HENRICHS, Jennie (Benenga) 1914-1981

BENENGA, WOELBER, HENRICHS, LAMFERS, BENTS, SCHOENEMAN

Posted By: County Coordinator (email)
Date: 7/23/2008 at 22:18:16

(Lyon County Reporter - May 25, 1981)

Funeral services for Mrs. Ben (Jennie) Henrichs, age 66, of Little Rock, Lyon County, Iowa, were held, Saturday, May 23, 1981 in the Salem Reformed church there. Burial was in Pleasant View Cemetery under the direction of Vogelaar-Bolin Funeral Home of George. She died on Wednesday, May 20, 1981, in a Sibley hospital.

Jennie Benenga was born on January 24, 1914 at Rushmore, Minnesota. She lived her youth in Little Rock and attended rural school. On December 30, 1937 she married Ben Henrichs at Little Rock. The couple lived at Ashton and Little Rock.

Survivors include the widower; a daughter, Mrs. Harold (Grace) Woelber, of George; seven grandchildren; four brothers: Tom and Joe, both of Little Rock, and Enno and Dick, both of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and five sisters, Mrs. Ben (Tena) Lamfers, Ashton, Mrs. Dick (Bertha) Schoeneman, Luverne, Minnesota, Mrs. Charles (Lena) Lamfers, Ellsworth, Minnesota, and Mrs. Herb (Frances) Bents, Rushmore.