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Harold John Blattner

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Harold John Blattner

Birth
Benton County, Minnesota, USA
Death
2 Feb 2008 (aged 90)
Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Little Falls, Morrison County, Minnesota, USA GPS-Latitude: 46.0753333, Longitude: -94.3329389
Plot
Section 2 Site 518
Memorial ID
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MSGT US ARMY AIR FORCES
WORLD WAR II
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Harold J. Blattner, 90
Sauk Rapids
January 19, 1918 - February 2, 2008

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Sauk Rapids for Harold John Blattner, age 90, of Sauk Rapids, who died Saturday at the St. Cloud Hospital. Rev. Ronald Weyrens will officiate and burial will be in MN State Veterans Cemetery at Camp Ripley near Little Falls on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.

Friends may call from 4-9 p.m. Monday at Dingmann Family Funeral Home, Sauk Rapids and one hour prior to the services Tuesday at the church in Sauk Rapids. Parish prayers will be at 6:00 p.m., Sauk Rapids American Legion Post 254 will pray at 6:30 p.m., Sauk Rapids VFW Post 6992 will pray at 7:00 p.m., Holy Name Society (Men's Club) will pray the rosary at 7:30 p.m. and Fourth Degree Father Pierz Assembly will stand honor guard from 5-8 p.m.

Harold was born January 19, 1918 in Benton County to David and Clara (Herbst) Blattner. He married Mary Corrigan on June 25, 1946 at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Duelm. Harold lived in Sauk Rapids all his life and worked at DH Blattner and Sons Construction from 1940 until his retirement in 1980. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, Holy Name Society, was a life member of Sauk Rapids VFW Post 6992, Past Commander of Sauk Rapids American Legion Post 254, and Past President of Sauk Rapids Lions Club. Harold was an Army Air Corps Veteran of WWII and a Pearl Harbor survivor. He enjoyed golfing, fishing, hunting and wildlife.

Survivors include his wife, Mary of Sauk Rapids; children and their spouses, Suzanne & Richard Vouk of O'Fallon, IL, Caroline & Brad Tesmer of Clear Lake, Joseph & Mary Blattner of Princeton, Ginger & Randy Hoffman of Richmond, Judy & Lowell Johnson of Cold Spring; sixteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Lucille Larson; brothers, William, Kenneth, and Ervin Blattner.

Obituary was published in The Cold Spring Record Online.

MSGT US ARMY AIR FORCES
WORLD WAR II
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Harold J. Blattner, 90
Sauk Rapids
January 19, 1918 - February 2, 2008

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Sauk Rapids for Harold John Blattner, age 90, of Sauk Rapids, who died Saturday at the St. Cloud Hospital. Rev. Ronald Weyrens will officiate and burial will be in MN State Veterans Cemetery at Camp Ripley near Little Falls on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.

Friends may call from 4-9 p.m. Monday at Dingmann Family Funeral Home, Sauk Rapids and one hour prior to the services Tuesday at the church in Sauk Rapids. Parish prayers will be at 6:00 p.m., Sauk Rapids American Legion Post 254 will pray at 6:30 p.m., Sauk Rapids VFW Post 6992 will pray at 7:00 p.m., Holy Name Society (Men's Club) will pray the rosary at 7:30 p.m. and Fourth Degree Father Pierz Assembly will stand honor guard from 5-8 p.m.

Harold was born January 19, 1918 in Benton County to David and Clara (Herbst) Blattner. He married Mary Corrigan on June 25, 1946 at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Duelm. Harold lived in Sauk Rapids all his life and worked at DH Blattner and Sons Construction from 1940 until his retirement in 1980. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, Holy Name Society, was a life member of Sauk Rapids VFW Post 6992, Past Commander of Sauk Rapids American Legion Post 254, and Past President of Sauk Rapids Lions Club. Harold was an Army Air Corps Veteran of WWII and a Pearl Harbor survivor. He enjoyed golfing, fishing, hunting and wildlife.

Survivors include his wife, Mary of Sauk Rapids; children and their spouses, Suzanne & Richard Vouk of O'Fallon, IL, Caroline & Brad Tesmer of Clear Lake, Joseph & Mary Blattner of Princeton, Ginger & Randy Hoffman of Richmond, Judy & Lowell Johnson of Cold Spring; sixteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Lucille Larson; brothers, William, Kenneth, and Ervin Blattner.

Obituary was published in The Cold Spring Record Online.


Inscription

MSGT USAAF - WORLD WAR II. BELOVED HUSBAND - FATHER - GRANDPA.



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  • Created by: ❀ T Burt
  • Added: Jan 24, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33205093/harold_john-blattner: accessed ), memorial page for Harold John Blattner (19 Jan 1918–2 Feb 2008), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33205093, citing Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery, Little Falls, Morrison County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by ❀ T Burt (contributor 47009168).