Kenneth L. Hastie

Born in Boone County, IA on November 18, 1913
Departed on November 15, 2008. Resided in Cedar Rapids, Ia.

Memorial

Kenneth L. Hastie, 94, of 190 Cottage Grove Ave SE, died Saturday, November 15, 2008 at St. Luke’s Hospital following a short illness. Services will be held at 3 PM Saturday in Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories. Rev. Lloyd Brockmeyer of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church will officiate. Entombment in Chapel of Memories Mausoleum in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home from 6 to 8 PM on Friday and at the chapel after 2:30 PM on Saturday.

Kenneth Louie Hastie, son of Louie Hastie and Gladys Ridenour, was born November 18, 1913, on a farm in Boone County, Iowa. He attended a one-room elementary school in Angus, Iowa and graduated from Perry High School in 1932. He also attended the American Institute of Business in Des Moines. In 1934 he married Louise Black in the Church of Christ in Perry. They divorced. She passed away on April 27, 2007.

Ken began his long career in the radio business during the 1930’s, the “Golden Years” of radio broadcasting. His first jobs were with stations WHO and KSO-KRNT in Des Moines. In 1935, he moved to Cedar Rapids to join WMT where he became station manager in 1959. In 1960, he served as president of the Iowa Broadcasters Association. He retired from WMT in 1976 and spent the next 11 years as manager of the Paramount building.

During his long-time residency in Cedar Rapids, Ken was actively engaged in the community. He attended the Cedar Rapids Church of Christ and later joined St. Paul’s United Methodist Church where he served on the Board of Trustees. He was a member of the City Planning Commission for 27 years, Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, St. Luke’s Hospital Board, the Cedar Rapids Country Club, President of the Iowa Broadcasters Assn, and President of the Cedar Rapids-Marion Chamber of Commerce in 1973. He was also a member of Mizpah Masonic Lodge and the El Kahir Shrine.

Ken married Leona Miller on Valentine’s Day in 1987. For 21 years they have spent the winter in Naples, Fl. And have returned each spring to Cedar Rapids.

Surviving are his wife Leona Miller Hastie, a sister Verna Thompson of Indianapolis, brother Eldon (Dean) Hastie of Washington, D.C., son K. Larry Hastie and wife Ruth of Ann Arbor, Michigan, grandsons Brock Hastie of Ann Arbor, MI., and Kevin Hastie of Chicago, Il., and two great-granddaughters Callie and Sam. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Clifford Hastie of Perry.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Boy Scouts of America or to Camp Courageous of Iowa.