EMMA HENRICKSON

Mrs. Hans (Grandma) Henrickson, 91 (photo) of 2006 Monroe St., Two Rivers, a
member of one of Two Rivers earliest families and widow of one of the early
conservation wardens in this area, died at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at Two Rivers
Municipal Hospital after an illness of several months.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Grace Congregational Church, Two
Rivers, the Rev. R. J. Wichlei officiating. Interment will be in Pioneers’
Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mrs. Henrickson, nee Emma Kahlenberg, was born in Two Rivers on Dec. 7, 1865,
daughter of the late Otto and Gertrude Nies Kahlenberg. On March 30, 1885, she
was married in Two Rivers to Hans Henrickson, who served as conservation warden
in this district many years. He died in April of 1929. They were married by the
late Felix Walsh, father of the late U.S. Senator Thomas Walsh.
For many years Mrs. Henrickson was active in affairs of the Auxiliary of the
Robert E. Burns Post 165, American Legion, in Two Rivers and served as its
chaplain for “Grandma” Henrickson displayed a huge flag on the lawn of her home
for many years on both Memorial and Independence Day.
The oldest member of the Ladies’ Aid Society of Grace Church, of which she was
a member since childhood, Mrs. Henrickson served for years semi-annually in the
promotion of the church’s fund-raising rummage sales.
Surviving Mrs. Henrickson are six sons, Hugo, Milford, Gerald, Russell and Owen
of Two Rivers and Orville of Milwaukee; two brothers, William R. Kahlenberg Sr.,
and John L. Kahlenberg of Two Rivers; 20 grandchildren and 42 great grand-
children.
Friends may call at the Deja & Martin Funeral Chapels, Two Rivers, after 2 p.m.
Thursday until 11 a.m. Friday when the casket will be taken to the church where
the body will lie in state until the time of service.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 13, 1957 P. 11
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