Matthew Hanke

November 30, 2007

Matthew Hanke

Service Details

Ankeny
Matthew David Hanke, 33, of Waterloo, Iowa, passed from this life on Friday, November 30, 2007 at Covenant Hospital in Waterloo. Funeral services will be held 2p.m. Monday, December 3, 2007 at Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart Catholic Church, 510 East 1st Street, Ankeny. Burial will follow at Ankeny Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held 5-7 p.m. Sunday at the church with a prayer service at 7 p.m.
Matthew was born April 17, 1974 in Des Moines. He attended grade school and junior high at North Scott Schools in Eldridge, Iowa. In 1988 he moved to Ankeny where he attended Ankeny High School and participated in football and wrestling. After his injury in 1990, he lived at Harmony House in Waterloo and attended West High School, graduating in 1996.
Matt enjoyed music, swimming, working in the greenhouse, karaoke and competing in games. He was a sweet and loving soul, happy in his life on earth and bringing joy to those who knew and loved him.
Matthew is survived and will be missed by his mother, Norma Hanke; brother, Al (Stephanie) Hanke; brother, Luke Hanke; grandmother, Evelyn Hanke; uncle, Dale (Lynnea) Hanke; uncle, Dean Engelman; nephew, Bryce Hanke; many cousins; friends and the staff and residents of Harmony House.
He was preceded in death by his father, Bryce Hanke; grandfather, Wesley Hanke; grandparents, Arnold and Dorothy Engelman; uncle, Dennis Engelman; and great uncle and aunt, Wilbur and Lois Hanke.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Harmony House in Waterloo or the Brian Injury Association of Iowa, Central Area Support Group.

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