May 13, 1937, Manning Monitor
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Ohde Funeral home with the Rev. G.E. Steele officiating.
Pallbearers will be Eggert J. Puck, Herman Hinz, John Oppermann, James Mundt, Julius Rostermundt, and Theodore Stuhr.
Mr. Westphalen, who was born in Kaltenkirchen, Holstein, February 11, 1848, served in the Franco-Prussian war.
He came to America in 1873, settling near Davenport, where he took work on a farm.
After farming in Benton County, Iowa, for one year and in Tama County for two years, he came to Carroll County in 1877 to make his home on a 160 acre tract which he bought. This farm is 3 1/2 miles north of Manning. Since his retirement he had lived in Manning, which was his home for about 25 years.
In 1888, he was married to Miss Caroline Hageman. They had six children, two of whom are deceased, William and Henry. Mrs. Westphalen passed away February 9, 1925.
The surviving children are: Mrs. Hans Struve (Anna), Sidney, Nebraska; Herman Westphalen, near Sidney; Mrs. Hubert Lamp (Amelia), near Aspinwall, and Mrs. William Jensen (Minnie), Manning. There are 14 grandchildren.
Henry Westphalen Died This Morning
Mr. Henry Westphalen a longtime resident of Manning, passed away at his home on
Third Street, early Thursday morning.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the Ohde Funeral Home.
Obituary will be published next week.
May 6, 1937, Manning Monitor
Henry Westphalen Pioneer Resident, Is Laid To Rest
Another home has been made desolate and another one of our pioneer citizens has
been taken from us, when death called at the home of Mr. Henry Edward Westphalen
and took him to his reward after his long and useful life on this earth.
Henry Westphalen was born in Kaltenkirchen, Holstein, Germany, on February 11, 1848, and died on Thursday morning, May 6th, 1937, at the age of 89 years, 2 months, and 25 days. He would have been 90 years at his next birthday.
Mr. Westphalen spent his boyhood days in his native country, where he was educated and also served in the German Army when the Franco-Prussian war broke out, entering the service in 1869. He was stationed in the city of Schleswig and served in the 4 Esk., Schleswig-Holstein, Husaren Regiment No. 16. He was honorably discharged on October 7, 1872.
In the spring of 1873, he came to America, landing in New York on March 6th. After a brief visit with relatives in Brooklyn he came to Iowa and located near Davenport where he worked on the farm and also in a saw mill for one year. From there he moved to Benton County, Iowa, and then to Tama County.
In 1877, Mr. Westphalen came to Carroll County locating on a 160 acre farm a half mile north of the present Three Mile House. He later purchased another 80 acres adjoining his farm on the east which was the old Westphalen 240-acre homestead for many years. Here he and his family toiled and accumulated a fortune which they enjoyed in their declining days.
When Mr. Westphalen came to Carroll County, there was no evidence of Manning; Carroll, Arcadia, and Westside and Harlan being the nearest stations. The family lived on this land until 1918 when they retired from active farm life and moved to Manning.
In 1888, Mr. Westphalen was married to Miss Caroline Hageman, to which union 6 children were born, and the happy parents saw them grow up to be splendid men and women. They became creditable citizens and a support to their parents until the day they passed away.
Mr. Westphalen purchased 800 acres of land for his children in Cheyenne County, Wyoming, which was placed under the management of his oldest son, William. While working on this large farm, the boy was accidently killed by his tractor on May 2, 1918. Another son, Henry, Jr., drowned in the Platt River on April 19, 1926, while out fishing, when he ventured to cross the river. An expert swimmer, he got into a whirlpool in which a number of people had lost their lives before.
The surviving children are: Anna, Mrs. Hans Struve, of Sidney, Nebraska; Herman Westphalen of near Sidney, Nebraska; Amelia, Mrs. Hubert Lamp of Manning, and Minnie, Mrs. William Jensen, Jr., of Manning. He also leaves 14 grandchildren and many other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Westphalen passed away on February 19, 1925.
The funeral services were held Saturday, May 8th at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at the Ohde Funeral Home, the Rev. George E. Steele, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Manning officiating. Interment was made at the Manning Cemetery in the family lot. As pall bearers served John Oppermann, James Mundt, Herman D. Hinz, Eggert J. Puck, Ed Armstrong, and Julius Rostermundt.
A good man and neighbor has been taken from us. Mr. Westphalen, in his younger years, was one of the most progressive farmers of this community. He came here to the Virgin Prairie, facing a hard pioneer life and made good, because he was a friend to man. May his soul rest in peace.
Out of town relatives attending the funeral were Mr. and
Mrs. Hans G. and Anna Struve of Peetz, Colorado; Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Westphalen
of Sidney, Nebraska; Mrs. Henry Hargens of Sidney, Nebraska; Mr. and Mrs. Will
Ewert of Pierson, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hageman of Gray, Iowa; Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Hageman of Gray, Iowa; Mrs. Minnie Lomn of
Templeton, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Garrott Taylor and daughter Janet; William
Taylor, Mrs. Ray Ana Taylor, Mrs. Dora Lehman and Mrs. Thomas David, all of Omaha.
May 13, 1937, Manning Monitor
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to our friends and
neighbors for their many acts of kindness and expressions of sympathy in our
recent bereavement at the death of our beloved father, Henry Westphalen. We
also wish to thank Rev. Steele for his comforting words, the choir for their
music and those who sent floral offerings.
Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Westphalen Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Struve
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Lamp
Mr. and Mrs. William Jensen
May 20, 1937, Manning Monitor