George "Jake" Hartsock
Obituaries
Steamboat Today - June 17, 2012
George (Jake) Hartsock, 74, of Iowa City, Iowa, passed away June 9, 2012, at Pleasantview Home in Kalona, Iowa.
Jake was born in Johnson County on March 21, 1938, to George E. and Gertrude (Bell) Hartsock. He went to a country school, Sharon No. 3 (Hartsock School), and graduated from Kalona High School in 1956.
Jake served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam.
He had been a rancher and cattleman for 45 years in Clark in the spring and summer and in Raymond, Calif., in the fall and winter.
Jake is survived by one sister, Mary (Don) Gringer, of Iowa City; and three brothers, William Hartsock, of Douglas, Alaska, Howard Hartsock, of Iowa City, and Jim Hartsock, of Wellman, Iowa.
Jake was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Doris.
Peterseim Funeral Home is handling the arrangements
Visitation was from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona.
Private committal services were Thursday in the Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City.
