Harpenau, LeRoy Francis 1934 - 1998

HARPENAU, LANGEL, KNEIP

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Date: 4/12/2014 at 17:56:43

Sioux City Journal
27 January 1998

LE MARS, Iowa — LeRoy Francis Harpenau, 63, of Le Mars died Sunday, Jan. 25, 1998, at a Sioux City hospital of complications from Shy-Drager Syndrome.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Oyens, Iowa, with the Rev. Randy Schon officiating. Burial will be in St. Catherine's Cemetery in Oyens. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today at St. Catherine's. A rosary will be said at 3 p.m. A prayer service will be held at 7:30 p.m. tonight, followed by the Knights of Columbus rosary at 8 p.m.

Mr. Harpenau was born May 25, 1934, in Le Mars, the son of John and Philomena (Langel) Harpenau. He graduated from Remsen St. Mary's High School.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict.

He married Marlene Kneip on May 29, 1956, in Le Mars. For the next 41 years, the couple farmed near Oyens.

He was a member of St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Oyens, the Knights of Columbus, American Legion Wasmar Post No. 241 and the Columbus Club.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Brian and his wife, Tonya, of Le Mars; four daughters: Kathie Nelson and her husband, Roger, of Humboldt, Kristie Hirschman and her husband, Myron, of Winterset, Sharon Weiler and her husband, Pat, of Pella, and Mary Beth Schorg and her husband, Rick, of Lawton; five brothers: Robert and his wife, Jeanette, of Le Mars, Don and his wife, Ione, of Diamond Bar, Calif., Bill of Remsen, Ray and his wife, Shirley, of Remsen and Tom and his wife, Sharon, of Enid, Okla. four sisters: Doris Bergner of Lancaster, Calif., Vernell Chapman and her husband, Jerry, of Le Mars and Margie Frericks and her husband, Richard, and Helen Galles and her husband, Paul, all of Remsen, and 12 grandchildren: Kristin, Mitchell, Leann and Garrett Nelson, Kathie (Malicoat), Carl and Barbara Hirschman, Megan, Joel and Katelyn Weiler, Amanda Schorg and Madison Harpenau.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother-in-law, Chester Bergner.