Remembering the life of Jerome P. Hareid....
The Funeral Service for Jerome P. Hareid of Ellendale, will be held at
10:30 A.M. on Saturday, October 29, 2005 at St. Aiden's Catholic Church in Ellendale. Father Thien Nguyen will officiate. Interment will be in
First Lutheran Cemetery, Ellendale.
Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. on Friday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Ellendale, and one hour before the service at the church.
Jerome died on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at the New Richland Care Center.
He was 87.
He was born on February 15, 1918, in Albert Lea, MN, the son of
Clifford and Mary (Nobles) Hareid.
He attended school in Albert Lea.
Jerome worked at Kraft foods for a time before serving our country in the U.S.
Army, in the Philippines during WWII.
While in the service he married the love of his life Violet J. Bakken. The were married October 2, 1943, in Salina, Kansas.
Upon his honorable discharge from the service, the couple lived in Minneapolis
until 1955 when they made their home on a farm near Ellendale.
For more than 30 years Jerome farmed and he also drove school bus for Ellendale Schools for more than 20 years. He loved to interact with the school kids.
He retired and moved into Ellendale in the late 1980?s.
Jerome loved to take car trips, listening to WCCO radio,and spending precious time with his grandchildren.
Jerome is survived by two sons: Tom Hareid of Ellendale, Bob Hareid and his children Alyssa, Andrew, and Ashton, also of Ellendale, also surviving is a brother Howard Hareid and his wife Blanche of the Twin Cities and many nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Violet in 1981, sisters: Katherine Meyer and Dorothy Glasser and brothers Louis and Clifford Hareid.