Friesen, Henry P. (1886-1944)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1944 Feb 24 p. 3

Birth date: 1886 Apr 14

text of obituary:

H. P. Friesen, a life long resident of the community at Henderson, Nebr., passed away at the York, Nebr., hospital, Monday evening Feb. 14, at about 9:30 o'clock.

Mr. Friesen was born April 14, 1886, in York county, Nebr., where he grew up to manhood and received his education. his father, Rev. Peter J. Friesen, was the first, elder of the Bethesda church. Some of the Review readers may still remember him.

Mr. Friesen and his wife went to California the first part of the winter to visit their children. They returned home Wednesday, February 9, and the next day he became ill of heart trouble.

Surviving are his wife, three sons, three daughters, six brothers and three sisters.

The funeral services were held Friday afternoon, Feb. 18, at the Bethesda church and burial made in the Bethesda cemetery northeast of Henderson.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1944 Mar 2 p. 3

text of obituary:

Henry P. Friesen, son of Rev. Peter J. Friesen and Eva Abrahams, was born in York county, Nebraska, on April 14, 1886. On June 8, 1908, he was baptized upon the confession of his faith by his father and accepted as member into the Bethesda Mennonite church.

On January 9, 1910, he was united in marriage to Mary Janzen of Enid, Oklahoma. This union was blessed with three sons and three daughters. During the last six years he was a member of the board of education of district No. 95 of Henderson.

All of his lifetime he was engaged in farming. In all of his dealings with neighbors and fellowmen he was considerate. He always enjoyed good health until September 1938, when he was afflicted with a malady diagnosed as brain fever. Due to the effects of this disease he never regained his strength. The following year, in 1939, had the misfortune of upsetting with his car, which also helped to make his situation worse. After this he was not able to do his farm work without help.

In October, 1941, an attack of asthma overtook him. This made it very disagreeable for him to attend to his daily affairs. This ailment kept getting worse as time went on. Two years ago he and his wife decided to go to California, oping to find relief from his malady. The trip there seemed to relieve his condition considerably. In December, 1943, they again decided to go to California because his health was declining rapidly, hoping that the trip again