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Harold "Mick" Postel
July 25, 1935 – July 1, 2017
Harold "Mick" Postel, 81, died Saturday, July 1, 2017 at Jones Regional Medical Center following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, July 8, at St. John Lutheran Church rural Monticello, with interment in the St. John Cemetery. The Rev. Tim Eckert will officiate at the services. Friends may call after 11:30 at the church. Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello is caring for Harold’s family and services.
Surviving is his wife, Joan; two children, Bradford (Pam) Postel and Jill (Terry) Kennebeck; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and siblings, Joyce Roberson, Helen (Dave) Martin, Ruth (Ken) Payne, Janet Isaacson, William (Diane) Postel, and Judy (Randy) Dumond. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Harold Frederick Postel was born July 25, 1935, in Monticello. He was the son of Merle and Gertrude (Monk) Postel. Harold was born deaf and attended Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs. This is where he met his future wife, Joan Eden. The couple married on November 17, 1955.
They lived in Anamosa where Harold was a finish carpenter for several different construction companies. He loved making things out of wood, he loved Iowa Hawkeyes football, and he loved his family. Harold was a member of Word of God Lutheran Church for the Deaf in Cedar Rapids.
The family would like to thank the staff at Woodland Park and the Anamosa Care Center for the care that was given to Harold while he lived there.

Submitted by: Janet A. Brandt
Source: Anamosa Journal-Eureka, Anamosa, Iowa, 6 July 2017

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