Castens, Emil Wilhelm Heinrich

1905 - 1975  (70 years)

• Name	Castens, Emil Wilhelm Heinrich
  Birth	5 Apr 1905	Lafe, Breckenridge Township, Greene County, Arkansas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	CAST.E002
  Death	15 Apr 1975	St. Johns Hospital, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri   [1]
  Burial	Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Lockwood, Dade County, Missouri   [1]
  Person ID	I21395	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family 1	Tammen, Agnes Dorothea,   b. 4 Jun 1909, Clara, Wichita County, Texas d. 24 Jan 1962, Lockwood, Dade County, Missouri (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	Y  [3]
  Children	> 1. Castens, Victor Ivan 'Vic',   b. 25 Aug 1935, Lafe, Breckenridge Township, Greene County, Arkansas d. 2 Jul 2013 (Age 77 years) + 2. Living
  Family ID	F9537	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Yelner, Edna M.,   b. 15 Jul 1915, Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas d. 8 Nov 2001, Ola, Yell County, Arkansas (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	Y  [3]
  Family ID	F9538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Apr 1905 - Lafe, Breckenridge Township, Greene County, Arkansas Death - 15 Apr 1975 - St. Johns Hospital, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri Burial - - Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Lockwood, Dade County, Missouri  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  He only went to the 4th grade in school, but was self educated far beyond that. Emil remembered that after his father died they had so little to eat one winter that all they had to take to school to eat was bread spread with lard. He was confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church, Lafe, AR. 28 Mar 1920. About 1924 he went to Broken Arrow, OK to work. In about 1930 he went to Michigan and worked about one year then he returned to Broken Arrow. He met an married Agnes Tammen there in 1934. They returned to Lafe and bought the farm that had belonged to his father. They remained there until 1949 when they moved 2 miles northeast of Golden City, MO. for three years when they bought a 10acre farm 8 miles southwest of Lockwood, in the Minert community. Emil quit farming in 1958, first he rented out his farm then sold it and moved to Lockwood, where he delivered the mail to and from the train, was custodian for Immanuel Lutheran School, and was a night watchman for the town of Lockwood until he retired. Emil died in St. John's Hospital, Springfield Mo of congestive heart failure, during heart surgery to correct a valve problem. He was buried at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Lockwood, MO.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2251] Yvonne Prough , http://www.myfamily.com, Castens Family Tree, 15 Aug 2009, (Yvonne Prough , http://www.myfamily.com), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5867] Obituary, Castens, Emil Wilhelm Heinrich, 70, none. (Reliability: 2). [S5932] Obituary, Doherty, Betty R. Kutch, 54, none. (Reliability: 2).