BORCHERDING, HENRY (1877-1969)

BORCHERDING, HOMEYER, BLOCK, HAGENOW, BLASBERG, OLTROGGE, ALBRECHT, NIEWOEHNER, KEMPIN

Posted By: Linda Hagedorn Finley (email)
Date: 9/13/2012 at 15:51:50

SOURCE: Sumner Gazette - June 19, 1969 Page 1

Elderly resident died Friday at Hillcrest Home
Henry Borcherding, 91, retired farmer and one of Sumner's eldest and most respected residents, died Friday, June 13 at 11:33 p.m. at Hillcrest Home. His death was attributed to a coronary occlusion which followed a brief illness.

Mr. Borcherding had been in extremely good health and he was active and mentally alert right up to the time of his illness.

He had been retired from farming for the past twenty years and had been a resident of Hillcrest Home for the past two and a half years. Prior to taking residence at the home and since his retirement from farming he had resided with his daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Albrecht, here in Sumner.

Henry Borcherding was born December 4, 1877 in Husum, Hanover, Germany, the son of Fred and Wilhelmina Homeyer Borcherding. He was baptized in infancy, confirmed in early youth and received his schooling in Germany.

At the age of 17 in 1895, he came to the United States, settling in this community. He worked as a farm hand during his early years here.

On Feb. 3, 1903, he was united in marriage to Wilhelmina Block. She preceded him in death on Jan. 21, 1929.

Mr. Borcherding farmed northwest of Sumner until retiring in 1949 when he moved to Sumner, making his home with the Albrechts.

Surviving are five sons, Werner of Fredericksburg, Arthur, Emil, Erwin and Leslie, all of Sumner; three daughters, Elsie, Mrs. Ralph Albrecht of Sumner; Emilda, Mrs. Clarence Niewoehner of Sumner, and Edna, Mrs. Herbert Kempin of Waterloo; 20 grandchildren; and 24 great grandchildren.

Besides his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by one son, Alfred, March 17, 1969; two brothers, Fred and Ernest, and two sisters, Wilhelmina and Lena.

Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at St. John American Luteran Church, following a 1:45 p.m. family prayer service in the Parish House. Rev. John Mohr officiated at the services. Burial was in the church cemetery north of Sumner. Emerson-Milnes funeral home was in charge of arrangements.

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