Jack Devon Haaser

Jack Devon Haaser , 84 of Barling, Arkansas died September 2, 2010. He was born March 20, 1926 in Rogers, Arkansas. He was an outstanding high school athlete, played quarterback and was the captain at St. Ann’s high school football team. After high school he played semi-pro baseball at Andrews Field. He boxed for the Navy and pursued a career as an amateur Olympic Lifter for which he was awarded the Neil Martin Award as Arkansas’ most outstanding Athlete in 1951. He was the winner of the Senior Nationals in Olympic lifting in 1948 and 1949 and went to the Olympic trials in Chicago in 1950. Jack was a WWII Navy Veteran who studied to be a priest at St. John’s Seminary in Little Rock for two years. After leaving the seminary he married Theresa Wilkinson in 1950 at IC Church.

Jack was a member of Sacred Heart of Mary Church in Barling, the Knights of Columbus and the Sacred Heart Men’s Club. He is survived by his wife Theresa, one daughter Annette Flusche and her husband Jerome, three sons Jack C. Haaser, Rick Haaser, and Cash Haaser and his wife Kathy, nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. He is also survived by two brothers George Haaser and James E. Haaser. He was preceded in death by his father A.O. Haaser, mother Mildred (Spracklin) Haaser, his brothers Richard Haaser and Donald Haaser and sister Patsy (Haaser) Jones.

A Rosary will be said Friday, September 3, 2010 at 7:00 PM at Fentress Mortuary Chapel with a Funeral Mass on Saturday morning, September 4, 2010 at 10:00 AM at the Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Barling. Burial will follow at the Sacred Heart of Mary Cemetery in Barling.

Pallbearers will be Jacob Flusche, Mark Haaser, Daniel Haaser and Jack C. Haaser, Rick Haaser and Cash Haaser. Honorary pallbearers will be Nicholas Haines, Mark Haines, Justin Meyers, Danny Wilson and Jerome Flusche.

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