Fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church Friday, November 29, 2024. Beloved husband of Carol S. Haker (nee Hale). Dear father of Matthew (Tina) Haker and Amy (Tim) Cichacki. Devoted grandpa of Emily, Andrew, Katie, James and Lily. Dear brother of Nancy (the late Tom) Cirar. Our dear brother-in-law, uncle, great uncle, cousin, neighbor and friend.
SERVICES: Funeral from Kutis Affton Chapel (10151 Gravois Road Affton, Missouri 63123) Friday, December 6, 9:30 a.m. to St. Simon the Apostle Catholic Church for 10:00 a.m. Mass. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Contributions to the St. Vincent DePaul Society appreciated. Visitation Thursday 4 – 8 p.m.
Al was a great man! It was a Pleasure in knowing him and its very sad to know that he will not be here to say “whats up” to me at cardinals and hockey games when he see me. Take care Al you will be missed dearly.
So sorry for your loss Amy and family. I will keep you all in my prayers during this difficult time.
Love,
“Aunt Pat”
Fairwell to a great man and his lovely wife.
I send my Condolences and prayers to his Family.
Ray
It was an honor to know him.
Helen Summers
Al was a wonderful person! We spent many nights up at St Simon’s putting together the parish newsletter, “Simon Says”! Had many good times and laughs together! I will miss seeing him at Mass and just seeing his great smile! He was truly a “Gentle man”.
We send our condolences to the Haker Family. Thank you, Al, for all the years of serving as a dedicated lecturer at St. Simon’s Masses.
Sincerely, Bill & Barbara Onder
I spent my first two weeks in a new job in St Louis out of town on a road trip working with/for Al the Hawk Haker in KC. He was very sharp and knew his stuff, was rather funny, and very kind to the new guy. Always liked and respected him. In later years bumped into him at The Fox theater a few times where he kept up The Mighty Wurlitzer organ, and at the occasional retiree event. Always a smile, always a pleasant word. I know he’ll be missed by many; regards and sympathies to the Haker family.
A wonderful example of a truly Catholic man, I always considered it to be an honor to have known him. He will be dearly missed by all.
Carol, I was so sorry to read about the passing of Alan. I will never forget the two of you sitting in my section at the Cardinal games. He was a dear man.
My thoughts and prayers are with you, Amy, and the rest of your special family.
Love,
Mary Harries
Al and I went through inspector training together. When we found we were going to Lincoln and Grand Island Nebraska, we almost had a foot race to the library to find out where we going. Al and Carol and my wife and I shared a weekend in Bethesda, MD during our schooling. Sorry for your loss.
I got to work for Al very briefly during my post-basic training as a Postal Inspector. He led the team for a financial audit of Shawnee Mission KS in the summer of 1984. Al was a total professional and a good manager that knew what needed to be done, where, and when. He and the rest of the team made the work enjoyable. and that led me to a very rewarding career in operational audit. I also discovered he went to school at Prep South when my brother was there, but neither of them went on to the priesthood. Rest in peace, Al.
Carol, I am so sorry to hear of Al’s passing. As you know, Al and I started sharing the Jefferson City domicile office on the same day – you all moving from Grand Island and me from St. Louis. I enjoyed our time working together at Jeff and respected his work and friendliness.
I have always remembered the time you invited Nancy and me to your house for a come-as-you-are spur of the moment party. I came dressed with only a towel around my waist as if I had just gotten out of the shower.
Even though I had not seen Al since the last NARPI reunion at St. Louis years ago, I somewhat kept up through articles in the NARPI Newsletter.
Al was a respected postal inspector and a good friend to the colleagues fortunate enough to work with him. He and his dry humor will be missed.
I am sorry to hear of the passing of Al. We worked together at the USPIS, and although we were never assigned to the same city, we worked together on national projects out of Washington, DC. We became friends during those assignments, and I gained a great respect for Al and his work ethic. He was a great man and will truly be missed.
My thoughts and prayers go to you Carol, and the family
Al was a brilliant financial auditor and team leader, always fair-minded.
Sorry that he has passed.
Best to his family,
Gene Dorosh
Carol, please accept our deepest condolences over the loss of Alan. We all had some fun times in the 80’s and 90’s! He was undoubtedly one of the kindest-hearted people we ever had the pleasure to know. Please know that we will be keeping you and your family in our prayers.
Much love,
Brian & Helene Begley
So sorry about Al’s passing. He was a good friend as we both made our way through Prep South Seminary High School and Cardinal Glennon College. Years later when I returned to St. Louis he was a friendly face from our past at class reunions. He was helpful also in sharing his knowledge of St. Louis theatre organs. He spent much time touring his organ work sites: Moolah Temple, Fox Theatre, Lincoln Theatre in Belleville, and his beloved City Museum. He was a true friend. He will be missed.
Al was a great man! We were neighbors and he befriended my wife and I when we first moved in and joined St. Simon’s parish. His daughter Amy babysat for our daughter Gina. He was a lector and a great parishioner! He was always friendly, interested and interesting. He will be missed.
We had the pleasure of meeting Al a couple months ago at the City Museum. My 10 year old son is taking piano and organ lessons, and was so wanting to take a closer look at the Wurlitzer there. Al welcomed us in and allowed my son to play the organ. He took the time to explain how the different stops worked, never rushing us along. It made my son’s day! We will always remember his kindness. Our condolences to his family. May God give you strength and peace.
Carol,so sorry to learn of Al’s passing. Please accept our condolences and may God comfort you during the days ahead. Other Inspectors spoke of being trained by Al. I ,too, was his trainee. I worked with AL a few times during my career. I will always remember his great laugh.
Words cannot describe such sorrow from this loss. I met Al when I worked at the City Museum. An expert in his craft. Running into Al was a bright spot in the day because he was always ready to share his light with you. Even when he had unfortunate things to share, he always drew a positive from it. The care for his circle of loved ones was obvious. I will miss him dearly and regret not visiting before his passing. He is in the better place with all of his friends and family.
My deepest condolences to those who are feeling his loss more than I. May you take solace in the fact that he is where he has always belonged.
He was always such a joy to be around so kind and friendly his laughter was contagious it is truly a tremendous loss our thoughts and prayers go out to his wonderful family you will be in our hearts may God wrap you all in his comfort and peace
I am very saddened to hear the terrible news. He was the guy who helped set me up to play the City Museum Theatre Organ. He was one of the best guys I have ever met. When I would record songs for the theatre organ’s computer, which one of them is a song I wrote myself which is the Invention in F Major. The last recording session I had with him was last year. And he and I would always talk organs. When i played “O Christmas Tree” on the pedalboard, he liked that as he and I agreed as when Bach wrote his fugues, many times the pedals played the melody.