Jelto BEENKEN

SCHULTE, BEENKEN, PALS, UBBEN, EDWARDS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/29/2016 at 00:58:59

Jelto Beenken
December 25, 1889 – October 11, 1966

Belmond — Funeral services for Jelto Beenken, 76, will be conducted Friday at 2 p m. at the Alexander Reformed Church. The Rev. James E. Rozendaal, Belmond, will officiate and burial will be in the Alexander Cemetery. The Fulton Funeral Home, Belmond, is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Beenken died Tuesday night at his home. He was born Dec. 25, 1889, at Lakota, the son of Henry and Grace Pals Beenken. He was married to Anna Schulte on June 5, 1913, at Alexander. They farmed in the area until 1947 when they retired and moved to Belmond. He is survived by his wife; a son, Henry, Los Angeles; eight brothers, George, Buckingham; Peter, Titonka; Hans, Britt; Donald, Belmond; Henry, Minneapolis: Hieko, Webb; Eugene, Albert Lea, and Helmer, Clarion and two sisters, Mrs. Fred (Hattie) Ubben, Buffalo Center, and Mrs. Raymond (Lizzie) Edwards, Armstrong, and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister and a brother.

October 13, 1966
Mason City Globe Gazette -- Mason City, Iowa