Gant, William David, 1925-2003

GANT, BUROMA, KINLEYSIDE, PORT

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Date: 8/12/2012 at 21:40:06

WILLIAM DAVID GANT

William D. Gant, 78, of Hawarden, Iowa died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003 at the Hawarden Community Hospital, after a lengthy illness. Funeral Mass was Aug. 26 at the St. Mary Catholic Church in Hawarden with the Rev. LeRoy Seuntjens officiating. Burial was in the Grace Hill Cemetery. Porter Funeral Home in Hawarden was in charge of arrangements.

William David Gant was born June 19, 1925, in Sioux City, the son of William Buroma Gant and Edith Ellen (Kinleyside) Gant. He graduated from Westfield High School at age 16 in 1942. Immediately following graduation, he entered South Dakota State College of Agriculture, where he was encouraged to pursue military officer training. He attended Naval Training Schools in Bowling Green, Ohio State University and the Naval University in Murray, Ky. He was stationed at the Naval Training Center, Norman, Ok. and the United States Navy Flight School at St. Mary's College, Calif. He left the military with an honorable discharge to return to Iowa to pursue his love of farming, which he engaged in for 30 years, before moving to Hawarden, where he continued to work in farming-related jobs until his retirement.

He was united in marriage to Beulah Rae Port on April 13, 1948, in Akron. He was a lifetime member of the Hawarden Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Akron American Legion Post 186. He was an active member of the St. Mary Catholic Church, Hawarden.

Survivors include his wife, Beulah; four daughters, Sue Yackel-Gant of Hawarden and the US Virgin Islands, Mary Landau of DeWitt, Iowa, Jean Ellis of Sioux Center, and Pat Gorton of Naples, Fla.; a son, Michael Gant of Hawarden; two sisters, Dorothy Engel of Sioux City and Kathleen Janosky of Kewaunee, Wis.; a brother, Robert Gant, Sioux City; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Paul Gant; and two sisters, Martha Jane Gant and Sally Harrington.

Source: Hawarden Independent, September 4, 2003.