Obituaries : Harold Louis Hartkemeyer

Harold Louis Hartkemeyer

BLAIRSTOWN: Harold Louis Hartkemeyer, 88, died Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at the Belle Plaine Nursing & Rehab in Belle Plaine following an brief illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, July 8, 2013 at Grace Lutheran Church in Blairstown with Rev. David Lingard officiating. Interment will be held at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Blairstown with Graveside Military Rites conducted by M.J. Kirby American Legion Post #170 of Blairstown. Visitation will also be held at the church, from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. A Memorial Fund has been established.
Harold was born October 30, 1924 near Keystone to Louis and Alma (Holst) Hartkemeyer and graduated from the Blairstown High School in 1942.
During the Korean War, he served his nation in the U.S. Army. He was a member of M.J. Kirby American legion Post #170 of Blairstown.
May 30, 1954 he was united in marriage to Marjorie Vogt in Blairstown. The couple farmed and raised their family on a farm near Blairstown.
Harold was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Blairstown.
He is survived by his wife Marjorie of Belle Plaine ; his sons, Keith Hartkemeyer of Keystone, and Kevin (Reyne) Hartkemeyer of Highland, IL; his daughter, Kelsey (Wayne) Ritscher of Keystone; six grandchildren, Brandon (Beth) Hartkemeyer, Tiffany Hartkemeyer, Emily (Matthew) Schulte, Lacey Ritscher, Ellie (Clay) Paciorek, and Ethan Hartkemeyer; and two great grandchildren, Jackson and Lauren Hartkemeyer.
He was preceded in death by his parents and eight siblings.