Wiens, Henry C. (1885-1957)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1957 May 2 p. 6

Birth date: 1885 Oct 2

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— Henry C. Wiens, 71, died at Grace Hospital in Hutchinson on April 24 and funeral services were held Saturday at the First Mennoninte [sic Mennonite] Church of Hutchinson, Rev. Leonard Metzker officiating. A native of the Inman community, Mr. Wiens lived in Montana for many years, moving to Hutchinson in 1947.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1957 May 23 p. 8

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HENRY C. WIENS

On April 24, 1957, at 10:04 a.m. our loving husband, father and grandfather Henry C. Wiens was called to his heavenly home at the age of 71 years, six months and 20 days.

He was born Oct. 2,1885, on a farm one and one-half miles southeast of Inman, Kansas. His parents were H. A. and Justina Wiens. His mother preceded him in death when he was two and one-half years old. His father then married Maria Friesen. He attended school at Inman.

He was baptized on June 19, 1904, by Elder C. M. Wall in Peters Church three miles southeast of Inman.

He was married to Marie Dahlke of Henderson, Neb. on Oct. 10, 1907, Elder C. M. Wall officiating. To this union were born nine sons, and three daughters. three sons and one grandson preceded him in death.

The first years of their married life were spent on a farm near Henderson, Neb. In 1917 the family moved to Lustre, Mont. where they lived for 19 years. Then they moved to Minnesota where they lived till 1939. From there they moved back to Kansas, living a few years in Newton, and in 1946 they bought a home at 729 East 1st in Hutchinson where he lived until his death.

It was the happy privilege of mother and dad to share 49 ½ years together. He always enjoyed good health. He had an eye operation two years ago, and then in Oct. 1956 he underwent a serious bladder operation from which he recovered nicely and enjoyed good health once more. On April 20 at the breakfast table he suffered a stroke. He was taken to the hospital where he remained until April 24, when he was called Home.

He leaves to mourn his widow Maria, six sons, three daughters, six daughters-in-laws, three sons-in-law, 37 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, two brothers and three sisters, and a host of relatives and friends.

We mourn the passing of our father, but not with out hope, for we know that we shall meet again in that house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. — The Family.