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John R. Oncken - November 10, 2002
The funeral for John R. Oncken, 95, of 741 N. First Road, Dana, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Folkers-Froelich Memorial Home, Minonk. Father Dan Wilder will officiate. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Minonk. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the memorial home.
He died at 4 a.m. Sunday (Nov. 10, 2002) at Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Minonk.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to St. Patrick's Church, the Minonk Ambulance or the Dana Fire Department. He was born April 20, 1907, in Pocahontas, Iowa, a son to Henry and Mary Ahlers Oncken. He married Myrtle Ellen Barnes on Oct. 27, 1938, in Minonk. She survives. Other survivors include three sons, Robert (Carol) Oncken, Minonk; Raymond Oncken, Dana; and Gene (Sharon) Oncken, Minonk; a daughter, Jane (Joe) Smith, Urbana; 10 grandchildren, Debbie (Jim) DeMay, Minonk; Diane Oncken, Lexington; Donna (Bill) Elias, Lexington; Darryl Oncken, Lexington; Angela Oncken, Washington D.C.; Kristina Oncken, Chicago; Andrew Oncken, Minonk; Jason (Kim) Smith, Dunlap; Kathryn (Michael) Graham, St. Joseph; and Jennifer (Andrew) Wagner, Urbana; and seven great-grandchildren, Erika Elias, Ali Elias, Logan Elias, Kaitlyn DeMay, Kristen DeMay, Karolyn DeMay and Alexandria Wagner. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and two sisters. Mr. Oncken farmed for 80 years, taking out his last crop five years ago at age 90. He is the last of the Henry Oncken Family. He was a lifelong member of LaSalle Farm Bureau and Modern Woodman. He was one of the original DeKalb Seed Corn Dealers. |
