HARPER, Eugene Prentice 1923 - 1983

HARPER, REED, KUTTIM, GOOSEY, HALSEY, MCINTIRE, SHAFFER

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 4/24/2024 at 21:08:56

"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Wednesday, February 16, 1983
Page 16, Column 3

HARPER dies

Eugene HARPER, 59, 605 W. Van Buren, died at 9:33 a.m. today at Veterans Medical Center in Iowa City (note: in Johnson Co., IA).

Arrangements are pending at Behner Funeral Home.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Thursday, February 17, 1983
Page 10, Columns 3 and 4

E. HARPER services Saturday

Funeral services for Eugene P. HARPER, 59, 605 W. Van Buren St., will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Lutheran Church with the Rev. R. Keith Lingwall officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Family visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at Behner Funeral Home. A memorial has been established to the American Lung Association.

HARPER died at 9:35 a.m. Wednesday at Veterans Medical Center in Iowa City. He had been in failing health for about a month.

He was born March 11, 1923 in Fairfield, the son of A. P. and Margaret REED HARPER. On Aug. 22, 1946, he married Liivi KUTTIM in Wiesbaden, Germany. She survives.

Also surviving are a son, Bob HARPER, Bedford, Texas; a daughter, Karin GOOSEY, Burlington; two grandchildren; three sisters, Tina HALSEY, Madge McINTIRE, both of Fairfield, Evelyn SHAFFER, Weatherford, Texas; three brothers, Hugo HARPER, Apache Junction, Ariz., Rex, Mission, Texas, and Joe, De Kalb, Ill.

HARPER had worked as a grocery clerk for 22 years at the Fairfield Hy-Vee Food Store. He was a U. S. Air Force veteran of World War II and a member of Eagles, VFW and Disabled American Veterans.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Friday, February 18, 1983
Page 12, Column 5

BEHNER
FUNERAL SERVICE INFORMATION

Funeral Services For
Eugene P. HARPER
Funeral
Saturday, Feb. 19, 10 a.m.
at First Lutheran Church
Rev. R. Keith Lingwall
Officiating
Interment:
Evergreen Cemetery
Visitation Friday, 7 to 8 p.m.
at the funeral home.
Memorials to the
American Lung Association.

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Note: Buried in Lot 1st.048. Although his obituary says he was an Air Force Veteran, his gravestone notes he was in the U. S. Army. Military records note he served from 1943 - 1949, during which time the Air Force was part of the Army (as the U. S. Army Air Force); after WWII, they became separate military divisions. Initial enlistment shows he was Regular Army, in the Quartermaster Corps. Wife Liivi died in 2013 in Burlington, IA, and was cremated; what became of her ashes is not known at the time of this posting but she is not noted as being buried in Evergreen with Eugene.