Hertha M. (Hencken) Brock
Born: December 28, 1901 in East St. Louis, St. Clair Co., Illinois
Died: February 28, 1991 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Cremated, memorial stone on lot 102
Married: George Vernon Brock on April 4, 1927 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois
Parents: Bohlke and Marguerite Schoppe Henchken
Obituary of Hertha M. Brock
Hertha M. Hencke Brock, 89, of 710 S. 2nd Ave. W., a longtime resident of both Colfax and Newton, died Thursday, Feb. 28, at the Newton Care Center.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Reese Chapel.
The Rev. Jerry Brown, senior pastor of the Newton United Methodist Church, will conduct services.
Cremation took place immediately. Burial will be held later at Belleville, Ill.
There will be no visitation.
A memorial in her name to Hospice of Jasper County has been established.
She is survived by three nephews and a niece.
Mrs. Brock was preceded in death by her parents, husband, George Vernon Brock in 1970, two sisters and a brother.
The daughter of Bohlke and Marguerite Schoppe Henchken, she was born Dec. 28, 901 in East St. Louis, Ill.
She married to George Vernon Brock April 4, 1927 in Chicago, Ill.
Mrs. Brock moved to a farm southeast of Colfax in 1933 and to Newton in 1962. ~ Newton Daily News, Newton Iowa, February 28, 1991
George Vernon Brock
Born: August 28, 1898 near Monroe, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: June 4, 1970 at Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 102, plot 6
Lot Owner: Mrs. George Brock, purchased in 1953
Married: Hertha Margarite Hencken on April 4, 1927 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.
Parents: George A. and Valura (Marshall) Brock
Veteran: World War I
G. V. Brock Dies Today, Services Set
G. Vernon Brock, 71, 711 S. 3rd Ave. W. resident of Newton since 1962, died Thursday morning at Skiff Memorial Hospital.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Johnson Funeral Chapel.
The Rev. Harold Harryman, associate minister of the First United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Sugar Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Friday.
Surviving are his widow, Hertha; a sister, Mrs. Bonnie Coy of Cedar Rapids, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Mr. Brock was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Newton, the Masonic Lodge of Prairie City and the American Legion Post at Prairie City.
He was employed for a number of years in Chicago, Ill., and Philadelphia, Pa., as a civil engineer.
The son of George Adam and Valura Mae Marshall Brock, he was born Aug. 28, 1898, near Monroe and attended Prairie City high school. He received a degree in civil engineering from Iowa State University at Ames.
He was an army veteran of World War I.
He was married to Hertha Hencken April 4, 1927, at Chicago., Ill.
Mr. Brock had resided on a farm in the Colfax area before moving to Newton. ~ The Newton Daily News, June 4, 1970.