Woelk, Heinrich A. (1874-1960)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1960 Aug 11 p. 6

Birth date: 1874 Nov 24

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H. A. Woelk, aged resident of Goessel, died Tuesday shortly after being admitted to the Bethesda Hospital there. He was 85. Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Friday, Aug. 12, at the Goessel Mennonite Church.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1960 Aug 18 p. 6

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Funeral services for H. A. Woelk, 85, who died Aug. 9 at the Bethesda Hospital in Goessel, were held Friday forenoon at the Goessel Mennonite Church, Rev. Leo Miller in charge. Mr. Woelk was a native of Russia and had lived at Goessel since 1893. Surviving are his wife, Lizzie; four sons, Henry J. of Wichita, Alvin S. of Lamar, Colo., Arthur J. of Hillsboro and Eldon of Route 2, Newton; two daughters, Mrs. Walter B. Entz of Newton and Mrs. Herman Voth of Buhler; one brother, J. A. Woelk of Arizona; one sister, Mrs. B. A. Friesen of Rosthern, Sask., 12 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1960 Sep 8 p. 8

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Heinrich A. Woelk, son of Abraham and Justina Friesen Woelk, was born in South Russia on Nov. 24, 1874. In Feb. 1893, he with his parents left Russia to establish a new home near Goessel, Kan.

He was married May 20, 1897, to Katharina Schmidt, who died in 1914. On Nov. 3, 1915 he married Anna Unruh, who preceded him in death in 1921. On Nov. 11, 1925 he married Lizzie Heidebrecht, who survives. Other survivors are four sons, Henry J. of Wichita, Kan., Alvin S. of Lamar, Colo., Arthur J. of Rt. 2, Hillsboro, Kan., Eldon P. of Rt. 2, Newton, Kan.; two daughters, (Anna) Mrs. Walter B. Entz of Rt. 5, Newton, Kan., and (Hilda) Mrs. Herman Voth of Buhler, Kan.; one brother, J. A. Woelk of Winslow, Ariz.; one sister, Mrs. B. A. Friesen of Rosthern, Sask.; 12 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

Three children preceded him in death, Ernest, age 3; Sara, age 3; and Marie, age 36, and her husband, Charles Hepler.

Upon confession of his faith he was baptized and united with the Alexanderwohl church in 1894. In 1920, when the Goessel Mennonite church was organized, he became a charter member and remained an active and faithful member to the end.

On Aug. 9 at 6:30 p. m. his very eventful and fruitful life of nearly 86 years came to a abrupt end and he passed on to his eternal home.

Funeral services were held at the Goessel Mennonite church in Goessel, Kan. on Aug. 12, with Rev. Leo Miller officiating.

The Mennonite obituary: 1961 Jan 17 p. 47

Der Bote obituary: 1960 Oct 4 p. 7

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Heinrich A. Wölk †

Gössel, Kansas

Heinrich A. Wölk, Sohn von Abraham und Justina Friesen-Wölk, wurde am 24. November 1874 in Südrußland geboren. 1893 verließ er mit Eltern und Geschwistern Rußland, und sie gründeten hier in Amerika in der Nähe von Gössel in Kansas ihr neues Heim.

1894