Henry "Hank" Loxtercamp
Age 88 - Melrose, MN
Oct 11, 1914 - Jan 17, 2003

Services will be Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 11:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Melrose for Henry C. Loxtercamp, 88, who died in Branson, Missouri. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call Monday from 3:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 8 to 11a.m. at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Knights of Columbus will pray at 7 p.m. followed by parish prayers at 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Henry "Hank" Loxtercamp was born October 11, 1914 in Grove Township, Stearns County, Minnesota to George and Mary (Kampsen) Loxterkamp. He drove a Standard Oil truck, delivering fuel to homes and farms, at the age of 15.

Hank Loxtercamp married Rita M. Schulte on May 18, 1937 at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Greenwald, Minnesota. They moved to Melrose where he started Loxtercamp Oil Co. He also started Loxtercamp Motors in Melrose, now Maus Motors. He was involved in a tire business and also in starting the bowling alley, Homers Lounge and other businesses in Melrose. In later years he owned Loxtercamp Transport.

Hank was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Melrose, Knights of Columbus, Melrose Lions Club, Board of Directors for Melrose State Bank, church trustee for 52 years, city council member, and Melrose Community Development Association. Hank was a major support of Meadowlark Country Club Golf Course.

Survivors include his wife, Rita Loxtercamp of Melrose; children, Ronald Loxtercamp (Alice) of Melrose, Donald Loxtercamp (Sharren) of St. Cloud; son-in-law, Nick Braegelmann of Melrose; brothers and sisters, Leo Loxtercamp of Melrose, Tony Loxterkamp (Louise) of Swanville, Raymond Loxtercamp (Ermina) of Lake Henry, Sister Georgetta Loxterkamp, O.S.B. of St. Paul Monastery, Beata Frieler of Melrose and Rose Uphoff of Greenwald; 13 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

Hank was preceded in death by his parents, George and Mary Loxterkamp; daughter, Doris Braegelmann on June 16, 1995; and six brothers, Joe, Ben, Alois, Otto and Fred Loxtercamp and Herman Loxterkamp.

Published on the St. Cloud Times web site.

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NOTE: As a way to show loyalty to America during WW II, many Germans modified their last name to appear more Anglo. The name Loxterkamp was changed in 1942 to Loxtercamp (changing the "K" to a "C"). George and Mary's children spell the last name Loxtercamp, except for Herman, Tony & Sr. Georgette.