Ervin Andrew Henning, 84, Adrian, died Monday, Dec. 31, 2001, in Luverne Community Hospital, Luverne.
Services were Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002, at St. Adrian Catholic Church in Adrian. The Rev. Gerald Kosse officiated. Burial was in St. Anthony Cemetery, Lismore.
Ervin Henning was born to Herman and Catherine (Bullerman) Henning on Dec. 11, 1917, on a farm in Nobles County. He grew up on a farm near Lismore and attended country school. He worked as a farmhand besides farming with his family.
He married Marie Bruns on Sept. 21, 1943, in St. Kilian Church. They farmed in the Lismore and St. Kilian areas. They built a home in Adrian in 1977 and continued to help farm with his sons. Mrs. Henning died on July 6, 1985.
He married Louella Wieneke on July 12, 1986. They continued to live in Adrian.
Mr. Henning was a member of St. Adrian Catholic Church and belonged to the Catholic Order of Foresters and was a life member of the Knights of Columbus. Previously he had been a member of St. Anthony Church in Lismore and at St. Kilian Church where he had served as trustee for several years. He served on the Adrian School Board for several years and was a past member of Adrian Lions Club. Farming was his life, and he also enjoyed woodworking.
Survivors include his wife, Louella Henning, Adrian; three sons and daughters-in-law, David and Marge Henning, Cottage Grove, James and Connie Henning, and Alan and Ellen Henning, all of Lismore; nine grandchildren, Amy, Scott, Eric, Lora, Lisa, Jill, Ashley, Sarah and Joseph; three great-grandchildren, Takyah, Alex and Keegan; one stepdaughter, Marilyn, and her husband, Jay Ryan, Mankato; and one step-daughter-in-law, Diana Wieneke; five stepgrandchildren, Darwin, Dominic, Donna, Cory and Tosca; two brothers, Ted (Marge) Henning, Greenwood, S.C., and Cyril (Pat) Henning, Adrian; and two sisters, Veronica (Vic) McCann, and Delores Ashby, all of Adrian.
Mr. Henning was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Marie, one brother, Clarence, one sister, Irene Erpelding, and one stepson, Daryl Wieneke.
Totzke Funeral Home, Slayton, was in charge of arrangements.