Hemminger, John Allen (1942 - 2025)

HEMMINGER, DOBLER, BYKHANOVA

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 7/19/2025 at 15:20:06

Name of deceased: John Allen Hemminger

Aged: 82 yrs, 11 mo, 29 days

Residence: Lutz, FL (formerly of Harlan, IA)

Born: June 30, 1942; rural Center Township, Shelby County, IA

Died: June 29, 2025; location not provided

Funeral services: Celebration of Life: Monday, July 14, 2025; Pauley-Jones Funeral Home, Harlan, IA; burial was in the Harlan Cemetery, where he was laid to rest next to his parents

Survived by: Wife of 30 years, Svetlana; children, John P., Sara, Kathryn, Timothy, and Anna; 7 grandchildren; brother-in-law, Tom Johns; nieces; nephews; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Anna Pauline and John M. Hemminger

Education: Attended a 1-room school located 2 miles from his home until the 8th grade; he then attended Harlan (IA) High School, and made all-state in football, wrestling, choir, and served as a state Future Farmers of America (FFA) officer for 2 consecutive years; he an exceptional student and graduated with the Class of 1960. He then attended the Iowa State Teacher's College (now the University of Northern Iowa), graduating with a double major in math and accounting in 1964.

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: Enlisted in the U. S. Air Force; he served with distinction as a surveillance plane pilot

Marriages: (1) Margery H. Dobler; 1964; location not provided (2) Svetlana Bykhanova; 1995; location not provided

Employment: Beginning at a young age, John worked on the farms with his family--he relished agricultural life in the 1950s and '60s, before large-scale farming took hold. Individually, at the age of 16, he cared almost exclusively for the family's century farm in Crawford County, east of Manilla, IA. His next endeavor included working with the Price Waterhouse accounting firm in Chicago, IL, until he elected to join the Air Force. After serving with the Air Force, he was employed as a pilot for Western Airlines; Western Airlines was then acquired by Delta Air Lines, and he flew as captain of a Boeing 767 until his retirement

Hobbies/Interests: Loved to travel and could often be found pulling his family around the world to see historical sights and experience immersion in cultures different from home. Throughout his life, he maintained and built upon the family farming enterprise, acquiring land in South Dakota while retaining his beloved Iowa farms and the family-built farmhouse. John was always a problem-solver, as his profession demanded, carrying those lessons into retirement to assist his family looking forward to the future.

Sources: kjan.com; pauleyjones.com