Joseph Herman Halbach Jr.

HALBACH, SCHUELLER, CASSIDY, GRAY, SHAE

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Date: 7/25/2021 at 15:47:43

Last Rites Held For J . H. Halbach
Services were held in St. Anthony's Catholic
Church Thursday, April 12, for J. H. Halbach, who died Sunday evening, April 8 at Ward Memorial hospital.
Solemn High Requiem Mass was sung by Right Reverend Monsignor A. A. Halbach of Webster
City, assisted by Father J. Koenig of Primghar,
Father J. Cullen of Clare and Father Keleher of Sioux Rapids. The sermon was delivered byFather
Koenig.
Pallbearers were six nephews: Donald Shae and Robert Cassidy, both of Primghar, John Cassidy of Minneapolis, Minn., Robert Halbach of
Clinton, Iowa and Dennis Halbach of Spencer, Iowa.
Joseph Herman Halbach was born in Cherokee
County, Iowa, March 26, 1892, the son of Joseph
H. and Kathrina Schueller Halbach. He was the oldest of ten children. In 1896 he moved with
his parents to O'Brien county and settled on the farm in Summit Township. His father was first resident farmer on the farm where Joe grew to manhood. Joe graduated from Primghar
High. School" in 1909. Thereafter his seven brothers and two sisters followed his steps in attending and graduating from the same high
school.
He was married to Loretta Cassidy on October 7, 1914. He farmed in Dale township until he moved to Primghar in 1924, when he formed an
association with his brother-in-law, Vincent J. Cassidy, under the name of Cassidy and Halbach. This firm operated a hardware and implement business until 1954, when the implement
business was sold. In 1955, Joe retired from the hardware business. Joe was elected a member of the town council of Primghar in 1925L which office lie held until 1934, when he was
appointed mayor to succeed the late Wm. H. Downing in the latter's death. Thereafter,
he was elected to hold office continuously,
except for one two-year term, until the time of his death on Sunday, April 8th.
He was active in all civic work, being for many years O'Brien County Bond Chairman.
Survivors include his wife, Loretta, two daughters, Jeanette, a Postulant at Vicory
Knoll convent in Huntington, Ind., and Jocelyn
Mary, a student at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; one sister, Frances (Mrs.
Thomas Gray) of Calumet; and seven brothers, Albert J. of Fort Dodge; Frank M. of Primghar;
Edward C. and Lawrence J. of Clinton; Raymond J. of Omaha, Nebr.; Clarence H. of Spencer and
Alvin F. of Chicago, 111., arid thirteen nephews and fourteen nieces.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister Louise,(Mrs. John Shae.)
Relatives and friends from a distance who attend the funeral include: Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Halbach of Fort Dodge; Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Halbach and Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Halbach of Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Halbach of Omaha, Nebraska; Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Halbach of
Spencer; A. F. Halbach of Chicago, 111.; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gray of Calumet;-Wm. Halbach of
Mondamin; Robert Halbach of Fort Dodge; Mr. and Mrs. Writzell Wright and family of Sanborn;
James Halbach of Clinton; Miss Mary Jane Gray of Calumet; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Henneberry of
Cushing; Rosemary and James Halbach of Omaha, Nebraska; Dennis and Dianne Halbach of Spencer; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Long and family of Reading, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hibbing of Paullina; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Anthony, Carl Anthony and Alphonse Kane, all of Dubuque; Tom McAleer of
Danberry; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Darling of Carrol; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cassidy and Mrs. Wm. Griffin all of Austin, Minn.; Mrs. Lorena Hausman, Vincent Hausman, Mrs. Amorette
Wreckman, and Mrs. Angela Wreckman all of
Pierre, S. D.; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hammerand of Dubuque; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lynch and Mr. and
Mrs. John McGinty of Rockwell City; Mr. and Mrs. V. C. McCarty of Sheldon; Mrs. Therese Byram, Mrs. Iva Wagner and Mrs. Anne McGuire of Spencer; Dr. Wayne McGuire of Mason City; Spencer Towe of Worthington, Minn.; Howard
Holmes of Sioux Falls, S. D.; Harry Brower of Sheldon; Miss Joan Erickson of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin; Miss Beata Reager of Des Moines; and Sigwart Naig and Mrs. Theodore Meling of Cylinder, Iowa.
The John Deere dealers from the surrounding towns attended the services in a group
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