March 8, 1925 ~ May 14, 2018
Lydia Henricksen died on May 14, 2018 after a short illness. She was born in 1925, the daughter of August and Margareta Marx of Giessen Germany. She lived through the horrors of World War II and experienced great deprivation and loss. After the war, Lydia met and married an American soldier, Earl Roy Henricksen, the love of her life. In 1953, she and her two daughters followed him to the United States. They lived in Iowa and South Dakota before moving to California in 1959 when Earl was transferred to Fort Ord.
In California, Lydia accepted a position at the old Carmel Hospital which became the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP). She served as the manager of the business office for many years. Lydia loved her job at CHOMP. As the hospital industry changed and grew, Lydia grew along with it. She loved learning and eagerly embraced all the new innovations including computer billing.
During her tenure at CHOMP, Lydia earned a business degree from Santa Clara University and became a top-notch hospital administrator. She told her family that her career at CHOMP was a dream and she loved every minute of it. After she retired from CHOMP, she continued to exercise her skills as a valued financial and medical advisor to a number of elderly clients. She also continued to work at CHOMP as a volunteer.
Lydia was a hard-working and skilled career woman, but she was also the heart and center of her family and much beloved by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. In 2015, she worked with her daughter, Renate, to complete a book about her early life in Germany called, A Family Memoir.
Lydia is survived by her brother, Adolf Marx, and her sister-in-law, Irmgard Marx, of Treis, Germany. She is also survived by her four children; Renate Pore of Charleston, WV, Elda Morris of Pacific Grove, CA, Ronald Henricksen of Aptos, CA and Barbara Beals of Penrose, CO; grandchildren; Christina Pore Shorter, Kelly Morris, Sean Morris, Tara Morris Rouse, Edward Henricksen, Teddie Henricksen, Lydia Beals and Robin Beals; thirteen great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will take place at The Paul Mortuary Chapel today, Friday, June 1 at 2:30 pm. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations in Lydia’s honor may be made to Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, PO Box HH, Monterey, CA, 93942.
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