Funeral services for Henry Frederick Blumhagen, age 84, were held Monday, March
17, 1997 at 1:30 p.m. at the Schutte Funeral Home in Postville, Iowa with Rev.
Wayne Hagen officiating. Burial was in the Bloomfield Cemetery in Castalia,
Iowa.
Henry Frederick Blumhagen, son of Henry Wilhelm and Anna Wilhelmine Louise
(Schutte) Blumhagen, was born May 20, 1912 on the family farm in Bloomfield
Township, Winneshiek County, near Castalia, Iowa. Henry was baptized at the
August Schutte home by the Lutheran pastor and confirmed at the Zion Lutheran
Church in Castalia, Iowa. Henry attended the Blumhagen School (Bloomfield School
No. 10). Due to complications of a back injury in his early youth, Henry was not
able to take on the heavier responsibilities of farming. However, he helped to
care for the cattle and sheep, and other light chores. Henry had a jeep which he
used to get around the farm and to help him in his work. Many times he could be
found sitting on the tractor that ran the sawmill.
Henry Frederick Blumhagen died Saturday morning, March 15, 1997 in the
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital at Decorah, Iowa. He was preceded in death
by his parents, six brothers, Carl Blumhagen, Louis Blumhagen, George Blumhagen,
Arno Blumhagen, Lloyd Blumhagen, and Alvin Blumhagen, and two sisters, Mabel
Meyer and Elsie Meyer.
Henry is survived by his two sisters, Minnie Blumhagen of Postville, Iowa and
Elda Blumhagen of Castalia, Iowa, in addition to many nephews, nieces, and other
relatives and friends
Funeral services for Henry Frederick Blumhagen, age 84, were held Monday, March
17, 1997 at 1:30 p.m. at the Schutte Funeral Home in Postville, Iowa with Rev.
Wayne Hagen officiating. Burial was in the Bloomfield Cemetery in Castalia,
Iowa.
Henry Frederick Blumhagen, son of Henry Wilhelm and Anna Wilhelmine Louise
(Schutte) Blumhagen, was born May 20, 1912 on the family farm in Bloomfield
Township, Winneshiek County, near Castalia, Iowa. Henry was baptized at the
August Schutte home by the Lutheran pastor and confirmed at the Zion Lutheran
Church in Castalia, Iowa. Henry attended the Blumhagen School (Bloomfield School
No. 10). Due to complications of a back injury in his early youth, Henry was not
able to take on the heavier responsibilities of farming. However, he helped to
care for the cattle and sheep, and other light chores. Henry had a jeep which he
used to get around the farm and to help him in his work. Many times he could be
found sitting on the tractor that ran the sawmill.
Henry Frederick Blumhagen died Saturday morning, March 15, 1997 in the
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital at Decorah, Iowa. He was preceded in death
by his parents, six brothers, Carl Blumhagen, Louis Blumhagen, George Blumhagen,
Arno Blumhagen, Lloyd Blumhagen, and Alvin Blumhagen, and two sisters, Mabel
Meyer and Elsie Meyer.
Henry is survived by his two sisters, Minnie Blumhagen of Postville, Iowa and
Elda Blumhagen of Castalia, Iowa, in addition to many nephews, nieces, and other
relatives and friends
Gravesite Details
Additional information provided by Phyllis Peterson
Family Members
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Carl Helmuth Johann Blumhagen
1897–1967
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Wilhelmina Caroline "Minnie" Blumhagen Bugenhagen
1899–1997
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Louis H. Blumhagen
1901–1948
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George Blumhagen
1902–1936
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Mabel Louise Blumhagen Meyer
1904–1929
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Elsie A Blumhagen Meyer
1906–1973
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Arnold Dietrich "Arno" Blumhagen
1908–1967
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Lloyd William Blumhagen
1910–1974
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Alvin Blumhagen
1915–1979
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Elda Blumhagen
1916–2003
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