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Oscar F. Heinrich (1859-1920)

HARRINGTON, HEINRICH, MOISER, JOHNSON

Posted By: Jerry Hale (email)
Date: 11/16/2008 at 13:16:19

Collins Gazette 4 March 1920

Oscar F. Heinrich (1859-1920)

Out from the activities of earthly habitation another loved one, friend and neighbor has been called. Oscar Heinrich, second son of John and Henrietta Heinrich was born Jan 29th 1859 at Sheols log South Australia. In 1870 the family moved to the United States residing in San Francisco, Cal. for a short time; then moving to Indiana, and thence to Buffalo, Ia. [Scott Co on the Mississippi River /H/] during the same year. In the spring of 1871 the family home was changed to Blairstown, Benton Co. Iowa. In 1880 Mr. Heinrich was united in marriage to Nancy Mosier also of Blairstown. To this union three children were born. Alfred residing at Nora Springs; Blanche Harrington residing at Zearing and Arlow of Collins. Besides these loved ones their are surviving three brothers, Frank of Lebanon Oregan (sic Oregon); A.C. of Oakland Cal; and Andy of Roseville Cal; a sister, Mrs. Mitilda Johnson of San Francisco and an aged mother residing with this sister at San Francisco. There are also five grand-children. The family home has been in Collins and vicinity for years. A host of friends mourn with the loved ones the loss of so kind a neighbor and friend. Mr. Heinrich was Baptised in the Luthern (sic Lutheran) Church of his boyhood home in Australia. He united with the Evangelical Church at Blairstown in 1875. Later moving his membership to the Lincoln Evangelical Church in Lyonn County [Linn Co. ? it borders Benton /H/]. In recent years he has made his church home in the Methodist Episcopal Church of this place and was a faithful attendant upon the services of the church so long as his health permitted. For several months a serious decline had been evidenced in the life of our brother until Friday evening about 10:30 o'clock he went quietly away.


 

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