Harry Von Spreecken 1904-1960

VON SPREECKEN, SCHMALFELDT, HENNINGSEN, SIEVEKA, KETELSEN

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 1/28/2020 at 12:06:10

11 February 1960 - The Anamosa Eureka

WYOMING--Harry (Red) Von Spreecken, 55, Wyoming, died Friday, Feb. 5, at the home at Scotch Grove.

Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 8, at 1:30 p.m., at the Wallace Funeral home, Wyoming. Rev. F. E. Somerville officiated. Interment was in the Wyoming cemetery.

Pallbearers were Kenneth Smith, Herman Rathje, Wayne Bahnsen, Pete Siveka, Carl Wurst and Clem Anglin.

Harry Theodore Von Spreecken was born April 18, 1904, son of John and Whilema Schmalfeldt Von Spreecken, near Wyoming. He attended the Wyoming public schools, and always lived and worked in the Wyoming vicinity.

Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Emma Henningsen, Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Pauline Sieveka and Mrs. Alice Ketelsen, both of Wyoming; and two brothers, Peter Von Spreecken, Wyoming; and John Von Spreecken, Olin.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three sisters.