Obit of Henry C. LAFRENZ (b.1910 d.1973), Rock Co., MN



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This obituary was found in the Luverne Star Herald in Luverne Minn. 

dated Sept. 26, 1973 It is typed just as it appeared in the newspaper 

(including typo's)



H. C. LAFRENZ SERVICES HELD



 Funeral services for Henry C. Lafrenz, R-1, Luverne, were held Sept. 

25, at Zion Lutheran Church in Hardwick.  The Rev. Alfred C. Schmalz 

officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. Engebretson Funeral Home 

was in charge.  Active bearers were Clarence Bolland, Clarence Feikema, 

Verlyn Mann, Elvin Lorenson, Hans Christensen, and Randall Erdmann.  

Honorary bearers were Keith Connell, Walter Bones, John Block, Elmo 

Williamson, Vernon Cornish, and Lester Noble.  Mr. Lafrenz died at 

his farm home Sept. 22 at the age of 63. He had been in failing health 

since last Febuary.

  Born in Germany, Sept. 14, 1910, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. 

Fritz Lafrenz, he came to this country in 1912. The family lived in 

Scott County, Iowa, several years before moving to Rock County, where 

he attended elementary school.  He was married to Martha Meins, Sioux 

Falls, Nov. 20, 1938. Since that time, he had been engaging in farming, 

specializing in the breeding of Hereford cattle.  Mr. and Mrs. Lafrenz 

were parents of three children; Donald Lafrenz, Hardwick; Elsie Lafrenz 

and Dwight Lafrenz, both of Luverne.  Besides his wife and children, 

he is survived by three grandchildren; two brothers, Hans, Luverne, 

and Rudolf, Valley Springs, and one sister, Mrs. Harley (Marie) Bell, 

Luverne.  One sister, one brother and his parents preceded him in death.