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Henry August Ahrens

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Henry August Ahrens

Birth
Renville County, Minnesota, USA
Death
14 May 1972 (aged 84)
Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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Henry August Ahrens was born on 05 June 1887, in Beaver Falls Township, Renville County, Minnesota, to Frederich "Fred" Ahrens and Wilhelmina "Minnie" Bratsch Ahrens.

Henry married Anna Wilhelmine Schauer on 06 September 1911 in Renville County, Minnesota. Unfortunately, their marriage ended in divorce. While he was married to Anna, Henry farmed in Beaver Falls, until 1935, when they moved to Redwood Falls.

On 07 January 1943, Henry August Ahrens married Luella Pearl Palmer Carruth in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Both were residents of Redwood Falls, Minnesota, when they got married.

Henry August Ahrens died on Sunday, 14 May 1972, at the Redwood County Hospital in Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota, where he had been a patient for two days.

Survivors included Henry's wife, Luella Pearl; his children by his first marriage, Mrs. Alvina (Leo) Goblirsch of Redwood Falls, Mrs. Ada (Thomas) Rohlik of Springfield, and Dale J. (Margaret) Ahrens of Baltimore, Maryland; 16 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; brothers, George of Slayton, John of Chicago, and Theodore of Bryant, South Dakota; and his previous wife, Anna Wilhelmine Schauer Ahrens Johnson. Henry was preceded in death by a son, five brothers, and four sisters.

Family and friends paid their last respects to Henry at the Hoepner Funeral Home in Redwood Falls, until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 17 May.

Pastor David Campbell conducted the funeral service for Henry August Ahrens, which was held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, 18 May 1972, in the Church of Christ in Redwood Falls.

Pallbearers were Marvin, Maynard, William, Howard, Leonard and Earnie Ahrens. Interment followed in the Redwood Falls Cemetery, in Redwood County, Minnesota.
Henry August Ahrens was born on 05 June 1887, in Beaver Falls Township, Renville County, Minnesota, to Frederich "Fred" Ahrens and Wilhelmina "Minnie" Bratsch Ahrens.

Henry married Anna Wilhelmine Schauer on 06 September 1911 in Renville County, Minnesota. Unfortunately, their marriage ended in divorce. While he was married to Anna, Henry farmed in Beaver Falls, until 1935, when they moved to Redwood Falls.

On 07 January 1943, Henry August Ahrens married Luella Pearl Palmer Carruth in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Both were residents of Redwood Falls, Minnesota, when they got married.

Henry August Ahrens died on Sunday, 14 May 1972, at the Redwood County Hospital in Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota, where he had been a patient for two days.

Survivors included Henry's wife, Luella Pearl; his children by his first marriage, Mrs. Alvina (Leo) Goblirsch of Redwood Falls, Mrs. Ada (Thomas) Rohlik of Springfield, and Dale J. (Margaret) Ahrens of Baltimore, Maryland; 16 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; brothers, George of Slayton, John of Chicago, and Theodore of Bryant, South Dakota; and his previous wife, Anna Wilhelmine Schauer Ahrens Johnson. Henry was preceded in death by a son, five brothers, and four sisters.

Family and friends paid their last respects to Henry at the Hoepner Funeral Home in Redwood Falls, until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 17 May.

Pastor David Campbell conducted the funeral service for Henry August Ahrens, which was held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, 18 May 1972, in the Church of Christ in Redwood Falls.

Pallbearers were Marvin, Maynard, William, Howard, Leonard and Earnie Ahrens. Interment followed in the Redwood Falls Cemetery, in Redwood County, Minnesota.


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