Harold (Mick) Postel

HAROLD (MICK) POSTEL

Anamosa

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 St. John Cemetery. The Rev. Tim Eckert will officiate at the services. Friends may call after 11:30 a.m. 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 are 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, 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 was 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.