Bohnenkamp, Frank (1854-1910)

BOHNENKAMP, MUELENKAMP

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/10/2016 at 20:00:09

Remsen Bell Enterprise: The report of the death of Frank Bohnenkamp came to Remsen at three p. m. on Sunday May fifteenth and sadly surprised the community. It was known here and there that Mr. Bohnenkamp was under medical care but even those near him did not suspect that his end was near. He suffered from bronchitis but his strong constitution gave keen hopes for his recovery. However, he collapsed on Sunday morning and breathed his last at three p. m. that day.

Frank Bohnenkamp was born in Muenster in the Province of Westphalia, Germany in 1854. When but two and a half years old he came with his parents to this country and the family made their home at New Vienna in Dubuque county, Iowa. Frank helped his parents on the farm until he married Margaretha Muelenkamp in 1880 and made his home in Petersburg, Iowa, engaging in the carpenter trade.

In 1884 he came with his family to Remsen and with the late Herman Schultz conducted a farm implement business. One year later Frank took possession of a farm southeast of Remsen and here he prospered. He was a hard worker and careful manager and was lately considered one of the wealthiest stock growers of this district. He was a shareholder in the Remsen Lumber Company and in the Farmer’s Co-Operative Elevator of Remsen.

His too early demise is deeply mourned by his widow and eleven children, who are: Mary (Mrs. J. P.) Ludwig, Rosa (Mrs. John) Ludwig, John, Anna, Frank, Henry, Joseph, Margareth, Frances, Cecilia and Eleanora. One daughter, Margareth, died some years ago.

Three brothers: William and Joseph and John, and four sisters: Mrs. Joe Schirbring of Dyersville, Mrs. John Heying of New Vienna, Mrs. Rudolph Lammers of Remsen, Mrs. Joe Heying of Hospers, are living. The fifth, Mrs. J. H. Ahmann, preceded him in death. He was a faithful Catholic to the end. After solemn obsequies in St. Mary’s Church Wednesday morning May eighteenth, the remains were laid to rest in the Remsen cemetery, a very large concourse of mourners and sympathizers attending. (Transcriber Note: Per burial records, he was buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Remsen, Iowa. Birth date: 13 Oct 1854; Died, 15 May 1910. )

Source: The Alton Democrat, May 21, 1910