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Henry J. Ehlers

8 Oct 1897 – 9 Nov 1959

Birth	8 Oct 1897
Death	9 Nov 1959
Cemetery	Hill City Cemetery Hill City , Pennington County , South Dakota , USA
Added by	Shane on 09 Sep 2025
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48160195

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Hill City --- Funeral services are to be held here Saturday for Henry J. Ehlers, former Rapid City resident who died earlier in the week at Sanator following an illness of two years. Rev. R. W. Uecker of Custer will officiate at the 2 p.m. rites in the Union Congregational church, and burial will be in the Hill City Cemetery under direction of the McColley Funeral Home of Custer. Ehlers was born Oct. 8, 1897, at Grand Island, Neb. He attended Nebraska school and in 1937 moved to Keystone. A carpenter and miner by trade, he made his home at Rapid City in 1952. Survivors include his wife, Amanda; two daughters, Mrs. Violet Young and Mrs. Arlene Bradford, both of Rapid City; two sons, Merlin, Rapid City, and Elmer, Hill City; two sisters, including Mrs. Mel Libner, Rapid City; 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. --- From The Rapid City Journal - November 12, 1959

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Family

Parents

• Theodore Ehlers 1867–1944
• Catherine "Tina" Beckman Ehlers 1877–1900 FaG

Spouse

• Amanda A. Sundermeier Ehlers Krueger 1898–1964 FaG

Siblings

• Amelia Elizabeth Ehlers Libner 1899–1978
• Ella Ehlers Soeth 1900–1985
• Etteline Ehlers Schroeder 1909–1984
• Irene Ehlers Schroeder 1911–1989
• Theodore Ehlers Jr 1913–1999
• Adele Ehlers Rogers 1920–2008

Children

• Adeline I Ehlers Lytle 1917–1958 FaG
• TEC 5 Merlin Henry Ehlers 1919–2003 FaG
• Arlene A Ehlers Bradford Jones 1922–2005 FaG
• Violet Annie Ehlers Young 1929–2010 FaG
• Elmer Dean Ehlers 1935–2023 FaG

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