Hugh Hamilton

Hugh C. Hamilton, 81, died Wednesday, October 31, 2007 in Grand Marais Minnesota. Graveside services will be 11:30 A.M. Thursday, November 8, at the Wesley Chapel Cemetery south of Ottumwa. A visitation will be held 5-7 P.M. Wednesday, November 7th at Hamilton’s Southtown Funeral Home.
Born March 27, 1926 in Ottumwa, IA our father attended Iowa Wesleyan College after serving as a corpsman in the US Navy during WW2 and again in the Korean War. He moved to Des Moines in 1957, Minneapolis in 1975 and retired in 1985 as District Manager Westinghouse Electric Treasury Division. He moved back to Des Moines in 1988 where he renewed his membership at St. John’s Lutheran Church, continued membership at the Des Moines ZA GA ZIG Shrine, Des Moines York Rite Masonic Bodies, Ottumwa Masonic Lodge, Des Moines Amateur radio Association and enjoyed being a wonderful father, grandfather, brother, and friend. Dad moved to grand Marais Minnesota in 2005 where he enjoyed the loving care of his daughters until his death of pneumonia October 31, 2007. Hugh is survived by his son Charles (Eileen); daughters Mary Ashley (Dan), Anna and Sarah Hamilton; grandchildren Tom (Tenille), Beth, Jake Hamilton, Kary Graham, Charles Ashley, and great grand children Austen and Kathryn. I can not express in words the loss we feel and the joy of Dad’s next great adventure. Memorial contributions can be made to the Shrine’s Children’s Hospital.

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