Harold passed from this life on Thursday, October 10, 2014 at the Nebraska Veteran's Home with his wife and family at his side.  Services were held at the First United Methodist Church in Norfolk. Burial was at Hillcrest Memorial Cemetary with military rites.  He is greatly missed.

In 1960, Harold began working for Gerhold Concrete Co,  He drove truck for many years and worked in many other positions in the Norfolk plant. After 20 years, he went to work at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber plant in Norfolk, where he stayed until retiring in 1990.  Harold loved spending time with his family and enjoyed fishing at the NW Angle of Minnesota, traveling to Branson, Missouri a couple times a year and doing woodworking projects for Alice and the kids.  He & Alice traveled on bus tours several times taking a month to see Alaska and going to the east coast where he got to see the Pentagon again after so many years. 

In 1990, Harold had surgery to correct an anueryzm in his brain. This eventually led to the advance of Alzheimer's Disease.  He was able to remain at home where he was faithfully & lovingly cared for by Alice and his family.  In August 2013, Harold moved to the Nebraska Veteran's Home in Norfolk where he enjoys visits from Alice, the kids, grandkids and great-grands.

     Harold was born September 09, 1927,  and raised on a farm near Meadow Grove, Nebraska. He attended County School 16, then worked on the farm with his father until enlisting in the US Army.  He received basic training at Ft Lee, Virginia.  After basic training, Harold was assigned to the Communications Department at the Pentagon as a clerk,
      After serving in the Pentagon, Harold became an Army Reservist and returned to Nebraska.  He married Alice M Real on June 25, 1949.  They lived and worked on the farm at Meadow Grove until he was called back to active duty in 1950.  He went to Fort Hood, Texas for refresher training and was given orders for duty in Korea. Before he reached Korea he was deverted to Johnson Air Base in Japan where he was assigned as a mechanic in the motor pool.  After one year in Japan he was returned to reserve status.
     Harold returned to farming a while and then moved his growing family to Omaha where he was employed at American Smelters.  
      In 1960, Harold and his family moved to Norfolk and still own the same home they moved into at that time.  By that time he and Alice were parents to Mike, Mary, Theresa, John & Georgia.  Later they would welcome Tim, Laura & Kathy.