James Peter KRABBE

KRABBE, MADSEN, LARSEN, WAGNER, CRAFTON, DAVIS, MANUS, FRANK, KOCHANSKI, LUBKEMAN, STOVER, DODD

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/3/2011 at 11:57:21

March 14, 1909 -- January 24, 2011

LATIMER, IA - James Peter Krabbe, 101, went to be with his Heavenly Father and his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, at the Franklin General Nursing Facility in Hampton. Funeral services for James P. Krabbe will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, at the Nazareth Lutheran Church in Coulter. Pastor David Berhardt will officiate. Burial will take place in the Coulter Cemetery in Coulter. Visitation for James P. Krabbe will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, at the Nazareth Lutheran Church in Coulter and will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Saturday. Dugger Funeral Home, 320 East St. in Latimer, is in charge of arrangements.

James was born on March 14, 1909, to Laurits and Kristina Madsen Krabbe near Boddum, Denmark. James was the oldest of nine children. When he was 6 years old, in 1915, he traveled to America with his parents, sister Kirsten (Cassie) and brother Herluf. His home church was Nazareth Lutheran Church in Coulter, where he was confirmed in the Christian faith. James was united in marriage to his loving wife of 65 years, Leona Larsen, at the Nazareth Lutheran Church in Coulter on Feb. 16, 1934. To this union three children were born: James Dean, Willard and Joyce. James was always a farmer at heart. He loved to see the seed planted and grow into a wonderful harvest thanks to our Heavenly Father. Prior to entering, Franklin General Hospital - Nursing Facility in 2007, he and Leona always lived in the Dows, Coulter and Latimer area, where they raised their family, farmed and retired.

Since Leona's death in 1999, there have been many people in the community and surrounding area who have been like angels in Dad's, James', life; Franklin General Nursing Staff, Hospice of North Iowa, Diana Norem, Reggie Morton, Joan Dockwell, his fellow church members in Christ and many loving nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank each one of you for your love and concerns for Dad. James is survived by his three children, James Dean Krabbe of Dows; Willard and his wife Barbara Krabbe of Mason City: and Joyce and her husband Merle Wagner of Latimer; seven grandchildren, Larry Krabbe: Kim Crafton: Pam (John) Davis: Sherry (Dan) Manus: Doug (Jane) Krabbe: Dawn (Don) Frank: Dennis (Diane) Wagner; 16 great grandchildren, Matthew Crafton: Josh (Lacy) Krabbe: Derrick Krabbe: Tylor Krabbe: Felisha Davis: Jordon Manus: Jenna Manus: Jamin Manus: Kayla Krabbe: Connor Krabbe: Noah Krabbe: Spencer Krabbe: Erin Frank: Morgan Frank: Joel Wagner: Leah Wagner; two great great grandchildren, Caden and Jax; sister, Helen and husband Kenneth Kochanski of Pheonix, Ariz.; three sisters-in-law, Bernadean Krabbe of Pheonix, Ariz.: Eileen Krabbe of Latimer: Wilma Krabbe of Iowa Falls; and numerous other nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Leona; daughter-in-law, Sylvia Krabbe; grandson, Scott Krabbe; four great- granddaughters, Jessica Manus, twin Megan, Nicole Krabbe and Angela Krabbe; twin sisters, Kathrine and Pauline Krabbe; two sisters, Kirsten (Cassie) and husband Clarence Lubkeman, and Bodil (Polly) and husband Donald Stover; three brothers, Herluf, Raymond and Kenneth; and a brother-in-law, Floyd Dodd. Dugger Funeral Home, 320 East St., Latimer, Iowa.

Mason City Globe Gazette -- Iowa
January 28, 2011