Friesen, Henry P. (1886-1944)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1944 Feb 24 p. 3

Birth date: 1886 Apr 14

text of obituary:

H. P. FRIESEN

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.