Albert Milton Haberer Obituary

Albert Milton Haberer, 97, of Little Rock, Arkansas died November 9, 2017. He was born April 27, 1920 to Albert Otto and Gussie Frances Milton Haberer. He was retired Postmaster of Ozark for 30 years. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He graduated from Ozark High School and attended College of the Ozarks (University).

Albert left with the Arkansas National Guard at Camp Robinson in 1940. He was sent to Camp Adair in Oregon, Fort Lewis in Washington, and then to the Aleutians Islands in Alaska as Sergeant of 153rd infantry. He then served in the Philippine Islands. He was commissioned a Lieutenant in a field promotion as a result of his display of courage and skill in the handling of forty men in his platoon in heavy combat in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Albert received his 2nd injury on Okinawa. He received two Purple Heart medals. Albert was presented the Bronze Star Medal on November 11, 2003 (after almost sixty years) in a ceremony for WWII Veterans who earned the Combat Infantry Badge or the Combat Medical Badge, each considered as a citation in orders of exemplary conduct in ground combat against an armed enemy.

Albert was named Ozark Citizen of the year in 1970, was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996, chairman of the Turner Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees for four years, a Library Fund chairman in securing for Ozark the Franklin County Library, he was instrumental in getting the Arkansas Valley Vocational Technical School (now Arkansas Tech University Ozark), and was a member of the Presbyterian Church having served as an Elder and Chairman of Stewardship.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Frances Marx and Dorothy Castle; a brother, Charles; and a granddaughter, Natalie Lane Calaway. Albert is survived by his wife, Marjorie Lane Caulk Haberer of Little Rock; two sons, Brent Haberer and wife Paula of Golden, Colorado, Robert Haberer of Little Rock, Arkansas; two daughters, Frances Bradley and husband Joe of Little Rock, and Ann Calaway of Lakewood, Colorado; three grandchildren, Mark Bradley and wife Jennie, Sarah Calaway White and husband Brandon, and Beth Bradley Reynolds and husband Jason; eight great grandchildren, Jude and Jackson Reynolds, Luke, Bennett and Blake Bradley, and Jackson, Lane and Grace White; they called him "Boompa".

Funeral service will be held 2:00 PM Monday, November 13, 2017 at Shaffer Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Ted Darling officiating and burial at Highland Cemetery under direction of Shaffer Funeral Home of Ozark.