Edwin Thomas Hauge (1915-2007)

HAUGE, OLSON, PETERSON, BAUGHMAN

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 2/2/2008 at 19:26:40

THE STORY CITY HERALD, Story City, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, January 2, 2008.

Edwin Thomas Hauge, 92, passed away Monday, December 31, 2007 at Bethany Manor in Story City. Funeral services will be Thursday, January 3, at 1:30 p.m. at Bethany Manor Chapel in Story City. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow at South St. Petri Cemetery, rural Gilbert.

Edwin Thomas Hauge was born June 4, 1915 in Ossian, Iowa to Halvor T. and Anna E. (Olson) Hauge. He was baptized in the Stavanger Lutheran Church near Ossian and was confirmed in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Story City, Iowa.

He graduated from Story City High School in 1933 and completed three years of courses at Iowa State University which was sponsored by Iowa Bankers Association. During WWII he served with the 1st Allied Airborne Army, Ninth Air Force and Ninth Troop Carrier Command in Europe for two years after training in the U.S.A.

He married Alta Eleanora Peterson June 6, 1948 in the Immanuel Lutheran Church.

Edwin was active in community affairs and was associated with the Story County State Bank as cashier for 46 years. Later he served as cashier of the Story County Bank and Trust in Story City and retired in June 1985. He was a member of the American Legion Post 59 in Story City. Edwin loved his Savior and was general secretary of Immanuel Lutheran Church for 40 years
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He is survived by his wife Alta of Story City; one brother, Bennett M. Hauge of Jacksonville, Florida; one niece Kim Baughman; and one nephew Charles Hauge.

His parents preceded him in death.