HENRIKSEN, Hans C.

HENRIKSEN, NIELSEN, CHRISTIANSEN, SKOVGAARD

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/21/2018 at 14:39:28

Obituary ~ Hans C. Henriksen
August 13, 1903 ~ May 05, 1996

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
May 08, 1996

CLEAR LAKE -- Hans C. Henriksen, 92, formerly of Clear Lake, died Sunday (May 5, 1996) at the Innsbruck Care Center, New Brighton, Minn.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church, 112 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake, with the Rev. Dean Hess officiating. Interment will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. today and from 8:30 until 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, and one hour prior to the services at the church.

The family suggest memorials to Zion Lutheran Church or Opportunity Village.

Hans was born Aug.13, 1903, in Grant Township, Cerro Gordo County, the son of Ole and Kisten Marie (Nielsen) Henriksen. He attended rural school in Grant Township, Cerro Gordo County.

Hans was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church in 1903 and confirmed in 1917.

Hans married Lillian Ella Christiansen on Feb 18, 1925, in Clear Lake.

Hans had farmed and lived in the Clear Lake community all of his life until having to move to the Innsbruck Care Center, New Brighton, Minn., in 1994 due to ill health.

Hans was a life-long member of Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake, served on the board of trustees and was a past president of the congregation. He was chairman of the fund drive when the new church was built in 1965 and chairman of the centennial committee of Zion in 1972.

He was a member of the board of directors of Handicap Village 1974-1986; board of director a number of years at the Co-op Creamery in Clear Lake; board of director for Clear Lake Bank and Trust since its organization in 1934; board of directors 21 years and past president of Farmers Lumber and Elevator Co-op, Mason City; 18 years as board of director of North Iowa Soybean Co-op, Mason City; 18 years as board of directors Cerro Gordo Education; board of director for 30 years Farmers Gas and Oil Company, Mason City; Cerro Gordo Farm Bureau member; Clear Lake Rotary; board of directors of American Red Cross; Executive Club of North Iowa; Golden Wedding Club; Retired Farmers; and the Republican Party.

Hans is survived by two sons, Ronald Henriksen and his wife, Phyllis, of South Milwaukee, Wis., and the Rev. Veryle Henriksen, and his wife, Peggy, of New Brighton, Minn.; one daughter, Donna Rae Skovgaard, of Colorado Springs, Colo.; 12 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Donald; his wife, Lillian; one sister, Signe; and a son-in-law, S.L. Skovgaard.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2018