BOHLING, Erma (1919-1941)

BOHLING, HOLCK, DEWEY

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 12/30/2013 at 13:40:05

Mrs. Erwin Bohling, Bride of 7 Months , Dies at Omaha

Former Resident of Hutchins Vicinity Buried at Britt

Hutchins - Funeral services for Mrs. Erwin Bohling, a bride of only seven months, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the American Lutheran church in Britt following brief rites at the Adolph Holck home, pastor of the church officiated. The Kenneth F. Boughton funeral home of Britt was in charge and interment was in Evergreen cemetery, Britt.

Floral arrangements were in charge of Mrs. Will Prull and Mrs. C. E. Steenhard.

The church was wired with an amplifier to accommodate the crowd which overflowed the church auditorium.

Pallbearers were Eugene Nuehring of Forest City, Herbert Schubert, Walter Schubert, Elmer Tapps, Clarence Gorman and Clarence Schaefer.

Mrs. Bohling died Sunday morning at 1:30 o'clock at a hospital in Omaha, Nebr., following only a few hours illness. The body was brought to Britt and later to the A. Holck home here by the Boughton funeral home.

Irma Holck was born May 3, 1919, at Britt, Iowa. All her life, until her marriage, she resided on a farm northeast of Hutchins. She attended rural schools and was graduated in 1937 from the Britt high school. One of the many floral tributes was from this high school class.

Following graduation she served as deputy relief clerk for Hancock county in the H. H. Mullin office, a position she held until she moved away.

Dec. 31, 1940, she was married to Erwin Bohling of Hutchins. The Rev. J. H. Kolberg, who officiated at the funeral rites, also read the marriage service and the church where the funeral was held was also the scene of the wedding.

Last March Mr. and Mrs. Bohling moved to Des Moines where Mr. Bohling was employed on a dairy farm. About six weeks ago, they moved to Omaha, Nebr., where they resided at the time of Mrs. Bohlings death.

Survivors include her husband; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Holck; three sisters, Lucille (Mrs. William Dewey) of Kanawha, Verna and Irene at home; and two brothers, Maynard and Harold, at home.

Photo with obituary

source: Mason City Globe Gazette 7 Aug 1941, page 6