Eric Hinrichs

Hinrichs, Eric, went to be with Jesus on Sunday, January 2, 2022.

Beloved husband of Karen Butery. Dear brother of Catherine Hinrichs, Anton Hinrichs, Ludwig Hinrichs and the late Arthur Hinrichs. Uncle, brother-in-law and friend of many.

Eric was a Renaissance man with a broad range of interests. His education included an honorary Ph.D.; Master degrees in Economics and in Strategic Intelligence; Bachelor degrees in Electrical Engineering and in German Literature. His employment was primarily in Europe for the United States Department of Defense in Electronic Engineering with Top Secret Clearance. He also taught at several community colleges in Missouri. He published 29 books.

Eric was an avid linguist and culturist who spoke seven languages and promoted Scandinavian culture in St. Louis as the President of the Den Danske Klub (Danish Club), and a member of the Swedish Council, the Viking Club, The Norwegian Society, the American-Scandinavian Foundation, and the German Men’s Choir as well as the Deutsch-Schwedische Gesellschaft Heidelberg. He also promoted Scandinavian culture through the publication of several books including, among others, 500 Years of Viking Presence in America; The History of Ancient Scandinavians: Linguistic, DNA, and Cultural Evidence, and The St. Louis Scandinavian Song Book: Translated into English from Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Icelandic.

Above all, Eric was on mission to live for Jesus Christ and felt strongly called to contribute to the America he loved by sounding the alarm about the forces working to undermine America’s Christian culture and democracy. He published multiple books to this end, including: The War for America’s Soul; The Illuminati’s War on Sovereign Nations of the World: The New World Order and the End of Democracy; and The Chinese American War.

Eric's love for Jesus informed his personal life and his devotion to his wife and family. Again, Eric voiced his passion in his book of poetry: Christian Poems of Love.

The driving force of Eric’s purpose might best be expressed in his own words from The Waif From Shenadoah Street, a book about his own life:

Man must choose how his character and actions will weaken or strengthen those of others….If we choose the qualities of gentleness, humility, calmness, trust, generosity, truth, justice, loyalty, and most of all, love, they will constantly affect the world….And nobody in my seven decades of life has expressed this better to me than the LORD Jesus Christ!

Services: Funeral service at the SCHRADER Funeral Home and Crematory, 14960 Manchester Road at Holloway, Ballwin, Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. Interment Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Fellowship of Wildwood. Visitation Tuesday, January 11, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service. Friends may sign the family’s on-line guestbook at Schrader.com.