Comanche county was saddened last Wednesday morning by the untimely death of Harold D Haas, who was killed in a truck accident.Funeral services were held at the Methodist church, Coldwater on Saturday, May 25, 1963, at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Marvin Alley, pastor of the Baptist church in Protection, officiated.
Mrs. Hazel McMurray was the organist. Raymond Cline sang "God Understands," "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" and "The Old Rugged Cross."
Pallbearers were Joe Atteberry, Larry Lousch, Roger Lousch, Larry Huck, Ronnie Lohrding and Ross Deewall.
Interment was in Crown Hill Cemetery near Coldwater.
Obituary Harold Dean Haas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Haas, was born November 3, 1941, at Ashland, Kansas, and departed this life May 22, 963, at the age of 21 years, six months, and 19 days, due to accidental causes.
He lived in the Antioch community, on their farm, with his parents, his brother, Harlie, and sisters, Carol and Sherryl, attending the Glendale school (14 miles) south of Coldwater) through his first eight grades. He graduated from Coldwater high school with the class of 1959, attended Northwestern State College at Alva, Okla., during the 1959-60 semester; then received his pilots license from the American Flyers School at Ardmore, Okla., in the summer of 1961. He was awarded his Diploma of Auctioneering from Fort Smith, Ark., in July 1962. He helped his father farm until being employed by the Thornton Trucking Company since January, 1963.
Harold always attended church and Sunday School in the rural community - first at Fairview then at Antioch, becoming a member of Antioch Methodist church on April 5th, 1963. Here he attended church until he and his family moved to Coldwater. Music and song was of special interest through high school. He loved sports, playing all four years with Coldwater's football, basketball and track teams and was always a part of Buttermilk's baseball team, and was a member of the Loyal Hustlers 4-H Club, and learned the ways of farm life during his short span of life.
On August 21, 1960, Harold was united in marriage with Bonnie Jean Atteberry of Protection, Kans., in the Baptist church at Protection, Kans.
On February 2, 1962, their son, James Dean, was born to them in Ashland, Kans.
Left to mourn his passing is his ever loving wife, Bonnie Jean, his 16 month old baby, James Dean; his mother and daddy, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Haas; brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Harlie Haas; sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. James Downing; a sister, Carol, of the home; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Haas and great grandmother, Mrs. Helen Hatfield, all of Coldwater, Kans.; aunts, uncles, cousins, Bonnie's relatives and his many, many friends.
In this season of Graduation, Harold D. Haas has earned his Life Diploma dated May 22, 1963.
Should I Ask You Back?
We miss you here, yet faith rejoices
That you have joined these heavenly voices;
Nature sees the body dead,
But faith beholds the spirit fled.
Nature stops at Jordan's tide,
But faith beholds the other side.So you are gone, now life seems black.
And shall I ask to have you back?
Back - and leaves the Spirit's brightness?
Back - and leave your robes of whiteness?
Back - and leave the Rock who feeds you?
Back - from springs to which He leads you?
Back - and leave your heavenly Father?
Back - to earth and sin?No, rather,
I would resign to solitude.
I would not ask you if I could,
But patient wait my risen Lord
Till nature cuts this silver cord;
And He who fashions all things new
Shall bring my spirit home to you.
The Buttermilk, Kansas, Softball Team, circa 1950. Photo from the collection of Delmar Huck.
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