Bio of Wodele, Henry (b.1880) Wabasha Co., MN
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Wodele, Henry (page 657), a progressive farmer of Greenfield Township,
operating a farm of 293 acres, of which he is the owner, was born in this
township July 30, 1880, son of John and Clara (Beiver) Wodele. He was
educated in the district school and until 1905 was engaged in working for
his father. He then rented 293 acres, 160 acres lying in Greenfield and
the rest in Glasgow and Wabasha Townships, and engaged in agriculture on
his own account. In 1910 he bought the farm, which is the one on which he
still resides, and where he is successfully carrying on mixed farming,
including the raising of garden truck and high grade stock. He has
improved his buildings by the erection of additions and has installed a
Delco lighting plant, bringing the entire place into good condition, with
modern equipment. In addition Mr. Wodele has given some time to public
affairs, having formerly served one year as assessor of his township, and
six years on the school board of District No. 5. He is a member of the
Catholic church, also of the Knights of Columbus, St. Joseph's Society and
the Equitable Fraternal Union. Mr. Wodele was united in marriage October
4, 1904, with Sophia Bootz, daughter of Ambroise and Sophia (Berkeley)
Bootz. Her parents came to Minnesota from Germany in the fifties, settling
in Wabasha County. Mrs. Bootz died when her daughter Sophia was only two
weeks old, and the father in 1915. They had three children, Bertha, Joseph
and Sophia, of whom Joseph is no longer living. Mr. and Mrs. Wodele have
had 11 children, born as follows: Clara E., July 8, 1905; Clarence C.,
December 24, 1906; Mabel R., April 23, 1908; Ethel A., June 8, 1909;
Harriet T., September 26, 1911; Mary V., January 7, 1913; John H., April
30, 1915; Ralph R., March 26, 1916; Helen M., May 29, 1917; Bernice L.,
February 27, 1919; and Harold M., May 5, 1920. Harriet T. died in infancy,
April 4, 1912.