George Haman Jr. 1923-2010

HAMAN, ROHERT, SPRINGMIRE, MARA, PARRA, HELFERS, HANSEN, KOLLASCH, KRALL, WALTER, YENTER, MILLER

Posted By: Kathy Kurth Holtry
Date: 5/18/2010 at 06:55:44

Cedar Rapids Gazette May 18, 2010

George Haman Jr., 86, of Oxford, died of cancer on Sunday, May 16, 2010, at Windmill Manor, Coralville. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Oxford, with the Rev. Edmond Dunn officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Oxford. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at St. Mary’s Church, Oxford, where a vigil service will be held at 6:45 p.m.

Memorials may be directed to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Oxford, or Iowa City Hospice.

Arrangements are with Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service.

George was born June 3, 1923, in rural Oxford, the son of George and Gertrude Rohret Haman. He graduated from Cosgrove High School in 1941 and married Dorothy Springmire on Nov. 8, 1944, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Iowa City. George was a lifelong member of St. Mary’s Church in Oxford and worked at Nagle Lumber in Oxford and Iowa City for 42 years, retiring in 1988. He enjoyed bowling, reading, gambling in Las Vegas and local casinos and watching sports; especially the Chicago Cubs and Iowa Hawkeyes and spending time with family and friends, especially his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

George was a member of the Iowa City Bowling Association Hall of Fame, Oxford Housing and Development Board, Oxford Zoning Committee, longtime Oxford Community School Board member and board member of First Trust and Savings Bank in Oxford for 42 years.

The family extends their appreciation to Iowa City Hospice for the care and support they have provided.

Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Dorothy; his children, Ann Mara (Jim) of San Diego, Calif., Janet Haman of Oxford, and Thomas (Marlene) Haman of Iowa City; six grandchildren, Brian Mara, Jeny (Victor) Parra, Amy (Curtis) Helfers, Kristina (Henrik) Hansen, Melissa (Christopher) Kollasch and Scott (Leah) Haman; 13 great-grandchildren; his sisters, Monica Krall of Solon, and Alice (Robert) Walter of Cheyenne, Wyo.; and sister-in-law, Mary Ann (Richard) Yenter of Arizona City, Ariz.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Anna Marie Miller; brother, Eugene; and infant brother, Leonard.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.lensingfuneral.com