Obit: DeVries, Harlan C. (1940 – 2014)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: DeVries, Sassmann, Hardy, Luttropp, Rogney, Rajkowski, LaBarge, Spalding, Gamble, Mueller

----Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 12 Feb 2014

DeVries, Harlan C. (14 JAN 1940 – 8 FEB 2014)

Harlan C. DeVries, 74, Spencer, passed away peacefully with family at his side on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, at Ministry Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. David DePaoli officiated. Burial followed in Salem Cemetery in the town of Sherman, Clark County. Serving as pallbearers were Ben DeVries, Bryan DeVries, David LaBarge, Jacob Luttropp, Korey Rajkowski, Brenden DeVries, Hunter DeVries and Dan Rogney.

Harlan DeVries was born on Jan. 14, 1940, in Waverly, Iowa, the son of Carl and Mabel (nee Sassmann) DeVries. He graduated in Fairbank, Iowa. Following graduation he worked on his parents' farm near Loyal in the town of Sherman. On June 24, 1961, he married Gloria Hardy in Belvidere, Ill. Harlan and Gloria bought his parents' farm in 1976, where they continued farming. Harlan was also employed at the former Weyerhaeuser, now known as Marshfield Door Systems, in Marshfield, and later worked at Fleet Farm until his retirement four years ago.

His hobbies included attending his grandkids' ball games and supporting them, and camping in Hatfield, Dexter and Lake Wazecha. Traveling was a passion and he took trips to Mexico, Hawaii, Branson, Alaska, Colorado and New York. Harlan enjoyed fishing with his father and his uncle and loved driving his International 666 tractor.

He is survived by his loving wife, Gloria, Spencer; his children, Russell (Vicki) DeVries, Castle Rock, Colo., Karen (Joel) Luttropp, Spencer, Peter (Daya) DeVries, Loyal, and Paul (Melissa) DeVries, Vesper; his grandchildren, Benjamin (Claire) DeVries, Bryan DeVries and Emily DeVries, Megan (Dan) Rogney, Katie (Korey Rajkowski) Luttropp, Melinda (David) LaBarge, Jacob Luttropp, Brenden and Hunter DeVries, and Abigail, Rachel and Ryan DeVries; two great-grandchildren, Avery and Genevieve DeVries; two step-grandchildren, Ryan and Mikaela Spalding; and two sisters, Sharon (Earl) Gamble, Marshfield, and Nancy (Donald) Mueller, Columbia, Mo.

Harlan was preceded in death by his parents; his mother-in-law, Mildred Sims; his father-in-law, Chester Hardy; and a brother-in-law, Robert Hardy.

The family would like to extend a sincere thank you to the physicians and staff of Ministry Saint Joseph’s Hospital 8 North and Palliative Care and Marshfield Clinic Oncology Department.

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Arrangements were entrusted to Life Tributes Funeral Home and Cremation Service-Spencer.