OBITUARY: Herman Johannes Hempen 1906-1997, Worth Co., Iowa



                       Herman Johannes Hempen


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[Mason City Globe Gazette --  April 3, 1997]

                           Herman J. Hempen

NORTHWOOD -- Herman J. Hempen, 90, of Northwood, died Tuesday (April 1,
1997) at the Lake Mills Care Center.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the United
Methodist Church, with the Rev. Richard Jensen officiating. Burial
will be in Sunset Rest Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Conner
Colonial Chapel, 99-11th St. S., and one hour prior to services
on Saturday at the church.

Other arrangements are incomplete at Conner Colonial Chapel.



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[Mason City Globe Gazette --  April 4, 1997]

                       Herman Johannes Hempen

NORTHWOOD -- Herman Johannes Hempen, 90, of Northwood, died Tuesday
(April 1, 1997) at the Lake Mills Care Center.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the United
Methodist Church, with the Rev. Richard Jensen officiating. Burial
will be in the Sunset Rest Cemetery.

Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the Conner Colonial
Chapel, 99-11th St. S., and one hour prior to services Saturday
at the church.

Herman Johannes Hempen was born on May 23, 1906, in Dike, the
son of Johan and Rena (Saathoff) Hempen.

He attended and received his education in the rural country
schools near Dike.

He was united in marriage to Annie Justina Gerloff on Dec. 29,
1931, in the Lincoln Center Christian Reform Church in Grundy
Center, by the Rev. Sherman. She preceded him in death on July
15, 1994.

After their marriage, they farmed in the Grundy County area
for 20 years until moving to the Northwood area in 1952, continuing
to farm three miles south of town until retiring from farming
in 1972.

After his retirement, he became a full-time carpenter, and once
again a hired hand on other farms, moving into Northwood in December
of 1981.

He enjoyed having coffee at the Corner Post Restaurant in Northwood,
enjoyed keeping up to date with the news in and around Northwood,
going to Hanlontown's Threshing Days, auctions and farming, but his
great love and enjoyment was his family and relatives and visiting
with his friends and neighbors.

He was a member of the United Methodist Church and trustee in
his congregation until his death, a former member of the Lincoln
Christian Reform Church in Grundy Center, Bolan United Methodist
Church, and was former church treasurer in Bolan. In his early
years, he was the county school director.

Left to cherish his memory is a son, Harlan Hempen of Cedar
Falls; four daughters, Marrian ``Penny'' Bradwell and her husband,
Robert, of Hot Springs, Ark.; Arvilla ``Ann'' Young and her husband,
Darrell, of Seattle, Wash.; Ruth Grosland and her husband, Paul,
of Austin, Minn., and Linda Loken and her husband, Ronald, of
Northwood; 10 grandchildren, Connie Bowers of Norfolk, Neb.;
David Hempen of Cedar Falls; Linsley Bradwell of Hot Springs,
Ark.; Jodene Black of Olympia, Wash.; Kim Crotty of Seattle,
Wash.; Troy Young of Seattle, Wash.; Daniel Grosland of Owatonna,
Minn.; Michelle Phillips of Bloomington, Minn.; Rodney Loken
of Northwood, and Robin Hopperstad of Northwood; 10 great-grandchildren,
one brother, Albert Hempen and his wife, Charlotte, of Cedar
Falls; one sister, Henrietta Kruger and her husband, John, of
Grundy Center; and one brother-in-law, Henry Gerloff and his
wife, Arvilla, of New Hartford; several nieces and nephews, as
well as other relatives and friends.

Besides his wife, Annie Justina Hempen, who died on July 15,
1994, he was preceded in death by his parents, an infant daughter;
one brother, Raymond, who died in infancy; a twin sister, Jenny
Emkes in 1991; and a daughter-in-law, Mary Hempen.






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