Henry J. Dexheimer

b. 8 December 1891, d. 9 October 1962
  • Henry J. Dexheimer was born on 8 December 1891 in Millhome, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
  • Herman Dexheimer and Anna Happel appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Schleswig, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Other members of the household included Henry J. Dexheimer, George Dexheimer.
  • The following appeared on 6 August 1930 in The Manitowoc Herald-Times: Herman Dexheimer, 71, well known Kiel resident, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Faber, yesterday. Burial will be Friday afternoon from the Faber home, and interment at Rockville Cemetery.
         He was born May 3, 1859, the son of Anton and Elizabeth Dexheimer, in the town of Rhine, Sheboygan county, where he grew to manhood. On November 22, 1885, he was married to Miss Anna Hatter, also of the town of Rhine, and the couple settled on a farm at Millhome where the family lived until 1915. Mr. Dexheimer also operated a sawmill at Millhome for twenty years and was a carpenter by trade. His wife preceded him in death on March 2, 1908.
         One daughter, Minnie, died thirty-eight years ago, and the children who survive are Mrs. Arthur Faber of Kiel, George Dexheimer of Elkhart Lake, and Henry, who is a patient at the Memorial hospital at Mendota. Three brothers, Anton of Sherwood, William of Sheboygan, and Edward Dexheimer of Marshfield, two sisters, Mrs. George Rothman of Kiel and Mrs. Peter Schurer of Marshfield, and three grandchildren also survive.
  • Henry J. Dexheimer died on 9 October 1962 at age 70 in Keil, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
  • He was interred at Schleswig Cemetery, Schleswig Township, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
  • The following appeared in a local newspaper: Henry J. Dexheimer, 70, a native of the Town of Schleswig in Manitowoc County, died Tuesday afternoon at the home of his sister, Mrs. Arthur Faber, 926 7th St., Kiel, where he had been visiting for the past six weeks.
         He was born Dec. 8, 1891, at Millhome, a son of the late Herman and Anna Dexheimer.
         He attended the district school at Millhome, the Sheboygan Business College, and took a short course in agriculture at the University of Wisconsin. /P/ He enlisted in the Army in 1911 and served in the Philippines for two years, then re-enlisted at the outbreak of World War I and served in the 40th Infantry. He was a member of the Kasper-Becklez-Wilkens American Legion Post of Kiel.
         Surviving are his sister and a brother, George of Elkhart Lake. A sister also preceded him in death.
  • Last Edited: 11 Nov 2012