Helen Brumback Roe and Samuel Chester Henn

DR. SAMUEL CHESTER HENN, son of CARRIE ELIZABETH HOUSTON and REV. HENRY L. HENN, was born October 2, 1895 in Blanchard, Page, Iowa,⁹⁴¹⁵ and died February 13, 1984 in Schaumburg, Illinois.⁹⁴¹⁵ He is buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Fremont County, Iowa.⁴⁵⁶

He married HELEN BRUMBACK ROE on June 4, 1921 in Cook County, Illinois.²⁰⁸⁵ She was born June 20, 1894 in Malvern, Mills, Iowa,⁶³⁰⁰ and died August 31, 1984 in Cook County, Illinois.²⁴²⁵ She is buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Fremont County, Iowa.⁴⁵⁶

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Children of HELEN BRUMBACK ROE and DR. SAMUEL CHESTER HENN:

1. HELEN MARTHA HENN, b. November 16, 1922, Chicago, Cook, Illinois;¹⁶³⁶ m. JEROME JOSEPH GROEBNER on August 16, 1949 in Old St. Mary's Church, Cook County, Illinois^{2085, 9413}; d. February 8, 2014, Lombard, DuPage, Illinois.⁷⁹⁹¹
2. ROBERT ROE HENN, b. May 25, 1924, Chicago, Cook, Illinois;⁷⁹⁷³ m. JANET FRANCES POLLARD on August 16, 1947 in Lindsay Memorial Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee⁹⁴¹⁷; d. August 3, 2007, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado.⁷⁹⁷³
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Personal Information

Samuel C. Henn

• was a member of the Denmark Congregational Church, Lee County, Iowa. ⁷⁴⁸⁴
• was a pediatrician and was also on the staff of Children's Memorial Hospital and Rush Presbyterian Hospital, as well as St. Luke's (Chicago)⁷⁹⁷⁶

Helen B. Roe

• was a teacher⁹⁴¹⁶
• was a member of the P.E.O.⁹⁴¹⁶

Education

Obituaries

Chicago Tribune, February 16, 1984⁷⁹⁷⁶

'Chick' Henn, 88; pediatrician on South Shore for 35 years

DR. S.C. "CHICK" Henn, 88, a past president of the Chicago Pediatric Society, was a South Shore pediatrician for 35 years. He also was chief of pediatrics at the former St. Luke's Hospital, 14th Street and Michigan Avenue.

Services will be private for Dr. Henn, of Schaumburg. He died Monday in Humana Hospital-Hoffman Estates.

Dr. Henn, who had offices at 71st Street and South Shore Drive for 35 years, also was on the staff of Children's Memorial Hospital and Rush Presbyterian Hospital, as well as St. Luke's. He graduated in 1921 from Rush Medical School.

"He became a pediatrician because he liked kids," said his son, Robert. "He had been ill often as a child and had received such rotten care that he figured there had to be a better way. He loved taking care of kids and he made house calls. He was very concerned with childhood diseases."

DR. HENN WAS president of the Chicago Pediatric Society in 1956 and 1957.

After retiring as a pediatrician in 1957, he became medical director of the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, a position he held for 17 years. He worked with athletic teams and was presented with an honorary letterman's award.

"He acquired the nickname 'Chick' in high school," he son said. "It was a term of endearment and of course came from his last name. Years later, children who were his patients often called him, 'Uncle Chick.'"

As a young man in 1912, he worked in a reforestation program begun by President Theodore Roosevelt. He said it was the first such program in the country.

Besides his son, Dr. Henn's survivors include his wife, Helen; 2 daughters, Helen Groebner and Dorothy Deist; 11 grandchildren; and 5 great-grandchildren.

University of Northern Iowa, February 17, 1984⁹⁴¹⁵

Word has been received in our office of the death of S. C. (Chick) Henn. He died Monday, February 13, of a heart attack at Friendship Village, Schaumburg, Illinois, at the age of 88. He was the Medical Director of the Student Health Center from 1961 until 1966. Private memorial services will be Saturday, February 18, 1984, at 5:00 p.m. in Hamburg, Iowa. His body was cremated. The family requests no memorials. Dr. Henn was born October 2, 1895, at Blanchard, Iowa. He married Helen Brumbach Roe on June 4, 1921, at Chicago, Illinois. He received his B.A. in 1917 from Colorado State College, an M.S. in 1919 from the University of Chicago, and his M.D. in 1921 from Rush Medical College in Chicago. Prior to his employment with the University of Northern Iowa, he was Chief of Staff at the former St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Henn was Assistant Director in the Student Health Center from 1958 until 1961. He became a Staff Physician in 1966 and remained in that position until his retirement in 1971. Dr. Henn was an athletic booster and was often honored by sitting with the football team during home games. At one of these home games, he was given an I.S.T.C. jacket from the Lettermen's Club, which he treasured. Dr. Henn is survived by his wife, Helen; three children, Robert Roe Henn, Mrs. Raymond Deist (Dorothy Jean), and Mrs. J. J. Groebner (Helen Martha), all of Chicago, Illinois; eleven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Arlington Heights Daily Herald, September 2, 1984⁹⁴¹⁶

Helen R. Henn

Helen R. Henn, 90, of Schaumburg died Aug. 31 at Friendship Village Nursing Center, Schaumburg. Services and burial are private.

She was a former teacher and member of the P Chapter of the P.E.O.

Survivors include a son, Robert, two daughters, Helen Groebner and Dorothy Deist, 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

No visitation. Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 11, 19003478	Manhattan, Riley, Kansas	Anna Maria Houston William L. Morgan Katharine "Katie" Bell Morgan Clarence William Morgan Eugene Lawrence Morgan Samuel Chester Henn
April 20, 19103415	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	Harriet Elizabeth Houston Henry L. Henn Samuel Chester Henn Olivia Phoebe Porter
January 8, 19203413	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	Harriet Elizabeth Houston Henry L. Henn Samuel Chester Henn
April 9, 1930420	Chicago, Cook, Illinois	Samuel Chester Henn Helen Brumback Roe Helen Martha Henn Robert Roe Henn Daughter
April 13, 19403228	Chicago, Cook, Illinois	Samuel Chester Henn Helen Brumback Roe Daughter