Wilkens, George 1895-1976

WILKENS, MARIENAU

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, volunteer (email)
Date: 7/31/2010 at 12:57:58

George Wilkens, 80, Hawarden, died
March 19, 1976, in a nursing home of a
long illness.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday
in Trinity Lutheran church. Rev.
Dwight Rangstorf officiated. Burial
was in the cemetery at Brunsville under
direction of the Dow Funeral Home.

Mr. Wilkens was born October 23,
1895, at Worthing, S.D. He married
Mary Marienau Oct. 2, 1919, in
Plymouth county.

The couple lived in the Brunsville
area before moving to Hawarden in
1964. She died Dec. 26, 1968. He was a
veteran of world war 1 and a member
of the American Legion post at Worthing.
He was a member of Trinity
Lutheran church.

Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Bernard
(Rosie) Anderson of Hawarden;
two grandsons; six great-grandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs. .John Larson
of Adrian. Minn. and Mrs. Mary Herding
of Watertown, S.D.

Le Mars Daily Sentinel
Monday, March 22, 1976
Le Mars, Iowa