Popken, Henry 1861-1948

POPKEN, HELD, JOHNSON, VANDERHAM, BUCHRE, MOLZEN

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Date: 2/18/2010 at 18:43:14

Hawarden Independent, Hawarden, Sioux, Iowa, USA September 9, 1948 Front page

Henry Popken Succumbs Here

Funeral Services Held Monday After­noon for Former Farmer in Preston Township of Plymouth County

Funeral services for Henry Popken, 87, who died in Hawarden last Friday morning (September 3, 1948), were held at the Barnard Funeral home at 1 o'clock Monday ar­ternoon and at 2 o'clock in St. John's Lutheran church in Preston township, Plymouth county. Rev. Stief was in charge of the service.

Mr. Popken carne to Hawarden short time ago and was ill but four days preceding his death.

Mr. Popken was born August 3, 1861, in Wittmund, Ostfriesland, Ger­many, where he was baptized and con­firmed in the Lutheran faith. He was married in 1888 to Fredericka Held and to this union were born nine children.

He was preceded in death by his wife and an infant son.

After he came to America he engaged in farming for many years in Preston township.

Survivors are two sons and six daughters. Otto of Hawarden, Fred, Mrs. Gerd Johnson, Mrs. Freda Pop­ken, Mrs. Henry Vanderham, Miss Anna Popken and Mrs. Herbert Bu­chre, all of Akron, and Mrs. Alfred Molzen of Le Mars; 16 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.