CROCKETT, H. Paul (1909-1997)

CROCKETT, WALLEN, THOMPSON, STICHA, WARRENS, MATTHEWS

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society
Date: 1/27/2024 at 15:01:42

H. Paul Crockett
1909-1997

Services for H. Paul Crockett, 88, Britt, who died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1997, at Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt, were held Saturday, Oct. 4, 10:30 a.m., at the United Methodist Church in Britt with Rev. Robert D. Dodge officiating. Friday, Oct. 3, the Odd Fellows Service was at 7 p.m. and the Mason Service was at 8 p.m.

Music was provided by organist, Tammy Johnson, who accompanied soloist, Joyce Nelson. Ushers were Harry Smith and Robert Bravick.

Honorary casket bearers were J.C. Blackburn, Bud Mickelson, Roy Coslow, Ray Nelson, Lyle Dallman and Morris Swan.

Active bearers were Monty Hiscocks, Chuck Smith, Scott Johnson, Leroy Stalzer, Merrill Olson and Ilmar Upenieks.

Burial was at the Evergreen Cemetery, Britt, with Ewing Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

H. Paul Crockett, the son of Harry P. and Mary Elizabeth Crockett, was born September 4, 1909, in Burlington, KS. He received his early education in the Kansas and Missouri school system, later moving to Ames where he graduated from Ames High School and Iowa State College with bachelor and master degrees in agricultural education and economics.

A life-long teacher, Mr. Crockett served school systems in New Sharon and Eddyville before moving to Jackson, MI, in 1937 where he taught junior college economics and coached basketball. In 1946, he moved his family to Britt where he taught voc-ag in the high school until 1960. His interest in students carried over into scouting where, as scout master for Troop 32, he administered an aggressive advancement program that produced 22 Eagle Scouts in a span of 10 years. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and a 49 year member of the Masonic Lodge. At the age of 80, he became the oldest Iowa Mason to qualify as a Masonic instructor; and at the age of 83 he qualified as a District Lecturer.

In 1961, Mr. Crockett and his wife, Frances, moved to Minot ND, where he taught economics at Minot State University for 15 years. When he retired in 1975, the North Dakota Board of Reagents granted him professor emeritus status in economics.

The Crocketts returned to Britt in 1975, where they lived their retirement years.

He is survived by one daughter, Nancy Wallen and her husband, Harold of Britt; three sons, Paul and his wife, Georgia of Minneapolis, MN, Dan and his wife, Carol of Astoria, OR, and David of Fargo, ND.; a daughter-in-law, Judy Crockett of Ankeny; nine grandchildren, Robert Crockett, Renee Thompson, John Crockett, Allison Crockett, Karrie Wallen, Penny Wallen, Andrea Crockett Sticha, Paul J. Crockett and Lesley Warrens; five great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Wm. P. Matthews of New Castle Upon Tyne, England.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and his wife, Frances, who died April 18, 1986.

source: Leader & Signal, Garner, Iowa, 8 Oct 1997, page 4, column 1