Haas - Alton Guy "Junior"
Photo at left of a young Alton Guy "Junior" Haas.
Thanks to Andy Rice for sending this in. It was contained in a photo collection of his great grandparents.
Junior Haas later in life.
May have been photo with obituary.
Source: Lafayette Journal and Courier
Mon 24 Dec 2007 p 8
Wingate – Alton Guy “Junior” Haas, 76, a
lifelong Wingate resident, died Saturday morning Dec 22, 2007 in his home,
following a short illness. Born March 6,
1931, in Fountain County, he was the son of the late Alton W. and Elizabeth
MinickHaas. He was a 1949 graduate of Wingate HS where he was active in
sports. He was married to Loretta Lou
Hunsinger in Seymour on Oct 22, 1950 and she survives. Mr. Haas had been a self-employed trucker for
51 years, serving local farmers and elevators, transporting grain and
livestock. He was a 62-yeaer member of Pleasant Hill Church in Wingate, where
he served as treasurer for 30 years. For
15 years, he was treasurer of the Spartan Group which owns the Spartan Inn of
Wingate. He served 40 years as sec-treas of Greenlawn Cemetery in Wingate. He served 40 years as secretary-treasurer of
Greenlawn Cemetery in Wingate. He served
as an officiant at many funeral services over the years and was involved in
Souls for Christ & Gideon International.
He was an avid sports fan and was particularly interested in supporting
the best interests of the Wingate community. Surviving with his wife are a son,
Rick J. Haas (wife: Becky) of Lafayette and Robin Guyann Haas of Wingate; two
stepsisters: Pat Oswalt (husband: Harold) of Wingate and Rev Myers (husband:
Bob) of Robinson, Ill. Visitation will
be held at Family & Friends Funeral Home of Wingate, 3-8 p.m. Wednesday Dec
26. Funeral services will be held at
Family & Friends Funeral Home of Wingate at 11 a.m. Thursday Dec 27 with
Pastor Joe Perry officiating. Interment Greenlawn Cemetery, Wingate. Surviving
are 5 grandchildren: Darren Haas, Kami Harris, Derek Holman, Kelly Tuntland,
Robert Beck Jr; 10 great grandchildren, Tayla, Demi and Huttson Jack Alton Haas,
Dawson Holman, Nici Grimes, Dominic, Victoria and Tyler Guy Tuntland, Hadley
and Grant Harris. He was preceded in death by his twin sister, Alga “Jean”
Essick, a sister, Deloris Davis and a brother, Darrell. Junior was a devout
Christian. The family request in lieu of flowers memorial may best be directed
to Pleasant Hill Church of Gideons International with envelopes being available
at the funeral home. Online condolences
may be directed to familyandfriends@tds.net.