Fourth Generation
85. Rev. Theodore
Henry (Tate) HILGENDORF was born on 5 Apr 1904 in Buckley, Iroquois County,
Illinois.50,238 He died on 13 Jul 1974 in Beloit, Wisconsin.239
Death takes Rev. Theodore Hilgendorf
The Rev. Theodore H. Hilgendorf died Saturday, July 13, at Beloit Memorial Hospital
at Beloit, Wis.
He was born April 5, 1904, at Buckley to the late Fred and Sophia Krumwiede Hilgendorf.
He spent his early years in Buckley, attended and graduated from the Theological
Seminary at Springfield, Ill., was ordained into the ministry of the Lutheran
Church, Missouri Synod, at Buckley in June of 1928.
The Rev. Hilgendorf was married June 17, 1928 to Gertrude Zuberbier. Surviving
are his wife; three sons and three daughters, Mrs. William (Gertrude) Bessert
of Onarga, Eugene of Indianapolis, Mrs. Rosalind Trutts of Sheboygan, Wis., the
Rev. Hilbert Hilgendorf of Appleton, Wis., Erhardt of Oak Forrest and Mrs. Kenneth
(Eunice) Sands of Beloit; 21 grandchildren; and three brothers, Edward of Buckley,
the Rev. Carl Hilgendorf of Jackson, Mo., and Arthur of Donovan.
A son, Victor; a grandchild, three brothers and five sisters preceded him in
death.
Pastor Hilgendorf served parishes in North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Illinois
and Wisconsin during his 45 years in the ministry. He retired June 17, 1973.
Burial was Tuesday, July 16, in the Trinity Lutheran cemetery in the town of
Rantoul, Wisconsin.
He was buried on 16 Jul 1974 in Rantoul, Wisconsin.
Rev. Theodore Henry (Tate) HILGENDORF and Gertrude ZUBERBIER had the following
children:
+263 | i. | Rosalind
HILGENDORF. | +264 | ii. | Hilbert HILGENDORF. | +265 | iii. | Gertrude HILGENDORF. | 266 | iv. | Victor HILGENDORF was born on 18 Apr 1936
in Zap, North Dakota. He attended St. John's Lutheran College in
Aug 1954-Dec 1954.53 He
died on 21 Dec 1954 in Omaha, Nebraska.240
(Based on the following obituary, our records had shown his date of death as
Dec. 2. However, the combination of the date of burial with the Hilgendorf Family
Record reporting a date of death as Dec. 21, I have changed our record.)
Son of Former Buckley Man Dies from Crash Injuries
Word was received by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hilgendorf, Donovan, of the death of
Victor Hilgendorf, 18, son of Rev. Theodore Hilgendorf, residing at Hilbert,
Wis., who died from injuries suffered in an automobile crash on December 2, near
Omaha, Neb. Funeral services were held in Hilbert December 24 (1954) with burial
at Hilbert.
Victor, a theological student at Winfield, Kan., was en route to Columbus, Neb.
where he planned to spend the holidays with his brother, Rev. Hilbert Hilgendorf.
The deceased is survived by parents, three sisters and three brothers, aunts,
uncles and numerous cousins.
He was buried on 24 Dec 1954 in Hilbert, Wisconsin.53 | +267 | v. | Eugene HILGENDORF. | +268 | vi. | Erhardt HILGENDORF. | +269 | vii. | Eunice
HILGENDORF. |
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