Name |
Foerstner, Harold Carl |
Birth |
8 Aug 1912 |
South Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Occupation |
He was an engineer and worked at the Jefferson Proving Ground (JPG) in Indiana, which was a munitions testing facility of Test and Evaluation Command of the United States Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command. Later he moved to the Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) in Arizona. |
Death |
30 May 2003 |
Soap Lake, Ct Grant, Washington, USA |
- Harold Carl Foerstner longtime Yuma resident, passed away on May 30, 2003 in Soap Lake, Washington. He was born August 8, 1912 in South Amana, Iowa to Carl & Wilhemina (Heistermann) Foerstner.
He graduated from the University of Iowa and married May Clarke of Mobile, Alabama in 1938. He worked with the Iowa Geodetic Survey until 1941, when he transferred to the Jefferson Proving Ground in Madison, Indiana. In 1954, he transferred to the then Yuma Test Station and retired from the Yuma Proving Ground in 1974.
Harold is a Past Master and 50 year member of the Carrollton Lodge, #134 F & AM, Carollton, Kentucky and Past Patron and 50 year member of the Carroll Chapter, #442, Order of the Eastern Star. He is also past president of the Carrollton Kiwanis Club. In Yuma, he served on the vestry of St. Pauls Episcopal Church and is a past president of NARFE and a HODAR.
Survivors include wife of 65 years May; sister Elsie Foerstner, Chicago, Illinois; daughter June Lee, Soap Lake, Washington; sons Clarke Foerstner, Cathedral City, California; James Foersner, Yardley, Pennsylvania; Lee Foerstner, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico; and Rick Foerstner, Denver, Colorado; 15 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. [3]
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Burial |
Desert Lawn Memorial Park, Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, USA [4] |
Siblings |
2 siblings |
| 1. Foerstner, William Henry, b. 18 Sep 1906, South Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA d. 1997 (Age 90 years) | | 2. Foerstner, Elsie Eva, b. 28 Mar 1917, South Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA d. 30 Apr 2014, Chicago, Ct Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 97 years) | |
Person ID |
I4842 |
Amana Tree |
Last Modified |
27 May 2020 |
Father |
Foerstner, Joseph (Karl), b. 31 Oct 1880, East Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA d. 8 Dec 1951, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Age 71 years) |
Mother |
Heistermann, Wilhelmine, b. 4 Jun 1881, South Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA d. 4 Sep 1959, South Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA (Age 78 years) |
Marriage |
9 Jan 1906 |
South Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA [5] |
Children |
3 children |
| 1. Foerstner, William Henry, b. 18 Sep 1906, South Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA d. 1997 (Age 90 years) | + | 2. Foerstner, Harold Carl, b. 8 Aug 1912, South Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA d. 30 May 2003, Soap Lake, Ct Grant, Washington, USA (Age 90 years) | | 3. Foerstner, Elsie Eva, b. 28 Mar 1917, South Amana, Ct Iowa, Iowa, USA d. 30 Apr 2014, Chicago, Ct Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 97 years) | |
Notes |
- EDIT 19 Jan 2021; CB; add mloc; mrec
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Family ID |
F1628 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |