Rev. Daniel A. Krapfl, 1932-2011

KRAPFL, OSTERHAUS, LANSING

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Dubuque Telegraph Herald - September 14, 2011

The Rev. Daniel A. Krapfl, 78, of 786 Stone Ridge Place, Dubuque, died at 6:15 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at St. Martin's Catholic Church, Cascade, with Archbishop Jerome Hanus officiating. Homilist will be the Rev. Gary Krapfl. Concelebrating will be classmates of Fr. Krapfl, Monsignor Leon Connolly, Monsignor John Dalton, the Rev. George Karnik, the Rev. John O'Connor and the Rev. J. David Pepper and other priests from the Archdiocese. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Farley. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at the church, where there will be a wake service at 3 p.m. Reiff Funeral Home, Cascade, is in charge of arrangements.

Daniel was born on Nov. 30, 1932, in Dyersville, son of Hugo F. and Alvina P. (Osterhaus) Krapfl. He received his education in the Dubuque County country schools and graduated from St. Joseph's grade and high school in Farley.

He attended Loras College and Mount St. Bernard Seminary, both in Dubuque. He also attended the National Association of Catholic Chaplains Certification School. On Feb. 1, 1958, he was ordained at St. Raphael's Cathedral in Dubuque. On Feb. 2, 1958, he presided at his first Mass at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Farley.

Father's ministries included many appointments: Sacred Heart Church in Rockwell, Iowa, St. Patrick's Church and Wahlert High School, both in Dubuque, St. Mary's Church, in Waterloo, Iowa, Mercy Medical Center, in Dubuque, American Martyrs' Retreat House, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, St. Mary's Church, in New Hampton, Iowa, Holy Trinity Church, in Dubuque, and St. Mary and St. Martin, now St. Matthias Church, in Cascade, Iowa.

Surviving are two brothers, Kenneth (Janaan) Krapfl, of Monticello, Iowa, and the Rev. Gary Krapfl, of Lansing, Iowa; a sister, Nancy Krapfl, of Dubuque; a brother-in-law, John Lansing, of New Vienna, Iowa; a sister-in-law, Mary Krapfl Mills, of Holiday Island, Ark.; 19 nieces and nephews; and 35 great-nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Hugo and Alvina P. Krapfl; two brothers, one in infancy and Dick Krapfl; three sisters, twins, Joan Krapfl and Jean Krapfl, and Lois Lansing; and a niece, Judy Lansing.