HAACK, Ewald Martin (1924-2009)

HAACK, LEININGER, PENNINGCHAPIN, BRODERSON

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 6/30/2013 at 12:53:26

Ewaald Haack, age 84, of Klemme, Iowa, died on Friday, January 16, 2009, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient in Mason City, Iowa.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday, January 21, at the Andrews Funeral Home in Klemme. The Rev. Donna Buckman officiated. Burial will be in the Ell Township Cemetery in the spring with full military honors. Those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial in Ewaald's name may wish to consider the Hospice of North Iowa, or to their own choice.

Ewaald Martin Frederick Haack, the son of Frederick and Vera (Leininger) Haack was born on November 9, 1924 on the family farm. He attended Lone Rock area schools and graduated from the Lone Rock High School, Lone Rock, Iowa. In addition to his high school education, Ewaald went on to receive additional maintenance technical training. His life long vocations were mostly surrounding the maintenance and mechanical fields.

Ewaald proudly served his country in the United States Navy during the World War II era. He spent parts of his military tenure on the USS Mindoro and the USS Valley Forge. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Fireman First
Class on December 3, 1947 and received the commendation of the WW II Victory Medal.

Ewaald was united in marriage to Arselene "Ene" Mildred Penning, on June 5, 1950 at Albert Lea, Minnesota. The couple lived and raised their children in Algona for many years. Ewaald worked as an auto mechanic at a Buick dealership in his early career, at General Dynamics, New York, and later worked in various maintenance positions in Algona and at IMT and Stellar Industries in
Garner.

Throughout his entire life, Ewaald was and avid motorcyclist. His first bike was and Indian Scout and as the years went by he and his wife traveled about the region and country on his beloved Gold Wings. In his later years he could be seen cruising around the Klemme area on his cycles. The couple had also done some traveling to visit family in New York and Nevada. Ewaald loved to go
fishing at Indian Lake, Clear Lake, and in Minnesota. He enjoyed keeping his cars and yard in tip-top shape. He served a term on the Klemme Town Board and was a resident of Klemme for 30 years.

He was preceded in death by his wife "Ene" on September 18, 1998; and a brother, Edward. Those left to cherish his memory include his daughter, Evelyn and her husband, Dean Chapin of Cambridge, New York and their children, Debbie Chapin of Norwich, New York and Stephanie Chapin of Charlotte, North Carolina; a son, Robert Haack of Waterloo, Iowa; brother, Eugene Haack and his wife, Donna of Colfax; and a sister, Lucille Broderson of Montana.