This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Heusman, Kregel, Meyer Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2395 Message Board Post: Henry Dietrich Heusman died Friday February 23 at his home in Clayton County, near Postville, Iowa. Services will be held Thursday, march 1, 1990, 1:30 p.m. in St. Paul Lutheran Church Postville. Rev. Julius L. Peterson will officiate. Burial will be in the Postville Cemetery. Schutte Funeral Service, Postville, is in charge of the arrangements. Henry Dietrich Heusman, son of William and Elizabeth (Kregel) Heusman, as born January 22, 1904 in Elreno, OK. He was baptized February 27,1904 by Rev. Max Banitz and confirmed March 24,1918 by Rev. F. W. Dickman. He attended the school near his home. On May 7, 1932 he married Malinda (Meyer) Heusman. He had farmed for a short time, then was employed at the Hygrade Packing Plant in Postville for several years. Henry will be most remembered for his many years of service as a crossing guard for the Postville Community Schools. He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Postville. He is preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Malinda, who died May 2, 1963, a stepson, Elliot, who died July 12, 1946, and 4 brothers, Fred, Albert, Will, and Gus. Surviving are a sister, Anne Leck, Calument, OK, a daughter-in-law, Verla Wold and her husband, Clifford, Cedar rapids; 4 grandchildren, Gene Heusman, Phoenix, AX, Shirley and her husband, Ben Mudd, Cedar Rapids, and Julie and her husband, John Carson, Mission Viejo, CA; 11 great-grandchildren; 3 nieces; 2 nephews and several cousins.