Children of HENRY POSTHUMA and HANNAH KOOISTRA are:
ELDON H. POSTHUMA, born Private
AUDREY POSTHUMA, born Private. She married SAM ST. ARNOLD , Private. He was born Private.
Fractious Bull Injures Trucker
Henry E. Posthuma, Randolph trunkline operator was badly injured Wednesday afternoon when a bull that he was handling at the Cambria stockyards became unruly and prattically shoved him through the heavy boards of the stockyard fence.
Mr. Posthuma was hauling stock for Wm Manthey and was untieing the bull in one of the perrs in the yards before taking it to the chute for loading onto the truck. Just what made the animal attack Mr. Posthuma is not known because it was very docile within a few minutes.
The injured man was taken to the Lutheran Deaconess Hospital at Beaver Dam for treatment of his bruises and fractured ribs.
Randolph Newspaper-April 27, 1944:
Injuries Fatel to Henry Posthuma
Henry E. Posthuma passed away Sunday night at 11:50 o'clock at the Lutheran Deaconess Hospital at Beaver Dam where he had been a patient for two weeks, having been taken to the hospital April 11 after he had received injuries when attacked by a bull in the stockyards at Cambria.
Mr. Posthuma was born Sept. 17, 1898 in the Netherlands and came to this country when a very small boy. He lived in this community ever since. He was married to Anna Kooistra on March 28, 1930.
Surviving him besides his wife are one daughter, Audrey; one son, Eldon; one sister, Mrs. John Kikkert, and five brothers, August, John, George, Eli and Sjouke.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the home just south of this village and at the First Reformed Church conducted by Rev. J. D. Dykstra. Interment was in the Randolph Cemetery.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Thomas-Kratz Funeral Home, Cambria, with the Rev. Ronald Van Der Werff officiating. Burial will be in the Randolph Cemetery.
Mrs. Yahnke was born on Nov. 15, 1912, in the Township of Fox Lake, the daughter of Gerrit and Ida (Elgerma) Kooistra. She was married to Henry E. Posthuma. He preceded her in death in 1944. She was married to Arthur Yahnke on Feb. 15, 1956.
She was employed at Rockwell of Randolph for 28 years and was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church in Cambria.
Survivors include her husband, Cambria; one son Eldon (Marlene) Posthuma, Randolph; one daughter, Audery (Sam) St. Arnold, Oxen Hill, MD.; seven grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; one sister, Anna Syens, Randolph; other relatives and friends.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sunday at the Thomas-Kratz Funeral Home, Cambria, and on Monday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service.
