Charles Leo Homan 1902-1974

HOMAN, REINKE, ZIMMERMAN, KRAMER

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 6/28/2011 at 21:10:00

Estherville Man’s Rites Saturday
Estherville – Charles Leo Homan, 72, Estherville, passed away Thursday [September 12, 1974] at Holy Family Hospital in Estherville.

He was born Sept. 1, 1902 at Ackley to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Homan. He received his education in the Ackley schools and on June 26, 1925 he was married to Lorna Reinke at Waterloo.

Mr. Homan worked for the city of Ackley for 43 years before moving to Estherville one and one-half months ago. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Ackley.

He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Gordon (Laverl) Zimmerman of Columbia, Mo.; two sons, Leon, Estherville and Dennis, Oelwein; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one brother, Joseph, San Diego; two sisters, Mrs. Lambert (Tillie) Kramer, San Diego, and Carrie Homan of Iowa Falls.

Services are set for 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Estherville, with Msgr. James H. Duhigg officiating. Burial will be in St. Patrick’s Cemetery.

Friends may call at Fuhrman Funeral Home Friday afternoon until time of services Saturday morning. An 8 p.m. rosary will be held Friday at the funeral home. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, September 13, 1974)