Hinrichsen, Carl J. 1939-1999

HINRICHSEN, WATERMAN, MILLARD

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 7/8/2008 at 16:31:40

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Carl J. “C.J.” Hinrichsen, 60, of Akron, Iowa
CAUSE OF DEATH: following a lengthy illness
DATE of DEATH: Tuesday, March 23, 1999
PLACE of DEATH: at a Sioux City hospital
DATE of BIRTH: Feb. 21, 1939
PLACE of BIRTH: Osmond, Nebraska
PARENTS: son of Carl Claus and Severa Mary Laura (Waterman) Hinrichsen
SPOUSE & DATE of MARRIAGE: Jeanne Millard, Nov. 14, 1965
PLACE OF MARRIAGE: Akron, Iowa
OCCUPATION: He played football and was a Golden Gloves boxer. He served in the U.S. Army as a radioman in Germany during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He then attended Wayne State College. The couple moved to Akron in 1966, where they worked in the family grocery store. They owned and operated the store from 1974 to 1985. He was employed with Wells Dairy in LeMars, Iowa, from 1986 until retiring in 1997. They owned and operated Wildflower Bed and Breakfast from 1993 to 1998. He also managed the Akron Legion Club in December 1997. He served on the Akron city council from 1979 to 1983 and again in 1987. He also served as mayor of Akron from 1988 to 1991.
SURVIVORS: include his wife; three children; three brothers
PRECEDED in DEATH by: his parents.
PLACE of BURIAL: Riverside Cemetery, Akron, Iowa
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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