Alvin Mohwinkle 1920-2002

MOHWINKLE, LONG, HAHN

Posted By: SGF (email)
Date: 8/2/2002 at 13:58:52

Alvin Mohwinkle, age 82, of Dorchester, died Friday, July 26, 2002, at Tweeten Health Services in Spring Grove. Funeral services were held Monday, July 28, at 2:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church of Caledonia, with Pastor Lora Strum officiating. Burial was in the Methodist Cemetery, Dorchester.
Alvin George Mohwinkle was born March 1, 1920, in Rossville, to August and Eliza (Long) Mohwinkle. He attended Dorchester Public School. He was a lifelong Dorchester area resident.
On March 28, 1948, he married Mildred (Linde) Hahn. The couple farmed in Waterloo Township.
He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Dorchester until it closed. He enjoyed collecting and restoring clocks, and he also collected coins.
He is survived by his wife Mildred, Dorchester; son Edward Arland (Linda) Hahn, Dorchester; two brothers, Dale (Mary) Mohwinkle, Cedar Rapids, and Milton Mohwinkle, Topeka, Kan.; and sister-in
law Helen Mohwinkle, Waukon.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Delton and August; two sisters, Rozelia Hefte and Dorothy Burke; sister-in-law Kate Mohwinkle; and brother-in-law Garland Linde.

- source: Waukon Standard July 31, 2002
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