HAACKE, William G. "Bill

HAACKE, TAYLOR, IVEY, DIEKEA, COX, OPPMAN, KIRCHNER, WALKER, CARLSON, ANDEREGG, HANSEN, LUND

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/7/2016 at 16:33:31

Obituary ~ William G. "Bill" Haacke
February 20, 1920 ~ November 23, 1995

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
November 27, 1995

William G. Haacke, 75, formerly of Manly, died Thursday (Nov. 23, 1995) at Veterans Hospital, Knoxville.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 428 W. Walnut, Manly, with the Rev. David Olson officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, where military honors will be conducted by members of Edward Tosel American Legion Post 110, Manly.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Bride Colonial Chapel, 110 Spring St., Manly, and one hour prior to service time Tuesday at the church.

Memorials may be given in memory of Bill to: Harry L. Anderson American Legion Post 34, Oskaloosa, Iowa 52577.

William G. Haacke was born Feb. 20, 1920, at Bain, Minn., one of 10 children of William F. and Henrietta Eva (Taylor) Haacke. He married Patricia Ivey on Oct. 7, 1944, at New South Wales, Australia.

Bill served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945. After 13 weeks of basic training, he served the remainder of his three years in the South Pacific. He was decorated with the Oak Leaf Cluster and the Silver Star. As an adult he moved to Iowa to work as an electrician for the REA. He later was a brakeman and conductor for the Rock Island Railroad. He lived for 30 years in Manly, and later moved to Oskaloosa.

He has been a member of the Christian Church. He was a Mason, and a member of Rainbow Lodge, Manly, where he held several offices. He was also a member of Eagles Lodge, Disabled American Veterans, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. His favorite hobbies were hunting and fishing. He also loved to play cards, earning the nickname Maverick.

Bill has been under VA care since 1973, and a resident of the VA Medical Center, Knoxville, since 1988.

He is survived by Patricia Haacke, Manly; four daughters, Rita Diekema, Manly, Pamela Cox, Sheffield, Sandra Oppman, Manly, and Cathy Kirchner, Lebanon, Tenn.; two sons, Warren Haacke, Riceville, and Stephen Haacke, Manly; 14 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three sisters, Joyce Walker, Springfield, Mo., Lois Carlson, Grand Rapids, Minn., and Margaret Anderegg, Odessa, Texas; and five brothers, Carlson Hansen, Seattle, Wash., Louis Hansen, Rogers, Ariz., John Hansen, Springfield, Mo., Charles Hansen, Hibbing, Minn., and Mick Hansen, Buffalo, Minn.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Audrey Lund.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2016