Visitation for Kenneth Lee Haedge, 83 of Killeen, will be held Feb. 17 at 10 a.m. at Life-Way Fellowship in Killeen. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m., also at LifeWay Fellowship. Burial will follow in the Pidcoke Cemetery. Pastor Jimmy Towers will officiate the funeral and burial.
Mr. Haedge died Feb. 11, 2023 in Temple.
He was born at home on July 15, 1939 in the Willow Springs Community near Killeen. He was the only son of Joe Adolph Haedge and Edna Earl (Deorsam) Haedge. Kenneth was a third-generation Texan. Both sides of his family emigrated from Germany.
When Kenneth was 1, the family moved to the Antelope Community that now is Fort Hood. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, families were forced by the government to move and sell their land to make way for Camp Hood. The government gave the former landowners and their descendants rights to continue grazing their cattle on the land as compensation.
Kenneth raised his cattle on the Fort Hood range for many years. He also raised sheep, goats and cattle on his own farmland. He lived and ranched in Bell, Coryell and Lampasas counties.
He graduated from Lampasas High School in 1957. While attending high school, Kenneth was in FFA.
After graduating, he was employed by the U.S. Civil Service with Directorate of Engineer and Housing as chief of the Supply Operation Section. He retired after 29 years.
Kenneth met Miss Marjory “Marge” Ann Fraunhofer by the oak tree in his family’s front yard on a blind date. They were married on June 12, 1964 at Concordia Lutheran Church in San Antonio. They were married for 58 years.
He was a former member of the Central Texas Cattlemen’s Association.
In 2013, Kenneth was named one of the Bell County Ring of Honor Ranchers.
He also was a founding member of LifeWay Fellowship.
Kenneth was preceded in death by his sisters Joetta Deloris (Haedge) Frank and Lanelle Ida (Haedge) Butts.
Survivors include his wife, Marge Haedge of Killeen; his sister, Sharon Erwin and husband Robert of Kempner; brother-in-law, Harold “Hal” Fraunhofer and wife Joyce of New Braunfels; nephews Brad Butts, Alan Erwin, Mark Frank, and Peter and Steven Fraunhofer; and nieces Amy Erwin Aldridge, Janine Rothman, Cindy Rum, Marianne Seider and Lisa Dawn Singleton.
He also leaves behind his dog, Calvin Earl Haedge.
Memorials may be made to the LifeWay Fellowship Church Building Fund at P.O. Box 10250, Killeen, TX 76542.
