Harold (Mick) Postel July 25, 1935-July 1, 2017


Harold (Mick) Postel

     Harold (Mick) Postel, age 81, died Saturday, July 1, 2017 at Jones Regional Medical Center following a brief illness.

     Funeral services will be held 1 Saturday afternoon, July 8, 2017 at St. John Lutheran Church rural Monticello, with interment in the St. John Cemetery. 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. Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.

     Surviving is his wife, Joan; two children, Bradford (Pam) Postel, 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 at Monticello, Iowa. He was the son of Merle and Gertrude Monk, Postel. Harold was born deaf and attended the Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs. This where he met his future wife Joan Eden. The couple married on Nov. 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 Hawkeye 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.               

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