Thursday, March 17th, 2016
Glenna Henschen
Glenna "Jean" Henschen, 92, New Knoxville, Ohio, died 12:20 P.M. Sunday, March 13, 2016, at the Saint Marys Living Center.
She was born March 20, 1923, in Saint Johns, Ohio, the daughter of William and Ella (Street) Walls. She married Howard Henschen on April 22, 1944, in New Knoxville, and he preceded her in death on April 14, 2013.
She is survived by her two daughters: Sharon (Rick) Tangeman of New Bremen; Susan (Dan) Stemen of Lima. She is survived by five grandchildren: Jennifer Stemen; Aaron Tangeman; Heather (Sandeep) Das; Pamela (Elihu) Stemen-Godshalk; Joy (Derek Dukes) Stemen. She is also survived by three great-grandchildren: Tyler Shawver; Connor Das and Naima Godshalk. She is survived by a sister-in-law, Melba Henschen of New Knoxville.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and by her eleven siblings: George, Martha, Nellie, Mary, Melba, Cecil, Wilbur, Edna, Roberta, and Robert Walls, and by an infant sibling.
Jean was a 1941 graduate of Blume High School. She was a homemaker. She had previously belonged to the First Church of New Knoxville, where she had taught Sunday School and was a member of the Women's Guild. She was a member of Faith Alliance Church, New Bremen. She had belonged to the Community Singers and was a member of the JTDMH Women's Guild. She loved to read and loved to visit her many friends.
Funeral rites will be held 10:00 A.M. Saturday, March 19, 2016, at Faith Alliance Church, New Bremen, Ohio, Pastor Tom Sager officiating. Burial will follow at Pilger Ruhe Cemetery, New Knoxville.
Friends may call from 4-7 P.M. Friday at the Faith Alliance Church, where memorial donations may be given to either Gideons International or Grand Lake Hospice.
Condolences may be sent to Jean's family via Millerfuneralhomes.net.
Vornholt-Miller Funeral Home, New Knoxville, is in charge of the funeral arrangements.
