HARVEY FRITZ KIENAST

Harvey Fritz Kienast, 68, of Burlington, formerly of Crawford County, died Monday at Burlington Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Lunning Chapel in Burlington with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery there. A memorial has been established at Concordia Lutheran Church.

Kienast was born in Audubon County and graduated from Manning High School in 1944. He served with the U.S. Army Paratroopers. He farmed in Crawford County until moving to Burlington in 1966. He retired in 1990.

Survivors include his wife, Barbara; two sons, Ronald of Burlington and John of West Burlington; three daughters, Vickie Kongable of Mt. Union, Linda Virgin of Burlington and Lori Lewis of Illinois; two stepsons, Trent Blythe of Minneapolis, Minn., and Craig Schmoldt of Riverdale, Maryland; two step-daughters, Debbie Wadden of Keokuk and Linda Vargas of Manassas, Va.; nine grandchildren; 13 step-grandchildren; two step great grandchildren; and four brothers, Elmer of Arion, Maynard of Indianola, LeRoy of Long Beach, Calif., and Leland of Manning.