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George H Rohlfsen

Birth	:	8 Jun 1893
Death	:	29 Apr 1929
Burial	:	Memorial Cemetery, Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7875000, -96.1504920
Plot	:	Block 14 Lot 9
Description	:	LAST RITES FOR GEO. H. ROHLFSEN Popular young farmer of Marcus vicinity victim of deadly disease. Last rites were held for George H. Rohlfsen, popular young, farmer of Marcus vicinity and well known in Le Mars where he formerly worked. [Servicers were held] at St. John's Evangelical Church in this city [Le Mars], Saturday afternoon. Rev. P. V. Dyck officiated and spoke words of condolence and sympathy. A quartette composed of Miss Katherine Gross, Mrs. Fred Scharrer, Henry Meyer and Henry Prust sang "Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me", "Under His Wings" and "God Be with You Till We Meet... Read More	LAST RITES FOR GEO. H. ROHLFSEN Popular young farmer of Marcus vicinity victim of deadly disease. Last rites were held for George H. Rohlfsen, popular young, farmer of Marcus vicinity and well known in Le Mars where he formerly worked. [Servicers were held] at St. John's Evangelical Church in this city [Le Mars], Saturday afternoon. Rev. P. V. Dyck officiated and spoke words of condolence and sympathy. A quartette composed of Miss Katherine Gross, Mrs. Fred Scharrer, Henry Meyer and Henry Prust sang "Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me", "Under His Wings" and "God Be with You Till We Meet Again". Relatives from out of town in attendance at the funeral were H. J. Rohlfsen, son, Harold, and daughter, Henrietta, from Delano, Minnesota; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tangeman, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Tangeman, son, Roger, of Sibley; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Tangeman and son, Marvin, of Montevideo, Minnesota; Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Tangeman, Arthur Tangeman, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schultz, of Ocheyedan, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. William Rohlfsen and sons, Elmer, Harry, Ralph and Glen, and daughter, Edna, of Paullina; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hattermann, of Hartley; Mr. and Mrs. George Caloux and daughter, Thelma, and son, Fred, of Hawarden; Mrs. August M. Schwieger and son, Bernard, and Mrs. Clifford Guion, of Grand Island, Nebraska; Mr. and Mrs. John Stolly and daughter, Ruth, Mr. and Raymond Stolly and John Fechter, of Spencer; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Addy and daughter, Carolina Lee, of Lark Park, Iowa; Miss Thelma Fechter of Centralia, Missouri; Mr. and Mrs. Hans Erickson, Mrs. Louis Wittrock and Miss Edna Wittrock, of Paullina. George H. Rohlfsen was born on a farm north of Marcus June 8, 1893, where he passed his early boyhood until the age of thirteen, when he came to Le Mars and attended school and was graduated with the class of 1912. He worked in Le Mars at various occupations and acquired trust and confidence at the places in which he was employed. He was united in marriage at Cherokee March 6, 1915 with Miss Lydia Kilker, of Le Mars, and after their marriage they engaged in farming on the Rohlfsen place north of Marcus, where they lived happy and successful. Mr. Rohlfsen suffered an attack of flu last winter which developed into what attending physicians diagnosed as sleeping sickness, which proved fatal May 10. Mr. Rohlfsen is survived by his wife and six children, Herbert, aged 13, Ruth, 11, Russell, 10, Stanley, 7, Shirley Mae, 4, Betty Jean, four months old, his father, Hans Rohlfsen, of Marcus; two sisters, Mrs. Fred Tangeman, of Sibley; Mrs. F. A. Hein, of Hermann, Minnesota; and two brothers, William Rohlfsen, of Paullina and Henry Rohlfsen, of Delano, Minnesota. Source: Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, Le Mars, Iowa, May 14, 1929, Page 8 Contributor: Kent Pauling (47438725) • [email protected]

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Latitude: 42.7875000
Longitude: -96.1504920

Family Members:

Spouse

Lydia Kilker Rohlfsen Meyer

(1894 - 1980)

Children

Herbert Glen Rohlfsen

(1915 - 2000)

Ruth Lillian Rohlfsen Gearke

(1917 - 1993)

Russell Kenneth Rohlfsen

(1919 - 1945)

Stanley Elwood Rohlfsen

(1921 - 1988)

Shirley Mae Rohlfsen

(1925 - 2008)

Betty Jean Rohlfsen Becker

(1929 - 1991)

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