Harms, Leonard R. (1929-2019)

HARMS, MEYER, WEAVER, KREJCI, MCINTIRE, LAWSON, VINZ, SINNARD, AUKES

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 2/28/2019 at 14:22:44

Leonard R. Harms
December 24, 1929 - January 29, 2019

Leonard R. Harms, 89, of Forest City, died peacefully while surrounded by his family on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, at his home.

Leonard Ray Harms, a son of Harm and Ann (Meyer) Harms, was born on December 24, 1929, at Buffalo Center. He farmed south of Crystal Lake for many years. Leonard enjoyed going south to Texas during the winter months. During his free time, he, also, enjoyed playing dominoes and board games, going to stock car races, working in his flower gardens, and tinkering on thngs. He, always, had a good sense of humor and loved a good joke. He cherished his family.

Family members left to remember Leonard include his wife, Lois (Weaver) Harms, of Forest City; five children and their families: his sons, Duane (Ruth) Harms, of Crystal Lake, and their daughters, Beth and Rachel; Dean (Wendy) Harms, of Britt, and their daughters, Danielle and Paige; his daughters: Janice (John) Allen, of California City, California, and their children, Michael and Melanie; Diane (James) Krejci, of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, and their children: Amy, Jill, Lori and Jon; Nancy (Lloyd) McIntire, and their children, Lucas, Aric, and Leah; his step daughter, Yvonne Lawson, of Lake Mills, and her daughters, Stacy and Melinda; his sisters: Leona Vinz, of Forest City, Dorie (Gary) Sinnard, of Forest City, and Linda Harms of Buffalo Center; and a brother, Harley (Doris) Harms, of Buffalo Center; as well as many great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. Leonard was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Maxine (Aukes) Harms; and brothers and sisters.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, February 2, 2019, at the Cataldo Schott Funeral Home, 505 North Clark Street, Forest City, with Rev. Bill Peake of the First Reformed Church in Buffalo Center officiating. Burial will follow at Crystal Township Cemetery in Crystal Lake. Visitation is scheduled for one hour before services at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family.

Cataldo Schott Funeral Home, Forest City, Iowa, 2018.

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