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Kenneth Hovey
KENNETH "KEN" HOVEY
Atkins
Kenneth "Ken" Hovey, 79, died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids after a short illness.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church in Atkins, with the Rev. Douglas Woltemath officiating. Interment will be at St. Stephen's Cemetery near Atkins. Visitation will be held at the church from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday.
A memorial fund has been established for St. Stephen's Lutheran Church or Central Lutheran School.
Ken was born Aug. 12, 1938, to Philip and Hannah (Hanson) Hovey, on the family farm near Cresco. He was baptized and confirmed at Orleans Lutheran Church in Ridgeway. He attended rural schools and graduated from Decorah High School in 1956.
He entered the U.S. Navy and served from 1956 to 1959. He then moved to Cedar Rapids and was employed at McKesson Drug Co. until his retirement.
On June 17, 1961, he was united in marriage to Roseann Roudabush at St. Mark Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, and the couple had made their home in Atkins since 1963.
Ken enjoyed traveling, reading, watching old Westerns and probably had read every Louis L'Amour book ever written, but most of all, enjoyed spending time with his family.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Roseann Hovey, of Atkins; his children, Karen Hovey and special friend, Leonard King, of San Diego, Calif., and Rich (Lisa) Hovey of Conifer, Colo., and their children, Logan and Hannah; his brothers-in-law, Vernon Spilde of Decorah and Bill Roudabush of Cedar Rapids; sisters-in-law, Colleen Hovey of Cresco and Judy (Jack) Richards of Elizabeth City, N.C.; and several nieces and nephews.
Ken was preceded in death by his parents; his father- and mother-in-law, Arnold and Muriel Roudabush; his brothers, Harlan (Norma) Hovey, Maynard Hovey and Philip (Rose) Hovey; and his sisters, Wilma (Galin) Barth, Kay Spilde and two infant sisters, Phyllis and Carol Hovey.
Phillips Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Condolences may be left at www.phillipsfuneralhomes.com.
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