Harold Hanyka Jr.'s Obituary
Funeral services for Harold Hanyka, Jr., 86, of Longview will be 12 PM Noon Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Lakeview Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home starting at 11 AM before the service.
Mr. Hanyka died Sunday, November 30, 2014 at a local hospital.
He was born February 25, 1928 in Braham, Oklahoma.
He was a United States Navy Veteran having served from 1946 – 1948 and a graduate of Oklahoma State University in 1952. He had worked for Shell Oil Company from 1954 to 1966. In 1967 he moved to Longview and became the owner of Arrow Rental until his retirement in 1991. He was a member of Oakland Heights Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Otto and Nelva Hanyka and his sister, Donna Hayes.
Harold is survived by his wife of 61 years, Sue; son and daughter-in-law, David and Diann Hanyka; daughters and sons-in-law, Kerry and Jim Brown all of Longview and Ann and Paul Canon of Collinsville, Texas; Sister and brother-in-law, Shyrlene and Dale Alexander of Jonesboro, Arkansas; brother-in-law and wife, Charles and Betty Jennings of Natchez, Mississippi, 10 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
The Family requests that those who desire may make memorial contributions to Texas Oncology Center.
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