The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-09-27
Funeral Rites
Saturday For
J.Heidgerken
Respected Farmer of Kandota
Township Passed Away
September 10
LAURA PROELL DEAD
Burial Service at Melrose
Wednesday Morning at
$50 O'clock
John Heidgerken


Funeral services for the late
John Heidgerken, whose death was
mentioned in last weeks Herald,
were held at Our Lady of the An
gels Church Saturday morning,
Sept. %, at $50 o'clock. Rev. FIR.
Mayer read the requiem High
Mass. The funeral was largely at
tended by his many neighbors and
friends.
Interment was made in Calvary
cemetery, and the pallbearers, Sc
lected from among his close friends
were: Henry Borgmann, Ben Du-
Bots, John Mondloch, Jos. Schoen-
hoff, Steve Schwarzbauer and Nick
Orth.
Mr.. Heidgerken passed away
Wednesday morning, Sept. 10th, at
his home in Kandota township. He
was born at Freeport, Mimi, on
February %, 1875, and was SO years,
6 months and 10 days old at the
time of death. He received his
early education in the Freeport
school and served as altar boy I'M
til The enrolled as a student at st.
JOnn University.
September 7, 1897, he was united
in marriage to Martha Chisholm.
Besides the sorrowing wife and
daughter, those left to mourn are:
Fred Heidgerken, of Humboldt.
Sask., Cam, a brther; and his sis
tiers, Sr. Lydia, o. S. B., of Still
water, Mimi; Mrs. Mike Theisen, Of
New Munich, Mimi, and Mrs. Jos.
Beste, of Sank Centre.
In the year 1900 he purchased the
Fairy Lake Stock Farm, where he
resided until his death.
Mr.. Heidgerken was always ac-
tive in the community in which he
lived. For thirty-three years he
was clerk of School District No. 6.
He gave unstintingly of his time
and worked for the betterment of
the school at all times. He helped
to build it from a third to a first
class school. He also served on
the rural telephone board for sever
al years and was president of the
Sank Valley lines at the time of his
death. He was a member of the
Catholic Order of Foresters, hav-
ing entered the organization when
he was twenty-five years old.
In his passing the community
sustained severe loss. He was a
kind husband and father, a good
neighbor and sincere friend. He
was ever ready to lend a helping
hand where needed and he will be
greatly missed by all who knew
him.
Those from out-of-town attending
the funeral were: ST.. Lydia, Of
Saltwater, Mimi; Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith, of Melrose; Mr.. and Mrs.
Thielen, Melrose; Mr.. and Mrs.
Manning, Melrose; Mrs. Kemper,
Freeport; Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Thei-
sen, New Munich; Mrs. Kemper
and daughter, of Albany; Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Vogel, ALBANY; Mr.. and
Mrs. Walters and daughters, of Al
bany; Mr.. and Mrs. Clausen, Of
st. Rose; Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Clausen Of st. Cloud; Alvin Theisen
st. Cloud; Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry
Korf, Metre Grove; Mr.. and Mrs.
Alois Korf, of Metre Grove.
Laura PrOeR
Laura Proell, 12-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Proell,
who reside in the Mccormick Lake
community, AZ miles southeast
of this city, passed away Monday
evening, following an illness Of
several months duration
Laura was born on September
Is, 1922, and spent her life in this
community. Besides the bereaved
parents, four sisters and six BROTH
ers survive. They are: Mrs. Her
man Moening, Melrose; Katherine,
Sank Centre; Elma, Doris, AL
phonse, Richard, Herbert, Ray
mond, Arnold and Leander, at
home.
The funeral services were held
Wednesday morning at st. Boni-
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