Henry Husman 1899-1966

HUSMAN, HEIKEN, PLUEGER, BALSTER, ZIMMERMAN, BARTELS

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Date: 10/25/2021 at 09:31:27

24 November 1966 - Monticello Express

MONTICELLO - Services for Henry E. Husman were held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23, at St. Matthew Lutheran church with interment in Oakwood cemetery. The Rev Anton Kirkegaard officiated.

Mr. Husman died of a heart attack early Monday morning at Iowa State Industries in Anamosa, where he was employed.

He was born May 13, 1899, near Monticello, the son of Casper and Talke Jansen Husman. He was educated in the Wayne township schools and from 1918 to 1936 was employed as a clothier in Monticello stores. He then was associated with the Lutheran Brotherhood Life insurance company. Since 1965 he was foreman in the tailoring shop at Iowa State Industries.

On May 29, 1923, he married Bernice Heiken. They made their home in Monticello until they moved to their home near here, where they had since resided.

He was a member of St. Matthew Lutheran church.

Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Luverne (Ann Marie) Plueger of Scotch Grove; three sons, Robert H. and Jon C. of Monticello and James H. of Hartford, Conn.; eight grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Lena Balster of Garden Grove, Calif., Mrs. Freda Zimmerman of Anamosa and Mrs. Garrett Bartels of Monticello.

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

Pallbearers were Marion Dirks, Ed L. Helgens, Herbert Herren, Harold Eilers, Milo Tobiason and Henry G. Bohlken.