Huebner, Harold Walter (1929 - 2018)

HUEBNER, SACCO, BOLTE, MURPHY

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 9/5/2018 at 22:01:42

Name of deceased: Harold Walter Huebner

Aged: 89 yrs, 8 days

Residence: Portsmouth, Shelby County, IA

Born: Aug. 21, 1929; Iowa

Died: Aug. 29, 2018; Rose Vista Home, Inc., Woodbine, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Saturday, Sep. 1, 2018; St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima, Portsmouth, IA; burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery, Portsmouth, IA

Survived by: Children, Marty (spouse, Cheryl) Huebner, Julie (spouse, Rick) Sacco, Pat (spouse, DeDe) Huebner and Maryjo Huebner; grandchildren, Ryan Huebner, Sean (spouse, Allison) Huebner, Mark (spouse, Patty) Huebner, Hannah Sacco (spouse, Jeff Bolte), Betsy Sacco, Alison Huebner, Abigail Huebner, and Murphy Huebner; great-grandchildren, Chloe Huebner, Lily Huebner, Evan Huebner, Cullen Huebner, and Ivy Bolte; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, John and Lena Huebner; wife of 38 years, Joan; all 8 of his brothers and sisters: Clementine, Bill, Robert (“Bud”), John (“Shine”), Pauline, Helen, Alma (“Sis”), and Marian

Education: no information provided

Religious affiliation: Member, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Portsmouth, IA; was the choir director at St. Mary's Parish in Portsmouth for over 50 years

Military service: Inducted into the U. S. Army in Aug. 1951; he served as a radio carrier during the Korean War, and received the Combat Infantry Badge after 11 months under fire.

Marriage: Joan Murphy; May 24, 1954; location not provided

Employment: Drove the school bus for 36 years and loved every day of it!

Hobbies/Interests: Loved music; when younger, he was active in many Harlan Community Theatre productions; was a lover of nature and the outdoors, including gardening and farming, and raising Angus and Simmental cattle; he loved his dogs, riding his four-wheeler, and moving snow; he also treasured honest work of chopping wood, mowing his lawn, canning tomatoes and dill pickles, baking and cooking, growing sweetcorn, sitting on his front porch, and a decades-long tradition of annual vacations to Lake Okoboji with generations of family and friends.

Sources: harlanonline.com; kjan.com; pauleyjones.com