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Leo Martin Haverkamp, 98, formerly of Fort Dodge and Remsen, IA, died Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, at Grace Home in Graceville, MN.
Funeral services were 10:30 a.m., Tuesday Sept. 8, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Remsen, with Rev. William McCarthy officiating. On Sept. 7 there was a rosary at 3 p.m., a vigil prayer service at 7:30 p.m., and Knights of Columbus and Catholic Order of Foresters rosary at 8 p.m., all at Fisch Funeral Home & Monument in Remsen.
Leo was the 7th of 9 children born to Frank and Katherine (Berks) Haverkamp. Leo was born Sept. 18, 1910, on the family farm south of Remsen, which he purchased in 1948. On Jan. 15, 1935, he married Mary T. Freking of LeMars, IA. He continued farming and raising purebred shorthorn cattle until 1958, when the family moved to Fort Dodge, IA, where he was the owner and manager of the North Central Telephone Company. Leo sold the company in 1978 and retired three years later.
Leo and Mary will be remembered for their volunteer work, especially their mission to Tanzania, Africa in 1978 to install a telephone system for the Catholic mission there. Leo's work in the telephone industry afforded him and Mary the opportunity to travel as People-to-People goodwill ambassadors to 35 countries, including Russia, China, and the Holy Land. In addition to playing volleyball in his spare time, Leo also liked to do woodworking and restoration of furniture. Mary died on Oct. 1, 1991.
On June 18, 1994, Leo married Nora Amick of Fort Dodge. In 2006 Leo and Nora moved to Risen Son, a retirement community in Council Bluffs, IA. Nora died Jan. 21, 2007. Leo moved to Graceville, MN in March of 2009.
Leo was survived by his and Mary's 6 children: daughter, Delores and her husband Thomas J. Nealon of Omaha, NE, daughter, Sr. Janet Haverkamp, OSF, of Dubuque, IA, daughter Joanne and her husband Arthur D. Abel of Graceville, MN, son Leon and his wife Kathy Haverkamp of Tuttle, ND, daughter Lois and her husband David Dann of Peru, NE, and son Mark and his wife Audrey Haverkamp of Underwood, IA; 12 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; 2 step-granddaughters; 1 step-great-grandchild; and his wife Nora Amick-Haverkamp's children: Jerry and his wife Janet Amick of Vernon Hills, IL, John and his wife Joane Amick of Oelwein, IA, Jim Amick of Wichita, KS, Judy and her husband Stan Boyle of Dakota Dunes, SD, and Janet and her husband Don Erpelding of Ankeny, IA; 18 step-grandchildren; 17 step-great-grandchildren. 2 sisters-in-laws, Mercedes Haverkamp of Remsen, IA, and Therese Freking of LeMars, IA; and 1 brother-in-law, Elmer Willenberg.
Leo was an active member of Corpus Christi parish in Fort Dodge, serving as altar boy and lector for the 6 a.m. weekday Masses for over 30 years, where he was honored as being "The World's Oldest Altar Boy." He served as chairman of the Marian Home Board and oversaw the building of the Home. He was a director on the Kiwanis Club Board, advisor on the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Board, a district director for the NW Iowa District Order of Catholic Order of Foresters, a Fourth-Degree member of the Knights of Columbus, a member of a Cursillo group, chairman of the Pioneer Exhibit of Telephone Equipment at the Iowa State Fair, a co-chairman of the 1984 Diocesan Development Program of the Sioux City Diocese, and a recipient of the Governor's Volunteer Award for his work with the Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind. He was active in Home, Inc., to help low-income people acquire homes, and he managed a warehouse of furniture for needy people.
Leo was preceded in death by his parents and all of his brothers and sisters.
Leo Martin Haverkamp, 98, formerly of Fort Dodge and Remsen, IA, died Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, at Grace Home in Graceville, MN.
Funeral services were 10:30 a.m., Tuesday Sept. 8, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Remsen, with Rev. William McCarthy officiating. On Sept. 7 there was a rosary at 3 p.m., a vigil prayer service at 7:30 p.m., and Knights of Columbus and Catholic Order of Foresters rosary at 8 p.m., all at Fisch Funeral Home & Monument in Remsen.
Leo was the 7th of 9 children born to Frank and Katherine (Berks) Haverkamp. Leo was born Sept. 18, 1910, on the family farm south of Remsen, which he purchased in 1948. On Jan. 15, 1935, he married Mary T. Freking of LeMars, IA. He continued farming and raising purebred shorthorn cattle until 1958, when the family moved to Fort Dodge, IA, where he was the owner and manager of the North Central Telephone Company. Leo sold the company in 1978 and retired three years later.
Leo and Mary will be remembered for their volunteer work, especially their mission to Tanzania, Africa in 1978 to install a telephone system for the Catholic mission there. Leo's work in the telephone industry afforded him and Mary the opportunity to travel as People-to-People goodwill ambassadors to 35 countries, including Russia, China, and the Holy Land. In addition to playing volleyball in his spare time, Leo also liked to do woodworking and restoration of furniture. Mary died on Oct. 1, 1991.
On June 18, 1994, Leo married Nora Amick of Fort Dodge. In 2006 Leo and Nora moved to Risen Son, a retirement community in Council Bluffs, IA. Nora died Jan. 21, 2007. Leo moved to Graceville, MN in March of 2009.
Leo was survived by his and Mary's 6 children: daughter, Delores and her husband Thomas J. Nealon of Omaha, NE, daughter, Sr. Janet Haverkamp, OSF, of Dubuque, IA, daughter Joanne and her husband Arthur D. Abel of Graceville, MN, son Leon and his wife Kathy Haverkamp of Tuttle, ND, daughter Lois and her husband David Dann of Peru, NE, and son Mark and his wife Audrey Haverkamp of Underwood, IA; 12 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; 2 step-granddaughters; 1 step-great-grandchild; and his wife Nora Amick-Haverkamp's children: Jerry and his wife Janet Amick of Vernon Hills, IL, John and his wife Joane Amick of Oelwein, IA, Jim Amick of Wichita, KS, Judy and her husband Stan Boyle of Dakota Dunes, SD, and Janet and her husband Don Erpelding of Ankeny, IA; 18 step-grandchildren; 17 step-great-grandchildren. 2 sisters-in-laws, Mercedes Haverkamp of Remsen, IA, and Therese Freking of LeMars, IA; and 1 brother-in-law, Elmer Willenberg.
Leo was an active member of Corpus Christi parish in Fort Dodge, serving as altar boy and lector for the 6 a.m. weekday Masses for over 30 years, where he was honored as being "The World's Oldest Altar Boy." He served as chairman of the Marian Home Board and oversaw the building of the Home. He was a director on the Kiwanis Club Board, advisor on the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Board, a district director for the NW Iowa District Order of Catholic Order of Foresters, a Fourth-Degree member of the Knights of Columbus, a member of a Cursillo group, chairman of the Pioneer Exhibit of Telephone Equipment at the Iowa State Fair, a co-chairman of the 1984 Diocesan Development Program of the Sioux City Diocese, and a recipient of the Governor's Volunteer Award for his work with the Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind. He was active in Home, Inc., to help low-income people acquire homes, and he managed a warehouse of furniture for needy people.
Leo was preceded in death by his parents and all of his brothers and sisters.
courtesy of Fisch Funeral Home
Leo Martin Haverkamp, 98, formerly of Fort Dodge and Remsen, IA, died Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, at Grace Home in Graceville, MN.
Funeral services were 10:30 a.m., Tuesday Sept. 8, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Remsen, with Rev. William McCarthy officiating. On Sept. 7 there was a rosary at 3 p.m., a vigil prayer service at 7:30 p.m., and Knights of Columbus and Catholic Order of Foresters rosary at 8 p.m., all at Fisch Funeral Home & Monument in Remsen.
Leo was the 7th of 9 children born to Frank and Katherine (Berks) Haverkamp. Leo was born Sept. 18, 1910, on the family farm south of Remsen, which he purchased in 1948. On Jan. 15, 1935, he married Mary T. Freking of LeMars, IA. He continued farming and raising purebred shorthorn cattle until 1958, when the family moved to Fort Dodge, IA, where he was the owner and manager of the North Central Telephone Company. Leo sold the company in 1978 and retired three years later.
Leo and Mary will be remembered for their volunteer work, especially their mission to Tanzania, Africa in 1978 to install a telephone system for the Catholic mission there. Leo's work in the telephone industry afforded him and Mary the opportunity to travel as People-to-People goodwill ambassadors to 35 countries, including Russia, China, and the Holy Land. In addition to playing volleyball in his spare time, Leo also liked to do woodworking and restoration of furniture. Mary died on Oct. 1, 1991.
On June 18, 1994, Leo married Nora Amick of Fort Dodge. In 2006 Leo and Nora moved to Risen Son, a retirement community in Council Bluffs, IA. Nora died Jan. 21, 2007. Leo moved to Graceville, MN in March of 2009.
Leo was survived by his and Mary's 6 children: daughter, Delores and her husband Thomas J. Nealon of Omaha, NE, daughter, Sr. Janet Haverkamp, OSF, of Dubuque, IA, daughter Joanne and her husband Arthur D. Abel of Graceville, MN, son Leon and his wife Kathy Haverkamp of Tuttle, ND, daughter Lois and her husband David Dann of Peru, NE, and son Mark and his wife Audrey Haverkamp of Underwood, IA; 12 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; 2 step-granddaughters; 1 step-great-grandchild; and his wife Nora Amick-Haverkamp's children: Jerry and his wife Janet Amick of Vernon Hills, IL, John and his wife Joane Amick of Oelwein, IA, Jim Amick of Wichita, KS, Judy and her husband Stan Boyle of Dakota Dunes, SD, and Janet and her husband Don Erpelding of Ankeny, IA; 18 step-grandchildren; 17 step-great-grandchildren. 2 sisters-in-laws, Mercedes Haverkamp of Remsen, IA, and Therese Freking of LeMars, IA; and 1 brother-in-law, Elmer Willenberg.
Leo was an active member of Corpus Christi parish in Fort Dodge, serving as altar boy and lector for the 6 a.m. weekday Masses for over 30 years, where he was honored as being "The World's Oldest Altar Boy." He served as chairman of the Marian Home Board and oversaw the building of the Home. He was a director on the Kiwanis Club Board, advisor on the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Board, a district director for the NW Iowa District Order of Catholic Order of Foresters, a Fourth-Degree member of the Knights of Columbus, a member of a Cursillo group, chairman of the Pioneer Exhibit of Telephone Equipment at the Iowa State Fair, a co-chairman of the 1984 Diocesan Development Program of the Sioux City Diocese, and a recipient of the Governor's Volunteer Award for his work with the Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind. He was active in Home, Inc., to help low-income people acquire homes, and he managed a warehouse of furniture for needy people.
Leo was preceded in death by his parents and all of his brothers and sisters.
Leo Martin Haverkamp, 98, formerly of Fort Dodge and Remsen, IA, died Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, at Grace Home in Graceville, MN.
Funeral services were 10:30 a.m., Tuesday Sept. 8, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Remsen, with Rev. William McCarthy officiating. On Sept. 7 there was a rosary at 3 p.m., a vigil prayer service at 7:30 p.m., and Knights of Columbus and Catholic Order of Foresters rosary at 8 p.m., all at Fisch Funeral Home & Monument in Remsen.
Leo was the 7th of 9 children born to Frank and Katherine (Berks) Haverkamp. Leo was born Sept. 18, 1910, on the family farm south of Remsen, which he purchased in 1948. On Jan. 15, 1935, he married Mary T. Freking of LeMars, IA. He continued farming and raising purebred shorthorn cattle until 1958, when the family moved to Fort Dodge, IA, where he was the owner and manager of the North Central Telephone Company. Leo sold the company in 1978 and retired three years later.
Leo and Mary will be remembered for their volunteer work, especially their mission to Tanzania, Africa in 1978 to install a telephone system for the Catholic mission there. Leo's work in the telephone industry afforded him and Mary the opportunity to travel as People-to-People goodwill ambassadors to 35 countries, including Russia, China, and the Holy Land. In addition to playing volleyball in his spare time, Leo also liked to do woodworking and restoration of furniture. Mary died on Oct. 1, 1991.
On June 18, 1994, Leo married Nora Amick of Fort Dodge. In 2006 Leo and Nora moved to Risen Son, a retirement community in Council Bluffs, IA. Nora died Jan. 21, 2007. Leo moved to Graceville, MN in March of 2009.
Leo was survived by his and Mary's 6 children: daughter, Delores and her husband Thomas J. Nealon of Omaha, NE, daughter, Sr. Janet Haverkamp, OSF, of Dubuque, IA, daughter Joanne and her husband Arthur D. Abel of Graceville, MN, son Leon and his wife Kathy Haverkamp of Tuttle, ND, daughter Lois and her husband David Dann of Peru, NE, and son Mark and his wife Audrey Haverkamp of Underwood, IA; 12 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; 2 step-granddaughters; 1 step-great-grandchild; and his wife Nora Amick-Haverkamp's children: Jerry and his wife Janet Amick of Vernon Hills, IL, John and his wife Joane Amick of Oelwein, IA, Jim Amick of Wichita, KS, Judy and her husband Stan Boyle of Dakota Dunes, SD, and Janet and her husband Don Erpelding of Ankeny, IA; 18 step-grandchildren; 17 step-great-grandchildren. 2 sisters-in-laws, Mercedes Haverkamp of Remsen, IA, and Therese Freking of LeMars, IA; and 1 brother-in-law, Elmer Willenberg.
Leo was an active member of Corpus Christi parish in Fort Dodge, serving as altar boy and lector for the 6 a.m. weekday Masses for over 30 years, where he was honored as being "The World's Oldest Altar Boy." He served as chairman of the Marian Home Board and oversaw the building of the Home. He was a director on the Kiwanis Club Board, advisor on the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Board, a district director for the NW Iowa District Order of Catholic Order of Foresters, a Fourth-Degree member of the Knights of Columbus, a member of a Cursillo group, chairman of the Pioneer Exhibit of Telephone Equipment at the Iowa State Fair, a co-chairman of the 1984 Diocesan Development Program of the Sioux City Diocese, and a recipient of the Governor's Volunteer Award for his work with the Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind. He was active in Home, Inc., to help low-income people acquire homes, and he managed a warehouse of furniture for needy people.
Leo was preceded in death by his parents and all of his brothers and sisters.
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