FUNERAL SERVICES OF HANNAH HOKAMP

Funeral services for Mrs. Hannah Louise Wilhelmina Hokamp of Arlington were held Thursday afternoon at St. Paul’s Lutheran church with Rev. G. W. Wolter officiating.

Mrs. Hokamp, as Hannah Stoner, was born June 28, 1844 at Laar, near Herford in Westphalia, Germany, and at the age of 22 years she came to the United States, coming to Quincy, Ill. where she married William Hokamp. Two years later they came to Arlington where they first lived in a little dugout on the farm where they spent the rest of their lives, Mr. Hokamp preceding her in death in 1886. Four sons also preceded their mother in death, two dying in infancy.

Mrs. Hokamp died Tuesday after being bedfast for five weeks.

Surviving are three sons: Herman, August and Fred, all of this vicinity; one daughter, Mrs. Jens Jensen of Laurel; one stepson, Henry Hokamp of Carroll; seventeen grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren.

The choir, under the direction of O.C. Hartman, sang “Rock of Ages” and a group from the girls’ choir sang “Let Me Go to the Home” at the services.

The pallbearers were W. L. Scheer, George Knecht, Louis Dickmeyer, Theodore Rinas, J. H. Hilgenkamp and H. Giesselman.

Out of town relatives present for the services were Mr. and Mrs. Jens Jensen of Laurel, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hokamp of Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hokamp and Mrs. John Schran of Belden.

~~~obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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