H. O. 'Doc' Hintermeister

HINTERMEISTER, BENZ, DENIS

Posted By: June Brewer Welsch (email)
Date: 5/13/2009 at 11:06:15

Source Muscatine Iowa Journal Sept 11, 2000
MUSCATINE, Iowa -- H. O. 'Doc' Hintermeister, 90, of Muscatine, died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2000, at the Sterling House.

Services will be at First Christian Church. The Rev. Suz McIver of the First Christian Church will officiate. Organist will be Phyllis Jones. Pallbearers will be Dean Schneider, Dave Armstrong, Steve Armstrong, Mike Fryer, Mike Hintermeister, Alan Hilton, Lance Parker, Scott Fix, Brad Kisner, Dale Wienke, and Chris Thurlow. Honorary pallbearers will be Mindy Hintermeister, Nancy Parker, Kim Fix, Mary McGowen, Lisa Bueno, Lori Thurlow, LeAnn Wienke, Sue Hilton, Anne Armstrong, Melissa Hintermeister, and Marti Schneider. Special pallbearers will be Elmer 'Toby' Tobias, J. B. 'Bill' Mark, Wendell Hoopes and Jerry Blaesing. Burial will be at the Greenwood Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at the First Christian church following the services.

Visitation will be at Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church.

He was born April 4, 1910, in Louisa County, the son of John W. and Zula Benz Hintermeister. He married Rita St. Denis on Feb. 23, 1936, in Muscatine.

He was a lifetime resident of the area.

He was a member of the First Christian Church, and the BPO Elks Lodge, 304.

He was a farmer, realtor and owner of Tastee Freez on Grandview Ave. in which his wife and family all worked.

He was one of the founders and was active in the local FFA.

Survivors include Rita Hintermeister of Muscatine; a son, John Hintermeister and his wife, Judy, of Muscatine; two daughters, Bette Schneider and her husband, Wayne, of Adair, Okla. and Gloria Fryer and her husband Glenn of Bettendorf; 13 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Lucille DeSimone of California.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Karen; and a sister, Esther Busch.