Obituary     

Robert Hausman 1926-1990

The Carroll Times Herald, July, 1990

Mass of the Christian burial for Robert Hausman was celebrated at 1:30 p.m. today, July 16, at Holy Spirit Church in Carroll. Burial was at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Carroll.

Mr. Hausman, 63, died in a lawn-mowing accident at his home in Carroll on Friday, July 13, 1990.

Fathers Marvin Hood and Cleo Seuntjens were concelebrants. Lectors were Sister Barbara Ann Hausman and Don Stangl. Mass servers were Ryan and Ross Pudenz. Cross bearer was Christy Keller. Gift bearers were his grandchildren.

Casket bearers were Clarence Eischeid, Elmer Dalhoff, Donald Riesberg, Leonard Riesselman, Harold Riesberg and Craig Riesenberg.

Born Sept. 28, 1926 in Halbur, Mr. Hausman was a son of Christ and Anna (Schenkelberg) Hausman. He attended St. Augustine Grade School in Halbur and Carroll High School.

On Nov. 17, 1947, he married to Elsie Thelen at St. Bernard Church in Breda by Father Schleyer.

Mr. Hausman was formerly a farmer and was most recently a self-employed painter. Formerly of Halbur, he had lived in Carroll for nine months.

Mr. Hausman is survived by his wife, Elsie, of Carroll; his children Gary and his wife Dorothy, of Athens, Ga., Dan and his wife, Colleen, of Simi Valley, Calif., Vicki and her husband, Dan Keller, of Carroll, Randy and his wife, Raylene, of Lake City, and Keith Hausman of Ames; 11 grandchildren; sisters, Sister Barbara Ann Hausman of Carroll, Irene Vasos of Carroll, Helen Flogerzi of Lakewood, Calif., and Kathy Dieter of Redondo Beach, Calif.; brothers, Harold of Onawa and Louis of Halbur; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Melvin Hausman of Carroll; and his mother-in-law, Philomena Thelen of Carroll.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Lucille Wyman; and a brother, Melvin Hausman.

 

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