Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-01-28
ASKOV PIONEER
DIES OF CANCER
NielS HenrikSen Came to Pine County
i'm 1907; Buried at Old South
Dakota Home.


Askov community, passed quietly to
at 1:3O in his village home, sur
rounded by members of his family.
He was nearing his 18th birthday.
An operation for cancer of the stom-
ach last April improved his health
for a time but during the last two
months he commenced to fail. He
attended services in the local church
Christmas eve and drove his own car
on Christmas day but was then
obliged to remain indoors and was in
bed constantly during the last three
weeks. His daughters and Miss Car
RE Feldtmose, nurse, gave him the
best of care, but he was subjected to
considerable suffering through the
ravages of the cancer.
Mr.. Henriksen was born on March
IA, 1855, at Skjoldborg, in Upland.
Denmark. Always aggressive and a
hard worker, this no doubt is due
to the fact that Mr.. Henriksen had
very early start in being useful.
At the tender age of five or six he was
already out working for others at
herding geese. He grew to manhood
in his native country and was mar
ried there. In 1886 the family emil
grated to America. settling in Kings
bury county, S. d. where they took
up farming. The Henriksens have
had ten children, seven of whom are
living. One child, boy. died in Den
mark in infancy, another boy died in
infancy in South Dakota, and girl,
II years old, also passed away in
South Dakota. Mr.. Henriksen, as
well as his children, also encountered
and mother, when she was in her best
years, back in 1899. OF the seven
living children Mr.. Henriksen had the
comfort and companionship of six of
these right in the Askov community,
folks who are all workers and builders
here. They are: Mrs. N. B. Miller,
Andrew, Henrik, Mrs. w. E. Jacobsen,
youngest of the children, Mrs. Lenny
Lewison, lives at Lake Preston. S. D.
Resided Here 25 Years.
The Henriksen family came to
Askov in the spring of 1907, being
amongst the early settlers here when
this was made a Danish colony. Mr..
Henriksen purchased 80 acres of
| land, 1 u miles east of town, erected
buildings and turned what was then
wilderness, into good farm. Since
then all of his children have married
and acquired other farms in the COM
munity. One son, Andrew. is the
owner and manager of the feed store
and potato and rutabaga warehouse
under the name of A. Henriksen. Be-
sides the seven children he is sur
vived by IS grandchildren. three of
whom are in South Dakota.
Always an active man and a man
of stability, Mr.. Henriksen. besides
the big task of clearing up his own
land found time to help with COM
munity projects, being at one time an
officer in the farmers cooperative
feed store, member Of the town
board and also served on the church
board, as we'll as other community
took very active interest in the work
of the church, and unless illness pre-
vented was present at every Sunday
morning service of the Lutheran
church of which he was a lifelong
member.
Funeral Services Tuesday.
A large number of relatives and
friends paid their last respects to
this worthy pioneer at the funeral
services in the local church Tuesday
afternoon, the Rev. A. E. Frost
preaching the funeral sermon. The
pallbearers were six pioneer friends,
Christian Sorensen, Ludwig Masb@k,
Johannes Sorensen, Rasmus Petersen,
Jorgen Jensen, and Martin Sorensen.
Those from out-of-town who attended
the funeral were P. A. Miller, his son,
Andrew Miller, and Christ Birkholm
from West Denmark, Wis.
The remains were transported by
truck, driven by Uffe Strandskov and