Jelken, Henry L. 1922-2000

JELKEN, KRUSE, MANDELKOW

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 7/16/2008 at 14:41:26

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Henry L. Jelken, Jr., 77, of LeMars
CAUSE OF DEATH: died of cancer
DATE of DEATH: Monday, July 10, 2000
PLACE of DEATH: at Floyd Valley Hospital, in LeMars
DATE of BIRTH: July 29, 1922
PLACE of BIRTH: in Washington township, rural LeMars, Iowa
PARENTS: son of Henry and Meta (Kruse) Jelken, Sr.
SPOUSE & DATE of MARRIAGE: Shirley Mandelkow, June 15, 1947
PLACE OF MARRIAGE: LeMars, Iowa
OCCUPATION: The couple farmed in Washington Township for many years, retiring in 1984.
SURVIVORS: include his wife; two sons and their wives; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Harold of Brunsville, Iowa, and Dick and his wife, Darla of Sloan, Iowa; six sisters, Florence Jennings, Leona Pierce and Mary Ann and her husband, Ray Meyer, all of Minnesota, and Amanda Westhoff, Lillian Ludwigs and Carla and her husband, Vince Krienert, all of LeMars; a sister-in-law, Juanita Jelken of Brunsville; and several nieces and nephews.
PRECEDED in DEATH by: his parents; a brother, Alvin; and a sister, Irene Hanson.
PLACE of BURIAL: Memorial Cemetery, LeMars, Iowa
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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