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- Services Held Wednesday for Mrs. Henning, 86
Mrs. Hannah Margaret Henning, 86, a resident of Hopkins for 45 years, died Sunday, March 3, 3;45 a.m., at the St. Francis Hospital, Maryville, where she had been a patient since February 11. She had been in failing health for several years and had been cared for at the home of Mrs. Vivian Murphy, Parnell, the past several months prior to entering the hospital.
Hannah Margaret Walkinshaw was born Sept. 23, 1875, near Blanchard, Iowa, the daughter of John Henry and Sarah McClelland Walkinshaw. On February 17, 1904, she was married to William John Henning. They made their home near Blanchard until 1918 when they moved to a farm in the Hopkins community. Mrs. Henning spent the remainder of her life at Hopkins with the exception of three years in the state of California.
When a young girl she united with the Reformed Presbyterian church in Blanchard. After moving to Hopkins she transferred her membership to the Wray Memorial Methodist church.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. John Annan (Martha), Coin, Iowa; Mrs. Ralph Hensley (Helen), Bedford, Iowa, and Mrs. Harold Herriott (Ruth), Pasadena, California; three sons, John Henning, Monrovia, California; Harold Henning, Everett, Washington, and Donald Henning, Hoquiam, Washington; one sister, Mrs. Tom Copeland, Maryville; one brother, Frank Walkinshaw, Lincoln, Nebraska; 12 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband in April, 1952.
Mrs. Henning was a devoted mother and a good neighbor. She was loyal to her church, attending regularly as long as her health permitted.
With the Swanson Funeral Home in charge, final rites were held Wednesday, 1:30 p.m., at the Wray Memorial Methodist church. The Rev. Stephen Johnson, pastor of the church, officiated, and burial was in the Blanchard, Iowa, cemetery.
Mrs. George Mutti sand “Rock of Ages” and “The Lord Is My Shepherd,” accompanied by Mrs. L.R. Wiley, organist.
Mrs. Wayne Craddock and Mrs. Robert Bateman were the flower ladies.
Pallbearers were John Walkinshaw, Leland Duncan, Eldon Hensley, James Hensley, Gary Annan and Robert Bateman.
The Hopkins Journal, Hopkins, Missouri. Thursday, 8 March 1962.
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