Obit for HEYEN, Henry R. (b.1916 d.2004), Murray Co., MN
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1916-HENRY HEYEN-2004 
 
Henry R. Heyen, the son of Martin and Gretje Duis Heyen, was born January 
29, 1916 in Bloom Twp., Nobles Co., MN. He grew up on the family farm and 
attended country school. Henry moved to a farm near Wirock, MN in 1937. 
He was united in marriage to Rachel Fisher on May 31, 1940 at the Immanuel 
American Lutheran Church in rural Fulda. After their marriage they lived 
in various areas in southwest Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota as Henry 
worked as a foreman building churches. He helped build the Indian Lake 
Baptist Church near Worthington, MN, St. Luke's Lutheran Church Woodlake,
MN, the Reformed Church in Roseland, MN, St. John's Lutheran Church in 
Romona, SD, the Reformed Church in Edgerton, MN and St. Luke's in Titonka, 
IA. After their retirement in 1958 they returned to farm near Fulda. They 
moved into Fulda in August of 1993. Henry entered the Maple Lawn Nursing 
Home in Fulda in November of 1994 and passed away there on November 4, 2004 
at the age of 88. He was a member of Immanuel American Lutheran Church. 
Henry loved playing his violin and concertina and singing. 

Survivors include his wife, Rachel; two grandsons, Chad Heyen of Okinawa, 
Japan on the U.S. Air Force Base and Craig Heyen of Fulda, MN; sister, 
Johanna Erickson of Worthington, MN; sister-in-law, Marian Heyen of Slayton, 
MN; many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, one 
son, Ronald, brother, Herbert Heyen and two sisters, Elsie Jacobs and 
Elizabeth Heyen. 

Funeral services were held at Immanuel American Lutheran Church, rural 
Fulda, MN at 10:30 AM on Monday, November 8, 2004 with the Rev. Kristi 
Mitchell officiating. The organist was Marlene Sievers. The pallbearers 
were Phil Sievers, Norman Danneman, Harold Mellema, Dwayne Wienrank 
Darryl Sandhurst and Vince Sandhurst. Interment at Immanuel American 
Lutheran Cemetery, rural Fulda.