HARLESS, Lee Ann (Jacobson) 1946-1995

HARLESS, JACOBSON, BLOME

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/29/2009 at 14:55:31

Lee Ann Harless

CHARLES CITY, IOWA - Lee Ann Harless, 49, 2609 195th St., Charles City, died Monday, September 5, 1995, at her residence following a 10-year battle with cancer.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Messiah Lutheran Church, 705 Third Ave., Charles City, with the Rev. Curt L. Schneider officiating. Burial will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Northlawn Cemetery, Iowa Falls. Friends may call from noon to 9 p.m. today at Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt St., Charles City, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. There will be further visitation one hour prior to services at the church on Thursday.

Mrs. Harless, the former Lee Ann (nee Jacobson) was born April 3, 1946, in Ames, the daughter of Oswald J. Jacobson and Irma R. (nee Blome) Jacobson. She was raised in Iowa Falls and graduated from Iowa Falls High School in 1964. She then received her Associate's Degree from Ellsworth Community College, Iowa Falls. She then attended the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls.

On August 27, 1967, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Iowa Falls, she married Darrell Dean Harless. The couple made their home in Charles City. Lee Ann commuted to the University of Northern Iowa and received her B.A. in Spanish in 1968. That following fall, Lee Ann started her teaching career at New Hampton Community High School as the Spanish instructor. She taught there for 27 years, and continued to hold that position at the time of her death.

Lee Ann was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church, where she taught Sunday school and Bible school. For many years, she was also one of the organists for the church. She was a member of the Iowa State Teachers Association, the National Education Association and the Iowa Foreign Language Association.

She belonged to the National Honor Society in high school at Iowa Falls, and was the faculty sponsor for the National Honor Society at New Hampton High School. This past year, she was made an honorary member of the New Hampton Honor Society. She was also the faculty sponsor for the Spanish Club at the high school. Every other year, she would take the students on a trip to Mexico. Next to her family, teaching was the love of Lee Ann's life. She dedicated herself to education even throughout her illness.

Living family members include her husband, Darrell of Charles City; two children, Matthew John Harless and Kristin Mary Harless, both at home in Charles City; her parents, Oswald and Irma Jacobson of Iowa Falls; a sister, Mary Jane Jacobson of Iowa Falls; and her father-in-law, Gayle Harless of Iowa Falls.

Those considering an expression of sympathy may direct memorials to the family.

[MCGG 9/06/1995 ]