Hanawalt, James R. 1916-2002

HANAWALT, MALCOMSON, MERRILL, GERTSEN

Posted By: Volunteer Transcriber
Date: 4/30/2005 at 14:48:22

Newton Daily News 30 January 2002
Hanawalt, James R.

James R. Hanawalt, 85, 1020 E. 12th St. N. died Monday, Jan. 28, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services will be Thursday at Walters-Coburn Funeral Home in Colfax with Georgia Clement officiating. Burial will be at Colfax Cemetery. Friends may call today at the funeral home where family will be available from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

The son of Ralph and Cora Malcomson Hanawalt, he was born May 26, 1916, in Colfax. On Sept. 16, 1951, he married Betty J. Merrill in Oskaloosa. He has been a lifelong resident of Jasper County. Mr. Hanawalt retired from the Maytag Company and was a member of Local 997. He enjoyed woodworking and family events.

Survivors include his wife, two sons, five grandchildren, 11 great- grandchildren, one great-great grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded In death by his parents, four brothers, a sister and a daughter.

Originally submitted on Fri Apr 26 12:26:51 2002 by Volunteer Transcriber
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James R. Hanawalt, 85, of Newton died of cancer Monday at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Walters-Coburn Funeral Home in Colfax, with burial at Colfax Cemetery.

Mr. Hanawalt was born in Colfax and had lived in the area most of his life before moving to Newton in 1977. He had worked for Maytag Corp. before retiring and was a member of United Auto Workers. He enjoyed woodworking and family activities.

He is survived by his wife, Betty; two sons, James Jr. of Des Moines and Charles Douglas of Kellogg; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Transcriber note: From Des Moines Paper date unknown but probably Jan 29, 30 or 31, as Feb 1 was the Thursday he would have been buried.
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James R. Hanawalt

James R. Hanawalt, 85, of Newton died Monday, January 28, 2002 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. Funeral services will be held today, Thursday, January 31 at 1:30 p.m. at Walters-Coburn Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Colfax cemetery.

The son of Ralph and Cora Malcomson Hanawalt, James was born May 26, 1916 in Colfax (transcriber note, birth year reported as 1915 and
1916)

On September 16, 1951 he married Betty J. Merrill in Oskaloosa. He lived in Colfax until 1977, then residing in Newton. He retired from Maytag and enjoyed woodworking and family events.

James is survived by his wife, Betty J. Hanawalt of Newton, two sons, and several nieces and nephews, five grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers; one sister; and one daughter, Marilyn Kay Gertsen. ~ The Jasper County Tribune, January 31, 2002