Robert "Bob" A. Haarup

September 27, 1933 - July 3, 2017

Robert “Bob” A. Haarup, 83 of Mason City, died Monday morning, July 3, 2017 at Hospice of North Iowa inpatient unit. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 am, Friday, July 7, 2017 at St. Peter Lutheran Church, 502 2nd St. S., Rockwell, Iowa. Officiating will be Pastor Rhea Evanson. A gathering for family and friends will be one hour prior to services. Inurnment will be held at a later date. Robert Allan Haarup was born to James and Carrie Haarup on September 27, 1933in Storm Lake, Iowa. He graduated from the Storm Lake High School and Buena Vista College with a BA in Music Education. He continued his education at UNI and received his MS from Mankato in School Administration. His career as an Instrumental Music educator spanned many years and many communities. He touched many students and faculty lives during his teaching profession which included the communities of Hospers, Nora Springs, Itasca in Illinois, Perry, Creston, Clear Lake, BCLUW, and Hubbard-Radcliff, retiring in1998. His love of music was shared through serving as choir director at Salem Methodist Church in Hubbard, and as director of the municipal band in Itasca Perry. He also played in the Mason City and Fort Dodge municipal bands. He was united in marriage to Erma Hansen on August 9, 1966 at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Galena, Illinois. In 2010 they moved to the Village Coop in Mason City. Prior to his failing health, Bob along with Erma enjoyed sailing biking golf, tennis road trips, and attending musicals. One of his loves was their miniature dachshund Heidi. Bob was a 30-year member of Salem Methodist Church in Hubbard and also a member of the masonic lodge and the lions club. He faithfully served his country in the US Army from 1956 until his honorable discharge in 1958. Bob was diagnosed in 2014 with Parkinson’s with Lewy Body Dementia and very recently with lung cancer and admitted immediately to Hospice. Bob is survived by his wife Erma, and four sister-in-law’s, Delores (Gary) Faught, Mason City; Marjorie Faught, Manly; Donna (David) Kruckenberg, and Kathleen Hansen both of Rockwell, along with several nieces and nephews who were a very important part of his life. Preceding him in death are his parents, a sister and two brothers, Sister-in-law Darlene Culver, brother-in-law Cecil Hansen and twins Donald and Donella Hansen. Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 2nd St SE, Mason City, IA 50401, 641-423-8676 www.Fullertonfh.com Facebook/Fullertonfuneralhomes