Dr. James Patrick Haas

Mass of Christian Burial for Dr. James Patrick Haas will be celebrated 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006, at Basilica of St. Paul, 317 Mullally St., Daytona Beach, with the Rev. Tim Daly officiating. Family will receive friends from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. and from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. today (Tuesday) at Volusia Memorial Funeral Home, 548 N. Nova Road, Ormond Beach. Dr. Haas, a local dentist, practiced in Seminole and Volusia counties since moving to Florida in 1967. He was born July 29, 1932, in Sleepy Eye, Minn., to Frieda (Schroepfer) Haas and the late Henry Haas. An Army veteran of the Korean War, he was a graduate of St. John's College in Collegeville, Minn., and the University of Minnesota College of Dentistry. In addition to his career in dentistry, he was a pilot, auctioneer, real estate broker and an avid sports fan. Besides his mother he is survived by two sons, Johnathan, Ormond Beach, and Michael, Palm Coast; four daughters, Maribeth (Morey) Raiskin, Apopka, Jane (Dave) Hladky, Deltona, Margaret (Peggy) Haas, Palm Coast, and Jennifer (James) Smith, Ormond Beach; two brothers, Thomas, Camarilla, Calif., and Richard, Mankato, Minn.; sister, LaNette Braun, Sleepy Eye, Minn.; eight grandchildren, Kristina, Jennifer, Jane, Marshall, Kaylin, Jill, Evan and Meghan; and great-grandchild, Kameran. He was predeceased by his father, Henry; wife, Mary Ellen; and brothers, Edward and Phillip. Family requests memorial donations to St. Mary's Catholic Church, 104 St. Mary's St. N.W., Sleepy Eye, MN 56085. Arrangements are under the care and direction of Volusia Memorial, Ormond Beach.