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Nathaniel Hawbaker
NATHANIEL "NATE" AUSTIN HAWBAKER
Kalona
Nathaniel "Nate" Austin Hawbaker passed away Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, at age 15. He was born Jan. 3, 2001, in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Ben and Sonja (Jones) Hawbaker. Nate was a freshman at Mid-Prairie High School, where he played football and ran track. He enjoyed snow boarding, video games, long range shooting, and he loved his cat, Marlon.
Nate is survived by his parents, Ben and Sonja Hawbaker of Kalona; four siblings, Zachary Lara of Kalona, Lincoln Hawbaker of Riverside, Brennyn Hawbaker of Kalona and Paul Hawbaker of Kalona; three nieces; a nephew; grandparents, Dennis and Stephanie Whitlock of Coralville, Dennis and Rhonda Jones of Lovington, N.M., Jerry and Barbara Hawbaker of Cherokee Village, Ark., and Paula Walton of Riverside; great-grandmothers, Susan Sturgeon of Gardendale, Texas, amd Jean Zehr of Mediapolis; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at Kalona Christian Fellowship Church. Pastor Larry Rediger will officiate. Burial will be in Lower Deer Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Monday at Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona, where the family will greet friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m.
A general memorial fund has been established.
Messages may be sent to the family at www.powellfuneralhomes.com.
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