Henry HINRICHSEN

HINRICHSEN, AMDAHL, HISLER, GUSE

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Henrich Hinrichsen
2 January 1883 ---- 3 June 1943

Henry Hinrichsen, son of John and Margaret Hinrichsen, was born at Sibley, Ill., on Jan. 2, 1883, and passed away Thursday evening, June 3, 1943, at 8:40 o'clock at the home of his daughter in Eagle Grove at the age of 60 years, five months and one day. In infancy he was baptized into the Lutheran faith. As a small boy he with his family moved to Nebraska, returning as a young man to Illinois, having attended the country school at his home in Nebraska.

On December 16, 1908, he was united in marriage to Anna Guse of Anchor, Ill. To this union six children were born, two of them having preceded him in death. In the year 1912, Mr. Hinrichsen and family moved to Iowa, living near Fort Dodge for some seven years and for the rest of the time have made their home near Woolstock and Eagle Grove.

He leaves his wife, Anna and four children, one son and three daughters to mourn his passing away. They are Ernest of Eagle Grove; Edna, now Mrs. Olaf Amdahl, of Eagle Grove; Lillian, now Mrs. Robert Hisler of Webster City; and Miss Viola of Eagle Grove; also five grandchildren; three brothers, Herman of Anchor, Ill., Max of Newkirk, Okla., John of Scribner, Neb., besides five sisters, Ella of Sioux City, Anna, Fern, Selma and Lily, all of Nebraska, and four half sisters, also of Nebraska.

Mr. Hinrichsen was a good husband, a kind father and a substantial citizen, and will be greatly missed by those of his home and others who knew him. Services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Woolstock Methodist church, with Rev. F.O. Johnson on charge, and interment was made in Rose Hill cemetery.

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H. Hinrichsen, 60, Died at Eagle Grove

EAGLE GROVE—Henry Hinrichsen, 60, farm laborer, of Woolstock, died Thursday, June 3, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edna Amdahl, in this city. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon, at the Methodist church in Woolstock, at 2:30. The service will be in charge of the Rev. F. O. Johnson of Vincent. Burial in Rose Hill cemetery in Eagle Grove, will be made by Wilson. He is survived by his wife, Anna Hinrichsen; three daughters, Mrs. Amdahl, Eagle Grove, Mrs. Lillian Hisler, Webster City, and Miss Viola, Eagle Grove; and one son, Ernest, of Eagle Grove, also, by five grandchildren; five sisters, three brothers, and four half sisters also survive. The pallbearers will be: Charles Guggisberg, Dennis Kelly, James Halligan, Ed Laurent, Harvey Hamer, and Orville Caquelin. He was born in Sibley, Iowa, but had been a resident of Wright and Webster counties for 18 years.

Mason City Globe Gazette --- Mason City, Iowa
June 5, 1943