Henningsgaard, Olaf -- 1903 - 1985

HENNINGSGAARD, ALLEN, SELNESS, SOLTES, HEUSS, TOTH

Posted By: Barry M. Dahl (email)
Date: 12/9/2010 at 17:20:18

From the Mabel Record of May 23, 1985

Olaf Henningsgaard, 81, Hemet, Calif., former Mabel area resident, died Sunday, May 12, at a hospital there.

He was born Aug. 15, 1903 in Highland Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa, the son of Ole and Sophia (Selness) Henningsgaard. He attended the Grindeland rural school in Highland Township.

On Nov. 20, 1928, he married Esther Allen at Decorah. They farmed in the Mabel and Decorah areas until moving to California where he worked for North American Aircraft until retirement.

Survivors are his wife; one son, Manfred, Hemet, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Bob (Marilyn) Soltes, Conoga Park, Calif.; 3 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Leander, Waukon, Ia., Myron, Decorah, Ia., John, Citrus Heights, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Ruth Heuss, Mrs. Frank (Viola) Toth, South Milwaukee, Wis., Amanda Henningsgaard, Milwaukee, Wis.

He was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister.

Funeral services and burial were in California on Wednesday, May 15.