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Harry Haarde Obituary
formerly of Nutley, New Jersey, 84, of Scottsdale, AZ passed away on June 1, 2011. He died of natural causes. Harry was born to William & Edith Haarde on November 25, 1926 in Dumont, NewJersy. Harry was a Navy Veteran of WWII and an entrepreneur in the dental technology business until he semi-retired and moved to Arizona in 1975. He was an avid outdoors man and loved to travel, fish, "GOLF", camp, scuba dive and any other activity that involved being with friends and family. Harry is best remembered for his undying optimism and his befriending of everyone that he met. Harry embraced life to the fullest and will be remembered by all for his enthusiasm for life and unrelenting effort to bring happiness and success to everyone he came to know. Harry was preceded in death by his sister Dorothy Jensen, brother-in-law Russell Jensen, and brother Robert Haarde. He is survived by his wife Peg Haarde of Scottsdale, AZ, his 3 daughters, Michelle Tretheway and son-in-law Glenn Tretheway of Phoenix, AZ, Kim Hansen and son-in-law Don Hansen of Missouri City, TX, and Kirsten Laytos of Scottsdale, AZ, grandchildren Kelly DeSanta, Jayson Laytos, Chris (Mickey) Hansen and Nels Hansen, and many loving cousins, nieces, nephews. Services June 8, 2011 at 1:30pm at Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church 2310 North 56th Street Phoenix, AZ 85008. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to: Hospice of the Valley 1510 E. Flower Street Phoenix, AZ 85014-5656 602-530-6900.
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Bob Haarde
June 10, 2011
Harry Haarde was my uncle and I loved him very much. Harry is the last of his generation of Haardes. There were six of them. Three cousins on one side, Dot, Bob and Harry and three cousins on the other side, Fred, Richard and Bud. All six were great Americans, great people and all lived long and exemplary lives. Harry's obituary appropriately describes what a special person he was - always positive, always sincere, always friendly. One funny memory I have that keeps coming back to me lately is from one of our last family reunions in Cape Cod in the early 90's. We drove up in separate cars and when we all arrived at our cottage we sat around, looked out at the ocean and prepared to cook up some lobsters. My dad and Harry proceeded to get into one of their "discussions" about how to get to Cape Cod. Bourne Bridge? or Sagamore Bridge? It went on and on. To everyone else these two brothers appeared to be arguing, but this was their way of communicating to each other and they loved it. It could not have been a more ridiculous topic - how to get to cape cod. Who cares? But to them it was worthy of a good long Bob and Harry argument. I remember this discussion about "how to get to cape cod" now because I am sure today my dad and my uncle Harry are up there sitting around with loved ones having a good long argument about how to get to Heaven.
June 6, 2011
My Father never meet a man he didn't like and found something good in everyone. We all will miss him.
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