Louis "Lp" Halbeisen
April 6, 1933 — October 12, 2016
Louis Parnell Halbeisen, age 83, went to his eternal rest on Wednesday, October 12, 2016, at Linn Manor Care Center, Marion, Iowa. Graveside services will take place at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 19, 2016, at the Hartford Cemetery, Hartford, Iowa, with military honors. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion.
LP is survived by his godson, D.C. (Kathy) Murphy of Marion and their children, Daniel, Ryan, and Sarah Murphy.
LP was born April 6, 1933, in Litchfield, Nebraska. In 1937, his family moved to Iowa. He started school in Hartford then at the start of World War II, his family moved to Des Moines where he attended grade school and then graduated from Dowling High School in 1951. Later he graduated from the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. In 1953, he was drafted into the United States Army. After basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas, he attended OCS at Fort Benning and then Ordinance School at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
Although LP became a Special Weapons and EOD specialist, he also had assignments in non-nuclear weapons areas as he progressed from 2nd LT to LTC. In addition to Fort Riley, Kansas and Fort Benning, Georgia, his state side assignments included Fort McClellan, Alabama; Navel Powder Factory, Maryland, (4 tours); Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland (2 tours); Indian Town Military Reservation, Pennsylvania; VI US Army Headquarters, Battle Creek, Michigan; Joliet Arsenal, Illinois; Sandia Base, New Mexico (3 tours); and Picatinney Arsenal, New Jersey. Overseas tours: Captieu, France (3 years), Camp Howard, Korea (13 months), Pirmasens, Germany (3 years); Vietnam (2 short tours), and special assignments to Okinawa and Italy. Awards he received included a Legion of Merit, a Meritorious Service Metal, a Bronze Star and an Army Commendation Metal.
Subsequent to retiring from the Army, LP was employed by EG&G at the Idaho National Engineering Plant, then at the Florida Kennedy Space Center, and then at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Plant in Colorado where he designed, implemented and operated computer based systems for the issue and control of all passes and badges of employees and visitors working at or visiting those installations.
LP’s principle hobby was travel: counting his military travel, he visited more than 129 countries and on three different occasions literally went around the world. He also enjoyed bicycling, especially through the coast of France from Calais to Mount St. Michel. He also trekked along Hadrian’s Wall, the high Himalayas, Nepal, Afghanistan, New Zealand, Australia and India.
LP is survived by his godson, D.C. (Kathy) Murphy of Marion and their children, Daniel, Ryan, and Sarah Murphy.
LP was born April 6, 1933, in Litchfield, Nebraska. In 1937, his family moved to Iowa. He started school in Hartford then at the start of World War II, his family moved to Des Moines where he attended grade school and then graduated from Dowling High School in 1951. Later he graduated from the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. In 1953, he was drafted into the United States Army. After basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas, he attended OCS at Fort Benning and then Ordinance School at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
Although LP became a Special Weapons and EOD specialist, he also had assignments in non-nuclear weapons areas as he progressed from 2nd LT to LTC. In addition to Fort Riley, Kansas and Fort Benning, Georgia, his state side assignments included Fort McClellan, Alabama; Navel Powder Factory, Maryland, (4 tours); Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland (2 tours); Indian Town Military Reservation, Pennsylvania; VI US Army Headquarters, Battle Creek, Michigan; Joliet Arsenal, Illinois; Sandia Base, New Mexico (3 tours); and Picatinney Arsenal, New Jersey. Overseas tours: Captieu, France (3 years), Camp Howard, Korea (13 months), Pirmasens, Germany (3 years); Vietnam (2 short tours), and special assignments to Okinawa and Italy. Awards he received included a Legion of Merit, a Meritorious Service Metal, a Bronze Star and an Army Commendation Metal.
Subsequent to retiring from the Army, LP was employed by EG&G at the Idaho National Engineering Plant, then at the Florida Kennedy Space Center, and then at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Plant in Colorado where he designed, implemented and operated computer based systems for the issue and control of all passes and badges of employees and visitors working at or visiting those installations.
LP’s principle hobby was travel: counting his military travel, he visited more than 129 countries and on three different occasions literally went around the world. He also enjoyed bicycling, especially through the coast of France from Calais to Mount St. Michel. He also trekked along Hadrian’s Wall, the high Himalayas, Nepal, Afghanistan, New Zealand, Australia and India.
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