Obit: Hendrickson, Fritz M. (1896 - 1953)

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Surnames: Hendrickson, Gehrke, Davis, Weisgerber, Campbell, Heier, Smith, Turnquist, Wilson

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 24 Sep 1953

Hendrickson, Fritz M. (17 JUN 1896 - SEP 1953)

Fritz Melvin Hendrickson, 55, resident of Montgomery Ridge for 50 years, succumbed to a sudden heart attack at the office of a Lewiston physician.

Born June 17, 1896 at Greenwood (Clark Co.), Wis., Hendrickson came west with his parents five years later. The family settled on Montgomery Ridge. He attended Lewiston High School and completed his high school course there, and returned to Montgomery Ridge, where he had engaged in farming since that time.

Hendrickson amrried Martha Gehrke Dec. 28, 1926 at Spokane.

He was a member of the Lutheran Church.

Besides his wife, he is survived by three sons, Carl and Jack of Anntone, and Fred, who is in the Navy and is presently stationed at San Francisco.

He is survived by four brothers and eight sisters. His brothers are John W. Hendrickson of Clarkston; Oxil Hendrickson of Asotin, Roy of Los Angeles, and Donald of Lewiston. Sisters are Mrs. Roy Weisgerber of Walla Walla; Mrs. Beecher Campbell of Clarkston; Mrs. Fred Heier of Denver; Mrs. Archie Smith of Spokane; Agnes Hendrickson of Lewiston; Mrs. Adolph Turnquist of Greenwood, Wis.; and Mrs. Lansing Wilson of Cadott, Wis.