HINKHOUSE, Dr. Fred Junkin 1895 - 1956

HINKHOUSE, JUNKIN, KILLIAN, MAPES, DOOL, MARRBJERG

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/28/2006 at 20:00:22

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Friday, September 7, 1956
Front Page, Column 1

Death of Dr. J. Fred HINKHOUSE, son of John Frederick and Amy JUNKIN HINKHOUSE. Wife & 2 chn survive....

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"The Ottumwa Daily Courier"
Friday, September 7, 1956
Front Page, Column 3

J. Fred HINKHOUSE's Body Found Hanging

FAIRFIELD. -- Dr. J. Fred HINKHOUSE, about 63, for many years a member of the Parsons college faculty and retired since 1946, was found dead at his home this noon. Discovery of the body, hanging in the basement, was made by Mrs. HINKHOUSE, a Parsons faculty member, when she returned to the house from the college. Coroner Jack Raymond said it was suicide.

Dr. HINKHOUSE had been in ill health for some time but he and his wife were planning to go to Iowa City this fall for special work at the State University of Iowa.

Dr. HINKHOUSE was the son of Dr. and Mrs. J. F. HINKHOUSE, the father, too, having been a Parsons faculty member. Fred HINKHOUSE was a graduate of Parsons with the class of 1917 and served in World war I.

There are two children, Mrs. Margaret KILLIAM (sic - KILLIAN) of Michigan and James HINKHOUSE, living in Pennsylvania. Also two brothers, Paul and Elmer, and two sisters, one a resident of Denmark, in Europe, and Mrs. E. K. MAPES of Iowa City.

The body is at the Hoskins funeral home.

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"The Ottumwa Daily Courier"
Saturday, September 8, 1956
Page 13, Column 6

HINKHOUSE Rites.

FAIRFIELD.--The funeral of Dr. Fred HINKHOUSE, 61, former faculty member and dean of Parsons college whose death by suicide occurred Friday in his home, 308 East Lowe street, will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in the First Presbyterian church of which he was a long-time member. Dr. Curtis R. Douglass will be in charge and burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.

Dr. HINKHOUSE had been ill for 17 years from a form of paralysis. Last spring he spent some time in a hospital in the east, and seemed to improve for a time. Recently he had been in very poor health.

He was born February 20, 1895, in Lenox, the son of John Frederick and Amy JUNKIN HINKHOUSE. He was graduated from Parsons college in 1917 and attended the University of Chicago for a time after returning from World war I. He served overseas in the artillery, and was with the Army of Occupation until June 1919. After his discharge from service he was an instructor in the American university at Beiret, Syria, until 1921.

He came to Parsons as a professor of history in 1924 and served until he was forced to retire in 1946 because of his health. He was dean of the school for several years.

He ws married December 30, 1924, to Frances DOOL, a Parsons college classmate who is now associate professor of English at Parsons.

He is also survived by a daughter, Mrs. Margaret KILLIAN of Sturgis, Mich., and a son, James HINKHOUSE, of Philadelphia, three grandchildren; two brothers Elmer of Wilton Junction, Paul of New York City and two sisters, Mrs. E. K. MAPES of Iowa City and Mrs. Martin MARRBJERG of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Note: Buried in Lot 4th.069. Wife Frances died in 1974 and was buried with him.