OBITUARY-
GRAND MEADOW -- The funeral for F.D. "Red" Hathaway will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Finbarr Catholic Church in Grand Meadow, with the Rev. Robert Kulas officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Hathaway, 75, a farmer in the Grand Meadow area for many years, died Thursday May 19, 1994 in Harlan, Iowa.
He was born Jan. 1, 1919, in Tingley, Iowa, and married Bernadette Rickerl on May 11, 1944, in Gilbert, Iowa.
Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Joann (Mrs. James) Blum of Grand Meadow, Katherine (Mrs. Virgil) Moeller and Julie (Mrs. Perry) Kirwin, both of Spring Valley, and Holly (Mrs. Dean) Jax of Adams; two sons, Dean of Le Seuer, Minn., and James of Byron; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mildred Miller of Elgin, Ill., and Inez Daub of Clarksville, Iowa; and two brothers, Jerry Henricks of Champlin, Minn., and Floyd Hathaway of Marina del Rey, Calif. Four brothers preceded him in death.
Visitation is from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Hutchins Funeral Home in Grand Meadow, and one hour before the service Monday at the church.
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In addition to many other interests and occupations through his life, Red was mostly a farmer. His mother, Effie, died when he was seven and he often told his children about one winter when the family subsisted on just corn; corn mush, corn bread, and fried left-over corn mush. He hitchhiked north to the Ames area with "fifty cents and the clothes on my back" when he was 16. He worked for a number of farmers, one whom tagged him with the nickname "Sunshine." He met Bernie at a barn dance at her father's farm in 1940 and volunteered for the army in 1941. He eventually was shipped overseas in 1942 but not before spending 10 days of furlough picking corn by hand to buy a diamond for Bernie.
He spent nearly two years in combat in North Africa and Italy with the 34th Infantry Division (Red Bull) . He still carries the bullet at the base of his neck that he was wounded with at the battle of Monte Casino in 1944. He and Bernie were married after he recovered and spent the remainder of the war in Texas and South Carolina.
They bought the farm south of Grand Meadow in 1952 and have lived and worked in the area ever since. Red had a variety of other 'careers' besides farming up to 640 acres, including being the entire Grand Meadow city police force, managing the municipal liquor store and finally retiring as Mower County Agricultural Inspector in 1981. Since then Red and Bernie have split their time between Minnesota and Texas.
Red was at various times American Legion county commander, PTA president, Boy Scout leader, Saddle Club president, and a member of the Mower County Posse. When not involved in those activities he could be found riding horse, hunting, boating, skiing, fishing, organizing sleigh rides, collecting antique cars, and most recently singing, playing guitar and organizing 'jam sessions' in Texas. He could, at most any time, be found trying to persuade his family and just as many other people as possible to join him in his endeavors, and usually succeeded.
Red was genuinely just happy to be alive. After surviving his childhood, two years of combat, and a near fatal injury he told Bernie when they were married that "I have only two ambitions in my life: A new car, and kids of my own." He got plenty of both. We love him dearly and will miss him with the same intensity that he lived his life.
Credit: Darrell McLain
GRAND MEADOW -- The funeral for F.D. "Red" Hathaway will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Finbarr Catholic Church in Grand Meadow, with the Rev. Robert Kulas officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Hathaway, 75, a farmer in the Grand Meadow area for many years, died Thursday May 19, 1994 in Harlan, Iowa.
He was born Jan. 1, 1919, in Tingley, Iowa, and married Bernadette Rickerl on May 11, 1944, in Gilbert, Iowa.
Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Joann (Mrs. James) Blum of Grand Meadow, Katherine (Mrs. Virgil) Moeller and Julie (Mrs. Perry) Kirwin, both of Spring Valley, and Holly (Mrs. Dean) Jax of Adams; two sons, Dean of Le Seuer, Minn., and James of Byron; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mildred Miller of Elgin, Ill., and Inez Daub of Clarksville, Iowa; and two brothers, Jerry Henricks of Champlin, Minn., and Floyd Hathaway of Marina del Rey, Calif. Four brothers preceded him in death.
Visitation is from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Hutchins Funeral Home in Grand Meadow, and one hour before the service Monday at the church.
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In addition to many other interests and occupations through his life, Red was mostly a farmer. His mother, Effie, died when he was seven and he often told his children about one winter when the family subsisted on just corn; corn mush, corn bread, and fried left-over corn mush. He hitchhiked north to the Ames area with "fifty cents and the clothes on my back" when he was 16. He worked for a number of farmers, one whom tagged him with the nickname "Sunshine." He met Bernie at a barn dance at her father's farm in 1940 and volunteered for the army in 1941. He eventually was shipped overseas in 1942 but not before spending 10 days of furlough picking corn by hand to buy a diamond for Bernie.
He spent nearly two years in combat in North Africa and Italy with the 34th Infantry Division (Red Bull) . He still carries the bullet at the base of his neck that he was wounded with at the battle of Monte Casino in 1944. He and Bernie were married after he recovered and spent the remainder of the war in Texas and South Carolina.
They bought the farm south of Grand Meadow in 1952 and have lived and worked in the area ever since. Red had a variety of other 'careers' besides farming up to 640 acres, including being the entire Grand Meadow city police force, managing the municipal liquor store and finally retiring as Mower County Agricultural Inspector in 1981. Since then Red and Bernie have split their time between Minnesota and Texas.
Red was at various times American Legion county commander, PTA president, Boy Scout leader, Saddle Club president, and a member of the Mower County Posse. When not involved in those activities he could be found riding horse, hunting, boating, skiing, fishing, organizing sleigh rides, collecting antique cars, and most recently singing, playing guitar and organizing 'jam sessions' in Texas. He could, at most any time, be found trying to persuade his family and just as many other people as possible to join him in his endeavors, and usually succeeded.
Red was genuinely just happy to be alive. After surviving his childhood, two years of combat, and a near fatal injury he told Bernie when they were married that "I have only two ambitions in my life: A new car, and kids of my own." He got plenty of both. We love him dearly and will miss him with the same intensity that he lived his life.
Credit: Darrell McLain
OBITUARY-
GRAND MEADOW -- The funeral for F.D. "Red" Hathaway will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Finbarr Catholic Church in Grand Meadow, with the Rev. Robert Kulas officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Hathaway, 75, a farmer in the Grand Meadow area for many years, died Thursday May 19, 1994 in Harlan, Iowa.
He was born Jan. 1, 1919, in Tingley, Iowa, and married Bernadette Rickerl on May 11, 1944, in Gilbert, Iowa.
Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Joann (Mrs. James) Blum of Grand Meadow, Katherine (Mrs. Virgil) Moeller and Julie (Mrs. Perry) Kirwin, both of Spring Valley, and Holly (Mrs. Dean) Jax of Adams; two sons, Dean of Le Seuer, Minn., and James of Byron; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mildred Miller of Elgin, Ill., and Inez Daub of Clarksville, Iowa; and two brothers, Jerry Henricks of Champlin, Minn., and Floyd Hathaway of Marina del Rey, Calif. Four brothers preceded him in death.
Visitation is from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Hutchins Funeral Home in Grand Meadow, and one hour before the service Monday at the church.
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In addition to many other interests and occupations through his life, Red was mostly a farmer. His mother, Effie, died when he was seven and he often told his children about one winter when the family subsisted on just corn; corn mush, corn bread, and fried left-over corn mush. He hitchhiked north to the Ames area with "fifty cents and the clothes on my back" when he was 16. He worked for a number of farmers, one whom tagged him with the nickname "Sunshine." He met Bernie at a barn dance at her father's farm in 1940 and volunteered for the army in 1941. He eventually was shipped overseas in 1942 but not before spending 10 days of furlough picking corn by hand to buy a diamond for Bernie.
He spent nearly two years in combat in North Africa and Italy with the 34th Infantry Division (Red Bull) . He still carries the bullet at the base of his neck that he was wounded with at the battle of Monte Casino in 1944. He and Bernie were married after he recovered and spent the remainder of the war in Texas and South Carolina.
They bought the farm south of Grand Meadow in 1952 and have lived and worked in the area ever since. Red had a variety of other 'careers' besides farming up to 640 acres, including being the entire Grand Meadow city police force, managing the municipal liquor store and finally retiring as Mower County Agricultural Inspector in 1981. Since then Red and Bernie have split their time between Minnesota and Texas.
Red was at various times American Legion county commander, PTA president, Boy Scout leader, Saddle Club president, and a member of the Mower County Posse. When not involved in those activities he could be found riding horse, hunting, boating, skiing, fishing, organizing sleigh rides, collecting antique cars, and most recently singing, playing guitar and organizing 'jam sessions' in Texas. He could, at most any time, be found trying to persuade his family and just as many other people as possible to join him in his endeavors, and usually succeeded.
Red was genuinely just happy to be alive. After surviving his childhood, two years of combat, and a near fatal injury he told Bernie when they were married that "I have only two ambitions in my life: A new car, and kids of my own." He got plenty of both. We love him dearly and will miss him with the same intensity that he lived his life.
Credit: Darrell McLain
GRAND MEADOW -- The funeral for F.D. "Red" Hathaway will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Finbarr Catholic Church in Grand Meadow, with the Rev. Robert Kulas officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Hathaway, 75, a farmer in the Grand Meadow area for many years, died Thursday May 19, 1994 in Harlan, Iowa.
He was born Jan. 1, 1919, in Tingley, Iowa, and married Bernadette Rickerl on May 11, 1944, in Gilbert, Iowa.
Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Joann (Mrs. James) Blum of Grand Meadow, Katherine (Mrs. Virgil) Moeller and Julie (Mrs. Perry) Kirwin, both of Spring Valley, and Holly (Mrs. Dean) Jax of Adams; two sons, Dean of Le Seuer, Minn., and James of Byron; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mildred Miller of Elgin, Ill., and Inez Daub of Clarksville, Iowa; and two brothers, Jerry Henricks of Champlin, Minn., and Floyd Hathaway of Marina del Rey, Calif. Four brothers preceded him in death.
Visitation is from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Hutchins Funeral Home in Grand Meadow, and one hour before the service Monday at the church.
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In addition to many other interests and occupations through his life, Red was mostly a farmer. His mother, Effie, died when he was seven and he often told his children about one winter when the family subsisted on just corn; corn mush, corn bread, and fried left-over corn mush. He hitchhiked north to the Ames area with "fifty cents and the clothes on my back" when he was 16. He worked for a number of farmers, one whom tagged him with the nickname "Sunshine." He met Bernie at a barn dance at her father's farm in 1940 and volunteered for the army in 1941. He eventually was shipped overseas in 1942 but not before spending 10 days of furlough picking corn by hand to buy a diamond for Bernie.
He spent nearly two years in combat in North Africa and Italy with the 34th Infantry Division (Red Bull) . He still carries the bullet at the base of his neck that he was wounded with at the battle of Monte Casino in 1944. He and Bernie were married after he recovered and spent the remainder of the war in Texas and South Carolina.
They bought the farm south of Grand Meadow in 1952 and have lived and worked in the area ever since. Red had a variety of other 'careers' besides farming up to 640 acres, including being the entire Grand Meadow city police force, managing the municipal liquor store and finally retiring as Mower County Agricultural Inspector in 1981. Since then Red and Bernie have split their time between Minnesota and Texas.
Red was at various times American Legion county commander, PTA president, Boy Scout leader, Saddle Club president, and a member of the Mower County Posse. When not involved in those activities he could be found riding horse, hunting, boating, skiing, fishing, organizing sleigh rides, collecting antique cars, and most recently singing, playing guitar and organizing 'jam sessions' in Texas. He could, at most any time, be found trying to persuade his family and just as many other people as possible to join him in his endeavors, and usually succeeded.
Red was genuinely just happy to be alive. After surviving his childhood, two years of combat, and a near fatal injury he told Bernie when they were married that "I have only two ambitions in my life: A new car, and kids of my own." He got plenty of both. We love him dearly and will miss him with the same intensity that he lived his life.
Credit: Darrell McLain
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