Hovey, Harlan Parnell -- 1922 - 2011
HOVEY, HANSON, STINSON, BARTH, KLEIBOER, THOMPSON, CAPUTO, WILSON, DELONG, LAWRENCE, PEKARI, GOLLA, RICHARDSON, SCHROEDER, GALLAGHER, SPILDE, DIGNIN
Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 7/4/2012 at 12:00:43
Source: Decorah Public Opinion May 3, 2011
Harlan Hovey, 89, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2011, at the Green Lea Manor Nursing Home in Mabel, Minn. Funeral services were 11 a.m. Monday, May 2, at the Burr Oak Lutheran Church in Burr Oak, with the Rev. Matt Larson officiating. Burial was in the Orleans Cemetery. Visitation was 3-6 p.m. Sunday, May 1, at the Burr Oak Lutheran Church and also one hour prior to services. The family prefers memorials to your favorite church or charity in Harlan’s memory.
Harlan Parnell Hovey was born Feb. 5, 1922, in Cresco, to Phillip and Johanna (Hanson) Hovey. He was baptized and confirmed in the Orleans Lutheran Church. He graduated from Cresco High School in 1940 and attended electrical school in Chicago, Ill. On June 10, 1945, he and Norma Stinson were united in marriage at Orleans Lutheran Church. Harlan’s sister, Wilma, married Galin Barth on the same date in a double ceremony. Harlan and Norma became the proud parents of six daughters. Six sons joined the family through marriages.
Harlan and Norma farmed together for 16 years on three farms in rural Orleans Township before moving to rural Burr Oak, where Harlan operated a Northeast Iowa Farm Service gas truck for many years and eventually also resumed farming on a smaller scale. Norma passed away Dec. 27, 2002. Harlan enjoyed children, horses, traveling, fishing trips, old time dances and card clubs.
Harlan is survived by his daughters- and sons-in-law, Louise and Donald Kleiboer, Mabel, Minn,; Marlene and Arlan Thompson, Iowa City, Susan and Sonny Caputo, Springfield, Va.; Myrna Wilson, Decorah; Juanita and Jeffery DeLong, Marion; and Jolene and James Lawrence, Waukesha, Wis. Additional survivors include his grandchildren and their spouses, Michael and Heather Kleiboer; Ernie Kleiboer; Aaron and Deanna Thompson; Rachel and Jeremy Pekari; Rebekah and Vijay Golla, and Ruth Thompson; Chad and Jessie Wilson; Chet (fiancée Jen Tweten) Wilson, Cory and Stacey Wilson, Carla and Bill Richardson, and Caryn (friend Gene Halverson) Wilson; JoliAnn Schroeder and Joshua DeLong; and Nicholas and Arin Lawrence; great-grandchildren Katelyn and Dawson Kleiboer, Reese, Sage and Graham Thompson, Nathaniel, Joshua and Elijah Pekari, Austin and Hannah Wilson, Waylon Richardson, and Jaxton Schroeder; step-grandchildren Gina and Terry Gallagher, Michael and Lisa Caputo and Andrew and Allyson Caputo; step-great-grandchildren Trent, Bridget, Darby and Sadie Gallagher, Skylar and Hayley Caputo and Vincent and Anthony Caputo; brother Ken (Roseann) Hovey of Atkins; sister Kathryn (Vernon) Spilde of Decorah; sister-in-law Colleen Hovey of Cresco; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Norma; his parents, Phillip and Johanna; sisters, Phyllis and Carol in infancy, Wilma Barth and her husband Galin; brothers Raymond Hovey and Phillip and his wife, Rose; son-in-law Larry Wilson, and nieces, Tina Hovey and Cheryl Spilde Dignin.
Transcribed from a newspaper clipping submitted by Janice Sowers
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