Individual Details

Harold Boyd Garrett Jr.

(1 Jan 1924 - 17 Oct 2009)

Posted at Find-A-Grave.com: Harold B. Garrett, 85, of Cambridge, died Saturday, October 17, 2009 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 21st, at the Cambridge Lutheran Church. Rev. Dawn Keenan will officiate. Burial will be in Rosedale Cemetery, Cambridge. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Cambridge Chapel of Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Services. Memorials may be made to the Harold Garrett Memorial Fund. Harold B. Garrett was born January 1, 1924 in Galesburg, the son of Harold B. Sr., and Cecile (Hollingsworth) Garrett. He graduated from a high school in Macomb in 1942 and attended college. He married Annabelle Pollock in 1945 in Macomb. She died in April of 1963. His marriage to Rosalie Crouch Fransene took place on August 15, 1964 in Galesburg. Harold worked as a salesman for Sieg Company in Galesburg. He then started his own parts business, The Parts House, in Galesburg, in 1972 and later expanded it to Monmouth, retiring in 1989. He also farmed in rural Woodhull. His memberships include the Cambridge Lutheran Church and the Henry County Farm Bureau. He served on the board of the Automotive Wholesalers of Illinois and was an active member of Valley View Club in Cambridge where he had also served on the board of directors. H.B. and Ro enjoyed wintering at their home in Harlingen, Texas. Those surviving are his wife, Rosalie, sons and daughters-in-law, Steve and Bonnie Fransene, Galesburg, Scott and Tory Garrett, Woodhull, daughters and sons-in-law, Cathy and Mike Heidenreich, Senatobia, MS, Teddi and Jim Shipp, Galesburg, and a daughter-in-law and her husband, Julie and Brian Dwyer, Woodhull. Also surviving are 14 grandchildren, Sarah Spelman, Jason Fransene, Erik Sundberg, Nicole Hawkinson, Eric, Andy, and Katie Heidenreich, Travis, Trevor, and Trent Fransene, Haleigh and Hannah Garret, and Ryan and Samantha Shipp, and 11 great grandchildren. His first wife, two sons, Chuck Garrett and Tom Fransene, and his parents preceded him in death.

Events

Birth1 Jan 1924Galesburg, Knox Co., Illinois
Marriage24 Feb 1945Macomb, McDonough Co., Illinois - Annabelle Pollock
Death17 Oct 2009Cambridge, Henry Co., Illinois
Alt nameHarold Garrett
SSN issuedIllinois
BurialRose Dale Cemetery, Cambridge, Henry Co., Illinois

Families

SpouseAnnabelle Pollock (1922 - 1963)
ChildCharles Douglas Garrett (1959 - 1990)
ChildTeddi Jean Garrett (1960 - )
ChildScott Drew Garrett (1962 - )
FatherHarold Boyd Garrett (1897 - 1926)
MotherCecile Hollingsworth (1899 - 1995)

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