Fourth Generation
84. Arthur Henry
HILGENDORF was born on 6 May 1901 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois.50,53
He died on 18 Dec 1979 in Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois.235
Arthur H Hilgendorf
Arthur H. Hilgendorf, 78, of route 1, Donovan, died at 10:05 a.m. yesterday (December
18, 1979) at the Americana Nursing Home in Urbana.
He was born May 6, 1901 in Buckley, the son of Fred and Sophia Krumwiede Hilgendorf.
He was married at Almond, Wis., on September 8, 1926 to Clara Tiarks.
Surviving are his wife; three sons, Obert of Chebanse, Onnie of Donovan, and
Rev. Maynard Hilgendorf of Ann Arbor, Mich.; one daughter, Mrs. Aloha Munsterman
of Onarga; 18 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded by five brothers and six sisters.
Mr. Hilgendorf was a farmer in the Loda and Donovan area since 1942, and was
a 19-year employee of the former Iroquois Service Co. until his retirement in
1967.
He was also a member of the Calvary Lutheran Church in Watseka where services
will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Rev. Leon Hauser will officiate with burial
in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery in Buckley.
Visitation will be held from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the DeValk Funeral
Home in Watseka, and one hour before services at the church.
He was buried about 21 Dec 1979 in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Buckley, Illinois.19,53
Section B, Row 8, Plot 13B Arthur Henry HILGENDORF and Clara Marie TIARKS
were married on 8 Sep 1926 in Almond, Wisconsin.50,53
This newspaper article, of unknown source and date, appeared just before the
Hilgendorfs' 40th wedding anniversary:
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hilgendorf of Donovan will observe their 40th wedding anniversary
on Sunday, August 28, at the Calvary Lutheran Church, Watseka. An anniversary
service will be held at 2 p.m. and an open house from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The couple requests no gifts. The former Clara Tiarks and Arthur Hilgendorf were
married September 8, 1926, at the home of the bride's parents at Almond, Wis.,
by the Rev. Forester. They are the parents of three sons, Obert of Chebanse,
Rev. Maynard Hilgendorf of Engadine, Mich., Onnie of Donovan, and one daughter,
Mrs. Fred Munsterman of Milford. There are seventeen grandchildren.
Clara Marie TIARKS (daughter of Herman Henry TIARKS
and Sophia HOGREFE) was born on 6 Nov 1908 in Artesia Township, Iroquois County,
Illinois.177,236 TIARKS, Clara Marie | 11/6/08 | Artesia Twp. | Herman
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From an unknown publication in 1998
Clara Hilgendorf of Prairieview Lutheran Home, Danforth, formerly of Donovan,
will celebrate her 90th birthday with a family gathering.
She has three sons, Obert of Chebanse, Maynard of Grafton, Wisc., and Onnie of
Donovan. One daughter, Aloha Munsterman, is deceased. She has 18 grandchildren
and 35 great-grandchildren.
She was born Nov. 6, 1908 in rural Ash Grove, the daughter of Herman and Sophia
Hogrefe Tiarks. Her hsuband, Arthur Hilgendorf, whom she married in 1926 in Almond,
Wis., died Dec. 18, 1979. She died in Jun 2001.237 She was buried in Jun 2001 in St. John's Lutheran
Cemetery, Buckley, Illinois.237
Section B, Row 8B, Plot 13B Arthur Henry HILGENDORF and Clara Marie TIARKS
had the following children:
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