Herman Heinrich "Henry" Mohning 1854-1931

MOHNING, SCHULTE, MEYER, WIEBKE, HOLCK, FROMME, HARNACK, HEDEMAN

Posted By: Linda Mohning (email)
Date: 5/19/2007 at 18:34:05

BLEAK PRAIRIES
UNFOLD WEALTH

HENRY MOHNING SEES VAST
CHANGES IN FIFTY-FIVE
YEARS RESIDENCE

Last rites were held for Henry Mohning, a resident of Plymouth county since the seventies, in St. Paul’s church at Remsen Friday afternoon and were attended by a number of old friends from Le Mars. The services were conducted by Rev. Hugo Welchelt, pastor of the church. The Remsen Bell-Enterprise gives the following sketch of his life:

“Death claimed another pioneer resident of Plymouth county, when Henry Mohning who has been a resident of this community for fifty-five years, died at his home Tuesday evening, January 13, aged 76 years, 9 months and 19 days. His death was caused by complication due to old age.

Mr. Mohning’s health began to fail about a year ago, but his condition did not become serious until shortly after Thanksgiving, when he suffered a heart attack. He rallied from this, however, and was able to be about in a wheel chair until two weeks ago. Since that time he failed rapidly until the end came at 6 o’clock on Tuesday evening.

Henry Mohning was born March 24, 1854, in Clayton county, Iowa. There, on January 28, 1876, he married Anna Schulte. Six children were born to this union, three of whom, Minnie, Mrs. Charles Meyer; Anna, Mrs. Chris Wiebke, and Herman, preceded him in death.

Immediately after their marriage the couple moved to Plymouth county and settled on a farm in Marion township. During his long residence in this vicinity Mr. Mohning observed much of the history of Plymouth county enacted before him. He delighted to entertain his children with reminiscences of the early days here and especially of the great grasshopper plagues which he had witnessed.

Sixteen years ago on the date of Mr. Mohning’s death, Mrs. Mohning died. For the past eleven years he made his home in Remsen. On July 30, 1919, he married Mrs. Eliza Holck.

Although Mr. Mohning’s health had been poor for about a year, he was at all time patient and uncomplaining. By nature bright and cheerful, he was more disposed to minimize his own sufferings than to add to the burden of his loved ones by any expression of grief or pain.

Besides his sorrowing wife, Mr. Mohning is survived by three children: Will Mohning, Lew Mohning and Miss Marie Mohning, twenty grandchildren and one great grandchild and the following brothers and sisters; John Mohning, of Le Mars; Fred Mohning of Clayton; Mrs. Henry Fromme, Mrs. Lew Harnack, Mrs. Lou Schulte and Mrs. Charles Hedeman, of Granville [Garnavillo]. Seven stepchildren also survive him. They are: Mrs. Will Schmillen, Mrs. Frank Schmillen, of Marcus; Mrs. Henry Falke, Mrs. Fred Dreeth, of Worthington; Mrs. Will Jurgensen, of Luverne; John Holck, of Bethany, Calif., and Mrs. Herman Mohning, of Aurora, Oregon.”

Source: Le Mars Sentinel and the Remsen Bell-Enterprise