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THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS....PAGE 1......AUGUST 24, 1933
MONTICELLO AVIATORS KILLED IN A CRACK-UP NEAR CLARENCE
Otis Briggs and William Hanken lost their lives in an airplane crack-up last Monday morning at 9 o'clock. The accident occurred in a pasture belonging to Howard Kirkpatrick three and a half miles northeast of Clarence. Both men met their death instantly........
HANKEN FUNERAL TODAY
Funeral services for William Hanken were held today. Preliminary services at the home of his parents, Fred and Anna Hanken, were held at 10 o'clock, and final services at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church at 10:30 o'clock, Rev. Paul T. Gutknecht was the minister in charge of both services.
The funeral was today due to the fact that Fred Hanken was away from home at the time of the tragic death of his son. He had gone to Nebraska and South Dakota on a cattle buying expedition, and was located at Hot Spring, S.D. and arrived home early yesterday morning. He had been accompanied on this trip by Ed and Glenn Eilers and William Wenger.
William Hanken was born on the home farm near Langworthy, March 10, 1904. He attended the rural schools of Wayne Township and was confirmed in St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church as a boy. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers and two sisters, viz: Gerke, Elmer, Bernice and Emma. He was an active and energetic farmer of Wayne Township, and had a host of friends who were greatly pained to learn of his untimely passing.

Hanken, William b. 10 Mar. 1904 Iowa d. 21 Aug. 1933 Jones mother's maiden Bohlken no. D53-0122 box D2701