Obituary
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Monday, August 11, 2003
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Ernest E. "Bud" Hake, 90, of 636 Crystal Dr. NE died Sunday, Aug. 10, 2003 in Silver Pines Assisted Living after a short illness. Memorial services: 1 p.m. today, Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories, where friends may register after 12:30 p.m., with military rites. The Rev. Gerald Condon will officiate. Cedar Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ernest was born Dec. 27, 1912, in Toppenish, Yakima, Washington, the fourth of six children of Ernest Rexford Hake and Nikolina "Lena" Sigurdson. He grew up in Toppenish where as a young man he worked for his father who was a hay baler in the Yakima Valley.
Bud was selected in the pre-war draft on February 17, 1941. He served in the U.S. Army for nearly five years. Because of his age (28), he had been scheduled for an early discharge, but the war began three days ahead of his December 10th departure date, so he served throughout the war and was discharged September 30, 1945.
Bud was attached to the 17th Armored Engineers of the 2nd Armored "Hell on Wheels" Division throughout his service. He served 43 months overseas, including duty in Africa, England, France, Holland, Belgium and Germany. His division was awarded the Fourragere by the Belgian government for distinguished action during the invasion and during the German offensive in the Ardennes, also known as the Battle of the Bulge.
His was the first American division to enter Berlin, but only after stopping at the Elbe River on General Eisenhower's orders, to allow the Russians to be the first allies into the German capital.
After his return from the war, Bud went to work for the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in Portland, Oregon and retired from federal service after more than 30 years. While at BPA he met Margaret Rooney, a native of Perry, Iowa, who worked in the accounting department. They were married in Perry on Oct. 7, 1950. Afterward, they returned to Vancouver, Washington where they lived until 1997 when they moved to Cedar Rapids to be closer to Margaret's family.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret; a brother, Harold Hake of Portland, Oregon; and a sister, Virginia Speckman of Salem, Oregon.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Wallace and Charles and sister Hazel Alderman.
He is also survived by two brothers-in-law, Norman Rooney of Cedar Rapids and Ray Rooney of Perry and many nieces and nephews.
Military rites by American Legion Hanford Post No. 5 of Cedar Rapids, IA.
Originally named Ervin Ernest, Bud changed the order of his first and middle names.
He and Margaret had no children.
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Monday, August 11, 2003
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Ernest E. "Bud" Hake, 90, of 636 Crystal Dr. NE died Sunday, Aug. 10, 2003 in Silver Pines Assisted Living after a short illness. Memorial services: 1 p.m. today, Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories, where friends may register after 12:30 p.m., with military rites. The Rev. Gerald Condon will officiate. Cedar Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ernest was born Dec. 27, 1912, in Toppenish, Yakima, Washington, the fourth of six children of Ernest Rexford Hake and Nikolina "Lena" Sigurdson. He grew up in Toppenish where as a young man he worked for his father who was a hay baler in the Yakima Valley.
Bud was selected in the pre-war draft on February 17, 1941. He served in the U.S. Army for nearly five years. Because of his age (28), he had been scheduled for an early discharge, but the war began three days ahead of his December 10th departure date, so he served throughout the war and was discharged September 30, 1945.
Bud was attached to the 17th Armored Engineers of the 2nd Armored "Hell on Wheels" Division throughout his service. He served 43 months overseas, including duty in Africa, England, France, Holland, Belgium and Germany. His division was awarded the Fourragere by the Belgian government for distinguished action during the invasion and during the German offensive in the Ardennes, also known as the Battle of the Bulge.
His was the first American division to enter Berlin, but only after stopping at the Elbe River on General Eisenhower's orders, to allow the Russians to be the first allies into the German capital.
After his return from the war, Bud went to work for the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in Portland, Oregon and retired from federal service after more than 30 years. While at BPA he met Margaret Rooney, a native of Perry, Iowa, who worked in the accounting department. They were married in Perry on Oct. 7, 1950. Afterward, they returned to Vancouver, Washington where they lived until 1997 when they moved to Cedar Rapids to be closer to Margaret's family.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret; a brother, Harold Hake of Portland, Oregon; and a sister, Virginia Speckman of Salem, Oregon.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Wallace and Charles and sister Hazel Alderman.
He is also survived by two brothers-in-law, Norman Rooney of Cedar Rapids and Ray Rooney of Perry and many nieces and nephews.
Military rites by American Legion Hanford Post No. 5 of Cedar Rapids, IA.
Originally named Ervin Ernest, Bud changed the order of his first and middle names.
He and Margaret had no children.
Obituary
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Monday, August 11, 2003
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Ernest E. "Bud" Hake, 90, of 636 Crystal Dr. NE died Sunday, Aug. 10, 2003 in Silver Pines Assisted Living after a short illness. Memorial services: 1 p.m. today, Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories, where friends may register after 12:30 p.m., with military rites. The Rev. Gerald Condon will officiate. Cedar Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ernest was born Dec. 27, 1912, in Toppenish, Yakima, Washington, the fourth of six children of Ernest Rexford Hake and Nikolina "Lena" Sigurdson. He grew up in Toppenish where as a young man he worked for his father who was a hay baler in the Yakima Valley.
Bud was selected in the pre-war draft on February 17, 1941. He served in the U.S. Army for nearly five years. Because of his age (28), he had been scheduled for an early discharge, but the war began three days ahead of his December 10th departure date, so he served throughout the war and was discharged September 30, 1945.
Bud was attached to the 17th Armored Engineers of the 2nd Armored "Hell on Wheels" Division throughout his service. He served 43 months overseas, including duty in Africa, England, France, Holland, Belgium and Germany. His division was awarded the Fourragere by the Belgian government for distinguished action during the invasion and during the German offensive in the Ardennes, also known as the Battle of the Bulge.
His was the first American division to enter Berlin, but only after stopping at the Elbe River on General Eisenhower's orders, to allow the Russians to be the first allies into the German capital.
After his return from the war, Bud went to work for the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in Portland, Oregon and retired from federal service after more than 30 years. While at BPA he met Margaret Rooney, a native of Perry, Iowa, who worked in the accounting department. They were married in Perry on Oct. 7, 1950. Afterward, they returned to Vancouver, Washington where they lived until 1997 when they moved to Cedar Rapids to be closer to Margaret's family.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret; a brother, Harold Hake of Portland, Oregon; and a sister, Virginia Speckman of Salem, Oregon.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Wallace and Charles and sister Hazel Alderman.
He is also survived by two brothers-in-law, Norman Rooney of Cedar Rapids and Ray Rooney of Perry and many nieces and nephews.
Military rites by American Legion Hanford Post No. 5 of Cedar Rapids, IA.
Originally named Ervin Ernest, Bud changed the order of his first and middle names.
He and Margaret had no children.
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Monday, August 11, 2003
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Ernest E. "Bud" Hake, 90, of 636 Crystal Dr. NE died Sunday, Aug. 10, 2003 in Silver Pines Assisted Living after a short illness. Memorial services: 1 p.m. today, Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories, where friends may register after 12:30 p.m., with military rites. The Rev. Gerald Condon will officiate. Cedar Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ernest was born Dec. 27, 1912, in Toppenish, Yakima, Washington, the fourth of six children of Ernest Rexford Hake and Nikolina "Lena" Sigurdson. He grew up in Toppenish where as a young man he worked for his father who was a hay baler in the Yakima Valley.
Bud was selected in the pre-war draft on February 17, 1941. He served in the U.S. Army for nearly five years. Because of his age (28), he had been scheduled for an early discharge, but the war began three days ahead of his December 10th departure date, so he served throughout the war and was discharged September 30, 1945.
Bud was attached to the 17th Armored Engineers of the 2nd Armored "Hell on Wheels" Division throughout his service. He served 43 months overseas, including duty in Africa, England, France, Holland, Belgium and Germany. His division was awarded the Fourragere by the Belgian government for distinguished action during the invasion and during the German offensive in the Ardennes, also known as the Battle of the Bulge.
His was the first American division to enter Berlin, but only after stopping at the Elbe River on General Eisenhower's orders, to allow the Russians to be the first allies into the German capital.
After his return from the war, Bud went to work for the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in Portland, Oregon and retired from federal service after more than 30 years. While at BPA he met Margaret Rooney, a native of Perry, Iowa, who worked in the accounting department. They were married in Perry on Oct. 7, 1950. Afterward, they returned to Vancouver, Washington where they lived until 1997 when they moved to Cedar Rapids to be closer to Margaret's family.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret; a brother, Harold Hake of Portland, Oregon; and a sister, Virginia Speckman of Salem, Oregon.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Wallace and Charles and sister Hazel Alderman.
He is also survived by two brothers-in-law, Norman Rooney of Cedar Rapids and Ray Rooney of Perry and many nieces and nephews.
Military rites by American Legion Hanford Post No. 5 of Cedar Rapids, IA.
Originally named Ervin Ernest, Bud changed the order of his first and middle names.
He and Margaret had no children.
