Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, November 17, 1960
Henry Borgens Funeral Slated Here Today
Funeral services for Henry Borgens, sr., 89, will be conducted today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. at the chapel of the Danekas Funeral Home in Ritzville.
Rev. D. K. Schmidt of Walla Walla and Rev. Raymond Griffith of Wenatchee will officiate. Interment will be at the Ritzville Memorial cemetery.
Danekas Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers will include J. P. Weizel, Jacob Lenhart, Victor Donis, L.W. Evans, Henry Schneider and John Rowe.
Borgens died of a stroke Monday at the Deaconess hospital in Spokane. He had been ill three days.
He was born Sept. 20, 1871, at Frank, Russia, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Borgens. He attended elementary school in Russia and served five years in the Russian army from age 21 to 26.
He was married to Mary Lesser in Frank in January, 1890. She preceded him in death on Dec. 17, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Borgens came to Nebraska in 1898 and lived there until 1900, when they moved to Adams county. They homesteaded 13 miles northwest of Ritzville on the farm where one of their sons, Henry, jr., now farms. They moved to Ritzville after retiring in December, 1928. Borgens was active in Congregational church work until his health failed some years ago.
Surviving are two daughters, Miss Rachel Borgens and Miss Amelia Borgens, both of Ritzville; three sons, Henry, jr., and Jonathan, both of Ritzville, and George of Opportunity; a brother, Conrad of Greeley, Colo.; seven grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Thank you Sue Gardner for this transcription.
Henry Borgens Funeral Slated Here Today
Funeral services for Henry Borgens, sr., 89, will be conducted today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. at the chapel of the Danekas Funeral Home in Ritzville.
Rev. D. K. Schmidt of Walla Walla and Rev. Raymond Griffith of Wenatchee will officiate. Interment will be at the Ritzville Memorial cemetery.
Danekas Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers will include J. P. Weizel, Jacob Lenhart, Victor Donis, L.W. Evans, Henry Schneider and John Rowe.
Borgens died of a stroke Monday at the Deaconess hospital in Spokane. He had been ill three days.
He was born Sept. 20, 1871, at Frank, Russia, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Borgens. He attended elementary school in Russia and served five years in the Russian army from age 21 to 26.
He was married to Mary Lesser in Frank in January, 1890. She preceded him in death on Dec. 17, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Borgens came to Nebraska in 1898 and lived there until 1900, when they moved to Adams county. They homesteaded 13 miles northwest of Ritzville on the farm where one of their sons, Henry, jr., now farms. They moved to Ritzville after retiring in December, 1928. Borgens was active in Congregational church work until his health failed some years ago.
Surviving are two daughters, Miss Rachel Borgens and Miss Amelia Borgens, both of Ritzville; three sons, Henry, jr., and Jonathan, both of Ritzville, and George of Opportunity; a brother, Conrad of Greeley, Colo.; seven grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Thank you Sue Gardner for this transcription.
Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, November 17, 1960
Henry Borgens Funeral Slated Here Today
Funeral services for Henry Borgens, sr., 89, will be conducted today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. at the chapel of the Danekas Funeral Home in Ritzville.
Rev. D. K. Schmidt of Walla Walla and Rev. Raymond Griffith of Wenatchee will officiate. Interment will be at the Ritzville Memorial cemetery.
Danekas Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers will include J. P. Weizel, Jacob Lenhart, Victor Donis, L.W. Evans, Henry Schneider and John Rowe.
Borgens died of a stroke Monday at the Deaconess hospital in Spokane. He had been ill three days.
He was born Sept. 20, 1871, at Frank, Russia, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Borgens. He attended elementary school in Russia and served five years in the Russian army from age 21 to 26.
He was married to Mary Lesser in Frank in January, 1890. She preceded him in death on Dec. 17, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Borgens came to Nebraska in 1898 and lived there until 1900, when they moved to Adams county. They homesteaded 13 miles northwest of Ritzville on the farm where one of their sons, Henry, jr., now farms. They moved to Ritzville after retiring in December, 1928. Borgens was active in Congregational church work until his health failed some years ago.
Surviving are two daughters, Miss Rachel Borgens and Miss Amelia Borgens, both of Ritzville; three sons, Henry, jr., and Jonathan, both of Ritzville, and George of Opportunity; a brother, Conrad of Greeley, Colo.; seven grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Thank you Sue Gardner for this transcription.
Henry Borgens Funeral Slated Here Today
Funeral services for Henry Borgens, sr., 89, will be conducted today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. at the chapel of the Danekas Funeral Home in Ritzville.
Rev. D. K. Schmidt of Walla Walla and Rev. Raymond Griffith of Wenatchee will officiate. Interment will be at the Ritzville Memorial cemetery.
Danekas Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers will include J. P. Weizel, Jacob Lenhart, Victor Donis, L.W. Evans, Henry Schneider and John Rowe.
Borgens died of a stroke Monday at the Deaconess hospital in Spokane. He had been ill three days.
He was born Sept. 20, 1871, at Frank, Russia, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Borgens. He attended elementary school in Russia and served five years in the Russian army from age 21 to 26.
He was married to Mary Lesser in Frank in January, 1890. She preceded him in death on Dec. 17, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Borgens came to Nebraska in 1898 and lived there until 1900, when they moved to Adams county. They homesteaded 13 miles northwest of Ritzville on the farm where one of their sons, Henry, jr., now farms. They moved to Ritzville after retiring in December, 1928. Borgens was active in Congregational church work until his health failed some years ago.
Surviving are two daughters, Miss Rachel Borgens and Miss Amelia Borgens, both of Ritzville; three sons, Henry, jr., and Jonathan, both of Ritzville, and George of Opportunity; a brother, Conrad of Greeley, Colo.; seven grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Thank you Sue Gardner for this transcription.
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