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Henry Rolfes

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Henry Rolfes

Birth
Oldenburg, Stadtkreis Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
16 Aug 1971 (aged 76)
Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Remsen, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Taken from the Le Mars, Iowa, Daily Sentinel, Wednesday, August 18, 1971 -- 11A

Henry Rolfes
Henty Rolfes, 76, longtime Remsen resident, died Monday at Floyd Valley hospital where he had been a patient for a week.

Funeral services will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic church, Remsen, with Msgr. Frank P. Schultes officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery under direction of the Fisch funeral home. Military rites will be conducted at graveside.

Mr. Rolfes was born Aug. 24, 1894, in Germany. He had resided in Remsen most of his life.

He was a retired farmer and veteran of world war 1.

Survivors are a brother, Frank of Le Mars; three sisters, Sister Anicita of Staceyville, Mrs. Benadine Schroeder of Kingsley and Mrs. Agnes Ruba of Remsen.

The following information is added from information on other family members by Rose Mary Mullane

Henry came to the U.S. with his parents and brother, Bernard in 1897.
Taken from the Le Mars, Iowa, Daily Sentinel, Wednesday, August 18, 1971 -- 11A

Henry Rolfes
Henty Rolfes, 76, longtime Remsen resident, died Monday at Floyd Valley hospital where he had been a patient for a week.

Funeral services will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic church, Remsen, with Msgr. Frank P. Schultes officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery under direction of the Fisch funeral home. Military rites will be conducted at graveside.

Mr. Rolfes was born Aug. 24, 1894, in Germany. He had resided in Remsen most of his life.

He was a retired farmer and veteran of world war 1.

Survivors are a brother, Frank of Le Mars; three sisters, Sister Anicita of Staceyville, Mrs. Benadine Schroeder of Kingsley and Mrs. Agnes Ruba of Remsen.

The following information is added from information on other family members by Rose Mary Mullane

Henry came to the U.S. with his parents and brother, Bernard in 1897.


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