HACKBART, Mabel (Kristiansen) 1914-2006

SORENSEN, KRISTIANSEN, HACKBART

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 5/18/2006 at 18:43:24

Funeral services for Mabel Hackbart, age 92, of Osage, Iowa, will be held on Friday, May 19, 2006, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage, with Rev. Dennis Hanson and Rev. Roy Ott officiating.

Interment will be at the Osage Cemetery. Mabel died Monday, May 15, 2006, at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.

Mabel was born January 1, 1914, at Clear Lake, Iowa, the daughter of Niels and Laura (Sorensen) Kristiansen. Mabel married Roy Hackbart on June 1, 1941, at her parents' home. She taught school for 45 years; 10 years in the rural schools of Mitchell County, and 35 years at Little Cedar, Mitchell, and Osage. Roy and Mabel farmed near Osage, and moved to Osage in 1966. She was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church, the Alpha Delta Kappa Teacher's Sorority, and the Cedar Valley Retired School Personnel. In later years, Mabel and Roy became very active in the buying, selling, and restoration of antiques.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Roy Hackbart in 1999; a sister Connie Schofield; and a nephew, Kenneth Sprung.

Mabel is survived by two sisters, Virginia (Earl) Grace of Riceville; and Ruby Nolte of Osage; and many nieces and nephews.

Arrangements are being made by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage, Iowa -- Phone: 641-732-3706.

[Original version posted May 17, 2006 on www.mcpress.com - Mitchell County Press ]