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Blumhagen, Henry Frederick -- 1912 - 1997

BLUMHAGEN, SCHUTTE, MEYER, BUGENHAGEN

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 10/3/2011 at 16:17:20

SOURCE: Postville, Iowa POSTVILLE HERALD LEADER, April 2, 1997
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Funeral services for Henry Frederick Blumhagen, age 84, were held Monday, March 17, 1997 at 1:30 p.m. at the Schutte Funeral Home in Postville, Iowa with Rev. Wayne Hagen officiating. Burial was in the Bloomfield Cemetery in Castalia, Iowa. Casket bearers were Dennis Blumhagen, Gerald Blumhagen, Gary Blumhagen, Daniel Blumhagen, David Blumhagen, and Brian Blumhagen.

Henry Frederick Blumhagen, son of Henry Wilhelm and Anna Wilhelmine Louise (Schutte) Blumhagen, was born May 20, 1912 on the family farm in Bloomfield Township, Winneshiek County, near Castalia, Iowa. Henry was baptized at the August Schutte home by the Lutheran pastor and confirmed at the Zion Lutheran Church in Castalia, Iowa. Henry attended the Blumhagen School (Bloomfield School No. 10). Due to complications of a back injury in his early youth, Henry was not able to take on the heavier responsibilities of farming. However, he helped to care for the cattle and sheep, and other light chores. Henry had a jeep which he used to get around the farm and to help him in his work. Many times he could be found sitting on the tractor that ran the sawmill.

Henry Frederick Blumhagen died Saturday morning, March 15, 1997 in the Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital at Decorah, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his parents, six brothers, Carl Blumhagen, Louis Blumhagen, George Blumhagen, Arno Blumhagen, Lloyd Blumhagen, and Alvin Blumhagen, and two sisters, Mabel Meyer and Elsie Meyer.

Henry is survived by his two sisters, Minnie Blumhagen of Postville, Iowa and Elda Blumhagen of Castalia, Iowa, in addition to many nephews, nieces, and other relatives and friends.

Bloomfield Cemetery, Castalia, Iowa
 

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