Harold Lee SALSBERRY

SALSBERRY, VAUGHN, HAMMER, ABBE, ANDERSEN, HANNEMAN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/30/2013 at 11:39:01

November 3, 1943 ---- June 26, 2013

Harold Lee Salsberry, 69, of Newton, died on Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. A funeral service will be held at 2 P.M., Monday, July 1, 2013 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 1 P.M. until the time of service. Memorials to the American Diabetes Center, Davita Dialysis Center, or to the Donor’s Choice may be left at the funeral home.

Harold, the son of Cooney and Mary Roxie Jane (Vaughn) Salsberry, was born on November 3, 1943 in Belmond, Iowa. The family moved to Missouri shortly after Harold’s birth. When Harold was six they made their home in Newton, Iowa, where he attended school. Harold was united in marriage with Linda Karen Hammer on April 24, 1970 in Unionville, Missouri. Harold worked at Midwest Manufacturing in Kellogg along with many other factories in the area before working at Eagle Iron Works for over 30 years. He retired in 2009. Harold was a member of the Machinist Union and a former member of the Blue Jay CB Club and a bowling league. He enjoyed riding his motorcycle. Harold is survived by his wife, Linda of Newton; children, Connie Jo Salsberry (Scot Abbe) of Des Moines, Harold “Lee” Salsberry (Brittany Andersen) of Des Moines, and Brenda Sue South (Shane Hanneman) of Phoenix, AZ; his 10 grandchildren, Allen Salsberry, who Harold and Linda raised like a son, Mackenzie, Noah, Caleb, Mark, Christian, Corbin, Drew, Heaven, and Scott; and his two dogs, Peanut and Charlie. He was preceded in death by his parents and a stillborn sister, Lottie Luella Salsberry.

Visitation Service: Wallace Family Funeral Home
Monday, July 1st, 2013, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Funeral Service: Wallace Family Funeral Home
Monday, July 1st, 2013, 2:00pm
Burial Service Newton Union Cemetery
Monday, July 1st, 2013

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