Harvey Jerome LABOUNTY

LABOUNTY, FAUST, DARRAH, LARSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/10/2010 at 13:04:06

Harvey J. LaBounty, 78, Humboldt, formerly of Britt, died on Sunday, August 8, 2004, at the Long-Term Care Unit of the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital in Humboldt. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, August 11, at the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Humboldt, with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. William Schreiber officiated with the Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home of Humboldt in charge the arrangements. Military graveside rites were conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5240 of Dakota City.

Harvey Jerome LaBounty, son of David Jerome and Emma (Faust) LaBounty, was born on July 2, 1926, on a farm in northern Iowa. He attended grade school at Erin No. 8 and No. 9 and graduated from the Britt High School in 1943. He enlisted in the United States Navy in December of 1944 and served on the aircraft carrier USS Barnes during World War II as a radioman in the Pacific Theater. Following his discharge from the Navy, he returned home and attended Drake University in Des Moines. In May of 1949, he was united in marriage to Doris Darrah of Kanawha. After his graduation from Drake, he taught school in Ute from 1949 until 1956. In 1956, the couple made their home in Humboldt, where he worked as a fieldman for Farm Bureau until 1960. He returned to teaching, first in Gilmore City from 1960 until 1970 and then in Humboldt, from 1970 until his retirement in May of 1988. He was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Church, the Iowa State Education Association, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.

Survivors include his wife, Doris of Humboldt; sons and daughters-in-law, Larry and Christine of Overland Park, Kansas and Randy and Janelle of Wildwood, Missouri; daughters, Becky of Cedarburg, Wisconsin and Renee of Palm Desert, California; nine grandchildren; and a sister, Marjorie Larson of Kanawha. He was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers.

August 18, 2004
Forest City Summit - Iowa