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The funeral for Army Staff Sgt. Chris Hake, who was killed Sunday in Iraq, will be 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Oklahoma Bible Academy.
Burial will be April 8 in Arlington National Cemetery.
Garvie Schmidt, pastor of Enid Mennonite Brethren Church, will conduct the ceremony, said Hake�s father, Pete.
Hake, 26, was one of four U.S. soldiers killed as they patrolled streets in southern Baghdad. They were assigned to 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, of Fort Stewart, Ga.
The Department of Defense has released the names of the others killed with Hake. They were: Pvt. George Delgado, 21, Palmdale, Calif.; Pfc. Andrew J. Habsieger, 22, Festus, Mo.; and Spc. Jose A. Rubio Hernandez, 24, of Mission, Texas.
Hake, an Enid native, is a 2000 graduate of OBA. He was serving his second tour of duty in Iraq. He and wife, Kelli, have a year-old son, Gage.
Pete Hake said his son's body is expected to arrive in Oklahoma Sunday or Monday. Hake's body will have a full military escort when it is returned to Enid.
The funeral will be under direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
The body of Army Staff Sgt. Chris Hake, 26, killed March 23 in Iraq, will arrive Monday at Enid Woodring Regional Airport and have a military escort through the city.
The procession will begin at noon and travel north from Woodring to U.S. 412, then west to Grand, north to Willow, west to Van Buren and north to Lad-usau-Evans Funeral Home, 2800 N. Van Bur-en, according to Joe Highberger, funeral director in charge.
"The family has encouraged anyone who wants to be part of that procession to do so," Highberger said.
Residents can line up along the route to honor Hake and his family and wave American flags if they wish, officials said.
Police and funeral officials said the route downtown was chosen to allow local and area residents to honor Hake.
The Oklahoma Bible Acad-emy graduate was one of four U.S. soldiers killed as they patrolled streets in southern Baghdad. They were assigned to 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, of Fort Stewart, Ga.
Those killed with Hake were Pvt. George Delgado, 21, Palmdale, Calif.; Pfc. Andrew J. Habsieger, 22, Festus, Mo.; and Spc. Jose A. Rubio Hernandez, 24, of Mission, Texas.
The incident brought the American soldiers death toll to more than 4,000 in the five-year-old war.
Hake's funeral will be 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at OBA. The Rev. Garvie Schmidt and Dallas Caldwell will officiate. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., April 8. There will be a time of visitation with the family 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.
Hake, who was serving his second tour of duty in Iraq, is survived by his wife, Kelli, and his year-old son, Gage; parents, Pete and Jill Hake of Enid and Denice and Russell York of Sayre; sisters, Shannon Hake of Enid and Keri Hake Cotton of Midwest City; and brothers, Zachary and Skylar Hake of Enid.
Members of the Topeka, Kan., Westboro Baptist Church have announced plans to picket Hake's funeral, according to the church's Web site. Police said Saturday the church has applied for a permit to picket.
Members of the church have protested at other military funerals around the country.
According to state law, protesters must stay at least 500 feet from the funeral and may demonstrate up to one hour before and one hour after the service.
December 29, 2008
Deceased Name: Staff Sgt. Chris Hake: Death of local Army soldier moves the community to bid him farewell
Editor's note: This completes the News & Eagle's review of the Top 10 news stories for 2008.
Army Staff Sgt. Chris Hake, 26, was killed along with three other soldiers March 23 in southern Baghdad when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.
Nearly 1,000 people, including Gov. Brad Henry, attended Hake's funeral at Oklahoma Bible Academy, where he graduated in 2000.
Hake was assigned to 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, of Fort Stewart, Ga. He was a squad leader serving his second tour of duty in Iraq.
The state House and Senate approved resolutions honoring Hake.
The two-hour funeral was a combination honor for Hake for serving his country and comfort to his family, said the Rev. Garvie Schmidt, of Enid Mennonite Brethren Church.
Bagpipes played mournfully as the coffin was taken into and out of OBA, followed by an estimated 100 family members, including his wife, Kelli, and son, Gage, and his parents.
"Chris was committed to a cause, a mission. He gave 110 percent of himself to the cause that the people of Iraq and all people will be free," Schmidt said.
He said one of Hake's favorite sayings was" "God hasn't given you more than you can bear."
Hake is survived by his wife, Kelli and son, Gage; parents, Pete and Jill Hake of Enid , and Denice and Russell York of Sayre, sisters Shannon Hake of Enid and Keri Hake Cotton, of Midwest City, brothers Zachary and Skylar Hake of Enid , grandparents Martha Fuller of Oklahoma City, Sydney "Bilbo" and Frances Smith of Erick. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Dr. Orin Hake, and step-grandparents, Jim Fuller, June Crank and Donald Crank.
He was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery .
Hake was the second Enid man killed in Iraq. Army Staff Sgt. Clint Storey was killed Aug. 4, 2006, and buried in Enid .
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