Kenneth Lee Haedge July 15, 1939 – February 11, 2023

Visitation services for Kenneth Lee Haedge, age 83, of Killeen, were held on Friday, Feb. 17, at 10 a.m. at LifeWay Fellowship in Killeen. Funeral services followed at 11 a.m. at LifeWay Fellowship. Burial followed in the Pidcoke Cemetery on FM Road 116. Pastor Jimmy Towers officiated 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 Kenneth’s family emigrated from Germany.

When Kenneth was one year old, the family moved to the Antelope Community, which is now Fort Hood. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the family and all the other 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 descendant’s rights for the continued use to graze 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 personal farmland. He lived his life and ranched in Bell, Coryell, and Lampasas Counties.

He graduated from Lampasas High School in 1957. While attending high school Kenneth was in the FFA (Future Farmers of America.)

After graduating high school, he was employed by the U.S. Civil Service with DEH (Directorate of Engineer and Housing as Chief of the Supply Operation Section.) He retired after 29 years.

One marvelous day Kenneth met the love of his, Miss Marjory “Marge” Ann Fraunhofer. They met by the oak tree in his family’s front yard on a blind date. They soon fell in love and were married on June 12, 1964, at the Concordia Lutheran Church in San Antonio. They were married for fifty-eight blessed 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 was a founding member of LifeWay Fellowship in Killeen. He was a faithful member of the church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his sisters Joetta Deloris (Haedge) Frank and Lanelle Ida (Haedge) Butts.

Survivors include his wife, Marjory “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. Nieces Amy Erwin Aldridge, Janine Rothman, Cindy Rum. Marianne Seider and Lisa Dawn Singleton.

He is also survived by a host of friends and his beloved dog, Calvin Earl Haedge.

The family requests that memorials be made to the LifeWay Fellowship Church building fund at P.O. Box 10250 in Killeen, Texas 76542.