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Ron Harvey Ausborn

1955 - 2015

March 14, 1955 - January 2, 2015

Ron Ausborn, age 59, of Belmond, passed away Friday January 2, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services for Ron Ausborn will be 10:30 A.M. Wednesday January 7, 2015 at the United Methodist Church in Belmond. Pastor Cindy Morrison will officiate. Burial will be at the Ell Township Cemetery in Klemme. Visitation for Ron Ausborn will be held Tuesday January 6, 2015 from 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. at Dugger Funeral Home 111 Luick’s Lane South in Belmond and will continue for one hour prior to services at the church on Wednesday.

Ronald Harvey, the son of Harvey and Mildred Bunk Ausborn was born March 14, 1955 in Belmond, Iowa. He attended school in Klemme, Iowa, graduating from Klemme High School in 1973. After high school Ron began dairy farming with his father near Klemme. Ron was united in marriage to Diana Risius in 1975, the couple would later divorce. He continued to farm until 1984, when he began working as a mechanic for Conoco in Belmond. He went on to work for Central Soya in Belmond for 19 years and later worked for MaxYield Cooperative and finally AgVantage FS in Alexander, Iowa where he was employed until he could no longer work due to the progression of Parkinson’s disease.

Ron married Kimberly Hansen on September 15, 1984 at the United Methodist Church in Belmond, Iowa. The couple, together with Kim’s daughter, Amanda, first made their home on the hill in west Belmond. The family expanded to four in 1986, when the couple was blessed with a son, Eric. The family later moved to a farm northeast of Belmond. His children later joined 4-H and Ron became a 4-H Leader, and they raised and showed sheep along with other livestock. Ron was Superintendent of the Sheep Department of Hancock County Fair where he got to teach young people about livestock, which he loved. Ron also enjoyed hunting and fishing.

Left to mourn Ron is the love of his life, wife, Kimberly, daughter, Amanda, son, Eric and his special friend Stephanie and her daughter Kylee Jo, a brother, Ken (Bonnie) Ausborn, two sisters Deb (Dale) Kapping and Jan (Lloyd) Bier all of Garner, Iowa, an uncle Robert (Mary) Ausborn of Ames and an aunt Nellie Ausborn of Belmond. father-in-law, Larry Hansen of Belmond brother-in-law Lon (Sara) Hansen of Souderton, Pennsylvania and sister-in-law Debra Sorenson of Urbandale, Iowa., brother-in-law Chris Sorenson of Dexter, Iowa, together with 12 nieces and nephews. Preceding him in death is his parents, infant sister, Diane Kay, three uncles, Leonard, Ervin and Donald, an aunt Corrine Ausborn, and mother-in-law, Vicki Hansen Krug.


source: Dugger Funeral Home, (Ewing Funeral Home), 111 Luick's Lane South, Belmond, Iowa, 641-444-3248

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