HUNTING, Robert M., 1912-1986

HUNTING, SCOTT, SWANSON

Posted By: Betty Hootman (email)
Date: 2/11/2012 at 17:47:39

Mount Pleasant (IA) News
9 June 1986

Robert M. Hunting

Robert M. Hunting, 73, Route 1, Mt. Pleasant, died Saturday morning, June 7, 1986, at his home.

He was born August 22, 1912, south of Mt. Pleasant in Jackson Township, the son of H. Lawrence and S. Anna Hannah Hunting. On Feb. 15, 1941, in Mt. Pleasant, he married M. Winifred Scott, who survives.

Mr. Hunting farmed in Jackson Township, Henry County, his entire life and was an avid hunter and outdoorsman. He was a member of the St. Alphonsus Church, Mt. Pleasant, and the Henry County Fair Board. He was a past officer of the Henry County Extension Council and the Henry County Agricultural Soil Conservation Service, Moose Lodge and FHA.

Surviving are his wife; one son, Leo, rural Mt. Pleasant; one daughter, Mrs. Fred (Linda) Swanson, Dillon, Colo.; and seven grandchildren.

His parents and one granddaughter preceded him in death.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 10, at St, Alphonsus Church. Father Thomas Speigel and Father Paul Albers will officiate with interment in St. Alphonsus Cemetery.

Friends may call as they desire at the Weir Funeral Home where a Christian wake service and visitation with the family will begin at 7 p.m. Monday. Memorials have been established for his church or the Iowa Leukemia Research Foundation