Herman Onken (1910-1945)

ONKEN, SAUSER, SCHNEIDER, SKELLY, RICKELS, AMBUEHL, SIEBELS, WILCOX

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 4/9/2013 at 16:15:08

Anamosa Journal, May 5, 1949

BODY OF RETURNED SOLDIER INTERRED IN WAYNE CEMETERY

WAYNE-Funeral services for Pvt. Herman O. Onken, 34, was held Friday, April 22, at Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. Rev. F. H. Kehren had charge of the services. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1683 accorded military rites at graveside in Oakwood Cemetery. Casket bearers were Kenneth Schneider, James Skelley, Donald Rickels, Leo Ambuehl, Don Siebels and Robert Wilcox.

Herman Onken was born June 12, 1910, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eilt H. Onken. He attended grade school at Wayne Center. He was inducted into the Army on March 11, 1944 and received training at Fort Hood, Texas, Camp Howie, Texas, and Fort Meade Replacement Center. He was sent overseas November 1, 1944 and took part in the battles in Belgium. On January 6, 1945, he was seriously wounded and died the following day. He was buried in a U. S. cemetery in Belgium.

Pvt. Onken is survived by his parents; three brothers, Alva, Henry and Clarence, of Monticello; two sisters, Mrs. Norbert Sauser, Cedar Rapids, and Verna Onken, and nieces and nephews.

Pvt. Herman Onken grave
 

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