Born July 11, 1900 Carroll County, Iowa
Entered Into Rest July 22, 1981 Manning
General Hospital Manning, Iowa
Age 81 years, 11 days
Services Friday, July 24, 1981, 2:00 PM Zion Lutheran Church Manning, Iowa
Officiating Pastor L.W. Sawhill
Organist Dorothy Kusel
Interment Manning Cemetery
Casketbearers: Merrill Callender, Wesley Nulle, Dean Stribe, Merlyn Irlbeck, Ernest Ehlers, Harvey Freese
ORDER OF SERVICE
Scripture Sentences
Hymn 657 BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR Congregation
Invocation
The Psalm
The Lesson
Hymn 376 ROCK OF AGES Congregation
The Sermon
Hymn 457 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS Congregation
The Obituary
The Prayers
The Lord's Prayer (In unison)
The Benediction
The family wishes to express their gratitude for your kindness evidenced in thought, word and deed, and invite you to join them for fellowship and lunch in the church dining hall following the committal service.
Henry, son of Fred and Amanda Asmus Gruhn, was born July 11, 1900. in Carroll County, Iowa. He moved to Jefferson Town-ship, Shelby County, Iowa, as a child and attended rural schools near his home.
On September 8, 1943, he married Lorraine Rothfolk. Henry was a farmer all of his life. He retired and the couple moved to Manning in 1968.
Henry entered Manning General Hospital in April of 1981 and has been in failing health ever since. He passed away there on July 22, 1981 at the age of 81 years and 11 days.
He was preceded in death by his parents, twin daughters and one brother, Edward.
He is survived by: one son, Fred, and. his wife Mary of Manning, one daughter, Nancy and her husband Bob Evans of Manning; six grandchildren, Michael, Lisa, Sue Ann, Mathew, John and Rebecca Gruhn; seven sisters, Lena, Mrs. Albert Jansen of Manning, Mrs. Ella Steen, Manning, Ann, Mrs. Albert Mahnke, Albert City, Mrs. Frieda Langbehn, Columbus, Georgia, Mrs. Alma Custer, Harlan, Ida, Mrs. Gilmer Anthony, Denison, Helen, Mrs. Lenus Andersen, Denison; as well as by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.