FOURTH GENERATION

24. Theodore Henry HILGENDORF (photo) was born on 5 Apr 1904 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois.⁽²²⁾ (7)

Death takes Rev. Theodore Hilgendorf

The Rev. Theodore H. Hilgendorf died Saturday, July 13, 1974, at Beloit Memorial Hospital at Beloit, Wisc.
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 teh 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, Wisc\., 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 married to Gertrude ZUBERBIER on 17 Jun 1928. Theodore Henry HILGENDORF and Gertrude ZUBERBIER had the following children:

73 i. Rosalind HILGENDORF was born on 25 Jun 1929. She married TRUTTS.
74 ii. Hilbert HILGENDORF was born on 22 Apr 1931.
75 iii. Gertrude HILGENDORF was born on 6 Jan 1935. She married William BESSERT
76 iv. Victor HILGENDORF was born on 18 Apr 1936.

Watseka Republican, 6 Jan 1955

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.

77 v. Eugene HILGENDORF was born on 15 Jul 1939.
78 vi. Erhardt HILGENDORF was born on 21 Sep 1941.
79 vii. Eunice HILGENDORF. She married Kenneth SANDS.