STORJOHANN, Hans 1909-1958

STORJOHANN, BEENKEN

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 11/14/2016 at 18:53:26

Hans Storjohann Dies Sunday at Waverly

Hans Storjohann of Waverly, Route 1, died at Mercy hospital, Waverly, at 11 a.m. Sunday morning, Feb. 9. He was 49 years old. He died of leukemia.

He was born at Kiel, Germany, October 5, 1909. He came to Tama county with his parents when he was 14 years old. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Storjohann. February 17, 1938, he was married to Lena Beenken at Holland, Iowa. They farmed in Grundy county until about four years ago, when they moved to a farm near Plainfield, Iowa.

Funeral services were Wednesday at 1:30 at First Methodist church in Grundy Center. Burial in the Grundy Center cemetery.

Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Storjohann of Lincoln, his wife, and four children, Donald, Delores, Donnalee and Dianne, all at home, two sisters, Mrs. William Strahlendorf of Gladbrook and Mrs. John Bartusch of Marion, Iowa; preceded by one brother in infancy.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 13 February 1958, pg 7