Raymond HAUPT

HAUPT, SMITH, SIME, FOTH, FRIESLEBEN, JOHNSON, AHRENS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/9/2012 at 12:01:12

June 29, 1928 --- September 1, 2012

Raymond Haupt, 84, of Dows, died on Saturday, September 1, 2012, at the Franklin General Nursing Facility in Hampton. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, September 4, at the First Lutheran Church in Dows. Burial with military honors, was in the Fairview Cemetery, Dows.

Raymond was born in Sac City on June 29, 1928, the third youngest of twelve children born to Frank and Kate Smith Haupt. His family lived in the Rowan and Belmond areas, where he attended country school. He married Arthurine Sime on February 22, 1948. They were blessed with a daughter in 1955, and Ray was very proud of Kim. Ray worked for various farmers until he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1953. He was sent to Korea and attained the rank of sergeant with the combat engineers. After his discharge from the Army, Ray began farming, which for Raymond was a passion that could only be defined as perfection. His grain fields had straight rows; he spent countless hours walking them, keeping his land immaculate. Raymond’s pig operation had the neatest pigs and cleanest hog houses anywhere. Friends often teased Ray, wondering if he even brushed his pigs’ teeth every morning.

Raymond was a very good dancer. Friends referred to him as “rubber legs”. He and Arthurine continued to dance until his health prevented it. The couple farmed together until 2006 and continued to live on the farm after that. Raymond had open heart surgery in 2012 and lived at the Franklin General Care Center until his death. Raymond was a member of First Lutheran and the American Legion Watson Beach Post #523 in Dows.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Mildred and Minnie; and brothers, Edd, Alvin, Bernard, Robert, Donny and Leo. Raymond is survived by his wife; daughter, Kim (Don) Foth of Cedar Falls; his pride and joy, grandson Brian Foth of Tampa, Florida; sisters, Wilma (Hartley) Friesleben, Lorraine Johnson and Helen Ahrens; and brother, Duane (Darilyn) Haupt.

September 4, 2012
Belmond Independent - Belmond, Iowa