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Joseph Emanuel “Joe” Hanawalt

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Birth	:	1 Apr 1917 Dumont, Butler County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	7 Nov 2011 Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Meservey Cemetery, Meservey, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.9080582, -93.4786072
Description	:	Joe Hanawalt, 94, of Meservey, died Monday, November 7, 2011 at Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, November 10 at First Reformed Church in Meservey with Rev. Rodney Meester presiding. Interment with Veteran's Honors will be at the Meservey Cemetery. Visitation will be 4:00 - 7:00 p.m., Wednesday at Retz Funeral Home in Thornton. Joe Emmanuel Hanawalt was born April 1, 1917 at Dumont, Iowa a son of Emmanuel and Hannah Matilda (Polk) Hanawalt. He was baptized the EUB church in Dumont. Joe attended country school and graduated from Dumont High School... Read More	Joe Hanawalt, 94, of Meservey, died Monday, November 7, 2011 at Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, November 10 at First Reformed Church in Meservey with Rev. Rodney Meester presiding. Interment with Veteran's Honors will be at the Meservey Cemetery. Visitation will be 4:00 - 7:00 p.m., Wednesday at Retz Funeral Home in Thornton. Joe Emmanuel Hanawalt was born April 1, 1917 at Dumont, Iowa a son of Emmanuel and Hannah Matilda (Polk) Hanawalt. He was baptized the EUB church in Dumont. Joe attended country school and graduated from Dumont High School in 1937. He became a mechanic and drove a school bus for the Dumont Schools. Joe was in the first group drafted out of Butler County during WWII. He served 42 months without a leave. His assignments included being in the first 36 US Soldiers who went into Japan after their surrender. After his discharge Joe returned to Iowa and was soon united in marriage with Vivian Ruth Obrecht on October 18, 1945. Joe worked as a mechanic at power plants in Charles City and Algona. They later moved to a farm near Thornton where he opened a shop and continued with the mechanic work and driving the school bus for the Meservey Thornton Schools. Joe retired in 1986 and they moved into Meservey. Joe kept active in the First Reformed Church in Meservey; Meservey Area Promoter's Organization and was a life member of the Thornton American Legion Post. Children were very important to Joe as he greeted them on the bus every morning and watched them grow. Joe is survived by his wife of 66 years, Vivian; son: Kenneth (Julie) Hanawalt, Rockwell; grandson: Justin Hanawalt, California; sister: Nina Mulder, Waverly; brother-in-law: Roger Obrecht, Mason City and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives. Preceding him in death are his parents, brothers: Merlin and Nilus and sisters: Edith Lenz, Viola Miller, Erma Clausen, Mabel Hahn and Lila Hanawalt.

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Joseph Emanuel “Joe” Hanawalt's memorial is located at: Meservey Cemetery, Meservey, Franklin County, USA.
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Joseph Emanuel “Joe” Hanawalt death on 7 Nov 2011 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.9080582
Longitude: -93.4786072

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Vivian Hanawalt

(1922 - 2017)

Siblings

Edith Amanda Hanawalt Lenz

(1899 - 1960)

Nilus Earl Hanawalt

(1905 - 2007)

Mabel Matilda Hanawalt Haan

(1910 - 2010)

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