HAUPT, August O. 1904-1994

HAUPT, NEDERHOFF, MURRA

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Date: 12/16/2016 at 09:48:07

August Haupt Services Held

August O. Haupt, 89, of Wellsburg, died Friday, March 11, at his home in Wellsburg of natural causes.

Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 14, at the First Christian Reformed Church in Wellsburg.

August was born May 7, 1904, the son of Obo and Swantje ederhoff Haupt on a farm south of Wellsburg. On December 7, 1926, he was united in marriage to Kate Murra at the First Christian Reformed Church Parsonage in Wellsburg.

August had farmed in the Wellsburg area all of his life. He was a member of the First Christian Reformed Church in Wellsburg and had served as an Elder of the church and as a catechism teacher for many years. He was also a member of the Men's Forum.

August is survived by one daughter, Esther Buse of Lennox, SD, one brother, Oldig Haupt of Wellsburg; 3 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife Kate in May of 1981; his parents; one brother, Henry; and two sisters, Grace and Anna.

The Doyen-Abels Funeral Home in Wellsburg was in charge of the arrangements.

--The Grundy Register/Wellsburg Herald (Grundy Center, Iowa), 17 March 1994, pg 6