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From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) TELEGRAM- January 17, 2002-
COLUMBUS - Arthur John Henry Hoessel, 84, of Columbus died Tuesday, Jan. 15,
2002, at Columbus Community Hospital Inc.
Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Columbus with
the Revs. Roland A. Jank and Richard Bringewatt officiating. Burial will be
at Roselawn Memorial Cemetery in Columbus with military honors by the
American Legion Honor Guard Hartman Post 84.
Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday at Gass Haney Funeral Home in Columbus
and 9-10 a.m. Saturday at the church. There will be a family prayer service
at 9:45 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Mr. Hoessel was born April 2, 1917, in rural Creston to Gus and Margaret
(Littleman) Hoessel. He attended the Boheet Country School. He worked on the
family farm until enlisting in the Army Air Corps on Aug. 29, 1942. During
his time in the service, he earned the Air Medal with four Bronze Oak Leaf
Clusters and the Good Conduct Medal. He served as an airplane electrical
mechanic and was honorably discharged on Sept. 16, 1945, with the rank of
staff sergeant.
He married Helen Marty on June 15, 1947, in Columbus. For a short time, he
worked at Columbus Electric and then started his own business from his home
in 1948. He retired from Hoessel Electric in 1988.
He was a member of the church and had served on various church boards. He
was a member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Platte
County Historical Society, Izaak Walton and a longtime member of the Hartman
Post 84 Honor Guard. He was also a past member of the Board of Directors for
the YMCA, past Little League baseball coach, past president of the Baseball
League and a past Boy Scout leader.
He enjoyed fishing and hunting.
Survivors include his wife; four sons, Dale (Barb) Hoessel and Randy
Hoessel, all of Columbus, Richard Hoessel of Sutherland and Robert Hoessel
of Omaha; one daughter, Kay (Terry) Mimick of Columbus; one sister, Viola
Dasenbrock of Columbus; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and one sister, Verna Kluever.
Memorials may be directed to the Immanuel Lutheran Building Fund.
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From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) TELEGRAM- January 17, 2002-
COLUMBUS - Arthur John Henry Hoessel, 84, of Columbus died Tuesday, Jan. 15,
2002, at Columbus Community Hospital Inc.
Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Columbus with
the Revs. Roland A. Jank and Richard Bringewatt officiating. Burial will be
at Roselawn Memorial Cemetery in Columbus with military honors by the
American Legion Honor Guard Hartman Post 84.
Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday at Gass Haney Funeral Home in Columbus
and 9-10 a.m. Saturday at the church. There will be a family prayer service
at 9:45 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Mr. Hoessel was born April 2, 1917, in rural Creston to Gus and Margaret
(Littleman) Hoessel. He attended the Boheet Country School. He worked on the
family farm until enlisting in the Army Air Corps on Aug. 29, 1942. During
his time in the service, he earned the Air Medal with four Bronze Oak Leaf
Clusters and the Good Conduct Medal. He served as an airplane electrical
mechanic and was honorably discharged on Sept. 16, 1945, with the rank of
staff sergeant.
He married Helen Marty on June 15, 1947, in Columbus. For a short time, he
worked at Columbus Electric and then started his own business from his home
in 1948. He retired from Hoessel Electric in 1988.
He was a member of the church and had served on various church boards. He
was a member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Platte
County Historical Society, Izaak Walton and a longtime member of the Hartman
Post 84 Honor Guard. He was also a past member of the Board of Directors for
the YMCA, past Little League baseball coach, past president of the Baseball
League and a past Boy Scout leader.
He enjoyed fishing and hunting.
Survivors include his wife; four sons, Dale (Barb) Hoessel and Randy
Hoessel, all of Columbus, Richard Hoessel of Sutherland and Robert Hoessel
of Omaha; one daughter, Kay (Terry) Mimick of Columbus; one sister, Viola
Dasenbrock of Columbus; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and one sister, Verna Kluever.
Memorials may be directed to the Immanuel Lutheran Building Fund.
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1917 - 2002 (84 years)