Service of Remembrance for Henry Huiner, 86, lifelong Perkins County, SD farmer and rancher will be Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at the Holland Center Christian Reformed Church, Lodgepole, SD. Rev. Brad Burkhalter will officiate and burial will follow at the Holland Center Cemetery. Visitations will be from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20 at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Hettinger, ND and one hour prior to the service at the church on Wednesday afternoon.

HENRY HUINER was born on October 8, 1921 at Ellingson, SD on the family farm in Perkins County, SD to Peter and Anna (Bultje) Huiner. He attended Swanson School and from there went to South Dakota School of Agriculture in Brookings, SD. Henry married Gertrude Stuit at her parent's farm on January 14, 1943. They began their life together on the farm and raised a family of two sons and a daughter. Henry's life was farming and ranching and he truly enjoyed the hard work, especially working with the cattle and harvest, driving the combine. Henry and Gertrude farmed and ranched until retiring in 1989 when they moved into their home in Hettinger. He still traveled out to the farm most everyday. Henry and Gertrude enjoyed traveling to Washington, California and to Washington, D.C. In 2003 they entered the Western Horizons Assisted Living for two years and then in 2005 they made their home at Hillcrest Care Center in Hettinger.


Henry was a member of the Holland Center Christian Reformed Church where he served as an elder and deacon. He was also the tenor of the Holland Center Quartet. Henry was active on the Wilson Township Board and the Swanson School Board. He was instrumental in organizing the Go-Getters 4-H Club and was their leader from 1954 to 1962. His family was the most important part of his life and he truly loved his wife, his children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great granddaughter. He will be missed by those that were blessed to have known him.


Henry passed away early Sunday morning, November 18, at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger.


Grateful for having shared in his life are his wife, Gertrude; sons and daugthers-in-law, Duane (Ardyth) Huiner and Darwin (Cleo) Huiner, all of Hettinger and daughter and son-in-law, Phyllis (Francis) Andress, Lodgepole, SD; six grandchildren, Greg (Cherie) Huiner, Ryan (Jacque) Huiner, Jaylynn Huiner, Ethan (Denise) Andress, Eric (Dana) Andress and Elbert (Amy) Andress; five great granddaughters, three great grandsons and one great-great granddaughter.


Henry was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, James Huiner and his sister, Fannie Visser and a grandson, Delwayne Huiner.