Individual Details
Behrend "Ben" Wolken
(19 Dec 1880 - 28 Jul 1964)
Events
| Birth | 19 Dec 1880 | Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
| Marriage | 2 Mar 1905 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Hermine Friedrike "Minnie" Wilken |  | ||
| Death | 28 Jul 1964 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States |  |
Families
| Spouse | Hermine Friedrike "Minnie" Wilken (1884 - 1962) |
| Father | John Detrich Wolken (1850 - ) |
| Mother | Anna Mary Herren (1858 - ) |
| Sibling | John Henry Wolken (1884 - ) |
| Sibling | Sizzie Wolken (1888 - ) |
Notes
Death
THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS, MONTICELLO, IOWA, JULY 30, 1964, PAGE A-4BEN WOLKEN
MONTICELLO--Ben Wolken, 77 died at the John McDonald hospital early Tuesday morning, July 28. Funeral services will be held Friday, July 31, at 11 a.m. from Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran church with the Rev. J.P. Willms in charge. Burial will be at the Wayne Zion cemetery.
Born Dec. 19, 1880, he was the son of Johanne Wolken and Anna Maria Heeren of Wayne township. He married Hermine Wilken March 2, 1905. They made their home on a farm in Wayne township until they retired in 1948. Mrs. Wolken died Oct. 22, 1962.
He was also preceded in death by one son Edward D. and his parents, one brother and one sister. He was a member of the Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran church. Nieces and nephews survive.
Pallbearer will include nephews, William Wolken, Carl Wolken, Fred Butschi, George Harms, Ervin Wilken and Carl Dirks.
Endnotes
1. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 31 May 2014), Detrick Walken in entry for Berend Wolken and Hermine F Wilkins, 02 Mar 1905.