AHRENS
Harry R. Ahrens, age 96, life resident of San Antonio, died Monday, September 21, 1992. Mr. Ahrens was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Helotes, a veteran of World War I and a member of VFW Post 7108. Survivors: wife of 67 years, Thelma C. Ahrens; children, Ruth Moorman and her husband, Tom, Audrey Boezinger, June Davidson and her husband, Howard, and Charles Ahrens and his wife, Beverly; 11 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; brother, Alfred Ahrens and his wife, Sabina; numerous nieces and nephews.
SERVICE
FRIDAY--2:00 P.M.
ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH
HELOTES, TEXAS
the Rev. Dr. Gordon Kuenemann and the Rev. Peter Manfred officiating. For those who disire, memorial gifts may be made to the Restoration of Church #1, Zion Lutheran Church of Helotes or to the charity of one's choice. Interment in Zion Lutheran Cemetery. Arrangements with:
Porter Loring
1101 McCullough
227-8221
(San Antonio Express-News, September 23, 1992)
Ahrens served in Army in WWI
Harry R. Ahrens served in World War I with the 90th Division of the Army in Field Hospital No. 359. As a wagoner, he drove a truck to pick up the woulded and to take them to the hospital. He remained in the army of occupation after the war, helping rebuild Germany until his discharge June 19, 1919. Ahrens, 96, died Monday in a nursing home after being in declining health for more than two years. He had suffered four heart attacks in the past 14 months. Born and reared on a farm in Atascosa county, he was the third of 11 children. He attended an area school, then worked at Camp Bullis as a mechanic. When his brother was drafted into the Army, Ahrens volunteered Sept. 17, 1917. After his discharge, he returned to his family, which had moved near San Antonio on Prue Road. On May 20, 1925, he and Thelma Tezel were married in San Antonio. They became the parents of four children. For five years, he drove a milk truck on Culebra Road. He later entered civil service at old Duncan Field, which later became Kelly AFB. He worked in the pump department for 30 years, retiring in 1969. Ahrens was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Helotes and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7108. Additional survivors, all of San Antonio, are three daughters, Ruth Moorman, Audrey Boezinger and June Davidson; a son, Charles Ahrens; a brother, Alfred Ahrens; 11 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 .m. Friday in Zion Lutheran Church in Helotes with the Rev. Gordon Kuenemann and the Rev. Peter Manfred officiating. Burial in the church cemetery will be arranged by Porter Loring Mortuary.
(San Antonio Express-News, September 23, 1992)
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