John Siebert HENN

HENN, DUREGGER, KOESTER, MEINTS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/2/2007 at 19:14:26

John Siebert Henn, 88, of Clear Lake, died Tuesday, July 4, 1995, at Good Shepherd Care Center in Mason City, Iowa. Funeral services were held Saturday, July 8, at Immanuel Reformed Church, rural Belmond, Iowa, with the Rev. Victor Folkert officiating. Burial was in the Immanuel Reformed Church Cemetery, rural Belmond. The family suggests memorials to the John S. Henn
Memorial Fund.

John Henn was born Nov. 8, 1906, on the family farm in rural Belmond, the son of Jacob and Grace Henn. He attended rural school, then high school in Belmond. He farmed in the Belmond area and raised furs. On Sept. 8, 1932, he married Gladys Duregger, in South Dakota. He became an auctioneer in 1934 and, together with a partner, established the Belmond Sale Barn. He later returned to full time farming and breeding draft horses. He retired in 1964 and moved to Clear Lake. He continued his auctioneering profession in Clear Lake. He was awarded first place in the craft and hobbies categories at the North Iowa Fair in 1988 for his miniature reproductions of harnesses and hitches. John made over 100 sets of harnesses and hitches. John enjoyed reading, studying farm technology, antiques, many hours of dancing at the White Pier to the Surf, good food, visiting and most of all his family. He volunteered for a number of organizations, including serving as a driver for Opportunity Village. He was a member of Immanuel Reformed Church, rural Belmond.

He is survived by his wife, Gladys, a resident of the Sheffield Care Center; four children, Marcia Koester and her husband, Robert, Clear Lake, John Henn and his wife, Rejane of Dubuque, Iowa, Richard Henn and his wife, Karen, Ankeny, Iowa, William Henn and his wife, Gladys of Terril, Iowa; a sister, Mrs. Tillie Meints, Belmond; 12 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers, Elmer Henn and Harley Henn. Pallbearers were Kyle Henn, Adam Henn, Kevin Henn, Stephanie Henn, Christopher Henn, Rena Koester.

Clear Lake Mirror Reporter, IA
July 1995