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Henry Schellenberg, United States of America
31.07.2025
The “Fifth Switzerland” is a colourful, varied and multilingual puzzle with well over 800,000 pieces.
Today’s puzzle piece is …
… Henry Schellenberg, 92 (turning 93 this November), Windsor, California, USA (about 60 miles north of San Francisco). Now retired, former mechanical draftsman. First moved to the U.S. in 1960. I have been living in Windsor, California since 2012. Before that I also lived in other cities in the San Francisco North Bay, and I also lived in Hawaii for 14 years and a few years in Arizona.
I grew up in Zurich, and first emigrated from Switzerland to Canada in 1957, where a year later I married a young German woman to whom I stayed married for over 63 years until her passing in 2022. We have two daughters (who are now dual citizens and also live in California). One of my two older sisters is still alive and living in Switzerland and she just celebrated her 101st birthday!
Henry on his bike. Photo provided
My favorite memory of Switzerland …
… when I was 19 years old, I raced my road bicycle in the alps -- I entered every bike race that year, even if sometimes I ended up not fully finishing each race due to some mishap during the race. That was an amazing year I will never forget.
Do you think about relocating again?
Actually, I did -- I moved back to Switzerland in 2004 (with my wife) and we lived in Icogne (VS) for 4 years before deciding to move back to the U.S. to be closer to our daughters and grandchildren.
Do you maintain personal contacts with other Swiss abroad?
Yes! When I was in Canada, I played on a recreational soccer team and through that I met a Swiss man who became a good friend, and he is still in Canada and we are still in touch! We sometimes have long phone calls to catch up, so I have a phone plan that includes unlimited calling to Canada.
If your friends asked you to make them a typical Swiss meal, what would you cook?
Up until a year or two ago, I was still cooking my own fondue and raclette. But cooking is getting harder for me, so now one of my daughters makes the fondue/raclette for special occasions, and the other daughter is making Zuri Honig Tirggel especially at the holidays.
What references to Switzerland do you have in your house?
I have a really huge Swiss cow bell! I also have a beautiful framed Scherenschnitte that a family friend in Switzerland made. I have displayed a photo of my father in his Swiss military uniform in 1916 when he served in the Swiss army during WWI. But most special, I have a wooden scale model DC-3 plane that I started making by hand as a young man when I was in Switzerland which I brought over with me on the boat, and it took me decades to finish it. It is now finished and is on display in my living room.
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