John C. Harrington 1936-2012

HARRINGTON BURKE MALEK

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 11/28/2012 at 18:09:59

Sioux City Journal
November 25, 2012

SIOUX CITY | John C. Harrington, 75, of Sioux City died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, at his residence from leukemia.

Services will be 10 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Salix, Iowa. Burial will be in Lohrville, Iowa. Visitation, with the family present will be 6 to 8 p.m. today, with a 7 p.m. prayer service, at New Life Lutheran Church in Sergeant Bluff. Arrangements are under the direction of Waterbury Funeral Service.

John was born on Dec. 27, 1936, in Salix, Iowa, the son of Clinton and Margaret Harrington. He graduated in 1955 from St. Joseph Catholic School in Salix. He then earned an education degree from Wayne State College. He attended St. Louis University for a master’s degree in math and from the University of South Dakota, a master’s degree of education and administration.

John taught in high schools in Iowa, Lohrville, Melbourne, West Marshall, State Center and Emmetsburg. He loved coaching and had an Emmetsburg Catholic football team go undefeated. He won football coach of the year in 1964. John also enjoyed his time refereeing numerous sports. John was a principal at Cedar Valley and a superintendent in Rolfe, Iowa. John finished his career as an insurance agent in Le Mars, Iowa, and Cottonwood, Ariz.

John married Connie Burke in 1962. She died in 2004. They had six children, Maureen and her husband, Bob (Nicole and Jared); Deb and her husband, Pete Wilhelm; Kirk Harrington and his wife, Olga; Colleen and her husband, Nate Baer (Grace); Teresa and her husband, James Lake (Jim); and Ryan Harrington and his wife, Vatche Simonian. He had seven siblings, George (Mary), Richard (Madonna), Audrey (Bob), Lenore, Tim (Anita), Julie and Kevin; and many nieces and nephews.

He married Carol Malek in 2008. She has two children, Tim Malek and his wife, Debra (Andrey, Charles and Ruby Ann) and Becky and her husband, Dan Walters (Liz, Katie and Megan and great-grandson, Gabriel).

He was preceded in death by his parents, and his first wife, Connie.