Hoagland, Ralph L. "Bud" 1941-2015

HOAGLAND, VANDER VEER, JORDAN, VANDER MOLEN, DEKPPDE, SMITH, RNKIN, LAMP, FERRELL, SCHIRNER

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Date: 3/9/2015 at 17:58:32

Ralph L. "Bud" Hoagland, age 73 of Monroe, passed away on Friday, March 6, 2015, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2015, at 11:30 a.m. at the Monroe United Methodist Church. Visitation will take place on Saturday at the church beginning at 9:30 a.m. Memorials may be made to the family and condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com

The son of Ralph and Johanna (Vander Veer) Hoagland, Bud was born on July 13, 1941, in Knoxville. He graduated from Monroe High School in 1959 and Central College in 1965. He worked as a district manager for the Des Moines Register, a contractor for FHA Homes and also as a self-employed landscaper. His creative ideas are appreciated by those he shared his talents with. Bud was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed hunting and fishing in addition to priding himself in being an expert mushroom hunter. Among his other hobbies, story-telling, spending time reminiscing with friends and the occasional night out dancing brought him great joy as well. He also took great pleasure in attending activities that his children and grandchildren were involved in over the years.

Those left to honor his memory are his sons Todd Hoagland of Iowa City, Rodd Hoagland of Monroe and Rich Samuelson of Newton, His long time companion, Karla Jordan of Monroe and her children Pamela (Mike) Vander Molen of Sully and Jeff Jordan of Indiana; four grandchildren, Chloe Hoagland of Iowa City, Sabin DeJoode of Pella, Jordan (Tayler) Vander Molen of Pella and Josh (Jess) Vander Molen of Sully; two great grandchildren, Jayse Vander Molen and Jaelynn Smith and his siblings, Karen (Richard) Rankin of Newton and Marilyn Lamp-Ferrell of Davenport. Preceding him in death were his parents; two sons, Thadd and Chadd; a sister, Loraine Schirner and two brothers-in-law. ~ The Coburn Funeral Home, Colfax, Iowa 6 Mar 2015.