Genevieve N. (Nichols) Haburn 1920-2009

HABURN, LISOWSKI, DILLING, SHOBER, NORTH

Posted By: Sharon K Hesebeck (email)
Date: 5/20/2025 at 17:08:27

Genevieve N. Haburn, nee Nichols, age 88, a resident of Brookfield, IL and formerly of Spencer, Iowa, died Monday, June 15.

She was born on October 11, 1920 in Mountain View, Missouri.

On June 10, 1942 she married Arnold Haburn at Spirit Lake, Iowa. They had a farm in Iowa until moving to California. They soon moved back to Iowa and farmed at Terril, Iowa.

In 1958, Arnold was killed in a farming accident. Genevieve moved with her five daughters, Mary Anne (Henry) Haburn-Lisowski of Brookfiled, IL; Sharon (Bob) Dilling of Fairfax, Virginia; Janice (Phil) Shober of Colorado Springs, CO; Linda (Bill) North of Wheaton, IL; and Caroline (Mike) Haburn of Vancouver, WA; 14 grandchildren, Teddy, Elena, Jennifer, Matthew, Kirsten, Arnie, Alicia, Charlie, Christopher, Anthony, Brittany, Sean, Jonathan, and Ian, and 4 great-grandchildren, Clara, Gretchen, Ethan, and Harmony.

She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents.

Visitation and funeral services were held on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at Hultgren Funeral Home, 304 N. Main St. in Wheaton, IL.

A graveside service was held on Monday, June 22 at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer, Iowa.

Memorials may be directed to the First Baptist Church, Spencer, Iowa. (Published in Central Cook Suburban Life, 22 Jun 2009)

Also in Spencer Daily Reporter, Spencer, Clay County, Iowa, Thursday, June 18, 2009