Individual Details

Lowell Roger Hendrickson

(23 Sep 1919 - 22 Mar 2000)

Lowell's obituary says he "served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He was a Bombardier stationed at Thorpe Abbots in England with the 8th Air Force 100th Bombardment Group. He was taken as a prisoner of war on New Years Eve in 1944. Lowell was a superintendent for the Earl Gasthoff Company. He was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Laymen's League, the Trinity Lutheran Men's Club and a member of the Danville American Legion Post #210."

Events

Birth23 Sep 1919Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Census1920Danville Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Census1930Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Living1938727 McReynolds, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Living1940727 McReynolds, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Census1940Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Marriage21 Apr 1946Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States - Esther Caroline Bernthal
Living22 May 1989Catlin, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Living12 Jan 1993Catlin, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Death22 Mar 2000
Burial25 Mar 2000Lutheran Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States

Families

SpouseEsther Caroline Bernthal (1923 - 2011)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherLeslie Guy Hendrickson (1887 - 1989)
MotherDella Valentine (1889 - 1981)
SiblingMerle Dean Hendrickson (1914 - 1916)
SiblingMarilyn D. Hendrickson (1926 - 1993)

Notes

Living

His occupation is given as student.

Census

Census shows Lowell Hendrickson in household of Lesley Hendrickson, he is a male, single, has 4 years of high school education and lived in the same house in 1935. He has been out of work for 5 weeks. His occupation is wood department - imitation flower shop. He worked 26 weeks in 1939 and his income was $250. In supplemental information, he states his usual occupation as draftsman.

Burial

Services were held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Danville with Rev. Kent Tibben officiating.

Endnotes

1. "Hendrickson family records compiled by Paul and Cecil Hendrickson" (Typescript in possession of James V. GIllinois).

2. 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Vermilion Co., Illinois.

3. "Lowell R. Hendrickson," undated clipping, 23 March 2000, from unidentified newspaper; Gill-Hendrickson family documents, clipped and kept in family files; privately held by James V. Gill, , Versailles, KY. Probably from The Commercial-News, Danville, Illinois.

4. 1940 census, Vermilion Co., Illinois, population schedule, Danville, enumeration district (ED) 92-37, p. 9B, household 224, Lesley Hendrickson household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 April 2013); National Archives microfilm publication T627, roll 898.

5. 1920 census, Vermilion Co., Illinois, population schedule, Danville [Twp.], enumeration district (ED) 148, p. 7B, dwelling 145, family 149, Charles Valentine household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 April 2013); National Archives microfilm publication T625, roll 411.

6. 1920 census, Vermilion Co., Illinois, population schedule, Danville [Twp.], enumeration district (ED) 148, p. 7B, dwelling 145, family 149, Charles Valentine household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 April 2013); National Archives microfilm publication T625, roll 411.

7. 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Vermilion Co., Illinois.

8. Ancestry.com, "U.S. City Directories," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 July 2011), Hendrickson listings; Polk's Danville (Vermilion County, Ill.) City Directory 1938 (Chicago: R. L. Polk, 1937).

9. Ancestry.com, "U.S. City Directories," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 July 2011), all Hendrickson listings; Polk's Danville (Vermilion County, Ill.) City Directory 1940 (St. Louis: R. L. Polk, 1939), pp 133, 203, 463.

10. 1940 census, Vermilion Co., Illinois, population schedule, Danville, enumeration district (ED) 92-37, p. 9B, household 224, Lesley Hendrickson household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 April 2013); National Archives microfilm publication T627, roll 898.

11. Hendrickson, Cynthia, E-mail to Robert A. Stonerock, 3 Aug 1998, copied to James V. Gill, 4 Feb 1999..

12. "Esther C. Hendrickson," obituary, The (Danville, Illinois) Commercial-News, 12 July 2011; online archives (http://www.commercial-news.com : accessed 13 July 2011).

13. "Lowell R. Hendrickson," undated clipping, 23 March 2000, from unidentified newspaper; Gill-Hendrickson family documents, clipped and kept in family files; privately held by James V. Gill, , Versailles, KY. Probably from The Commercial-News, Danville, Illinois.

14. Obituary of Leslie Guy Hendrickson. (The Commercial-News (Danville, Vermilion Co., Illinois) undated clipping.).

15. Obituary of Marilyn D. Schenk. (The Commercial-News (Danville, Vermilion Co., Illinois) 14 Jan 1993.).

16. "Esther C. Hendrickson," obituary, The (Danville, Illinois) Commercial-News, 12 July 2011; online archives (http://www.commercial-news.com : accessed 13 July 2011).

17. "Lowell R. Hendrickson," undated clipping, 23 March 2000, from unidentified newspaper; Gill-Hendrickson family documents, clipped and kept in family files; privately held by James V. Gill, , Versailles, KY. Probably from The Commercial-News, Danville, Illinois.

18. "Lowell R. Hendrickson," undated clipping, 23 March 2000, from unidentified newspaper; Gill-Hendrickson family documents, clipped and kept in family files; privately held by James V. Gill, , Versailles, KY. Probably from The Commercial-News, Danville, Illinois.