HARTZELL, Dale E. (1924-2003)

HARTZELL, CLARK, JASS, GRANDGEORGE, BIRDSAIL, GRANDGEORGE

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 6/29/2013 at 10:03:06

Dale E. Hartzell, of Ankeny, formerly of Britt and Dows, died on Tuesday, January 7, 2003, at the Hospice of Mercy Hospital in Johnston, Iowa. He was 78.

Funeral services were held on Friday, January 10, at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Ankeny. Interment was in the Fairview Cemetery in Dows, with military rites performed by the Dows Ceremonial Unit. The Ankeny Funeral Home
was in charge of the arrangements.

Dale Hartzell, was born on March 2, 1924 in rural Algona. He was the son of Benjamin and Hattie (Clark) Hartzell. The family moved to Britt, where Dale received his education. He graduated with the class of 1943.

He enlisted in the United States Army and served his country during the Korean Conflict. Following his discharge from the service, the family moved to Dows where Dale, his father, and brother, Ted, owned and operated Hartzell Produce.

He became a resident of Ankeny in 1982 and was employed as a supervisor of the custodial crew at the Des Moines Area Community College until his retirement in 1991.

He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Dows and a volunteer fireman at Dows for 25 years. He served on the Dows ambulance crew. He was a member of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Ankeny. His family was his great love. He was
a sports enthusiast and will be remembered as a loyal Iowa Hawkeye fan.

Survivors include his children, Katherine Grandgeorge and her husband, Mike of Ankeny, Jeffrey Hartzell of Dows and Julie Birdsail and her husband, Steve of Windsor, Colorado; four grandchildren; and his sister, Grace Hartzell of
Garner.

He was preceded in death by an infant son; his parents; a sister, Charlotte Jass; and three brothers, Robert, Ted and Kenneth (Bing).