Larsen, Harold Lee

LARSEN, QUARTZ, AUKLAND

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Date: 11/24/2013 at 14:41:54

Larsen, Harold Lee -
Harold Lee Larsen was born to Chris and Fern (Quartz) Larsen at Loup City, NE on October 5, 1928. He was welcomed by three older brothers, Glenn, Orrin and Richard and was later joined in the family of sons by brothers Boyd and James.
Harold attended country schools in Nebraska. In 1941 the family moved to Westboro, Missouri where he attended Westboro school. In 1943 they moved to the Clearfield area.
Harold graduated from Clearfield High School in 1947. The following August he was united in marriage to Priscilla Aukland. To this union were horn two children, Randall Lee and Pamela Joyce.
The love of his life was his farming. He enjoyed this the most through the years he farmed with his father and brothers. He also enjoyed his years of crop adjusting with Farmers Mutual Insurance Company.
Harold was stricken with rheumatic fever in 1954. Although suffering from arthritis the remainder of his life, no one ever heard him complain.
He belonged to the Clearfield United Methodist Church and the Clearfield Lions Club.
Harold was preceded in death by his grandparents, parents, Chris and Fern Larsen, brothers Orrin and Richard, his great niece, Monica Joyce Longfellow and his father-in-law Ben Aukland.
Left to mourn his passing are his children, Randall and Pamela, his brothers, Glenn, wife Helen, Boyd, wife Cleota, James, wife Eleanor, his sisters-in-law Dorothea Larsen and Darlene Larsen, his aunt Ruth Adams and his mother-in-law Effie Aukland. He also leaves a large family of loving nieces and nephews. His friends were numbered by his acquaintances.
He was a quiet man who never had an enemy.
Funeral services were held Friday, May 29, 1998 at 2:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Clearfield, Iowa with the Rev. Alan Rusk officiating. Music was provided by Patty Parrish, Carol Ann Kinder, and Kathy Nelson.
Casketbearers were Kenneth Larsen, Bill Larsen, Ray Dean Larsen, Kory Thompson, Art Garrett, Dick Longfellow, Jerry Horton, Keith Larsen, and Kendall Thompson.
Honorary pallbearers were Lloyd Drake, Melvin Doolittle, Paul England, Ivan Bennett, Bill Brownrigg, Harold Moore, Delbert Routh, and Alvin Barker.
Interment was at the Clearfield Cemetery at Clearfield, IA.
Wilson-Watson and Armstrong Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday June 3, 1998