a truck driver from 1969 to 1992, when he retired.

Jack was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake, where he was very active in his early years. He loved to travel and go to Texas, loved to read and use the computer, enjoyed all the time he could spend with his family, and he enjoyed spending time with his D.O.M. buddies at McDonalds.

Jack is survived by four sons, Tim Harthan and his wife, Cindy, Emmetsburg, Mark Harthan and his wife, Karen, Clear Lake, Matt Harthan and his wife, Deb, Ventura, and Paul Harthan and his wife, Jeanette, Garner; seven grandsons Aaron and Jesse Harthan, Emmetsburg, Ben and Jacob Harthan, Clear Lake, Brandon Harthan, Ventura, and John and Luke Harthan, Garner; two sisters Joan Collins and her husband, Duane, Clear Lake and Janice Harthan-Kerdus and her husband, Bob, Clear Lake; one brother Jerry Harthan and his wife, Carmella, Clear Lake; a special friend, Joan Strong, Goodrich, Texas, and many nieces, nephews and friends.

Jack was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Lorene, and one infant son, David.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel of Clear Lake (641) 357-2193

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2014