William Russell Haugsted (1908-2007)

HAUGSTED, NELSON, PETERSON, FIELD, VANDOREN, RISTAU, MCCONNELL, JACOBSON

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 7/25/2007 at 07:53:12

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, July 24, 2007.

Dec. 28, 1908-July 22, 2007

William Russell Haugsted, 98, of Nevada, died Sunday, July 22, at Story County Long Term Care in Nevada. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, at Nevada First United Methodist Church, with Pastor Steve Williams officiating. Burial will follow in the Nevada Municipal Cemetery.

Bill Haugsted was born Dec. 28, 1908, in Nevada, to Lars and Laura (Nelson) Haugsted. He was a graduate of Nevada High School. He married Velora M. Peterson Dec. 14, 1940, in Nevada. Bill was employed by the Nevada Evening Journal for more than 40 years. He worked as a pressman, linotype operator and also as a photographer in his earlier years with the paper. Bill was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Nevada. In his free time, he was an avid gardener and ham operator. Bill was a loving father and husband to Velora, his wife of 60 years, and much loved by his family for his calm presence and wry humor.

Bill is survived by two daughters, Mary Nelson Field, of Wilmington, Mass., and Karen (Gary) VanDoren of Andover, Mass.; two grandchildren Laura (Mike) Ristau, of Brussels, Belgium, and Mark VanDoren, of Andover, Mass.; two great-grandchildren, David and Claire Ristau, of Brussels, Belgium; and one brother, Clarence (Rose) Haugsted, of Ames.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Velora, on March 16, 2002; and three sisters, Velda Haugsted, on June 25, 2006, Beulah McConnell and Hazel Jacobson.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.

A memorial fund has been established in Bill's name for the First United Methodist Church in Nevada.

Chet Ryan Mortuary and Cremation Service has been entrusted with Bill's arrangements.

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