SMALLFOOT, Harold Ralph 1926 - 2005

SMALLFOOT, SCHMITTGER, GREIMAN, HRUBETZ, LYSNE, RASMUSSEN, MCCOMES, RHODES, ESSER, HOLT

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 12/21/2017 at 10:11:24

Harold Smallfoot, 79, of 4652 North Shore Drive, Clear Lake, died Monday, April 18, 2005 at Hospice of the Valley, Scottsdale, Az.

Funeral services were held Monday, April 25, at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Mason City, Iowa with the Rev. Joel Dahlen, officiating. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, where members of Clear Lake VFW Post #4868 conducted full military honors.

Memorials may be given to the Harold R. Smallfoot Memorial Fund.

Harold Ralph Smallfoot was born Jan. 21, 1926 at Dunbar, Neb. a son of Roy E. and Clara K. (Schmittger) Smallfoot. He married Marge Greiman on Nov. 24, 1947.

Harold attended school in Nebraska. He served in the US Navy during WW II. Harold drove truck for Bekins Trucking and farmed in the Garner, Iowa area for several years. He married Ocie (Holt) Hrubetz on April 14, 1973 . Harold worked at Armour for many years, retiring in 1980.

He enjoyed playing poker, cribbage, sports, and gardening. He especially enjoyed watching the Phoenix Suns and he loved to fish with his grandchildren. He looked forward to wintering in Scottsdale and going to Clear Lake each spring for the past 25 years.

He was a member of the Moose Lodge, Mason City and a lifetime member of Clear Lake VFW Post #4868.

Harold is survived by his wife, Ocie Smallfoot, Clear Lake; children, Landry (Candace) Smallfoot, Spokane, Wash., Holly Rasmussen, Garner, Lambert (Leslie) Smallfoot, Des Moines, Iowa, Dawn Smallfoot, Garner, Gail (Kevin) Kuhlman, Garner, Janice Lysne, Mason City, Michael Hrubetz, Las Vegas, Nev., James (Cathy) Hrubetz, Mason City; 21 grandchildren, Robert (Kumi) Smallfoot, Sarah (Nate) Smallfoot, Ryan Smallfoot, Brittany Baxter, Austin Baxter, Heidi (Brian) Thoe, Hannah (Jervaris) Rasmussen, Heather (Aaron) Lamb, Ryan Rasmussen, Raquel Rasmussen, Allan (Mysti) Kuhlman, Paul Kuhlman, Lisa (Ibrahim) Gangol, Raquel (Craig) Ball, Emma Kelley, Grace Kelley, Nathan Kelley, Brandon Hrubetz, Kevon Hrubetz, A.J. Hrubetz, Kailee Hrubetz; four great-grandchildren, Alexis, Maryam, Jervaris, Jr., Bradin; two sisters, Helen McComes, Plato, Mo. and Clara Rhodes, San Jose, Calif.; two sisters-in-law, Mosaka Smallfoot, Monterey, Calif. and Betty (Marvin) Esser, Mason City; a brother-in-law, John (Mona) Holt, Mason City, and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Christine Smallfoot; brothers, Edward and Kenneth Smallfoot and a sister-in-law, Betty Smallfoot.

Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, Mason City, was in charge of arrangements.