Schierling, Henry F. (1916-2009)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2009 Mar 30 p. 9

Birth date: 1916 Jun 4

text of obituary:

HENRY F. SCHIERLING

Henry F. Schierling, 92, of Dallas, Ore., died March 13, 2009, at Dallas Retirement Village, where he resided for nine years. He was born June 4, 1916, to Peter and Lena Fast Schierling in Litchfield, Neb.

He married Dora Friesen on July 1, 1941, in Mountain Lake, Minn.

After their marriage, they moved to Portland, where he attended trade school to be a machinist. He worked in the Portland shipyards. They then settled on a farm in Dallas in 1945. He enjoyed farming. He also worked at Caterpillar in Dallas as a machinist and shop foreman and retired in 1977.

He was an active member of the Evangelical Bible Church in Dallas. He and Dora enjoyed travel and taking pictures.

Survivors include four children, Karen Graber and her husband, Larry, Jerald Schierling, Howard Schierling and Sue Olson; 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Dora, in 1999.

Services were held at Evangelical Bible Church.