Alvina Olivia Schaffer

1928 - 2005  (76 years)

• Name	Alvina Olivia Schaffer
  Born	5 Jun 1928	Leola, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	22 Mar 2005	Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA
  Buried	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I256783	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	August Schäffer Schaffer,   b. 12 May 1897, Neudorf, Odessa, Ukrayina
  Mother	Martha Zelmer
  Married	25 Mar 1925	South Dakota, USA
  Family ID	F69264	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Friedrich Henke,   b. 12 Jan 1920, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 5 Feb 2007, Ashley, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Married	2 Dec 1947	South Dakota, USA
  Children	1. Ted Henke   2. Delbert Henke   3. Elsie Henke   4. Richard Henke,   b. 25 May 1955, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 17 Mar 1998, South Dakota, USA  (Age 42 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F89769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. Alvina Henke, 76, Janesville, Wisconsin formerly of Aberdeen, died Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at Rock Haven Health Care Center in Janesville. Alvina Olivia Schaffer was born on June 5, 1928, at Leola, South Dakota in McPherson County to August and Martha (Zelmer) Schaffer. She grew up on the farm between Leola and Eureka where she attended the country school. Following her schooling, she helped on the family farm. She married John Henke in 1947 at Leola. They made their home on a farm near Ellendale. In 1965, she moved to Aberdeen. In 1966 she moved to Beloit, Wisconsin. In 1999, she became a resident of the Rock Haven Health Care Center She is survived by two sons, Ted Henke of Watertown and Delbert Henke of Beloit, Wisconsin; one daughter, Elsie (Ken) Anderson of Savage, Minnesota; two brothers, Milbert (Verna) Schaffer of Aberdeen and Leonard (Sharon) Schaffer of Aberdeen, and one sister Frances Docter of Streeter, North Dakota; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and three sisters.