Faust, Leo F. 1920-1989

FAUST, BURYANEK, HARPOLE

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Leo F. Faust

Leo F. Faust, 68, of Akron, died Thursday (Aug. 3, 1989), after an apparent heart attack.

Services were held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Immanuel Lutheran church in Akron. Rev. William Flemr officiated. Burial, was in Riverside cemetery at Akron, under direction of Schroeder funeral home of Akron. Military graveside services were conducted by Hoschler American Legion Post 186 of Akron, Veterans a of Foreign Wars and 40 & 8. Visitation was held Sunday at the funeral home.

Pallbearers were Dick Dirks, Phil Bernard, Don McPherson, Dennis Hultgren, Joe Banks, Dick Coyle, Bill Miller and Donald Lucken. Gary Tucker, soloist, sang "In The Garden" and "Just A Closer Walk With Thee". The congregation sang "What A Friend." Carol Harris was organist.

Mr. Faust was born at their farm home, five miles east of Westfield, la., Dec. 5, 1920, to John and Helen (Buryanek) Faust. He attended country grade school and Westfield high school, graduating in 1939.

He served three years in the U.S. army in World War II, with eight months in the Pacific as an amphibious tank driver, transporting invasion troops from ship to shore, and two years in Europe as a truck driver attached to General Patton's Third Army. He landed in France at Omaha Beach on Day-4, with the E.T.O. blood bank, hauling whole blood with a refrigerated truck from the nearest airplane landings to the front line aid stations and field hospitals.

After returning home in 1945, he operated his own trucking and corn shelling business. He married Margaret Harpole Oct. 14, 1949, in Sioux City, la. He was appointed postmaster in Westfield in 1951, and transferred to Akron as a rural mail carrier in 1964. He retired at the end of 1984, from 33 1/2 years of postal service. He also worked for Dirks Motor Co. on a part-time basis for over 20 years, while a rural mail carrier.

He was a past post and county commander of the American Legion, post finance officer for 11 years, and caretaker of the Legion Hall for 14 years. He was secretary of the Plymouth County Rural Carriers for 17 years, and president of the Northwest Iowa district for three years. He was named the outstanding district carrier in 1977. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran church, The American Legion, V.F.W., 40 & 8, Fraternal Order of Eagles, and Senior Citizens.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret; two sons, James of Le Mars and Kelly of Akron; one daughter, Helen of Coos Bay, Ore,; one brother, Clifford of Westfield; and three grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Edward; a sister, Marie; and a daughter, Sharon.

Leo wrote his own obituary and funeral instructions Aug. 1, 1985, following a heart attack. The following paragraph was written by him at the beginning of his obituary and instructions. "Life is like a baseball game, and sooner or later it comes your turn at bat. When the good Lord throws you that first pitch, you may just fly out, and that's it, or you may foul off that first pitch and hang in there, until he delivers the next one. Having fouled off his first pitch last month in Colby, Kansas, and knowing his next one may be a curve or a slider, I asked the good Lord to call time out, while I get this written, hoping that when he calls me up, I can play on his team."

Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, August 10, 1989
Akron, Iowa