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A funeral service will be held for Harvey at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 23, at First United Methodist Church, 119 S. Georgia Ave., Mason City, with the Rev. Jim Stiles officiating. Burial will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery, with full military honors conducted by members of the Iowa Honor Guard and the Clear Lake VFW.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, March 22, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 North Fourth St., Clear Lake; and continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday.
Harvey John O'Brien was born May 16, 1921, in Norfolk, Neb., the son of Harvey William and Mary Elizabeth (Hitt) O'Brien.
Harvey enlisted and served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. At the conclusion of the war, he received an honorable discharge and relocated to Maywood, Ill., where he met and married his wife, Mary "Betty" Bonita Christenson in 1946.
Harvey and Betty moved to Cedar Falls, put down roots and started their family. To this union, four children were born. Harvey enjoyed a lifelong career in sales and interior design.
Throughout Harvey's life he enjoyed fishing, boating, hunting, golfing, horses, gardening with his family. His most precious moments were evenings spent watching the sunset over Clear Lake with his wife, Betty.
Harvey is survived by his wife, Betty O'Brien, of Waterloo and Clear Lake; children, Mary Beth O'Brien (special friend, Fran Wehrle), Waterloo, Kathleen O'Brien-Lyon (Scott), Clear Lake, Patricia O'Brien-Galasso (Gene), Clear Lake, Michael (Narelle) O'Brien, Clear Lake; brother, Franklin O'Brien, Minneapolis, Minn.; grandchildren, Teresa Nelson, John and Derek Gibson, Stephanie Chesmore, Christopher and Brice Petersen, Jessica Mayland, Leif Kennedy, Joshua, Casey and Mikaela O'Brien in 1987, Kristine Sandberg, Kimberly Bond and David Lyon blessed his life; 11 great-grandchildren; along with several nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
Harvey is preceded in death by his parents; brother, Eugene "Red" O'Brien; and sister, Evelyn Mizenberg.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake, 641-357-2193.
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