OBITUARY: Ruth (nee Tottenham) (Gilbrech) Henning, 1907-2005, Mitchell, Iowa

[Based on obituary in the Mitchell County Press-News online, Feb. 23, 2005]




                          Ruth Gilbrech Henning

Funeral services for Ruth Gilbrech Henning, age 97, of Osage, Iowa, were
held Monday, Feb. 21, 2005, at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage
with the Rev. Dr. J. Samuel Subramanian officiating. Cremation will follow
services with Inurnment later in the Osage Cemetery. Ruth died Thursday,
Feb. 17, 2005, at the Faith Home in Osage. 

Ruth was born June 26, 1907, in Kossuth County near Algona, the daughter
of Henry and Edna (Snyder) Tottenham.  She graduated from the Minneapolis
School of Beauty and Culture.

Ruth married Alvin Gilbrech on March 9, 1926 in Minneapolis.  They moved
to Osage and together operated Mari Posa Beauty Shop for 47 years.  Alvin
died on October 2, 1972.

Ruth married Lars Henning of Latimer on May 24, 1975 at the First United
Methodist Chapel in Osage.  Lars died in 1980.  Ruth wintered in Texas for
many years.

Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; husband Alvin Gilbrech and
husband Lars Henning; and a sister Effie Tottenham.

Ruth is survived by a sister-in-law, Dorothy Ackland of Minn.; two step-sons,
Owen (Juanita) Henning of Marco Island, Fla. and Wayne (Eva) Henning of
Latimer; seven step-grandchildren, several step-great-grandchildren and
step-great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Also survived by special friends, Ed and Beverly Boehmer of Osage and their
family: Sandy Roll, fiance Rod Harang and family of Lake Mills; the late
Merle Boehmer, wife Laurie and family of Osage; Ken Boehmer, wife Kathy
and family of Osage; Donna Forsyth, husband Mark and family of Charles
City; Mary Bethke, husband Carl and family of Osage; and Jim Boehmer, wife
Angie and family of Lake Mills.

Funeral arrangments were made by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage;
phone: (641)732-3706.



     Copyright 2005, K.L. Kittleson