Ivo A. "Mousie" Hausfeld, 79, 7915 state Route 119, Maria Stein, died at 2:40 a.m. Feb. 28, 2007, at his residence following an extended illness.

He was born May 20, 1927, in Maria Stein, to Leo and Armella Eifert Hausfeld. On April 20, 1949, he married Marjorie Wuebker, who survives.

Also surviving are three sons, Steve, Maria Stein, Larry (Diana), Coldwater, and Jim (Lisa), Vandalia; two daughters, Sue (Pat) Moeller, Cassella, and Peg (Ron) Reinhart, Martinsville, Ind.; two brothers, Roman (Mildred), Maria Stein, and Greg (Joan), St. Marys; four sisters, Madonna Goeke and Agnes (Richard) Schulze, all of Maria Stein, and Esther (Bill) Wilke and Jeanette Bruns, all of Dayton; a brother-in-law, Bob Kleinhenz, Celina; 16 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Deceased are a brother, Urban; a sister, Rosanne Kleinhenz; and a brother-in-law, Louis Goecke.

He retired from the foundry of Minster Machine Co. and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was a 1945 graduate of St. John High School and a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Maria Stein.

Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church, the Rev. Harry Cavanaugh officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery.

Calling is 2-8 p.m. Friday and 9-10 a.m. Saturday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Minster.

Contributions can be made to Celina Area Visiting Nurses and Hospice.