Individual Details

Albert Hinnenkamp

(September 2, 1921 - February 23, 2008)

Albert T. "Trottle" Hinnenkamp, 86
Melrose, Sept. 2, 1921 – Feb. 23, 2008

Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Mar. 1 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose for Albert Hinnenkamp who died Saturday, Feb. 23, at the VA Medical Center in St. Cloud. Interment will be held in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050 will pray at 7 p.m. followed by parish prayers at 7:30 p.m. Friday evening at the funeral home.

Albert Theodore Hinnenkamp was born September 2, 1921 in Melrose to Aloysius "Alex" and Mary (Zirbes) Hinnenkamp. He was united in marriage to Rita Schulzetenberg on December 27, 1949 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Melrose. Al served as a pilot for the Army Air Corp over Europe during WWII leaving the service in 1946. He then was in Reserves and lectured in various states. He was called back into the Air Force and served a second tour of active duty from June 1953 – July 1972 as a Flight Safety Officer/Director of Safety.

Survivors include his wife, Merlen Biebe-sheimer of the Villages, Florida; children, Gary (Laura) Hinnenkamp of Sauk Centre, and Linda (David) Orth of Melrose; 4 grandchildren, Michael, Eric, Kristen, and Jenna Orth, all of Melrose; 7 step-grandchildren; 4 step-great grandchildren; brothers, Don Hinnenkamp of Perham, Gene Hinnenkamp of Mary Ester, Florida, and Art Hinnenkamp of Clear Lake; and sister, Erma Schriver of Santa Clara, California.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Rita Schulzetenberg in April of 1971; brothers-in-law, Anthony Mareck, Roman Schulzetenberg, and Ray Thielen; sisters-in-law, Caroline Mareck and Loretta Hinnenkamp; and niece, Mary Fran Myers.

Events

BirthSeptember 2, 1921Melrose, Stearns Co., MN
MarriageDecember 27, 1949Melrose, MN - Rita Christine Schulzetenberg
DeathFebruary 23, 2008Melrose, Stearns Co., MN

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