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Film//  10738  HANKINSON  NEWS         '     Jan. '3,-  1957  -' Dec.'  31 ,1959  •f" 


ROY  ZILLGITT  DIES  at  FAIRMOUNT 
Roy  Zillgitt,  54,  died  at  his  home  in  Fairmount,  Thursday  morning,  Jan.  3rd.   He  is 
survived  by  his  wife  and  two  children,  Larry'and  Kathleen. 
No  funeral  arrangements  have  been  made.      .    . 

*  *  *  *  **'****  January  3,  1957 

FATHER  of  MRS.  C.  SEIVERT  DIES  at  LARIMORE 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  W.  Seivert  returned  to  Hankinson  New  Year's  Day  after  attending  the 
funeral  of  her  father,  John  Williams,  at  Larimore.  •  Mr.  Williams  passed  away  at  a  Grand 
Forks  Hospital  after  a  short  illness.  He  was  80  years  old. 

**********  January  3,  1957 

SON  of  FORMER  PUBLISHER  KILLED  in  AUTO  ACCIDENT 
Word  reached  here  last  Saturday  that  Charles  Kratzer,  Jr.,  16,  was  killed  in  an  auto 
accident  near  Seward,  NE.,  on  Dec.  1st.   Although  details  are  lacking,  it  is  known  that  '• 
the  mishap  occurred  on  a  country  road  near  Seward  with  a  group  of  other  teen-age  boys. 
Others  in  the  group  were  injured. 

Young  Kratzer  was  the  son  of  Chas.  Kratzer,  Sr.,  of  Seward  and  step-son  of  Mrs.  Nell 
Kratzer  of  Edgemont,  SD.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kratzer  published  the  Hankinson  News  from  September 
of  1948  until  November  1st,  1951,  when  they  left  Hankinson. 

**********  January  3,  1957 

SERVICES  HELD  for  AUGUST  AMELIA  THOMES 
Funeral  services  for  Gusta  Amelia  Thomes,  87,  were  held  at  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church, 
Wahpeton,  Dec.  21st,  with  the  Rev.  A.  A.  Dierks  officiating. 

Pallbearers  were  Edwin,  Gust,  ,  Marvin  and  Floyd  Propp  and  Ray  Strobusch. 

Burial  was  in  Pleasant  Hill  Cemetery.   Arrangements  were  with  Anderson  Funeral  Home. 

Augusta  Thomes,  Fairmount,  ND.,  was  bom  in  Germany  on  March  9,  1869,  to  Carl  and 
Henrietta  Strobusch.   She  was  married  to  Gust  Thomes  on  November  ...,  1886.   She  died  from 
the  complications  of  old  age  at  the  home  of  her  nephew  and  family,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ray  Stro- 
busch at  Fairmount,  where  she  had  stayed  for  years. 

Surviving  are  two  sons:  Loran  Thomes,  Watertown,  SD. ,  and  Lloyd  A.  Thomes,  Great  Falls, 
MT.,  one  grandson,  Francis  F.  Faber,  Minneapolis,  and  five  great-grandchildren. 

**********  January  3,  1957 

MANTADOR  GIRL  MURDERED 
The  day  long  search  came  to  an  end  here  at  4:20  PM. ,  Tuesday,  when  the  partially  nude 
body  of  Rosemary  Mertes  was  found  by  Anton  Mersch,  John  Pellman  and  Helmuth  Leske,  as  they 
were  making  a  final  check  of  abandoned  buildings  in  the  area.   The  body  was  lying  in  a  thi- 
cket just  20  yards  from  the  road  leading  to  the  farm  yard.   The  farm  is  owned  by  Mrs.  Anna 
Mauch  and  was  last  occupied  by  the  Erbie  Bemdt  family.  According  to  authorities  the  body 
which  is  visible  in  the  center  of  the  picture  above,  apparently  had  been  carried  to  the 
thicket. 

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(Picture  shown)  Sheriff  Lainbert "Johnson  and  States'Attomey  Norton  Hatlie  are  shown 
here  as  they  measured  the  imprint  in  the  snow  where  the  body  of  Rosemary  Mertes  lay.   The 
body  laid  in  such  a  position  that'  the  outline  of  the  head  is  clearly  visible  at  the  upper 
right.  .:•^^^.''-1:;^,   '  , 

(Picture  shown)  Rosemary  Mertes  was  last  seen  alive  as  she  came  through  this  door  at 
about  midnight  Monday  evening,  the  basement  way  door  at  lower  left  in  the  picture.   This  is 
the  Mantador  Town  Hall  where  a  two  lane  bowling  alley  is  located  in  the  basement.   People 
said  Rosemary  usually  went  home  through  the  alley,  visible  at  the  right  of  this  building. 

Requiem  High  Mass  will  be  conducted  in  St.  Peter  and  Paul's  Church  at  Mantador  Satur- 
day morning  at  10  o'clock  when  the  community  will  pay  their  last  respect  to  Rosemary  Mertes, 
14,  of  Mantador,  who  met  death  by  strangulation  sometime  after  midnight  Monday  of  this  week. 
She  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jacob  Mertes,  well-known,  long  time  residents  of  that 
community.   Burial  will  be  in  Calvary  Cemetery,  Mantador. 

Rosary  will  be  recited  at  the  Mantador  Church  Friday  evening  at  8  PM.   Friends  may  call 
at  the  Mertes  home  Thursday  evening  and  Friday. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  of  Hankinson  is  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

Rosemary  Mertes  was  born  Oct.  30th,  1942,  at  Breckenridge,  MN. ,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Jacob  Mertes.   She  attended  grade  school  at  Mantador,  enrolling  last  fall  as  a  freshman  at 
Hankinson  High  School,  which  school  she  was  attending  at  the  time  of  her  tragic  death. 

She  is  survived  by  her  parents,  twin  brothers,  Donald  and  Ronald,  and  another  brother, 
James,  all  in  the  Armed  Forces,  Mrs.  Don  Fugene  of  National  City,  CA. ,  Rita,  Geraldine  and 
Patricia,  at  home. 

"  "It  appears  to  be  a  clear  case  of  premediated  murder,"  said  North  Hatlie,  Richland  Cou- 
nty States  Attorney,  late  Wednesday  when  discussing  the  investigation  of  the  death  of  Rose- 
mary Mertes,  14  year  old  Hankinson  High  School  freshman  from  Mantador,  whose  scantily  clad 
frozen  body  was  found  late  Tuesday  afternoon. 

The  discovery  of  the  body  climaxed  a  searched  that  started  with  Mantador  Volunteers  on 
Tuesday  morning  when  the  girl  failed  to  come  home  from  her  "foul  judge"  job  at  the  Mantador 
Bowling  Alleys.   At  1:30  PM. ,  the  fire  siren  sounded  in  Hankinson  calling  for  volunteers 
from  here  to  aid  Mantador  people  in  their  search. 

About  150  men  responded  to  the  call  and  under  the  supervision  of  Sheriff  Lambert  John- 
son and  Deputy  Harold  Bolstad  started  the  search  through  fields  at  about  3  PM.   The  men  who 
found  the  body  of  Rosemary  Mertes  had  been  combing  in  an  area  farther  removed  from  the  main 
body  of  the  searchers.   They  were  Anton  Mersch,  proprietor  of  the  bowling  alley  in  which 
Rosemary  had  worked;  John  Pellman  of  Mantador  and  Helrauth  Leske  of  nearby  rural  Mooreton. 

Here  is  Pellman 's  account  of  the  finding  of  the  body  at  a  vacant  farm  yard,  3h   miles 
east  of  Mantador: 

"I  was  helping  to  drop  off  men  who  were  looking  for  the  girl  in  the  country.   One  of 
the  searchers  told  me  to  be  sure  and  check  abandoned  schools."   "So  when  I  got  back  to  town, 
Tony  (Mersch)  and  Helmuth  (Leske)  and  I  decided  to  drive  out  to  an  abandoned  school  east  of 
town."   "When  we  didn't  find  anything  we  started  to  drive  back,  and  we  passed  this  farm  yard, 

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■X:-'y'-^j>}hen  .one   of  .us  'saw' there  was  a  road  into  the  yard."  "We  drove  in  and  looked  around  the 
i?*^^^' -i--.  yard  and  checked  all  the  building  but  didn't  find  anything.   Then  we  got  in  the  car  and 


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il"   .''Were  going  to' drive  away,  when  I  saw  something  in  the  trees."  "I  said,  'Look  at  the  pile  of 


^U  i'^old  clothes'. laying  there."   "Tony  knew  what  the  girl's  clothes  looked  like  because  she  work- 
;.ed  at  his  place.  He  said,  '  That's  her!'" 

■  The  three  men  walked  over  to  the  body  for  verification  and  then  one  of  the  three  stayed 
at  the  farm  while  the  other  two  drove  back  to  town  to  get  the  Sheriff.   The  dead  girl  was 
found  lying  on  her  back,  arms  outspread  and  her  gray  tweed  coat  spread  over  the  partially 
exposed  body.   She  wore  blue  slacks  and  a  sweater  that  had  been  disarranged.   Rosemary  still 
had  on  her  fur-fringed  overshoes  buttoned  to  the  top  as  well  as  both  her  bright  woolen  mit- 
tens.  One  of  the  mitts  had  been  partially  pulled  off. 

An  autopsy  was  performed  on  Wednesday  afternoon  by  County  Coroner  Dr.  C.  V.  Bateman  and. 
he  indicated  death  was  due  to  strangulation  by  a  bright  plaid  scarf  wound  tightly  around 
the  girl's  neck,  and  tied  from  the  back.   The  autopsy  could  not  be  performed  until  Wednes- 
day afternoon  because  of  the  frozen  condition  of  the  girl's  body.   Dr.  Bateman  also  indicat- 
ed the  girl  has  been  handled  roughly  because  of  bruises  on  the  upper  part  of  her  body. 
After  the  autopsy  the  coronor  stated  the  Mertes  girl  had  not  been  criminally  assulted. 

States  Attorney  Nortan  Hatlie  completed  the  preliminary  investigation  of  the  case  late 
Wednesday  night.  He  said:  "We  have  no  specific  or  precise  suspects,  but  we  belive  it  was  a 
crime  by  a  local  person  because  of  the  nature  of  the  crime  and  the  abandoned  grove  in  which 
the  body  was  found.  The  vacant  farm  buildings  are  quite  a  distance  from  the  grove.  We  are 
continuing  the  investigation  and  are  questioning  everyone  who  may  be  even  remotely  connected 
with  the  case." 

Rosemary's  parents  were  not  too  concerned  with  her  failure  to  return  home  because  at 
first  it  was  thought  she  may  have  been  staying  with  friends  of  schoolmates  during  the  night. 
But  the  next  morning,  after  several  phone  calls  failed  to  bring  any  trace  of  her,  the  alarm 
was  spread.   The  frantic  parents  clung  to  hope  that  Rosemary,  who  had  the  habit  of  walking 
in  her  sleep,  had  just  wandered  away.   The  weather  Monday  night  was  relatively  mild. 

Car  tracks,  observed  by  the  men  who  arrived  first  on  the  scene,  were  seen  to  come  in 
on  the  road  to  the  east  and  led  out  of  the  yardway  by  another  road  to  the  south. 

**********  January  10,  1957 

NELSON  RITES  HERE  MONDAY 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Monday  afternoon,  January  7th,  for  Clarence  Nelson  from 
the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  at  1:30  and  from  the  Congregational  Church  in  Hankinson  at  2  o' 
clock,  with  the  Rev.  Frank  T.  Hirons  officiating. 

Mr.  Nelson  was  born  December  26th,  1916,  at  Hankinson,  the  son  of  the  late  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Peter  Nelson.   He  passed  away  Jan.  3rd,  at  a  hospital  in  Williston,  ND.,  from  injuries  sus- 
tained in  a  fall  in  a  rooming  house  in  Williston.   He  had  left  on  a  trip  to  California  on 
Dec.  21st  and  was  enroute  to  his  home  in  Hankinson. 

Mr.  Nelson  served  in  the  Armed  Forces  from  July  2nd,  19A2  to  January  23rd,  1946.  He 
received  the  rank  of  Sergeant.  He  had  been  employed  by  P.  A.  Bradbury  Construction  Co., 

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of  Aberdeen,  SD.,  for  several  years. 

Pallbearers  were:  M.  C.  Kirkeby,  Chris  Behl,  A.  H.  Pedersen,  Daniel  Bemdt,  Wilfred 
Korth  and  Clarence  Rossow. 

Interment  was  in  the  Hillside  Cemetery  with  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  in  charge  of 
the  arrangements.  **********  January  10,  1957 

HERMAN  FALK 

Herman  Otto  Falk  was  born  on  January  31st,  1894  at  Hankinson,  ND. ,  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Fred  Falk  (nee  Emelie  Foeltz.)  He  was  baptized  in  the  Evangelical  and  Reformed  Church  on 
February  25th,  1894  by  Rev.  Wameke.  He  later  was  confirmed  in  the  same  church  on  Palm 
Sunday  by  Rev.  Kunz.   He  grew  to  manhood  in  Hankinson  and  attended  the  local  school.  Later 
he  left  Hankinson  and  was  employed  by  a  Bridge  Construction  Co.,  in  Chinook,  MT.  He  made 
his  home  there  for  several  years. 

He  returned  to  Hankinson  in  the  late  ;30's  and  was  employed  by  Dave  Mcllwain  until  1955. 
In  November  he  went  to  Seattle,  WA. ,  and  spent  about  a  year  with  his  brother-in-law  and 

sister,  Mr.  and  Mrs Deaton  and  with  other  relatives,  returning  to  Hankinson  early 

this  fall  and  since  then  he  made  his  home  with  his  brother-in-law  and  sister,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Harry  Boldt. 

He  suffered  a  stroke  and  was  taken  to  St.  Gerard's  Hospital  December  24th  and  passed 
away  there  on  Saturday  afternoon,  Jan.  12th,  1957  at  the  age  of  62  years,  11  months  and  19 

days.   He  is  survived  by  a  number  of  brothers  and  sisters.  Mrs Deaton  and  Harry  of 

Seattle  WA.,  Adolph  of  Kennewick,  WA. ,  Mrs Roberts  of  Bothell,  WA.,  Mrs.  Lizzie 

Collins  of  boo,  WI.,  Mrs.  Millie  Boldt  and  Mrs.  Ida  Bladow  of  Hankinson,  Mrs.  Martha 

Polfuss  of  Wahpeton,  Henry  of  Lidgerwood  and  Ervin  of  Mantador.   His  parents,  three  brothers 
and  ....  preceded  him  in  death. 

Pallbearers  were:  Jerry  Hipp,  Everett  Budge,  Gordon  Dibbert,  Krump,  Bud  Womer 

and  Scheller,  all  members  of  the  Hankinson  Volunteer  Fire  Department  of  which  he  was 

a  member. 

Services  were  conducted  on  Wednesday  afternoon  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home,  with 
Rev.  F.  W.  Paul  officiating.   Interment  was  in  Hillside  Cemetery  near  Hankinson. 

**********  January  17,  1957 

THEO.  NEUMANN 

Funeral  servcies  were  held  on  Wednesday  afternoon,  Jan.  16th,  for  Theodore  Carl  Neumann 
of  Hankinson  in  the  Evangelical  and  Reformed  Church,  with  the  Rev.  F.  W.  Paul  officiating. 

Mr.  Newraann  passed  away  on  Saturday,  Jan.  12th,  at  Mt .  Sinai  Hospital  in  Minneapolis,  MN. 
He  was  born  in  1878  at  Great  Bend,  ND.,  later  moving  to  Hankinson,  where  he  has  since  resided. 

Mr.  Neumann  went  to  Minneapolis  the  first  part  of  December  to  visit  his  sons  and  to 
have  his  eyes  checked.   He  submitted  to  surgery  on  his  eye  and  was  feeling  quite  well.   Three 
days  after  surgery  he  suffered  a  stroke  and  passed  away  six  days  later. 

He  was  married  to  Margaret  Nora  Pautze.   She  preceded  him  in  death  in  1917.   Surviving 
are  four  sons,  Elmer  and  Ervin,  both  of  Minneapolis,  Arthur  of  Hillsboro,  IL. ,  and  Alfred 
of  Shafer,  CA. ,  and  six  grandchildren.  One  son,  Harold,  preceded  him  in  death  six  years  ago. 

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He  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  Evangelical  &■  Reformed  Cemetery  !*•>' The  Wipperman' Funeral 
Home  was  in  charge  of  arrangements.  ,'  ' 

**********  January  17,  1957 

OMISSION'    :-;:  ,\:.;r,'^  .^^:..  .'...,    t   ^  .■/ 

Inadvertently  omitted  in  the  obituary  of  Clarence  Nelson  last  week  were  the  following 
relatives  of  the  deceased:  "  •  :      '  '' 

Sisters  and  brother:  Mrs.  Edward  Sand  (Helen),  and  Mrs.  Gustave  Neumann  (Anna),  both 
of  Hankinson;  Mrs.  Melvin  Sand  (Alice),  of  Kindred;  Elroy  and  Edward  Nelson,  Fargo;  Aunts: 
Mrs.  Leota  Anderson  (Denhoff)  and  Mrs.  Hulda  Nelson,   Cousins:  Harry  Nelson,  Bertha,  Sharon, 
Rodney  and  Myron  of  Denhoff  and  Albin  Nelson  of  Denver,  CO. 

The  American  Legion  Post  of  Hankinson  conducted  the  military  rites  at  Hillside  Cemetery. 

**********  January  17,  1957 

JUVENILE  COURT  JURISDICTION 

Although  various  other  media  for  dispensing  news  all  through  the  country  has  carried 
the  name  and  pictures  of  the  alleged  confessed  killer  of  Rosemary  Mertes,  North  Dakota  law 
does  not  permit  the  name  or  identity  to  be  published  or  otherwise  divulged  of  a  person  who 
is  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Juvenile  Court. 

Therefore,  this  newspaper  is  abiding  by  the  statue  in  the  story  on  this  page.   The 

state,  as  published  below,  we  hope,  will  clarify  to  our  readers,  why  the  accompanying  story 

is  handled  in  this  manner.  _,   tj  ui  •  u 

The  Publishers 

JUVENILE  COURT  JURISDICTION,  Statue  Applicable 

Under  the  chapter  of  the  1943  Revised  Code  of  the  State  of  North  Dakota  title  "Juvenile 
Court"  the  following  appears  in  27-1631: 

"Publication  of  Name  of  Child.   No  publication  of  the  name  of  any  child  under  the  juris- 
diction of  this  court  shall  be  made  by  any  newspaper  except  as  contained  in  process  of  the 
court  and  published  by  order  of  the  court.   Any  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  subject  the  news  reporter  and  publisher  of  any  newspaper  so  violating  the  same  to  be 
cited  for  civil  contempt  and  to  be  punished  therefor." 

Section  27-1607  of  the  Code  in  part  (3)  states:  "Child  means  a  person  less  than  eight- 
een years  of  age.^'  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  + 

JUDGE  to  RULE  in  MERTES  CASE 

Decision  as  to  court  jurisdiction  is  expected  today  (Thursday)  or  Friday  in  the  case 
of  a  17  year  old  Mantador  youth,  who  signed  a  confession  late  Monday  evening  admitting  the 
strangling  of  Rosemary  Mertes,  also  of  Mantador.   According  to  authorities  a  complaint  char- 
ging the  youth  with  second  degree  aianslaughter,  was  signed  Tuesday  by  States  Attorney  Norton 
Hatlie. 

Wallace  Warner  of  Wahpeton,  who  has  been  retained  as  counsel  for  the  defendant,  object- 
ed when  the  complaint  was  filed  in  Justice  Court  in  Wahpeton,  contending  the  Juvenile  Court 
had  the  original  jurisdiction  in  the  case.   Decision  on  this  question  will  await  the  return 
of  Judge  Clifford  Schneller  from  Forman,  where  he  is  trying  a  case. 

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tv '".' Assistant  States  Attorney  Pat  Milloy  appeared  in  Justice  Court  on  behalf  of  the  state 
and  Milloy' said  the  state  will  ask  that  the  youth  be  tried  under  regular  criminal  proceedings, 
^  In  his  statement  ."'■the  boy  told  of  waiting  for  Rosemary  after  both  had  worked  in  the  Man- 
tador  Bowling  Alley  the  night  of  Jan.  7th,  and  asked  her  to  go  for  a  ride  with  him.   He  said 
she  agreed  and  they  drove  to  a  point  a  mile  and  a  half  east  of  Mantador.   It  was  there,  he 
told  authorities,  the  strangling  took  place  as  he  tried  to  kiss  her  against  her  will.   He 
said  he  put  one  hand  behind  the  resisting  girl's  neck  and  one  in  front,  and  in  some  manner 
twisted  the  scarf.   When  he  could  feel  no  pulse,  he  drove  to  the  abandoned  farm  24  miles  east 
of  Mantador  where  he  left  the  body.   He  then  drove  to  his  home  and  went  to  bed. 

Tire  tracks  at  the  scene  were  the  prime  clues  which  Sheriff  Lambert  Johnson  and  his 
deputies  were  able  to  nail  down  almost  conclusive  proof  of  the  car  used.   The  measurements 
of  the  tread  base  and  the  fact  one  of  the  snow  tires  was  reversed,  pointed  almost  exclusively 
to  the  car  belonging  to  the  youth's  father  and  which  had  been  used  by  the  boy  as  he  went  to 
the  bowling  alley  on  that  fatal  evening. 

As  the  final  evidence  was  checked  and  rechecked  Monday  at  Mantador,  the  authorities 
questioned  the  youth  as  soon  as  he  returned  from  St.  Francis  Academy  in  Hankinson  where  he 
was  a  senior  in  high  school.   After  two  and  a  half  hours  of  questioning,  the  break  came  and 
he  was  taken  to  the  county  jail  in  Wahpeton,  where  he  signed  a  confession.   He  had  been 
questioned  several  times  prior  to  his  confession. 

Funeral  services  for  Rosemary  Mertes  of  Mantador  were  conducted  Saturday  morning  at  the 
St.  Peter  and  Paul's  Church  in  Mantador.   Father  Francis  Smalley  officiated  at  the  last  rites. 
Father  George  Miller,  pastor  of  the  church,  conducted  the  burial  service. 
_ Over  500  people  attended  the  Requiem  Mass. 

**********  January  17,  1957 

PALLBEARERS  at  FUNERAL  of  ROY  ZILLGITT 

Active  pallbearers  at  the  Roy  Zillgitt  funeral  were:  Henry  Kuddes  of  Fargo,  Chester 
Mead,  Robert  Gebhart,  Thad  Branson,  Glen  Swanson  and  Tony  Kilbeck.   Honorary  pallbearers 
were:  Paul  Sinner,  J.  D.  Swanson,  Frank  Burvee,  John  Von  Bokem,  Myron  Reese  and  Donald 
Sikorski. 

Out  of  town  relatives  attending  the  funeral  were  Oren  Zillgitt  of  Rochester,  MN. ,  Mrs. 
Orville  Kemper  of  Dranke,  ND. ,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Donald  Larson  and  daughter.  Sherry,  and  Mrs. 
Myrtle  Larson,  all  of  Minneapolis,  Walter  Murphy  of  Bismarck,  Mrs.  Martina  Murphy,  Mrs. 
Mary  Foley,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leo  Murphy,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Murphy,  all  of  Graceville,  MN. 

**********  January  17,  1957 

MRS.  BURGESON  RITES  WEDNESDAY 

Funeral  services  were  held  on' Wednesday ,  Jan.  30th,  at  9  AM.,  at  the  St.  Philips  Church 
in  Hankinson  for  Mrs.  Douglas  Burgeson  of  Douglas,  ND.,  Monsignor  G.  C.  Bierens  officiated. 

Mrs.  Burgeson,  the  former  Rosena  Theede  of  Sonora,  died  suddenly  at  Parshall,  ND.,  Sat- 
urday evening,  after  attending  a  basketball  game  there.  She  died  in  a  doctor's  office  where 
she  had  been  taken  for  care. 

Rosena  Burgeson,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alton  Theede  of  Sonora,  was  born  April  8th,  ' 

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1908,  at  Fainaount,  ND.   She  attended  grade  school  in  DeVillo  Township  and  high  school  at 
St.  Benedicts  at  St.  Joseph,  MN. 

She  was  married  to  Douglas  Burgeson  of  Douglas,  ND.,  where  she  had  since  resided.   Sur- 
viving are  her  husband;  one  daughter,  Elizabeth  Ann;  three  sons,  Donald,  Alton  and  Robert; 
her  parents  and  six  sisters,  Mrs.  Dick  Stack,  Mrs.  Leroy  Mitchell  of  Fairmount,  Mrs.  Agnes 
Haeger  of  St,  Louis,  MO.,  Mrs.  Howard  Hansen  of  Mooreton,  Mrs.  Allen  Trom  of  Sonora  and  Mrs. 
Renold  Cassette,  Fargo;  and  two  brothers,  Adolph  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  Frank  of  Fairmount. 

Pallbearers  were  Leander  Wawers,  Ben  Wawers,  Alois  Wawers,  Paul  Wawers,  Lawrence  Theede 
and  Eugene  O'Hearn.   Interment  was  in  the  Calvary  Cemetery.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was 
in  charge  of  arrangements.         *********^  January  31,  1957 

MARTINEK  DIES  at  LOCAL  HOSPITAL  SATURDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Frank  Martinek,  76,  who  died  Saturday  at  St.  Gerard's  Hospital  in 
Hankinson,  were  held  Wednesday  afternoon  at  2  o'clock  from  Zion  Lutheran  Church  in  New  Eff- 
ington,  SD.   Rev.  Lee  Roy  Eikanger  officiated  at  the  last  ritPS. 

Mr.  Martinek  was  a  pioneer  farmer  on  the  state  line.   Burial  was  in  the  Bohemian  Cem- 
etery in  Lien  Township.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  the  funeral  arrangements. 
The  late  Mr.  Martinek  is  the  step-father  of  Herman  Simonson  of  this  city. 

**********  January  31,  1957 

LOCAL  PIONEER  DIES  at  ST.  CLOUD 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Mathilda  Schram  will  be  held  on  Saturday  at  9  AM.,  at  the  St. 
Philips  Church  in  Hankinson. 

Mrs.  Schram,  a  former  resident  of  Hankinson,  passed  away  Tuesday  evening,  Jan.  29th  at 
a  hospital  in  St.  Cloud,  MN.       **********  January  31,  1957 

HEART  ATTACK  FATAL  TO  SHELLEY 

A  heart  attack  claimed  the  life  of  Palmer  Shelley,  Soo  Line  section  foreman  in  Hankin- 
son, Monday  evening  at  his  home  in  Hankinson.   He  had  worked  as  usual  at  his  job  on  Monday. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Saturday,  Feb.  9th,  at  the  Union  Congregational  Church 
here  at  1  o'clock  PM.   The  Rev.  Frank  T.  Hirons  will  officiate. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  is  in  charge  of  arrangements.  Visitation  at  the  funeral 
home  will  be  Friday  afternoon  and  evening  and  until  11  AM.,  Saturday.  Burial  will  be  in 
Freeman  Cemetery  at  Mc  Leod,  ND. 

Mr.  Palmer  Shelley,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Anton  Shelley,  was  bom  Nov.  8th,  1893,  at  Alex- 
andria, MN.   He  moved  with  his  parents  to  Mc  Leod,  ND.,  in  1896.   He  started  working  on  the 
Soo  Line  Railroad  at  the  age  of  12. 

He  was  united  in  marriage  on, Sept.  24th,  1917  to  Clara  Marie  Lahren.   To  this  union 
were  born  three  children;  Elwood,  who  lives  at  Westminister,  CA. ,  Darryl  and  Elizabeth, 
who  reside  at  home.   They  moved  to  Hoffman,  MN. ,  and  he  became  section  forman.   Then  in  1920, 
they  moved  to  Mantador,  and  later  moving  to  Hankinson,  where  they  have  resided  ever  since 
until  his  passing. 

The  late  Mr.  Shelley  leaves  in  mourning  his  wife  and  children,  his  brothers,  Ben  and 

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Fred  Shelley;  two'sister's  'and  one  brother,  whb'preceded  him  in  death. 

*  *  *  *'*  *****  February  7,  1957 

.  D.  S.  Mc  ILWAIN.'SR.,  DIES  SUDDENLY 

D.  S.  Mc  Ilwain,  Sr.,  78,  Wahpeton,  died  of  a  heart  attack  at  about  10:30  AM.,  Thursday 
Feb.  7th.  He  complained  of  feeling  ill  at  his  home  in  the  morning.  An  ambulance  was  called 
and  he  was  rushed  to  the  St.  Francis  Hospital.  He  passed  away  enroute  to  the  hospital. 

Although  arrangements  are  not  complete  as  the  NEWS  goes  to  press,  funeral  services  will 
be  held  from  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church  in  Wahpeton.   Burial  will  be  in  the  family  plot  in  Bel- 
ford  Cemetery.  **********  February  7,  1957 

MRS.  MATHILDA  SCHRAM 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Mathilda -.Schram,  who  died  in  St.  Cloud,  MN.,  Tuesday,  were 
held  last  Saturday  morning  from  St.  Philip's  Church  in  Hankinson  with  Monsignor  G.  C.  Bier- 
ens  celebrating  the  funeral  Mass.   Interment  was  in  the  family  lot  in  Calvary  Cemetery. 

Mathilda  Fournines  was  born  August  2nd,  1865,  at  Minneapolis.   She  was  married  to  Matt 
Schram  on  June  23rd,  1891.   In  1941,  they  celebrated  their  50th  Wedding  Anniversary.   They 
resided  during  the  early  part  of  their  married  life  in  Eden  Valley,  coming  to  Hankinson  in 
1901.   In  1931,  they  moved  to  Fairmount,  making  their  home  there  until   1944  when  Mr.  Schram 
passed  away.   Since  then  Mrs.  Schram  had  resided  at  the  St.  Joseph  Home  at  St.  Cloud. 

She  is  survived  by  Sister  Cleopha  of  Watkins,  MN.,  John  Schram  of  Chicago,  IL.,  Will- 
iam C.  Schram  of  Minneapolis  and  Dan  of  Wyndmere.   Sister  Irene,  Catherine  Smith,  Thomas 
Schram  and  Larry  Loff  preceded  her  in  death. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  had  charge  of  final  arrangements. 

**********  February  7,  1957 

Albert  Pribbernow  received  word  that  his  uncle,  Wilm  Bohnstingle,  92,  of  Wisconsin, 
had  passed  away.   Mr.  Bohnstingle  has  several  other  nephews  here,  namely;  Bert,  Robert, 
and  Frank  Zietlow  and  Carl  Pribbernow. 

**********  February  7,  1957 

SISTER  PAMELIA  of  ST.  FRANCIS  DIES  FEBRUARY  4th 

On  February  4th,  at  2:30  PM.,  a  peaceful  death  relieved  Sister  Pamelia  from  the  pains 
and  sufferings  connected  with  the  ravaging  disease  of  cancer. 

Sister  Pamelia  was  born  in  Bavaria  on  June  3rd,  1891,  to  a  deeply  religious  family. 
Her  father  was  a  painter  and  artist.   Three  of  her  sisters  are  still  living  in  Bavaria. 

On  April  29th,  1912,  Sister  joined  the  Franciscan  Sisters  at  Dillingen,  Bavaria.   In 
1913,  Sister  Pamelia  was  among  the  group  of  Sisters  who  volunteered  to  go  to  the  United 
States  at  the  petition  of  Rt .  Rev,  Abbot  Peter  Engel  of  St.  John's,  Colle^eville ,  Mil.   On 
Aug.  4th  of  the  same  year,  she  bid  farewell  to  her  family,  fellow  Sisters  and  homeland  and 
began  her  journey  to  the  United  States  as  one  of  the  24  Sisters  who  started  the  North  Amer- 
ican foundation.   On  Aug.  23rd,  they  arrived  in  Collegeville,  MN.,  where  Sister  Pamelia 
spent  42  years  of  her  religious  life  doing  humble  tasks  in  the  culinary  department  of  St. 
John's  University. 

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In  1952,  a  cancer  operation  was  necessary.  X-ray  treatments  made  It  possible  for  her 
to  resume  her  work  once  more.  Her  health,  however,  was  weakened  and  a  steady  decline  was 
visibly  noticeable.   In  Sept.  of  1956,  Sister  came  to  Hankinson.  Here  she  enjoyed  the  ser- 
vices of  St.  Gerard's  Hospital,  but  could  spend  most  of  her  time  at  the  Motherhouse.  On 
Feb.  3rd,  Sister  was  brought  once  more  to  St.  Gerard's  Hospital  where  she  received  relief 
from  painful  and  long  coughing  spells.   In  the  forenoon  of  Feb.  4th,  Sister  Pamelia  received 
the  Last  Sacraments  and  in  the  afternoon  at  2:30  she  slept  peacefully  away. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Wednesday,  Feb.  6th,  at  7:30  AM.,  at  the  Convent  Chapel 
in  Hankinson.   Rev.  Francis  L.  Smalley  officiated.   Interment  was  in  the  Sister's  Cemetery. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  February  7,  1957 

BABY  DIES  of  SUFFOCATION  HERE 

Tragedy  struck  a  Hankinson  home  on  Monday  night  when  Michelle  Marie,  infant  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  F.  Mc  Ilwain,  died,  apparently  of  suffocation  in  her  crib  at  the 
Mc  Ilwain  trailer  home. 

Mrs.  Mc  Ilwain  returned  home  that  evening  about  midnight  after  attending  a  Circle 
meeting  at  the  home  of  her  sister,  Mrs.  Alvin  Fredricks.  Her  husband  had  been  caring  for 
the  baby  during  the  evening  and  after  the  little  girl  was  asleep,  he  retired.   It  was  on 
her  return  home  that  the  baby's  death  was  discovered. 

Michelle  Marie  was  born  on  Oct.  26th,  1956,  at  St.  Gerard's  Hospital  in  Hankinson.   Be- 
sides her  young  grief-stricken  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  F.  Mc  Ilwain,  she  is  also  survived 
by  her  grandparents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Jarski  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  S.  Mc  ILwain. 

-  Monsignor  G.  C.  Bierens  celebrated  the  Mass  of  the  Angels  at  the  funeral  service  at 
St.  Philip's  Church  Thursday  morning.   The  infant  was  laid  to  rest  in  Calvary  Cemetery. 

**********  February  lA,  1957 

FUNERAL  FOR  MRS.  JENTZ  SATURDAY 

Mrs.  Wilhelmina  Sophie  Jentz,  nee  Witt,  of  Hankinson,  passed  away  at  the  St.  Gerard 
Hospital  in  Hankinson  on  Tuesday,  Feb.  12th,  at  10:25  AM.   She  had  been  failing  in  health 
for  some  time  and  fell  asleep  very  peacefully  at  the  age  of  90. 

Mrs.  Jentz  was  born  Oct.  27th,  1866  near  Berlin,  Germany.   She  immigrated  to  America  in 
1875,  spending  a  short  time  in  New  York  state.   After  that  she  moved  with  her  parents  to 
Belle  Plaine,  MN. ,  and  was  confirmed  in  the  Lutheran  faith  at  Blakely,  MN. 

On  Feb.  19th,  1886,  she  was  united  in  marriage  to  Louis  Jentz  in  Scott  County,  MN. 
Two  sons  and  two  daughters  were  born  to  this  union.  One  daughter,  Amanda,  preceded  her  mot- 
her in  death.   Mrs.  Jentz  lost  her  husband  in  death  on  Dec.  18th,  1932.   They  had  come  to 
Richland  County  immediately  after 'their  marriage  and  had  taken  up  a  homestead  near  Mantador. 
They  fanned  there  until  1920  when  they  moved  to  Hankinson,  where  Mrs.  Jentz  has  since  resided. 
She  had  spent  some  months  recently  in  a  rest  home  at  Rutland,  ND. 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Jentz  will  be  held  in  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church  in  Hankinson, 
on  Saturday  afternoon,  Feb.  16th,  at  2  PM.   Burial  will  be  in  the  Lutheran  Cemetery  near 
Hankinson,  with  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  in  charge. 

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Mrs.  Jentz's  passing  is  mourned  by  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Wm.  Krueger  of  Los 'Angeles/  CA.  ;  '-" 
her  sons,  Lawrence  of  Mantador,  ND.,  and  William  of  Gwinner,  ND. ;  16  grandchildren,  22 
great-grandchildren,  one  great,  great-grandchild;  her  brother,  Ernest  Witt ;pf  Bertha,'  MN; , 
her  sisters,  Mrs.  John  Schwankl  of  Breckenridge ,  MN. ,  Mrs.  Albert  Lorenz  and  Mrs.  Julius  ;.': 
Rossow,  both  of  Hankinson,  as  well  as  by  many  other  relatives  and  friends.  ,;  '■■'-'.';  ' 

**********  February  14,  1957 

MRS.  OHM,  86,  DIES  SATURDAY 

One  of  the  older  residents  of  Hankinson,  Mrs.  Caroline  Bertha  Ohm,  passed  away  at  her 
home  in  Hankinson  on  Saturday  morning,  Feb.  9th,  as  the  result  of  a  heart  attack.   She  had 
attained  the  age  of  86  years.   Every  since  1943,  when  she  had  fallen  and  broken  her  hip  she 
had  been  confined  to  her  home,  being  cared  for  by  her  daughter,  Ella,  who  made  her  home  with 
her  mother. 

Caroline  Ohm,  nee  Seegebarth,  was  born  in  Pomerania,  Germany,  June  2nd,  1870.   At  the 
age  of  17,  she  came  to  America,  settling  at  Lotts  Creek,  lA.   There  she  was  married  to 
Albert  Ohm  on  Oct.  16th,  1887.   In  the  year  1900  they  moved  to  North  Dakota,  living  at 
Barney,  and  then  five  years  later  in  Belford  Townshp  in  Richland  County.   In  1927,  the 
family  moved  into  Hankinson,  where  Mrs.  Ohm  has  resided  ever  since. 

Six  children  were  born  to  this  union.   One  son,  Erich,  died  at  the  age  of  18.   Mr. 
Ohm  preceded  his  wife  in  death  on  March  6th,  1935. 

Funeral  services  were  held  in  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church  at  Hankinson,  Tuesday,  Feb. 
I2th,  with  burial  in  the  Lutheran  Cemetery  at  Hankinson.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in 
charge  of  arrangements. 

-  Mrs.  Ohm's  passing  is  mourned  by  her  children,  Paul  of  Hankinson,  Mrs.  Alfred  F.  (Mar- 
tha) Bladow  of  Hankinson;  Mrs.  Archie  (Hulda)  Heley  of  Lidgerwood;  Ella  of  Hankinson  and 
Albert  of  Bowman,  ND.;  eleven  grandchildren  and  eleven  great-grandchildren. 

**********  February  14,  1957 

MANTADOR  NEWS Johnny  Schmitz  returned  to  his  home  on  Sunday  from  Wilmont,  MN. , 

where  he  had  been  called  due  to  the  illness  and  death  of  his  sister,  Mrs.  Henry  Driesen. 
Funeral  services  were  held  on  Saturday  at  Wilmont. 

**********  February  14,  1957 

HUSBAND  of  FORMER  FAIRMOUNT  WOMAN  KILLED  in  CAR  MISHAP 

Lindberg  of  501  E.  Park  street,  Geneseo,  IL.,  was  accidentally  killed  in  a  car 

accident  about  1  o'clock  Saturday,  Feb.  2nd.   His  funeral  was  held  on  Wednesday  Feb.  6th. 
His  wife  is  the  former  Cora  Roberts,  daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Roberts  of 
Fairmount . 

He  Is  survived  by  his  wife,  one  daughter,  Adeline,  and  one  son,  Warren.   He  was  pre- 

ceeded  in  death  by  a  daughter,  Lois;  one  son  Arlen,  who  was  reported  missing  in  the  service 

and  later  listed  as  dead.  j.^^^^^^^^.  ,       ,,   ,„^, 

**********  February  14,  1957 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Hedtke  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ed  Steffens  attended  the 

funeral  of  Ed  Burfiend,  which  was  held  at  the  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church  at  Tyler  Sunday 

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afternoon,  with  the  Rev.  H.^L.  Schaefer  officiating^ 

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D.  sCVMcILWAIN  SR. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Sunday  February  10th,  in  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church  at 
Wahpeton  for  David  S.  Mc  Ilwain,  79,  former  Richland  County  Sheriff,  who  died  suddenly 
Thursday  morning  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  in  Breckenridge,  MN.   Death  was  attributed  to 
a  heart  condition. 

Rev.  Henry  Fry  officiated  at  the  service.   Interment  was  in  Belford  Cemetery  in  Belford 
Township  with  Schmitt-Poulton  Funeral  Home  of  Wahpeton  handling  the  arrangements . 

Pallbearers  were:  Charles,  David  and  Patrick  Mc  Ilwain,  Alfred  Witt,  Gordon  Dibbert 
and  Harold  Jones . 

David  Sanuel  Mc  Ilwain  was  born  at  Mitchell,  lA. ,  on  Aug.  16th,  1877.  He  lived  on  a 
farm  in  Iowa  as  a  boy  and  moved  with  his  parents  to  Madison,  WI.,  where  he  attended  high 
school.   After  completing  high  school  he  attended  a  business  college  in  Minneapolis. 

He  came  to  Richland  County  in  1897  and  to  Hankinson  where  he  was  employed  by  John  R. 
Jones,  a  Hankinson  businessman. 

He  married  Frederika  Witt  on  Dec.  18th,  1901  at  Hankinson.   Following  their  marriage 
he  purchased  a  dray  line  in  Hankinson,  which  he  operated  until  1931,  when  he  took  over  dut- 
ies as  Richland  County  Sheriff.  He  served  two  terms  as  Sheriff  of  this  county  and  following 
that  was  Deptury  Sheriff  for  Sheriff  Martin  Hatlie  for  four  years.   From  1939  until  retiring 
in  1950  he  was  a  salesman  for  a  seed  company. 

Mrs.  Mc  Ilwain  died  in  1955.  A  brother,  sister  and  a  daughter  also  preceded  him  in 
death.   Surviving  are:  three  sons,  David  of  Hankinson,  Clifford  of  Wahpeton  and  Walter 
of  Wahpeton;  a  brother,  Robert  J.  of  Minneapolis;  two  sisters,  Mrs.  Lottie  Walker  of  Sepul- 
veda,  CA.,  and  Mrs.  Bessie  Renfrew,  also  of  Sepulveda;  six  grandchildren  and  one  great- 
grandchild. **********  February  14,  1957 

ATTEND  FUNERAL  OF  COUSIN  AT  VICTOR 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS.... Mrs.  Laura  Grady  of  Fairmount  accompanied  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Floyd  Schultz 
of  Wahpeton,  to  Victor,  SD. ,  where  they  attended  the  funeral  on  Saturday  afternoon  at  the 
Lutheran  Church  at  Victor  for  Elroy  Lacky,  35,  of  Victor,  SD.   He  is  a  cousin  of  Mrs.  Grady 
and  was  killed  in  a  tractor  accident  on  Feb.  12th.   He  was  enroute  home  from  Rosholt  when 
his  tractor  tipped  over  on  him  and  he  was  found  by  his  wife  who  looked  for  him  when  he  did 
not  come  home.   He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  three  children. 

**********  February  21,  1957 

MRS.  J.  KLIMEK  RITES  THURSDAY  MORNING 

Mrs.  John  Klimek  of  Hankinson  passed  away  this  Thursday  morning,  Feb.  28th,  at  the  St. 
Gerard's  Hospital.   Funeral  services  will  be  held  Saturday  morning  at  9  o'clock  at  St.  Phil- 
ip's Church. 

Friends  may  call  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  Friday  afternoon  and  evening.   Rosary 
will  be  recited  at  7:30  Friday  evening. 

A  complete  obituary  will  be  published  in  next  week's  NEWS.         February  28,  1957 

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BRACKIN  FUNERAL  TO  BE  HELD  on  SATURDAY,  2  P.  M, 
Funeral  services  for  Frank  Brackin,  70,  of  Hankinson,  who  passed  away  Wednesday, 
February  27th,  at,  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  in  Breckenridge,  MN. ,  will  be  held  on  Saturday 
,  r+/\at  2  PM  from  the  Congregational  Church  here. 

•  ':;'(i^i>-"-   Visitations  at  the  Wippennan  Funeral  Home  will  be  Friday  afternoon  and  evening  and  on 
Saturday  until  the  time  of  the  service  in  the  church. 

Interment  will  be  in  the  Hillside  Cemetery  near  Hankinson.   A  complete  obituary  will 
be  published  in  next  week's  issue  of  the  Hankinson  News. 

**********  February  28,  1957 

MRS.  BEN  JONES  RITES  HELD  on  TUESDAY 
Funeral  services  were  held  on  Tuesday,  Feb.  26th,  from  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  for 
Mrs.  Ben  (Ella)  Jones.   Mrs.  Jones  passed  away  Saturday,  Feb.  23rd,  after  a  lingering  ill- 
ness of  two  years  at  the  Brentwood  Rest  Home  in  Fargo. 

She  was  the  former  Ella  Schultz,  born  Aug.  26th,  1879,  at  Kankokee,  IL.   As  a  little 
girl,  she  came  with  her  parents  to  Sargent  County,  where  she  attended  school.   In  1906  she 
was  married  to  Ben  Jones  at  Kensal,  ND.,  where  they  resided  until  they  moved  to  Geneseo 
in  1915,  where  they  farmed.   In  1921,  they  moved  to  Hankinson,  where  they  continued  farming. 

Surviving  are  two  sons,  Kenneth  of  St.  Paul,  MN. ,  and  Robert  of  Fargo.   Interment  was 
in  Hollside  Cemetery  near  Hankinson.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  had  charge  of  arrangements. 

Out  ot  town  relatives  attending  the  funeral  were:  Robert  Cordell  of  Camp  Cook,  SD. , 
Leonard  Vaplon  of  Spear  Fish,  I-TT.,  Mrs.  Elsie  Vetter  of  Cayuga,  ND.  ,  Mrs.  Clara  Kempf  and 
Gerald  Kempf  of  Cayuga,  ND.,  and  Mrs.  Evelyn  Lueck  of  Lidgerwood. 

-  Friends  from  out  of  town  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ralph  Brackin  and  Mrs.  Barney  Loss  of  Wah- 

P^^°^-  **********  February  28,  1957 

ATTEND  FUNERAL  OF  MOTHER  IN  MICHIGAN 

Mrs.  Ruby  Schutt  left  Saturday  evening  for  Cornell,  MI.,  to  attend  the  funeral  of  her 
mother,  Mrs.  Anna  Ford,  86,  who  died  Friday,  Feb.  22nd,  1957.   Mrs.  Ford  had  made  her  home 
with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Schutt,  in  Fairmount  for  several  months  last  year  and  left  last  Nov- 
ember for  her  home  in  Michigan.   The  funeral  services  were  being  held  this  week. 

**********  February  28,  1957 

MANTADOR  YOUTH  SENT  TO  BOYS'  INSTITUTION 

The  17  year  old  youth  from  Mantador,  Harold  Nepper,  who  almost  two  months  ago  admitted 
the  strangulation  slaying  of  Rosemary  Mertes,  also  of  Mantador,  entered  a  plea  of  guilty 
when  arraigned  in  district  court  in  Wahpeton  last  Friday  afternoon.    Judge  Clifford  Sch- 
neller  presided.   However,  imposition  of  the  sentence  has  been  delayed.   He  was  placed  in  a 
institution  for  boys  in  Nebraska  for  five  years.   Nepper  will  not  be  allowed  to  return  to 
Richland  County,  Judge  Schneller  ruled  Friday. 

A  Minneapolis  newspaper  described  the  institution  as  Boys  Town,  NE.    In  custody  of  an 
official  from  Boys  Town,  Nepper  left  the  Richland  County  jail  Saturday  morning  from  where 
they  went  to  Fargo  and  boarded  a  plane  for  the  destination  in  Nebraska. 

The  action  developed  swiftly  Friday  after  Judge  Schneller  waived  juvenile  jurisdiction 

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in  the  case.   Judge  Schneller  requested  the  co-operation  of  all  officials  not  to  release 
any  information  regarding  the  case  until  after  the  boy  had  arrived  at  his  destination. 
Since  he  is  a  juvenile,  this  was  to  prevent  the  newsmen  and  others  from  interfering  upon  his 
arrival  as  he  assumed  would  happen.   It  is  known  that  Judge  Schneller  was  not  satisfied  with 
the  way  the  news  was  handled  following  the  arrest  of  the  youngster. 

Nepper  had  been  held  in  the  county  jail  here  since  his  apprehension  pending  a  decision" 
by  Judge  Schneller  as  to  whether  jurisdiction  would  remain  in  a  juvenile  court  or  be  turned 
over  to  district  court.   Since  the  youth  was  only  17  years  old  at  the  time  of  the  crime, 
the  case  was  automatically  in  the  hands  of  juvenile  authorities. 

Schneller,  who  is  judge  of  both  juvenile  and  district  courts  made  his  decision  in  the 
case  after  consultation  with  States  Attorney  Norton  Hatlie,  Prosecuting  Attorney,  Wallace 
Worner,  counsel  for  the  defendant  and  others.  Here  is  the  procedure  that  developed  Friday: 

Judge  Schneller  waived  juvenile  jurisdiction. 

A  preliminary  hearing  was  held  at  11  AM.,  at  the  Sheriff's  Office  with  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  A.  N.  Amble  presiding.   The  defense  waived  Preliminary  Hearing  and  the  defendant  was 
bound  over  to  district  court. 

At  2  PM. ,  the  defendant  appeared  in  district  court  before  Judge  Schneller  in  the  court- 
house where  he  entered  a  plea  of  guilty  to  the  charge  of  second  degree  murder. 

Judge  Schneller  then  entertained  and  granted  a  motion  by  the  defense  for  the  deferment 
of  the  imposition  of  the  sentence.  The  motion  was  based  on  Section  12-5313  of  North  Dakota 
Revised  Code. 

The  court  adjourned  after  the  youth  was  placed  in  custody  of  an  official  of  the  Nebraska 
ins^titution  with  jurisdiction  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  North  Dakota  Board  of  Paroles  and 
Pardons. 

Both  hearings  vere  held  in  closed  sessions.  Besides  those  already  mentioned,  the  foll- 
owing were  present  in  district  court:  two  representatives  of  the  State  Board  of  Paroles  and 
Pardons;  the  boy's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herbert  Nepper;  Rev.  Francis  Smalley,  Supt.  of  St. 
Francis  Academy  at  Hankinson;  Mrs.  Alfred  Johnsgard,  Richland  County  Juvenile  commissioner; 
Clerk  of  the  Court  John  Peschel  and  Vincent  Bald,  court  reporter,  and  the  official  from  the 
Nebraska  institution. 

Here  is  the  law  which  permits  the  motion  calling  for  the  deferment  of  imposing  the  sent- 
ence.  Incidentally,  this  is  the  first  time  that  this  statute  has  been  used  in  this  judicial 
district. 

12-5313.   Imposition  of  sentence  suspended;  when  authorized;  When  a  defendent  has  been 
found  guilty  of  a  felony  for  the  first  time  or  when  a  defendant  has  been  foimd  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  whether  or  not  for  the  first  time,  the  court  upon  application  or  its  own  motion 
may,  in  its  discretion,  suspend  the  imposing  of  the  sentence  and  may  direct  that  such  sus- 
pension continue  for  a  definite  period  of  time,  not  exceeding  five  years,  and  upon  such  terms 
and  conditions  as  it  may  determine. 

Judge  Schneller  directed  that  the  suspension  continue  for  a  5  year  period  providing  the 
conditions  of  the  probation  be  fulfilled  and  that  the  boy  not  be  allowed  to  come  to  Richland 

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County  during  the  period.  J. 

If  the  boy  does  not  comply  with  the  conditions  of  the  probation,  he  can  be  brought 
back  and  the  sentence  imposed,  authorities  explained.   Second  degree  murder  in  North  Dakota 
is  punishable  by  10  to  30  years  in  the  state  penitentiary.      .  ;  v'     .'V' 

However,  if  he  complies  with  the  conditions  the  court  can  dismiss  the  case  and  confine 
the  records.   Section  12-53-8  of  the  N.  D.  Code  permits  this  action. 

**********  March  7,  1957 

ATTENDS  FUNERAL  in  WAHPETON  FRIDAY 

Mrs.  Joe  Gebhart,  Walter  Gebhart  and  daughters  Sharon  and  Mrs.  Gene  Hoefs,  Robert 
Gebhart  and  Harry  Gebhart  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  John  (Elizabeth)  Ambrosich  on  Friday 
March  1st,  at  Wahpeton.   Mrs.  Ambrosich  died  Tuesday  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital 

Mrs.  Ambrosich  was  a  sister  of  the  late  Joe  Gebhart  of  Fairmount. 

**********  Iferch  7,  1957 

VICTOR  EHLERS  DIES 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Victor  Ehlers  of  near  Sidney,  MT. ,  died  Friday  and  the  funeral  ser- 
vices were  held  Tuesday  of  this  week  at  Wheaton,  MN.  Victor  Ehlers  is  the  son  of  Mrs.  Alb- 
ert Ehlers  of  Wheaton,  MN. ,  who  formerly  resided  in  Fairmount. 

**********  March  7,  1957 

94  YEAR  OLD  FAIRMOUNT  MAN  DIES  MONDAY 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS ... .Martin  Sveiven,  94,  of  Fairmount,  died  at  7:40  AM.,  Monday,  March  4th, 
at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital.   He  has  been  hospitalized  since  Dec.  1st,  after  entering  for 
medical  care.  **********  March  7,  1957 

MRS.  J.  KLIMEK 

Mrs.  John  S.  Klimek  was  born  at  Millersville,  MN.,  on  Nov.  8th,  1887,  to  Martin  and 
Veronica  Pinkowski.   She  spent  her  life  there  until  Sept.  13th,  1910,  when  she  was  united 
in  marriage  to  John  S.  Klimek,  also  of  Millersville.   After  their  marriage  they  came  to 
Hankinson  where  they  have  since  resided.   To  this  union  six  children  were  bom:  Irving, 
Regina,  Mary  (deceased):  Heromina  (deceased);  Dennis  and  Frances. 

Mrs.  Klimek  passed  away  at  the  St.  Gerard  Hospital  on  Feb.  28th,  1957,  after  a  long 
illness.   Requeim  High  Mass  was  celebrated  at  9  AM.,  at  St.  Philip's  Church  at  Hankinson 
with  Msgr.  Bierens  officiating.   Burial  was  at  Calvary  Cemetery.   Pallbearers  were:  Frank 
Peitz,  John  M.  Scheller,  Killian  Zentner,  Joe  Krump,  Jerry  Hipp  and  James  Scheller. 

She  leaves  to  mourn  her  passing  her  husband,  John  and  four  children,  Irving,  Hankinson; 
Mrs.  Lester  Lower  (Regina)  of  Aberdeen,  SD.  ;  Dennis,  Hankinson;  and  Mrs.  Bob  Pechak,  (Frances) 
Pueblo,  CO.;  two  sisters,  Mrs.  Peter  Boesen,  Wahpeton  and  Mrs.  Clara  Boesen,  Millerville, 
one  brother,  Leo  Pinkowski,  Millerville,  13  grandchildren,  one  great-grandchild  and  several 
nieces  and  nephews. 

Preceding  her  in  death  were  her  parents,  one  sister  and  two  daughters. 

Out  of  town  relatives  and  friends  attending  the  funeral  Mass  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leo 
Hopfner,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clarence  Boesen,  Mrs.  Clara  Boesen  all  of  Millerville.   Mr.  Max  Klimek 
and  Irene  Klimek  of  Henning,  MN.,  Mr.  and  Mr.  Paul  Schy  of  Urbank,  1-IN.,  Mrs.  Amelia  Cichy 

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of  New  York  I'lills,  MN.  /  Mr.'and  Mrs.' Lester  Lower  of  Aberdeen,  SD.,*  Mrs.  Floyd  Wolf  and 
June  Lower  of  Minneapolis,  MN. ,  Mrl  and  Mrs.  Norbert  Wagner  of  St.  Paul,  MN. ,  Mr.  E.  C. 
Seaton  and  Mrs.  Tielie  Hauer  of  Milmot,  'SD. , '  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  Boesen,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Don- 
aid  Lloyd  of  Wahpeton,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Klimek,  of  Valley  City.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Koep- 
lin,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Busta,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Ercink,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leo  Arod  all  of 
Lidgerwood.  *  *  ********'  .  March  7,  1957 

FRANK  C.  BRACKIN 

Frank  Clinton  Brackin,  son  of  John  and  Asenath  Brackin,  was  horn  near  Prescott,  WI., 
on  Oct.  17th,  1878.  Mr.  'Brackin  passed  away  Feb,  27th,  at  the  age  of  78  years,  4  months 
and  10  days,  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  in  Breckenridge,  MN. 

At  a  very  young  age  he  moved,  with  his  parents,  to  Douglas  County,  MN. ,  near  Alexan- 
dria.  About  the  age  of  14  he  came  with  his  father  to  homestead  on  land  near  Hankinson, 
where  he  lived  and  worked  for  a  number  of  years. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brackin  were  united  in  marriage  on  Jan.  3rd,  1902.  After  their  marriage 
they  moved  to  Hankinson,  where  they  established  their  home,  and  Mr.  Brackin  worked  as  a 
mason  and  plasterer  until  a  stroke  confined  him  to  his  bed  seven  years  ago.   All  of  this 
time  he  was  unable  to  sit  up  or  leave  his  bed  at  the  hospital. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Mary;  a  son,  George  of  Lidgerwood;  two  daughters,  Mrs.  Geo- 
rge (Stella)  Biggs  of  Hankinson,  Miss  Dorothy  Brackin  of  Corvallis,  OR. ;  a  stepdaughter, 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Wolfer  of  Oklahoma  City,  OK.,  and  eight  grandchildren. 

His  wife  and  daughter,  Dorothy,  who  are  in  Corvallis,  OR.,  are  ill  and  unable  to  attend 
the  funeral.   Mr.  Brackin  also  leaves  two  brothers  and  one  sister;  Claude  Brackin  of  Guth- 
ria,  MN. ;  Ralph  Brackin  of  Wahpeton  and  a  sister  Myrtle  (Mrs.  Ervin  Trapp)  of  Fargo.   One 
sister  and  two  brothers  preceded  him  in  death,  also  a  sister  and  brother  who  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Brackin  was  baptized  and  united  with  the  Congregational  Church  in  Hankinson.   God 
in  his  mercy  claimed  him  peacefully  after  his  long  suffering. 

**********  March  7,  1957 

SERVICES  FOR  MRS.  SLETTING  OF  FAIRMOUNT  SATURDAY 

Mrs.  J.  M.  Sletting,  66,  of  Fairmount  died  Tuesday  evening,  March  12th,  at  the  St. 
Francis  Hospital  in  Breckenridge. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Saturday,  March  16th,  at  the  Methodist  Church  in  Fairmount. 

**********  March  14,  1957 

MRS.  AUG.  KUEHL  DIES  SUDDENLY  AT  SON's  HOME 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  August  Kuehl,  who  died  very  suddenly  on  Tuesday  evening, 
March  12th,  will  be  held  in  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church  of  Hankinson  on  Saturday  afternoon, 
March  16th,  at  2  PM.   Mrs.  Kuehl  had  been  at  the  home  of  her  son  Edward  in  order  to  help 
celebrate  her  granddaughter's  birthday  when  she  was  taken  ill  very  suddenly.   She  was  rushed 
to  St.  Gerard's  Hospital  but  to  no  avail. 

Esther  Bertha  Kuehl,  nee  Bladow,  was  born  Dec.  15th,  1901,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Herman  Bladow.   She  spent  all  of  her  lifetime  in  the  Hankinson  community.   She  was  a  life- 
long member  of  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church,  and  an  active  member  of  the  Ladies  Aid.   She  was 

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baptized,  confirmed  and  married  in  this' church.' 

.  She  was  united  in  Holy  Matrimony  on  Oct.  Ath,  1921,  to  August  Kuehl.   Seven  children 
three  sons  and  four' daughters  were  bom  to  this  union.   One  daughter,  Arlene,  died  in  in- 
fancy i   The  family, lived  on  the  farm  south  of  Hankinson  on  the  New  Effington  road,  until 
Mr.  and  Mrs.' Kuehl  moved  to  Hankinson  about  three  years  ago. 

Her  passing  is  mourned  by  her  sorrowing  husband,  August  H.  Kuehl,  her  sons,  Harold  and 
Edward  of  Hankinson  and  Howard  of  Lewistown,  MT. ,  her  daughters,  Bemice  (Mrs.  Armand  Tiegs) 
of  Hankinson,  Lorraine  (Mrs.  Gary  Reinke)  of  Wahpeton  and  JoAnn  (Mrs.  Charles  Ahrens)  of 
New  Effington,  SD.,  twelve  grandchildren,  her  brothers,  Edwin  and  Rudolph  of  Hankinson, 
Harry  of  Wisconsin  and  Maynard  of  So.  St.  Paul;  a  half  brother,  William  of  Hankinson,  her 
sisters,  Martha  Boldt,  Lydia  (Mrs.  Ingwald  Helseth)  and  Clara  (Mrs.  Len  McMorrow)  all  of 
So.  St.  Paul,  MN. 

Burial  will  be  in  the  Lutheran  Cemetery  at  Hankinson  with  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home 
in  charge.   Visitation  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  will  be  from  2  PM  Friday  until  time 
of  service.  **********  March  14,  1957 

FLORENCE  WETHERBEE  DIED  TUESDAY 

Mrs.  Florence  Wetherbee,  88,  of  Fairmount,  died  Tuesday  morning,  March  12th  at  the 
St.  Francis  Hospital  in  Breckenridge,  where  she  had  been  a  patient  since  Wednesday  of  last 
week. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Friday  afternoon,  March  15th,  at  2  o'clock  at  the  Meth- 
odist Church  at  Fairmount  with  Rev.  David  Knecht  officiating. 

**********  March  14,  1957 

FUNERAL  SERVICES  HELD  FRIDAY  FOR  MARTIN  SVEIVEN 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Funeral  services  were  held  Friday,  March  8th,  at  2  o'clock  at  Ver- 

tin  Funeral  Home  Chapel  in  Wahpeton  for  Martin  0.  Sveiven,  94,  of  Fairmount,  who  died  Mon- 
day, March  4th,  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  where  he  had  been  a  patient  since  Dec.  1st. 
Rev.  David  Knecht  officiated  at  the  service  and  interment  was  made  in  the  Fairmount  Cemetery. 
Pallbearers  were:  Louis  Mc  Conn,  Wilbert  Hurdelbrink,  William  Beeghley,  Ed  Campbell,  Orlando 
Dybdahl  and  Richard  Schmit,  all  of  Fairmount. 

Born  on  Nov..  11th,  1862,  in  Norway,  he  came  with  his  parents  to  the  United  States  when 
3  years  old.   The  family  settled  first  in  Dakota  County,  MN.,  but  later  homesteaded  near 
Sacred  Heart,  MN. ,  in  Renville  County.   He  spent  his  boyhood  here  and  grew  up  on  his  father's 
farm  which  was  located  just  across  the  river  from  where  Sitting  Bull,  the  Sioux  Indian  Chief 
had  his  Indian  camp. 

He  married  Hannah  Moen  in  1888  and  they  farmed  near  Sacred  Heart.   Mrs.  Sveiven  died 
in  1910.   In  1915  he  retired  from  farming  and  later  lived  in  Montana  and  Canada  before  com- 
ing to  Fairmount  in  1927.   He  had  enjoyed  good  health  until  the  past  few  years. 

Surviving  are  five  sons;  Oliver  and  John  of  Minneapolis,  Silas  of  Butte,  MT.,  Marvin 
of  Seattle  and  Joseph  of  Fairmount;  three  daughters,  Mrs.  Elida  Braun  of  Los  Angeles,  CA. ; 
Mrs.  Florence  Calloway  of  Great  Falls,  MT.,  and  Mrs.  Edward  (Ethel)  Strainer  of  Great  Falls; 
a  sister,  Mrs.  P.  Deason  of  Minneapolis;  11  grandchildren. 

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Besides  his  wife,  a  son  Hjalmer  and  a  daughter,  Mable,  preceded  him  in  death. 

Relatives  from  a  distance  attending  the  funeral  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  M.  Sveiven, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oliver  Sveiven,  all  of  Minneapolis,  Mrs.  Edward  Strainer  of  Great  Falls,  MT. , 
and  Mrs.  Florence  Calloway  of  Great  Falls,  MT.   Those  from  Fairmount  attending  were:  H.  R. . 
Swanson  and  Frank  Zatechka.        **********  torch  U,  1957 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Rosenkranz  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Emily  Caulkins  at  Wheaton, 
Th^'^sday FAIRMOUNT  NEWS *  ^  *  ^  ^  ^  ^  *  *  ^  ^^^^^  ^^^  ^957 

Among  those  attending  the  funeral  service  for  the  late  Mrs .  Emily  Caulkins  at  Wahpeton 
Thursday  afternoon  were  her  granddaughter,  Ida  Marsh,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Olaf  Anderson,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Art  Anderson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harley  Anderson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  Biggs,  Mrs.  Dan  Jones 

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and  Mrs.  T.  W.  Robey.  *****^**** 


MANTADOR  NEWS... Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jack  Poster  left  for  St.  Paul  Saturday  evening  to  attend 
the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Poster's  nephew,  Herman  Miller. 

**********  March  14,  1957 

MANTADOR  NEWS Mrs.  Wm.  Hoffman  received  a  phone  call  on  Wednesday  evening  telling 

her  of  the  sudden  death  of  her  brother's  wife,  Mrs.  Charles  Bee  of  Renville,  MN. 

**********  March  14,  1957 

DIES  SUDDENLY  at  HOME  in  ILLINOIS 

Funeral  services  were  held  for  Patricia  Ann  Ellis,  of  Maywood,  IL.,  on  Friday,  March 
8th-5  from  the  St.  Eulalias  Church  at  Maywood,  IL.   Interment  was  in  the  Queen  of  Heaven 
Cemetery. 

Patricia  Ann,  16,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Ellis,  former  residents  of  Hankinson, 
was  born  June  24th,  1941.   She  passed  away  March  5,  1957,  after  a  sudden  illness  of  only  a 
few  days. 

Patricia  Ann  was  a  sophmore  at  the  Nazareth  Academy  for  Girls  at  La  Grange  Park,  IL. 
She  was  the  oldest  child  of  a  family  of  4  brothers  and  one  sister,  namely,  Charles,  Richard, 
Lee,  Donna  Jean  and  Jeffry.  Along  with  those  who  survive  are  her  parents,  two  grandmothers, 
Mrs.  John  Cunningham  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Wilm  of  Hankinson,  her  4  brothers  and  1  sister, 
and  many  other  relatives.   Attending  the  funeral  from  this  vicinity  were  Mrs.  John  Cunning- 
ham, Mrs.  Elizabeth  Wilm,  Mrs.  Frank  Kinn,  Mrs.  Harry  Medenwaldt,  Mrs.  John  Wilm  and  Ralph 

Wilm  of  St.  Paul. 

**********  March  14,  1957 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  Bohn,  accompanied  by  Mrs.  Martha  Bohn  motored 

to  Doran,  MN.,  Thursday  to  attend  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Aasness,  mother  of  Ninerd  Aasness. 

**********  March  21,  1957 

SERVICES  HELD  SATURDAY  FOR  MRS.  J.  M.  SLETTING 
(The  obit  is  on  the  curve  of  a  bound  book  and  cannot  be  completely  read)   Portions 
that  can  be  read  indicate  that  Mrs.  "Minnie"  Sletting  was  66  years  of  age  at  the  time  of 
her  death   Her  funeral  was  held  on  March  16th,  1957.   Interment  was  in  the  Fairmount  Cemetery. 

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Mrs.  Slettlng  was  bom  on  Jan.  19th,  1891,  in  Abercrombie  Township.   She  was  the  dau- 
ghter of  Mr.  and  Mrs Jacobson.   She  was  baptized  and  confirmed  in  the  Bethany  (?) 

Lutheran  Church.   She  married  Julian  M.  Sletting  on  March  22nd,  1913  at  Wahpeton.   They 
resided  at  Fairmount  for  5  years  before  moving  to  Grenville,  SD. ,  where  they  lived  until 
1926.   They  then  returned  to  Fairmount. 

She  is  survived  by  her  husband,  a  son  Elmer  at  Aberdeen,  SD. ;  five  daughters,  Mrs. 
(Adeline)  Slocum,  Moorhead,  MN. ;  Mrs.  R.  D.  (Jean)  ..Igner  of  Aberdeen,  SD. ;  Mrs.  Norman 

(Edythe)  of  Indianapolis,  IN.;  Mrs (Dorothy  Kuehn)  of and  Mrs.  Earl  (Bette) 

of  Wahpeton;  and  12  grandchildren.   She  also  leaves  in  her  passing;  nine  brothers  and 

sisters  and  her  mother,  Mrs Jacobson  of  Christine.   The  brothers  are:  Elmer  Theodore 

Jacobson  of  Wahpeton,  John  of  Los  Angeles,  CA. ,  and  Alvin  of  Grayland,  ....and  Kenneth  of 

Kent The  sisters  are  Mrs.  Ted  Christine,  ND.,  Mrs.  ..elge  of  Wheaton,  MN., 

and  Mrs.  E.  Farup  of  Barney. 

**********  March  21,  1957 

FUNERAL  SERVICES  HELD  FRIDAY  FOR  FLORENCE  WETHERBEE,  88 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Friday  afternoon,  March  15th,  at  2  o'clock  at  the  Metho- 
dist Church  for  Mrs.  Florence  Wetherbee  of  Fairmount.   The  Rev.  Knecht  officiated  at  the 
service.   Burial  was  at  the  Fairmount  Cemetery.   Pallbearers  were:  H.  R.  Swanson,  R.  C. 
Anderson,  Roy  Branson,  Marvin  Thompson,  C.  F.  Templeton  and  Earl  Waite.  Mrs.  Wetherbee 
had  been  ill  for  the  past  two  years  and  passed  away  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  Tuesday 
morning,  March  12th. 

Mrs.  Wetherbee  was  the  daughter  of  Mary  and  Robert  Stanley.   Bom  on  Dec.  9th,  1868, 
at  irie,  PA.,  and  came  with  her  parents  to  Battle  Lake,  MN. ,  where  she  attended  school. 
She  taught  school  in  the  Fairmount  area  for  a  time  and  was  married  Sept.  18th,  1889  to 
Homer  F.  Wetherbee.   They  made  their  home  south  of  Fairmount  until  Mr.  Wetherbee 's  death 
in  1918.   She  moved  into  Fairmount  where  she  resided  until  her  death.   She  was  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Church,  Women's  Society  of  Christian  Service,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star,  and 
for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Rebekah  Lodge. 

She  is  survived  by  five  sons,  Donald  and  Lester  of  Fairmount,  Stanley  of  Waupaca,  WI., 
Max  of  Antioch,  IL.,  and  Clarence  of  Rosholt,  SD. ,  a  sister,  Mrs.  Emma  L.  Crooks  of  Modesto 
CA. ,  10  grandchildren,  11  great-grandchildren  and  2  great-great-grandchildren. 

**********  March  21,  1957 

PETER  J.  BISEK  DIES  AT  ROCHESTER 

Peter  Besik  of  New  Effington,  died  at  a  Rochester,  MN.  ,  hospital  on  Wednesday.   Funeral 
services  will  be  at  New  Effington. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  on  Saturday  morning  at  10:45  at  the  Sacred  Heart  Church 
at  New  Effington,  SD. 

Rosary  will  be  said  at  9  PM. ,  Friday  at  the  church.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  is  in 


charge  of  the  arrangements.        ********** 


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March  28,  1957 


ALVINA  KINN  RITES. SATURDAY    . 

Death  called  a  pioneer  woman  Wednesday  morning,  Mar.  27th,  with  the  passing  of  Mrs. 
Alvina  Kinn,  who  had  been  seriously  ill  for  the  past  three  months'. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  from  the  St.  Philip's  Church  at  9  AM.,  Saturday,  Rt.  Rev.- 
Monsignor  G.  C.  Bierens  celebrating  the  funeral  mass.  Burial  will  be  in  Calvary  Cemetery 
in  Hankinson. 

Alvina  Erb  was  born  January  3rd,  1880,  at  North  Beaver  Creek,  WI.   She  moved  with  her 
family  to  North  Dakota  in  1883.  On  April  25,  1898  she  was  married  to  Mathew  Kinn  at  the 
St.  Joseph  Church  that  was  then  located  southwest  of  Great  Bend.   They  had  farmed  for  45 
years  in  Waldo  Township,  moving  to  Hankinson  in  1943.  Mr.  Kinn  passed  away  a  few  days  af 
after  moving  to  town  due  to  a  farm  accident. 

She  is  survived  by  two  sons,  Math  of  Hankinson,  Frank  of  Fairmount  and  one  daughter, 
Mrs.  John  (Mae)  Smith  of  Hankinson.   Also  brothers  and  sisters,  Henry,  Adolph,  Minnie  Goltz 
of  Hankinson;  Lillian  Sampson  and  Klars  of  Adrian,  MI.;  Rose  Squires,  Williamson,  MI.,  Ida 
Brickner,  Chesterton,  IN.,  Leonard  Sunnyside,  WA. ;  Wm.  Spokane,  WA. ;  Louis  of  Brampton,  ND. 
and  Charles  of  Dillon,  MT.   Five  brothers  and  sisters  preceded  her  in  death,  namely;  Alfred 
Albert,  Ella,  Leona  and  Manda. 

Visitation  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  will  be  Friday  afternoon  and  evening,  with 
Rosary  at  8:15  PM. ,  Friday,'       ^^^^j^jt*****  March  28,  1957 

MRS.  HERMES,  30  DIES  SUNDAY 

Mrs.  Francis  (Jean)  Hermes,  30,  lifelong  resident  of  this  vicinity,  died  of  a  chronic 
respiratory  ailment  Sunday  after  a  brief  illness . 

"Requiem  Mass  was  at  9  AM. ,  Wednesday  in  St.  Philip's  Catholic  Church,  Hankinson,  the 
Rt.  Rev.  Msgr.  G.  C.  Bierens  officiating  and  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  in  charge. 

Born  June  29th,  1926,  Mrs.  Hermes  was  educated  in  the  Hankinson  schools.   Besides  her 

husband  she  leaves  three  children,  Cyndia,  Nancy  and  Thomas;  her  mother  and  stepfather,  Mr. 

and  Mrs.  Frank  Bommersbach;  five  brothers,  Jerry  Hipp,  Hankinson;  John  of  Mc  Cluskey,  ND. , 

Jacob  of  Minneapolis;  W.  J.  Hipp,  Evansville,  IN.;  and  J.  A.  Hipp,  Racine,  WI.,  and  four 

sisters,  Mrs.  Rupert  Goerger,  Wyndmere;  Mrs.  Ray  Mitchell,  Great  Bend;  Mrs.  Lawrence  Haeger, 

Lidgerwood  and  Mrs.  Charles  Mauer,  Milwaukee,  WI. 

**********  March  28,  1957 

GREENDALE  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Muehler,  Gust,  Bill  and  Adolph  Muehler  and  Mr. 

and  Mrs.  Clemens  Buck,  Mrs.  Mary  Sander  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  August  Medenwaldt  attended  the 
funeral  Saturday  at  Garfield,  MN.,  of  their  uncle,  Frank  Ziegelmann. 

,**********  March  28,  1957 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS Funeral  services  for  Mr.  Frank  W.  Ziegelmann,  who  died  Wednesday, 

March  20th,  at  the  Douglas  County  Hospital,  where  he  was  a  patient  over  five  months,  were 
held  in  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church,  Garfield,  MN. ,  at  2  o'clock  Saturday  afternoon.   Mr. 
Ziegelman  had  a  stroke  in  Oct.  of  1956  and  was  confined  at  his  home  for  several  weeks,  when 
his  condition  got  worse,  he  was  taken  to  the  Douglas  County  Hospital. 

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Mr.  Ziegelmah  was  boiriT  DecV':llth,'-*1871,  in  Germany  .With  his  parents'he  came  to 
Wisconsin  in  infancy.  When  he  was  7  years  old  they  moved  to  North  Dakota,  where  he  was 
confirmed  and  was  a  life  long  member  of  the  Lutheran  Church.   He  was  united  in  marriage  in 
Nov.  of  1896  to  Emma  Breiiske,   Thirteen  children,  nine  sons  and  four  daughters  were  born 
to  this  union.   They  lived  in'  this  vicinity  about  six  years  then  moved  to  Garfield,  MN. , 
where  they  made  their  home  on  a  farm.  ■  His  wife  passed  away  on  Oct.  20th,  1945.  His  passing 
is  mourned  by  his  children:  Rudolph  of  Leaf  Valley,  MN.;  Bill,  Melvin,  Olaf  and  Clarence  of 
Alexandria;  Herbert  of  Garfield,  MN. ;  Harry,  Elmer  and  George  at  home.   (Sophia)  Mrs.  Walter 
Nack,  Alexandria;  (Irene)  Mrs.  Henry  Betterman,  Garfield;  (Linda)  Mrs.  Rudolph  Medenwald  of 
Alexandria;  (Hermina)  Mrs.  Otto  Giese  of  Osakis,  MN.  A  host  of  grandchildren  and  great- 
grandchildren.  Three  brothers,  Fred  Ziegelmann  of  Garfield;  August  and  Adolph  Ziegelmann  of 
Great  Bend;  two  sisters;  (Minnie)  Mrs.  Fred  Passenheim,  Huron;  (Emma)  Mrs.  Frank  U.  Martin, 
Fergus  Falls,  MN;  three  sisters  and  three  brothers  preceded  him  in  death. 

He  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  Lutheran  Cemetery  beside  his  wife  near  Garfield.   Clergyman 
was  Rev.  L.  A.  Buuck.   Pallbearers  were  six  grandsons,  Gilbert,  Arthur  and  Ralph  Ziegelmann, 
Kenneth  Betterman,  Harold  Nack,  Emil  Nack.  Arrangements  were  in  charge  of  the  Anderson 
Funeral  Home. 

Those  attending  from  Great  Bend  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adolph  Ziegelmann,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Aug- 
ust Ziegelmann,  Velma  Remore,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ewald  Bohn,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Marvin  Ziegelman,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Roy  Ziegelman,  Adela  Ziegelman,  Raymond  Ziegelman,  Mrs.  Melvin  Fenske  and  Lynn, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Krueger,  Ewald  and  Elfrieda  Hingst,  Howard  Ziegelman,  Milton  Ziegelman, 
Mrs.  Leonard  Prochnow,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  H.  Bohn,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clarence  Prochnow  and  Alfred, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clemens  Buck,  John  Muehler,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lester  Buck,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jerry  Med- 
enwaldt,  Mary  Sanders,  Mrs.  F.  Martin,  Gust  and  Bill  Muehler  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Passenheim. 

**********  March  28,  1957 

SISTER  OF  FAIRMOUNT  MAN  DIED  SUNDAY 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ben  Engebretson  received  word  Sunday  that  his  sister,  Mrs.  Mathilda  Dahl, 
87,  of  Watertown,  SD. ,  died  Sunday,  March  24th.   Ben  Engebretson  left  Monday  for  Watertown 
to  attend  her  funeral.   Mr.  Engebretson  had  spent  Wednesday  and  Thursday  of  last  week  visit- 
ing his  sister,  Mrs.  Dahl,  at  the  hospital  at  Watertown. 

**********  March  28,  1957 

MRS.  F.  HERMES 

The  Requiem  Mass  for  Mrs.  Francis  (Jean)  Hermes,  30,  was  held  at  9  AM.,  Wednesday,  Mar- 
ch 27th  ,  at  St.  Philips  Catholic  Church  in  Hankinson,  with  the  Rt .  Rev.  G.  C.  Bierens  off- 
iciating.  Fr.  Peschel  of  Casselton  was  at  the  altar,  too.   Rosary  and  prayers  were  led  by 
Fr.  Neal  Kapoun  and  Fr.  Peschel  on  Tuesday  evening  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home. 

Jean  Hipp  attended  the  St.  Francis  Academy  in  Hankinson.  After  graduation,  she  entered 
nurse's  training  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  in  Breckenridge.  She  was  forced  to  give  up  her 
training  after  eight  months  because  of  ill  health.   She  was  then  employed  in  Scheller's  Store. 

On  January  9th,  1946,  she  was  married  to  Francis  Hermes  and  to  this  union  three  children 
were  born:  Cynthia,  Nancy  and  Thomas. 

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She  was  an  active  member  of  the  Visitation  Court  No.  931,  Hankinson,  the  Tabernacle 
Guild,  Circle  6,  and  the  Autumn  Leaf  Homemakers  Club. 

She  leaves  to  mourn  her  untimely  death,  her  husband  and  three  children,  her  mother  and 
stepfather,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Bommersbach,  Sr.,  five  brothers:  Jerry  Hipp,  Hankinson;  Jos- 
eph, of  Racine,  WI.;  John  of  Mc  Clusky,  ND. ;  Jacob  of  Minneapolis  and  Wendelin  of  Evans- 
ville,  IN.;  four  sisters:  Mrs.  Ray  Mitchell  (Catherine),  Great  Bend;  Mrs.  Rupert  Goerger 
(Rose)  Wyndmere;  Mrs.  Lawrence  Heger  (Mary)  Lidgerwood  and  Mrs.  Charles  Mauer  (Frances)  Mil- 
waukee, WI.   Her  father,  Adam  Hipp,  preceded  her  in  death  in  1937. 

All  the  brothers  and  sisters  were  able  to  be  present  for  the  funeral  except  Joseph.  He 
became  seriously  ill  on  the  way  home  and  was  forced  to  remain  in  a  St.  Paul  hospital. 

Out  of  town  relatives  and  friends  attending  the  funeral  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carl  Hermes, 
Cyril  and  Clifford,  Miss  Donna  Krump,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mark  Hermes,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Fried- 
erichs,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Peschel,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  P.  A.  Peschel,  Mrs.  Lydia  Hermes  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Jake  Roth,  all  of  Wahpeton. 

Other  out  of  town  people  attending  were:  Fr.  Anthony  Peschel,  Casselton;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
John  Hermes,  Fergus  Falls;  Mrs.  Carl  Robbins,  Fargo;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ray  Reinke,  Moorhead;  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Paul  Schummer,  Sturgis,  SD. ;  Eugene,  Kenneth  and  Shirley  Hipp,  Evansville,  IN.; 
Johnny,  Jackie,  Mary  and  Sally  Hipp,  Mc  Clusky,  ND. ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Roth,  Hammer,  SD. ; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alvin  Ahders,  Rock  Rapids,  lA. ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ally  Zwack,  Wadena,  MN.,  and  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Ed  Goerger,  Barney,  ND. 

**********  April  A,  1957 

PIONEER  TAILOR  DIES  SATURDAY 
-  A  pioneer  Hankinson  businessman  was  laid  to  rest  in  Hillside  Cemetery  Tuesday  after- 
noon after  funeral  services  were  held  at  the  Union  Congregational  Church  in  Hankinson. 
The  Rev.  Frank  Hirons ,  pastor,  conducted  the  services. 

Magnus  Granell  passed  away  Saturday  evening  at  St.  Gerard's  Hospital  after  having  enter- 
ed the  hospital  less  than  a  week  previous.  He  was  72  years  old. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Granell  had  spent  the  winter  in  Florida,  going  there  shortly  before  Christ- 
mas last  year.  On  their  return  home,  Mr.  Granell  stopped  off  at  Hot  Springs,  MO.,  for  treat- 
ments.  It  was  shortly  after  his  return  home  that  Mr.  Granell  became  ill. 

Mr.  Granell  was  bom  in  Sweden,  Feb.  5th,  1885.   At  the  age  of  nine  he  went  to  Berlin, 
Germany,  where  he  learned  the  tailoring  business.   In  1904,  he  came  to  America  where  he  mar- 
ried Esther  Wiitikko  of  Kotka,  Finland.   They  were  wed  in  New  York  City  on  Oct.  7th,  1906, 
at  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church  there.   Shortly  after  they  moved  to  Springfield,  MA., 
where  they  lived  until  1912  when  they  moved  to  Fargo.   They  came  to  Hankinson  in  June  of 
1913,  and  have  resided  here  ever  since,  engaging  in  the  tailoring  and  dry  cleaning  business. 

The  late  Mr.  Granell  was  active  in  church  and  Masonic  Lodge.  He  served  in  the  several 
offices  of  the  lodge  and  was  master  in  1921.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  son,  Edward  of 
California,  two  grandchildren  and  one  great-grandchild. 

The  graveside  rites  were  conducted  by  the  Hankinson  Masonic  Lodge.  Out  of  town  Masons 
attending  the  services  were  John  Barner,  Deputy  Grand  Master;  H.  R.  Swanson,  Deputy  Grand 

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Lecturer;  and  Ralph  Mc  Conn,  all  of  the  Fairmount  Lodge;  Alfred  Biggs  of  the  White  Rock,     , 
SD.,  Masonic  Lodge. 

In  respect  to  the  memory  of  the  deceased,  all  business  places  here  closed  during  the 
service.  **********  April  11,  1957 

MOTHER  of  FORMER  FAIRMOUNT  WOMAN  DIED 

Mrs.  Stephen  (Sophie)  Rorvig,  of  Binford,  ND.,  died  recently  in  a  Cooperstown  hospital. 

Funeral  services  were  held  in  the  Trinity  Lutheran  Church  at  Binford.  Mrs.  Rorvig  is 
a  sister  of  Mrs.  Ida  Hoffman  of  Em....,  Kansas  and  formerly  of  Fairmount.  She  had  visited 
on  different  occasions  at  the  Hoffman  home  in  Fairmount. 

**********  April  11,  1957 

LUTHERAN  TEACHER  PASSES  AWAY  at  ALEXANDRIA 

Funeral  services  are  being  held  today  at  2  PM. ,  (Thursday,  April  18th)  at  Zion  Lutheran 
Church  in  Alexandria,  MN. ,  for  William  Melchert,  Minister  of  Education  of  the  Lutheran 
Day  School  in  Hankinson  since  1945.  Mr.  Melchert  passed  away  at  Douglas  County  Hospital  in 
Alexandria,  MN.,  Sunday  evening,  April  14th,  after  a  lingering  illness.   He  was  suffering 
from  cancer  of  the  bone.   Mr.  Melchert  was  65  years  old. 

The  late  Mr.  Melchert  was  bom  Dec.  1st,  1891,  at  Faribault,  MN. ,  and  was  a  graduate 
of  Addison  Teachers  College  of  Illinois  in  1912.  He  taught  school  in  Alexandria,  MN.,  for 
33  years,  coming  to  Hankinson  to  teach  when  the  Lutheran  Day  School  was  established  in  1945. 

Although  he  had  not  been  feeling  well  for  some  time,  Mr.  Melchert  resigned  his  posit- 
ion at  the  school  on  Jan.  12th.  He  was  confined  to  bed  at  his  home  for  several  weeks.  He 
was  taken  to  Alexandria  about  two  weeks  ago. 

-  He  was  wed  to  Alma  Steinhorst  and  to  this  union  three  daughters  and  a  son  were  born. 
They  are:  Elna,  who  passed  away  last  October,  Mrs.  Gene  Boldt  (Eleanor)  of  Duluth,  MN.; 
Mrs.  Virgil  Plaster  (Arlene)  of  Alexandria,  MN.;  and  Arnim,  recently  ordained  pastor,  now 
serving  a  parish  at  Malta,  MT.   Besides  his  wife  and  children,  5  grandchildren  also  survive. 

Rev.  G.  C.  Michael,  pastor  of  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church  in  Hankinson,  will  deliver 
the  funeral  sermon  in  Alexandra.   Rev.  Hill,  pastor  of  the  Alexandria  Church,  will  have 


charge  of  the  service.  ****^**^^^ 


April  18,  1957 


MANTADOR  NE:WS....Ann  Blonigan  passed  away  at  Wimbledon,  ND. ,  on  Friday.   Funeral  ser- 
vices will  be  held  at  Mantador  on  Tuesday  morning  with  interment  at  Calvary  Cemetery.   Miss 
Blonigan  has  been  Fr.  Thiel's  housekeeper  since  he  was  ordained. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joe  Blonigan  of  Douglas,  and  Rev.  Fr.  Thiel  of  Wimbledon  came  on  Sunday 
to  attend  the  funeral  services  for  Ann  Blonigan. 

.**********  April  18,  1957 

W.  E.  MELCHERT 

William  E.  Melchert  was  born  in  Morristown,  MN.,  on  Dec.  1st,  1891,  the  son  of  Emil 
Melchert  and  Henrietta  Pooch.   He  grew  to  manhood  in  this  community  and  attended,  for  two 
years,  the  high  school  in  Faribault,  MN. ,  and  two  years  at  the  Concordia  College  in  St. 
Paul.   For  four  years  he  attended  the  Addison  Normal  School  in  Addison,  XL.,  and  graduated 

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in  1912,  after  which  time  he  came  to  Alexandria  where 'he*taught  in  the  Zion  Lutheran  School. 

On  March  3rd,  1916,  he  was  united  in'marriage  to'Alma  .Steinhorstj;at  the  Zion  Lutheran 
Church  in  Alexandria.   In  August  of  1945, ■■.thiey  moved  to  ^Hankinson,  ^ND. ,  where  Mr.  Melchert 
taught  school  in  the  Immanuel  Lutheran^ School  until  Christmas  of  last  year  when  he  became 
ill.   Last  month  he  entered  the  Douglas  County  Hospital "in  Alexandria  where  he  passed  away 
Sunday  evening,  April  14th,  at  the  age  of  65  years,  4  months  and  13  days. 

Mr.  Melchert  had  been  an  active  member  of  both  the  Zion  Lutheran  Church  of  Alexandria 
and  of  the  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church  of  Hankinson  in  which  he  had  served  as  Secretary  of  the 
Board,  Choir  Director,  Organist  and  he  taught  Bible  School  and  Sunday  School;  and  also  was 
active  in  civic  affairs. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife.  Alma;  one  son,  Rev.  Arnim  Melcher  of  Malta,  MX.;  two  daugh- 
ters, (Eleanor)  Mrs.  Gene  Boldt  of  Duluth,  MN. ,  and  (Arlene)  Mrs.  Virgil  Plaster  of  Alex- 
andria; and  five  grandchildren. 

Also  surviving  are  four  brothers  and  four  sisters;  Leo  Melchert  of  Morristown,  MN. ; 
Walter  Melchert  of  Springfield,  MN. ;  Herbert  Melchert  of  Park  Rapids,  MN.;  Emil  Melchert 
of  Faribault,  MN. ;  (Lydia)  Mrs.  Martin  Olson  of  Story  City,  lA. ;  (Alma)  Mrs.  Rueben  Martin- 
son of  Milwaukee,  WI.;  (Esther)  Mrs.  Gilbert  Hanson  of  Faribault  and  (Magdalene)  Mrs.  Hil- 
bert  Kaeding  of  Milwaukee. 

He  was  preceded  in  death  by  his  parents;  two  brothers,  one  passing  away  in  infancy; 
and  one  daughter,  Elna  Melchert  who  passed  away  in  1956. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Thursday,  April  18th,  1957,  at  1:30  PM. ,  from  the  Ander- 
son Funeral  Home  and  at  2  PM. ,  from  the  Zion  Lutheran  Church  in  Alexandria.   Rev.  K.  K. 
Hi-11  of  Alexandria  and  Rev.  G.  C.  Michael  of  Hankinson,  ND. ,  officiated. 

The  choir  sang  "Jesus  Grants  Me  Hope  and  Comfort"  and  the  congregation  sang  the  hymns 
"Oh  How  Blest  Are  Ye  Whose  Toil  is  Ended"  and  "This  Body  in  the  Grave  We  Lay"  accompanied 
by  Mrs.  Eugene  Voll. 

Pallbearers  were  Walter  Roth,  William  Roth,  Arthur  Roth,  George  Brueske,  Fred  Kuehl, 
Walter  Nack,  Alexandria.  *^*^******  ^p^.^^^  25,  1957 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jack  Place  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Art  Marohl  attended  the  funeral  at  Claire 
City,  SD.,  Saturday  for  Mrs.  Reuben  Twite.  Mrs.  Twite  was  the  former  Myrtle  Brandel  and 
had  been  an  invalid  for  eight  years.   She  is  survived  by  her  husband  and  two  sons. 

**********  April  25,  1957 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gilbert  Hoefs  and  Mrs.  Gust  Foeltz  attended  the  funeral 

Saturday  afternoon  at  Claire  City,  SD.  ,  for  their  cousin,  Mrs.  Rueben  Twite,  61,  who  died 
on  Tuesday,  April  16th.  '  **********  April  25,  1957 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elden  Thiele,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Willert  Manske,  Mrs.  Hilda 

Manske,  left  Thursday  morning  for  Wabena,  WI.,  to  attend  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Edward  Manske 
who  passed  away  at  9:45  AM.,  on  Tuesday.   The  funeral  was  held  Saturday  morning.   Edward 
Manske  is  a  brother-in-law  of  Mrs.  Hilda  Manske,  and  an  uncle  of  Willert  Manske  and  Mrs. 
Thiele.   They  returned  home  Sunday  night.  May  2,  1957 

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MANTADOR  tTEWS. . /:Mr;' and  Mrs;' Matt  Reiland  att      funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Emil 
Huse  at  Mooreton  on  Thursday.      ji;  *********  May  2,  1957 

FORMER  RESIDENT  KILLED  IN  AIRPLANE  CRASH 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chas.  Thompson  received  word  on  Monday  of  this  week  that  Daryl  L.  Rattunde, 
27,  of  Necedah,  WI.,  was  killed  in  an  airplane  crash  on  April  9th,  at  Ft.  Worth,]  TX.   Funer- 
al services  were  held  on  Palm  Sunday,  April  14th  at  the  Methodist  Church  at  Necedah,  WI., 
with  Military  rites.  He  is  survived  by  his  mother,  Mrs.  Pearl  Rattunde,  the  former  Pearl 

Thompson,  and  brothers.   Daryl  Rattunde  had  served  four  years  in  the  military  and  was 

taking  flying  instructions  at  Texas. 

**********  May  2,  1957 

FUNERAL  SERVICES  HELD  AT  FAIRMOUNT  FOR  CHARLES  LEROY  ROBISON 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Saturday,  April  27th,  at  the  Methodist  Church  at  Fairmount 
for  Charles  LeRoy  Robison,  78,  long  time  resident  of  North  Dakota  who  died  Tuesday  morning, 
at  the  hospital  at  Moose  Lake,  MN.,  where  he  had  been  in  ill  health  for  the  past  year.   Rev. 
David  Knecht  officiated  at  the  service  and  the  Rannery  Funeral  Home  of  Wheaton  was  in  charge 
of  the  arrangements.   Interment  was  made  in  the  Graceland  Cemetery  at  White  Rock,  SD. 

Musical  selections  by  Mrs.  Earl  Schouweiler  and  Mrs.  Gordon  Williams  included  "Abide 
With  Me."  and  "Rock  of  Ages,"  and  a  vocal  solo  "Crossing  the  Bar"  by  Mrs.  Gordon  Williams. 
Mrs.  John  Earner  was  the  organist. 

Active  pallbearers  were:  Clarence  Swanson,  Donald  Wetherbee,  Harley  Swanson,  Bill  Hur- 
delbrink,  Raymond  Anderson  and  Gordon  Williams,  all  fellow  Masons.   Honorary  pallbearers 
were:  James  Clarey,  Math  Meyer,  F.  P.  Nelson,  Ralph  Bonnie,  Ray  Taylor,  Hans  Astrup  and 
Clarence  Kutzer. 

C.  L.  (Roy)  Robison  was  bom  June  23rd,  1878  at  Lake  Crystal,  MN. ,  where  he  attended 
school  and  grew  to  manhood.   In  1900  he  moved  with  his  parents  to  this  community.   On  June 
14th,  1905,  he  married  Elsie  Kreitlow  at  Wahpeton.   They  resided  five  miles  south  of  Fair- 
mount  where  Mr.  Robison  operated  the  elevator  at  Blackmer  for  45  years.   They  resided  in 
Wheaton,  MN.,  a  short  time  before  moving  into  Fairmount  in  1951.   His  wife  Elsie^ passed 
away  in  April  of  1952  and  a  daughter  Mary  died  at  the  age  of  two  years. 

He  is  survived  by  two  sons  and  three  daughters  and  they  are:  Jack  Robison  of  Wheaton 
and  Arthur  Robison  of  Bridgeport,  WA. ,  Mrs.  Walter  (Ardis)  Wolk  of  Omak,  WA.,  Mrs.  Arnold 
(Angle)  Rundgren  of  Bamum,  MN. ,  and  Audrey  Crawford  of  St.  Cloud,  MN.   Other  survivors  in- 
clude a  sister,  Mrs.  Wade  Williams  and  a  brother,  Frank  Robison  both  of  Fairmount  and  five 
grandchildren.   He  was  preceded  in  death  by  his  wife,  Elsie  in  1952  and  daughter  Mary. 

Those  from  a  distance  attending  the  funeral  were  Herman  Kreitlow,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry 
Kreitlow  and  daughter  of  Montrose,  MN.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joe  Duffing,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jack  Duffing 
and  Mrs.  Earl  Bangle,  all  of  Wheaton,  MN. 

**********  ^jay  2   1957 

FORMER  RESIDENT  DIES 
Word  has  been  received  that  Burnett  Busher  died  unexpectedly  on  Saturday,  April  27th, 


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at  San  Diego,  CA.   He  was  the  son  of  the  late,  Mrs.  Kate  Busher  who  were  former  residents 
of  Fairmount.  **********  j^y  2,  1957 

Mrs.  Albert  Bladow  and  Magdalen  Lafrenz  attended  the  funeral  of  their  uncle,  Ervin 
Prebble  at  Rutland  Wednesday  afternoon. 

**********  jjgy  9   1957 

FUNERAL  HELD  for  F.  W.  MOSEY  of  FAIRMOUNT 
(This  article  is  printed  on  the  curve  of  a  bound  book.)   Funeral  services  were  held  at 
10  o'clock  on  Friday  morning.  May  3rd,  at  St.  John's  Catholic  Church  at  Rosholt,  SD. 

Mr.  Mosey,  56,  of  Fairmount,  died  Tuesday  evening,  Apr.  30th,  at  the  Veterans  Hospital 

at He  was  a  veteran  of  World  War  II. 

Francis  W.  Mosey,  56,  of  Fairmount,  was  bom,  Nov.  23rd,  1901  at  Veblen,  SD.   He  was 

survived  by  his  wife  and  a  son  Paul  F. ,  of  Fairmount  and  four  stepsons (last  name  is 

Van  Kemp en ) .   His  mother  and  other  relatives  survived  also. 

**********  j^y  g   1957 

ATTENDS  sister's  FUNERAL 
Mike  Schmit  and  son,  Michael,  Mrs.  Herman  Olig,  Nick  Schmit  and  Math  Schmit  of  Fairmount 
attended  the  funeral  Friday,  April  26th,  of  their  sister,  Mrs.  Anna  Theis,  78,  at  Rockville, 
MN.   She  died  on  Tuesday,  April  23rd. 

**********  {,j3y  9   1957 

DIES  SUDDENLY 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Sinner  had  received  word  that  his  youngest  brother.  Dr.  B.  L.  Sinner 

47,  of  St.  Louis,  MO.,  died  suddenly  of  a  heart  attack  recently.   His  funeral  was  held  on 

April  23rd,  1957,  at  St.  Louis. 

**********  j,l3y  9   1957 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS.,.. Mrs.  Waif red  Larson  accompanied  relatives  of  Fargo  and  Moorhead  to 
Windygates,  Manitoba,  Canada,  on  Thursday  and  Friday  where  they  attended  the  funeral  of 
Mrs.  Larson's  aunt,  Mrs.  Julius  Grettum. 

**********  I^ay  9   1957 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  E.  Maethner  returned  home  Wednesday  after  being 

gone  since  Saturday  where  they  attended  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Maethner 's  cousin,  Frank  Maeth- 
ner at  Chicago,  IL.  ********  ^t  ^  May  16,  1957 

CARL  TRITTIN  RITES  HELD  WEDNESDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Carl  Trittin,  84,  of  Great  Bend,  ND. ,  who  passed  away  on  Monday, 
May  20th,  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital,  was  held  Wednesday  at  1:15  C.S.T.  from  the  Wipperman 
Funeral  Home  and  at  2  PM.,  C.S.T. 'from  the  Trinity  Lutheran  Church  at  Great  Bend  with  Rev. 
Richard  Tuescher  conducting  the  services. 

Carl  Trittin  was  born  in  Pommeranen,  Germany,  Sept.  1st,  1872.,  the  son  of  Frederick 
and  Wilhelmina  Trittin.   At  the  age  of  nineteem  he  came  to  America,  coming  to  Mooreton,  ND. , 
where  he  worked  as  a  blacksmith.  Two  years  later  he  moved  to  Great  Bend,  where  he  has  since 
resided  and  practiced  the  blacksmith  trade. 

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In  1895,  he  was  married  to  Minnie  Rossow.  Mr.  Trittln  became  ill  in' March  and  was 'In  ^^? 
the  hospital  since  March  7,  1957. 

Surviving  are  his  wife,  Minnie,  one  daughter,  Mrs.  Irene  Marks,  Wahpeton;  one  son, Fred 
Trittin  of  Great  Bend,  a  son  Erick  passed  away  in  1925.   Two  sisters,  Anna,  Mrs.  Albert  '  ■  '.. 
Grohnke,  Lidgerwood;  Bertha,  Mrs.  Wm.  Kath,  Davenport,  lA. ;  2  brothers,  Robert  Trittin' of  .('ii 
Lidgerwood;  Otto  Trittin  of  Claire  City,  SD.  A  brother,  Albert  Trittin  passed  away  in  1950  ' 
and  7  grandchildren  and  4  great-grandchildren. 

Interment  was  in  Trinity  Lutheran  Cemetery,  Great  Bend,  ND.   The  Wipperman  Funeral 
Home  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  May  23,  1957 

MRS.  WITT  RITES  at  BERTHA  SATURDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Ernest  Witt  of  Bertha,  MN. ,  sister  of  Mrs.  Minnie  Witt  of 
Hankinson,  will  be  held  Saturday  at  Bertha. 

Mrs.  Witt  passed  away  Wednesday  at  Bertha. 

**********  May  23,  1957 

ARTHUR  LEWIS  FUNERAL  FRIDAY  at  ST.  PHILIPS 

The  community  was  shocked  and  saddened  Wednesday  morning  to  learn  of  the  sudden  pass- 
ing of  Arthur  C.  Lewis  of  Hankinson  at  St.  Gerard's  Hospital  where  he  had  been  admitted 
only  the  day  before.   He  had  been  confined  to  his  home  about  a  week  prior  to  being  taken 
to  the  hospital. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Friday  morning  from  St.  Philips  Church  here  at  9  AM., 
with  Father  Francis  Smalley  celebrating  the  funeral  mass.   Rosary  will  be  recited  at  7:30 
PM. ,  on  Thursday  evening  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home.   Burial  will  be  at  10  AM.,  Monday, 
May  27th,  at  Fort  Snelling  National  Cemetery,  St.  Paul,  MN. 

In  respect  to  the  memory  of  the  late  Mr.  Lewis,  all  Hankinson  business  places  will 
close  during  the  hour  of  the  funeral,  9  AM  to  10  AM. 

Arthur  C.  Lewis  was  born  on  May  23rd,  1912,  at  Moorhead,  MN. ,  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Arthur  R.  Lewis.   He  was  educated  in  the  schools  at  St.  Paul.   In  1934,  he  was  married  to 
Mary  Witte  of  Hankinson.   For  a  number  of  years,  Mr.  Lewis  was  employed  by  the  American 
Can  Co.,  St.  Paul.   In  1943,  he  joined  the  Navy  as  a  machinist's  mate  second  class,  serving 
for  24  years. 

The  late  Mr.  Lewis  came  to  Hankinson  in  1946,  where  he  operated  a  grocery  store  until 
three  years  ago.   For  the  past  2^  years  he  was  employed  by  the  Hankinson  Auto  Co.,  as  sales- 
man.  Art,  as  he  was  known  to  his  many  friends  in  this  area,  was  a  person  of  very  likeable 
personality. 

The  deceased  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Mary;  daughter,  Barbara;  and  son  Fred;  his  parents 
and  three  brothers:  James  R. ,  John  L.  and  William  E. ,  all  of  St.  Paul. 

Pallbearers  will  be  Joe  Krump,  Dick  Krump,  Elroy  Kinn,  Ralph  Willert,  Erling  Haukness 
and  Arthur  Weber. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Service  will  be  taking  the  remains  to  St.  Paul  Sunday  and  will 
have  charge  of  the  interment  Monday  morning  at  Fort  Snelling  National  Cemetery  there. 

May  23.  1957 
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MANTADOR  NEWS. ..".Funeral  services  for  Mrs .-Alvina  Mathias  were  held  at  Peace  Lutheran 
Church  at  Barney  on  Saturday  afternoon.  •Interment  was  at  Zion. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  I^y  23  1957 

BURIAL  HELD  AT  FAIRMOUNT  FOR  MRS.  ADDIE  THOMPSON 

Mrs.  W.  H.  (Addle)  Thompson  of  716  7th  St.  North,  Fargo,  died  Friday,  May  17th,  at  her 
home  at  the  age  of  93  years. 

Mrs.  Addle  Thompson  was  bom  Aug.  6th,  1863,  and  came  to  this  territory  with  her  parents 
in  1891  and  homesteaded  on  a  farm  near  Fairmount.   She  was  married  to  Mr.  Thompson  in  1885. 
They  resided  in  Richland  County  until  1914  when  they  moved  to  Pine  River,  MN.  Mr.  Thompson 
died  in  1939  and  since  that  time  she  has  resided  in  Fargo. 

Mrs.  Thompson  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church  at  Pine  River,  MN.   Funeral  services 
were  held  at  10  o'clock  Monday  morning.  May  20th,  at  the  Merrill  Moore  Mortuary  at  Fargo 
with  Rev.  Richard  A.  Holden  officiating.   The  organist,  Mrs.  Holden  accompanied  Mrs.  W.  S. 
Tarbel  who  sang.   Burial  was  held  at  1  o'clock  on  the  same  day  at  the  south  Fairmount  Ceme- 
tery at  Fairmount  beside  the  body  of  her  husband. 

She  leaves  three  daughters,  Mrs.  J.  W.  (Ida)  Swlgart,  Mrs.  Robert  (LuLu)  Snell,  both  of 
Fargo,  Mrs.  R.  S.  (Lillian)  Branson  of  Fairmount.  She  was  preceded  in  death  by  two  brothers 
and  a  sister. 

Relatives  who  attended  the  funeral  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roy  Branson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rex 
Branson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harvey  Leathart,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jake  Meyer,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wallace  Hardie, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Newell  Hardie,  all  of  Fairmount;-  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Endlcott  of  Waybum, 
Canada  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ernest  Pearson  of  New  Effington,  SD. 

**********  May  23,  1957 

MRS.  CLARENCE  WETHERBEE  DIED 
Mrs.  Clarence  Wetherbee  of  Rosholt  died  Friday  evening.  May  2Ath,  and  funeral  services 
were  held  on  Monday,  May  27th,  at  Rosholt.   Mrs.  Wetherbee  is  a  sister-in-law  of  Donald  and 
Lester  Wetherbee  and  an  aunt  of  Mrs.  Oren  Budke  all  of  Fairmount. 

**********  May  30,  1957 

FORMER  FAIRMOUNT  CHILD  DIES  IN  SEATTLE 
Relatives  received  word  here  recently  that  Theresa  Marie,  little  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Clarence  Sauter  of  Seattle  Motel  Court,  19264  Pacific  Highway  So.,  Seattle,  88,  WA. , 
died  unexpectedly  on  Friday,  May  30th.   Theresa  was  one  year  and  nine  months  old  and  was 
taken  ill  and  hospitalized  on  Friday  noon  and  died  the  same  afternoon  in  a  Seattle  hospital. 
She  is  survived  by  her  parents  and  four  brothers. 

The  Clarence  Sauter  family  are  former  Fairmount  residents  and  left  on  March  31st  of 
this  year  for  Seattle  to  make  their  home. 

Mrs.  Stella  Sauter  of  St.  Cloud  and  formerly  of  Fairmount  left  immediately  for  Seattle 
to  attend  the  funeral  of  her  granddaughter. 

**********  June  6,  1957 

MRS.  G.  BERNARD  RITES  MONDAY 
Mrs.  Geo.  (Veronica)  Bernard  died  Thursday  evening  at  the  St.  Francis  Nursing  Home  in 

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^;  Breckenridge  where  she  has  resided  for  the  past  several  years. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Monday,  9  AM.,  in  St.  Philip's  Church  in  Hankinson. 
Interment  was  in  Calvary  Cemetery.   Six  of  her  grandsons  were  pallbearers.   The  Wipperman 
Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  all  arrangements. 

Veronica  Miesen,  daughter  of  Mathias  Joseph  Miesen  and  Marvin  Kannera  was  bom  Dec.  27th, 
1871,  in  Mt.  Calvary,  WI.   She  attended  school  at  Mt .  Calvary  Academy.   She  came  to  North 
Dakota  and  married  George  Bernard  on  Nov.  25,  1891,  in  Wahpeton.   They  farmed  on  several  pla- 
ces in  Richland  County.   Thirteen  children  were  born  to  this  union. 

She  was  preceded  in  death  by  her  husband  in  1932  and  one  daughter  Anna  in  infancy  in 
1910.  After  the  death  of  her  husband,  she  resided  at  the  homes  of  several  of  her  children. 
As  her  health  failed,  she  moved  to  Wahpeton  and  in  the  later  years,  she  resided  at  St.  Mary's 
Home  and  the  St.  Francis  Nursing  Home  where  she  received  medical  care. 

She  leaves  eleven  children  to  mourn  her  passing:  Math  of  Britton,  SD.;  Frank  of  Sioux 
Falls,  SD. ;  Mrs.  Peter  (Lesha)  Wawers,  Adolph  and  Leo,  all  of  rural  Fairmount;  Mrs.  Arlie 
(Rose)  Schiltz  of  rural  Wahpeton,  Mrs.  Gregory  (Angela)  Bauer  of  rural  Hankinson;  Edward 
and  Henry  of  Duluth,  MN. ,  Mrs.  Sylvester  (Sabina)  Mohr  of  rural  Park  Rapids,  MN. ;  and  Will- 
iam of  Mooreton,  also  50  grandchildren  and  four  sisters. 

Rosary  was  recited  Sunday  evening  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home. 

**********  June  13,  1957 

Word  was  received  here  from  Portland,  DR.;  that  Jim  Terwilleger  passed  away  on  June 
9th  following  a  heart  attack  at  Portland.   Mr.  Terwilleger  is  a  brother-in-law  of  Charles 
and  Fred  Buckhouse  and  Mrs.  Emelia  Schroeder.   Mr.  Terwilleger  is  well  known  in  this  comm- 
unity, having  farmed  here  a  number  of  years  ago. 

**********  June  13,  1957 

Mrs.  Clara  Kjelstrup  received  the  sad  news  of  the  death  of  her  cousin,  Mrs.  Claude 
Dwyer  of  Spokane,  WA. ,  Tuesday.   Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dwyer  were  former  residents  of  this  community. 

**********  June  13,  1957 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bill  Roeder,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kenneth  Bellin  of  Lidgerwood  and  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Rudolph  Pankow  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Oscar  Worner  at  Wahpeton  Tuesday  afternoon. 

**********  June  13,  1957 

Mrs.  Eddie  Scheller  and  Mrs.  Allen  Popp  attended  funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Chelsey 
Ramsey  at  Wahpeton  Monday  afternoon. 

**********  June  13,  1957 

DIES  in  MEXICO 

Miss  Frances  Stevenson,  daughter  of  the  late  Chas .  and  May  Stevenson,  former  residents 
of  Fairmount,  died  unexpectedly  on  Sunday  evening,  June  9th,  at  Mexico  City,  Mexico,  where 
she  had  been  vacationing  with  an  aunt,  Alta  Durkee.   Funeral  services  are  pending  following 
the  arrival  of  the  body. 

Survivors  include  a  brother,  Albert  Stevenson  of  Wahpeton,  three  aunts,  Mrs.  Ed  (Hattie) 
Nelson  of  Fairmount,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Durkee  of  Abercrombie,  and  Alta  Durkee  of  Great  Falls,  MT. , 

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and  two  cousins  in  this  area,  Mrs.  Donald  Sikorski  of  Fairmount  and  Milton  Durkee  of  Aber- 
crombie.  A  more  complete  obituary  will  be  published  next  week. 

**********  June  13,  1957 

FUNERAL  HELD  MONDAY  FOR  MRS.  CHAS.  HOEFS 
Funeral  services  were  held  on  Monday,  June  10th,  for  Mrs.  Chas.  Hoefs,   62,  at  1:30  PM 
(C.  D.  time)  at  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church  at  Tyler,  ND. ,  with  Rev.  H.  L.  Schaefer  officiat- 
ing. 

The  pallbearers  were:  Oscar  Krause,  Clifford  Krause,  Bill  Pelvit,  James  Pelvit,  Art 

Weber  and  Harold  Hoefs.   Interment  was  in  the  St.  John's  Cemetery  at  Tyler,  ND.   Vertin's 
Funeral  Home  in  Wahpeton  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

Pauline  Elizabeth  Hoefs  was  born  Aug.  18th,  189A,  at  Hankinson.   She  grew  up  and  attend- 
ed local  schools.   She  was  united  in  marriage  to  Julius  Weiss  at  Fergus  Falls,  MN. ,  in  1913. 
Mr.  Weiss  passed  away  in  1940.   In  1941  she  moved  to  Ohio.   On  Nov.  27th,  1955  she  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Charles  Hoefs.   The  couple  resided  at  819  N.  2nd  St.,  Wahpeton.   She  was  a 
member  of  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church  at  Tyler,  ND. 

She  passed  away  unexpectedly  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  on  June  6th,  1957,  at  6:45  PM. 
She  leaves  to  mourn  her  loss  the  following  children:  Raymond  Weiss  of  Elyria,  OH.;  Mrs.  Don- 
ald (Esther)  Dahl  of  Elyria,  OH.;  Mrs.  Scott  (Violet)  Gainer  of  Elyria,  OH.;  and  Mrs.  Robert 
(Bemice)  Perry  of  San  Fernando,  CA.  ;  five  grandchildren;  and  two  great-grandchildren.  She 
is  also  survived  by  two  brothers  Ben  Pelvit  and  Rudy  Pelvit  both  of  Breckenridge.  Three 
sisters,  Mrs.  Francis  Salmor  and  Mrs.  Otto  Berg,  both  of  Stillwater,  MN.  and  Mrs.  Domnick 
Meide  of  Hankinson.   One  daughter  preceded  her  in  death  in  1919. 

**********  June  13,  1957 

FUNERAL  HELD  MONDAY  FOR  FRANCES  STEVENSON 

Frances  Stevensen  was  born  ...ember  25th,  1904  at  Fairmount,  the  daughter  of  Charles 
and  May  Stevensen.   Her  father  died  shortly  before  her  birth  and  she  made  her  home  with  her 
grandmother,  Mrs.  Frances  Durkee  and  family  while  attending  grade  school  at  Fairmount.   She 
attended  high  school  in  Wyndmere  where  her  mother  was  teaching  and  later  at  Valley  City  State 
Teachers  College  and  received  her  degree  and  education  in  Montana.   At  the  time  of  her  death 
she  was  working  on  her  Masters  Degree.   For  the  past  29  years  Miss  Stevensen  and  her  aunt, 
Alta  Durkee,  have  taught  in  the  Great  Falls  school  system  at  Great  Falls,  MT. ,  and  made  their 
home  together. 

Miss  Stevenson  suffered  a  cerebral  hemorrhage  on  June  6th  while  vacationing  in  Mexico 
City,  Mexico  with  Miss  Miss  Durkee.   She  underwent  surgery  June  7th  but  passed  away  without 
regaining  consciousness  on  Sunday  morning,  June  9th,  1957. 

She  is  survived  by  a  brother-,  Robert  Stevenson  of  Wahpeton,  three  aunts,  Alta  Durkee, 
of  Great  Falls,  MT. ,  Mrs.  Ed  (Hattie)  Nelson  of  Fairmount,  and  Mrs.  C.  A.  Durkee  of  Abercrom- 
bie.   Surviving  cousins  are  Mr.  Walter  Sonnenstuhl  of  Palo  Alto,  CA. ,  Rev.  Harry  Durkee  of 
Abercrombie,  Mr.  Donald  Sikorski  of  Fairmount,  Mrs.  Glenn  Case  of  Anchorage,  AK. ,  and  Mrs. 
Gertrude  Matteson  of  White  Rock,  SD. 

Miss  Stevenson  was  preceded  in  death  by  her  parents,  a  brother,  Milton  C.  Stevenson, 

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for  whom  the  Fairmount  Legion  Post  is  named  and  a  sister  Mildred  Stevenson. 

Services  were  held  at  the  Vertins  Chapel  at  Wahpeton  on  Monday  afternoon,  June  17th, 
at  2  o'clock  (CST)  with  Rev.  David  Knecht  officiating.  Mrs.  John  Earner  was  organist  and  s  : 
she  accompanied  the  soloist,  Mrs.  Donald  Naggatz  who  sang  "In  the  Garden"  and  "My  God  and  ,  1. 

I."   Pallbearers  were  Clayton ty,  Harley  Swanson,  Wesley  .  • .  .wby,  Richard  Kurtz,  Fred '^ 

Martinson  and  Harry  Gebhart.  Honorary  pallbearers  were  Jeff  ...bbitt  of  Wahpeton,  Harvey 
Leathart,  Ed  Kurfist,  F.  P.  Nelson,  Rudolph  Nelson,  Glen  Swanson,  Wilbur  Hurdlebrink,  Walter 
Gebhart  and  Clarence  Swanson.   Burial  was  in  the  cemetery  south  of  Fairmount  beside  the  body 
of  her  mother. 

Friends  from  a  distance  attending  were  Miss  Stevenson's  Principal,  Miss  Mary  Lee  Tower 

and  Mrs.  Paul  Walker  of  Great  Falls,  MT. ,  and  Miss  Bertha penhamer  of  Fargo. 

**********  June  20,  1957 

FORMER  CONDUCTOR  DIES  IN  MINNESOTA 

Word  has  been  received  here  of  the  death  of  Jack  Piggott,  former  Soo  Line  Conductor 
out  of  Hankinson  for  many  years.  He  passed  away  Tuesday,  June  25th. 

Funeral  arrangements  were  mot  complete  but  it  is  thought  the  services  will  be  held 
Saturday  morning  from  Northland  Funeral  Home  at  Pine  River,  MN.   Burial  will  be  in  a  Brain- 
ard,  MN.,  Cemetery.  **********  j^^^   27,  1957 

EMILIE  SCHROEDER  RITES  SATURDAY. 

Funeral  services  for  Emilie  Schroeder  who  passed  away  on  Tuesday,  June  25th,  will  be 
held  Saturday,  June  29th,  at  1:30  PM. ,  from  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  in  Hankinson  and 
from  the  Evangelical  and  Reformed  Church  at  2  PM.   Rev.  F.  W.  Paul,  pastor  of  the  church, 
will  officiate. 

Friends  may  call  at  the  funeral  home  Thursday  evening,  Friday  and  Saturday  until  the 
time  of  the  service.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Service  is  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

A  complete  obituary  will  be  published  next  week. 

**********  June  27,  1957 

FUNERAL  RITES  HELD  SATURDAY  FOR  PIONEER  WOMAN 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Saturday,  June  29th,  at  2  PM. ,  in  the  Emmanuel  Evangel- 
ical and  Reformed  Church  with  Rev.  Fridel  Paul  officiating. 

Mrs.  Schroeder,  76,  passed  away  at  midnight,  June  25th,  at  her  home  after  a  long  ill- 
ness.  She  had  been  a  patient  at  St.  Gerard's  Hospital  here  in  February  and  later  while  visit- 
ing her  son  in  Fargo,  she  was  taken  to  St.  Johns  Hospital  there  where  her  condition  was  des- 
cribed as  beyond  treatment. 

Her  daughter,  Mrs.  Andrew  Yakas  had  flown  to  Fargo  to  take  care  of  her  mother  and  it 
was  Mrs.  Schoreder's  wish  to  be  returned  to  her  own  home  so  Mrs.  Yakas  brought  her  in  an 
ambulance  to  her  home.   On  June  2nd  her  condition  grew  worse  daily  and  the  family  was  summ- 
oned.  With  her  when  she  passed  away  were  her  three  daughters,  Hilda,  Lena  and  Alma  and  a 
son  Oscar.   Almas  husband  George  was  at  her  bedside  also. 

Mrs.  Emilie  Schroeder  (nee  Emilie  Buchhouse)  was  bom  in  Stettin,  Germany  on  Nov.  7th, 
1880.   Her  parents  came  to  this  country  when  she  was  seven  years  old  and  finally  settled  in 

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Hankinson,  two  miles  south  of  Hankinson,  where  she  grew  to  womanhood. 

On  Feb.  24th,  1898,  she  was  united  in  marriage  to  Otto  Schroeder.   fen  children  were 
bom  to  this  union,  nine  of  whom  survive.  Her  husband  preceded  her  in  death  on  April  22nd,  .-, 
1918  and  a  son  Louis  in  1949.   The  children  living  are:  Arthur ' Schroeder,  Plainfield.NJ.;  '",• 
Lena  Pettit,  Buffalo,  NY.;  Fritz  Schroeder,  Fargo,  ND. ;  Hilda  Yakas.Atheiton,  CA. ;  Oscar 
Schroeder,  Columbus.  OH.;  William  Schroeder,  Fargo,  ND. ;  Hans  Schroeder,  Daly  City,  CA. ; 
Alma  Jorgensen,  North  Tonawanda,  NY.;  and  Dorothy  Hayward,  Daly  City,  CA. 

All  of  her  children  have  visited  her  in  the  past  month  and  were  here  for  the  funeral 
with  the  exception  of  Arthur  Schroeder,  Dorothy  Hayward  and  William  Schroeder  of  Fargo  who 
underwent  an  emergency  operation  the  day  his  mother  passed  away.  Also  attending  the  funeral 
were  Mrs.  Hans  Schroeder  and  daughter  Virginia,  George  Jorgensen  and  daughter,  Sharon,  And- 
rew Yakas  and  son  Gary,  Mrs.  Fritz  Schroeder  and  daughter,  Salley  Lee,  Mrs.  William  Schore- 
der  and  daughters  Pauline  and  Jeanne. 

From  this  large  family  there  were  only  nine  grandchildren,  eight  survive  and  one,  James 
Pettit  was  killed  in  World  War  II.   Three  great-grandchildren  have  graced  the  family. 

Mrs.  Schroeder  leaves  two  brothers,  Charles  and  Fred  Buckhouse,  both  residing  here, 
her  sister.  Bertha  passed  away  2  years  ago. 

Mrs.  Schroeder  was  a  faithful  member  of  her  church  and  a  charter  member  of  the  Ladies 
Aid.   She  is  a  member  of  the  Royal  Neighbors  Lodge  and  Homemakers  Club. 

Pallbearers  were  her  six  nephews:  Elmer  and  Alvin  Buckhouse,  Albert  and  Allan  Buckhouse, 
Elmer  and  Willard  Schroeder.   Interment  was  made  in  the  Emmanuel  Evangelical  and  Reformed 
Church  Cemetery  in  Hankinson. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  of  Hankinson  had  charge  of  the  arrangements. 

**********  July  4,  1957 

HEART  ATTACK  FATAL  TO  KRUMP 

C.  J.  (Chris)  Krump,  Sonora,  passed  away  suddenly  Wednesday  morning  at  Great  Bend  where 
he  was  surpervising  the  construction  of  a  garage  building.   Death  was  due  to  a  heart  attack. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Saturday,  July  13th,  at  9  AM  from  St.  Philip's  Church, 
Hankinson.   Father  Neal  Kapaun  will  celebrate  the  funeral  mass.  Burial  will  be  in  Calvary 
Cemetery. 

Friends  may  call  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  Thursday  evening  and  Friday.   Rosary 

will  be  recited  at  8:30  PM  Friday  evening.  A  complete  obituary  will  be  in  next  week's 

edition  of  the  Hankinson  News. 

**********  July  11,  1957 

STILES  NEWS Mrs.  Frank  Hejtmanek  drove  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carl  Jensen  and  Danny  Jensen 

to  Willmar,  MN.,  on  Wednesday  to  attend  the  funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Jensen's  brother. 

They  stopped  enroute  at  Benson,  MN. ,  for  Mrs.  Jensen's  Aunt,  Mrs.  Anna  Lee,  and  her  sister 

Hazel  Christensen  of  St.  Paul. 

**********  July  11,  1957 

MANTADOR  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herb  Goerger,  Mrs.  Mary  Llngen  and  Mrs.  Art  Paulson  left 

on  Sunday  for  Wilmont,  MN. ,  to  attend  the  funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Lingen's  sister. 

**********  July  11,  1957 

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Mrs.  Albert  Pribbemow  received  a  message |^from  Red  Bluff,  CA.  ,  that  her  brother,  Steve 
Pedrett  passed  away  of  a  heart  attack.  Mr.  Pedritt  visited  in  Hankinson  a  year  ago.   On 
account  of  a  late  message  Mrs.  Pribbernow  was  unable  to  get  plane  reservations  in  time  to 
attend  the  funeral.  **********  july  n^  1957 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS. .. .Relatives  and  friends  were  shocked  to  hear  of  the  sudden  death  of 
Mrs.  Anna  Strege  of  Lidgerwood  who  passed  away  last  Sunday  morning,  June  30th,   She  had 
surgery  on  a  goiter  last  Tuesday  and  got  over  that  all  right.   On  Saturday  it  turned  for  the 
worse  and  she  passed  away  Sunday  morning.   She  was  buried  on  Tuesday  at  Lidgerwood. 

**********  July  11,  1957 

MRS.  W.  BAISLEY  LAID  TO  REST 

Mrs.  Jennie  D.  Baisley,  wife  of  Wm.  F.  Baisley,  passed  quietly  away  at  the  St.  Gerard 
Hospital  in  Hankinson  on  the  evening  of  July  13th,  at  11:39  PM. 

She  was  bom  July  27,  1876  at  Fort  Abercrombie,  Dakota  Territory,  where  her  father. 
Dr.  Andrew  Paulson,  U.  S.  was  at  that  time  in  the  employ  of  the  U.  S.  government  as  wagon- 
master  and  veteranarian  and  who  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  to  locate  a  homestead  in  that 
neighborhood.   His  wife,  Hanna,  was  said  to  be  the  first  woman  passenger  to  enter  Brecken- 
ridge  by  work-train  as  regular  passenger  service  was  not  yet  started. 

Mrs.  Baisley  is  survived  by  her  husband,  Wm. ,  who  recently  passed  his  90th  birthday; 
5  sons,  Wm.  Martin,  in  Wauna,  OR.;  Andrew  Cecil  in  Paqid,  OH.;  Courtney  in  St.  Paul,  MN. ; 
Ralph  in  Milwaukee,  WI. ;  and  John  Howard  of  Hankinson;  Mrs.  Rudie  Klar  of  Milwaukee  and 
Jewel  of  Jamestown,  ND. 

.  Mrs.  Baisley  had  a  host  of  friends  who  will  mourn  her  loss  for  her  gentle  and  genial 
disposition  drew  the  love  of  all  and  little  children  whom  she  loved  so  well. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Tuesday,  July  16th,  from  St.  Philip's  Church  at  9  AM., 
the  Rev.  Fr.  Neal  Kapoun  officiating  at  the  funeral  mass.   Burial  was  in  Calvary  Cemetery, 
Hankinson.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  July  18,  1957 

C.  J.  KRUMP 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Saturday  at  9  o'clock  AM,  July  13th,  1957,  at  St.  Phil- 
ip's Church,  Hankinson,  for  Christopher  Joseph  Krump,  well  known  resident  of  Devillo  Town- 
ship, who  passed  away  in  Great  Bend,  ND. ,  Wednesday  at  9:05  AM.,  where  he  was  supervising 
a  construction  job. 

Mr.  Krump  was  bom  near  Mantador  on  March  11th,  1890.   When  he  was  but  5  months  old 
his  father  passed  away.   About  1896  the  family  moved  to  the  Hankinson  vicinity  where  he 
attended  grade  school.   Later  he  attended  the  Sacred  Heart  Academy  in  Fargo.   He  also  att- 
ended St.  Johns  College  in  Collegeville,  MN. ,  where  he  studied  architecture. 

On  Nov.  21st,  1911,  he  was  united  in  Holy  Matrimony  to  Miss  Anna  L.  Berg  at  St.  Anth- 
ony's Church,  Falrmount  by  Rev.  F.  A.  Meyer.   Five  children  were  bom  to  this  union:  Jose- 
ph, at  home,  Mrs.  Carl  Krause  (Leona)  of  Fairmount;  Mrs.  Louis  Schiltz  (Marie)  of  Hankinson; 
Mrs.  Gordon  Griggs  (Doris)  of  West  St.  Paul,  MN.,  and  Mrs.  Glen  Krueger  (Betty  Lou  Ann)  of 

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Wolverton,' MN.'V- all  of  who  survive  "and  were' In  attendance  along  with  his  faithful  wife. 

There  are  eleven  grandchildren.  He  is  also  survived  by  his  sister,  Margaret  Krump, 
of  Hankinson  and  Mrs.  Alfred  J. .dan  (Anna)  of  Michigan.  His  Mother  passed  away  in  1932. 
One  brother,  Peter  M.  Krump' in' 19. .and  a  sister,  Elizabeth  Krump  in  1954. 

He  started  carpenter  work  at  the  age  of  13  and  throughout  the  years  he  continued  in 
that  line  of  work.  :  From  193 i  to  1943  he  was  engaged  in  farming  in  the  Fairmount  vicinity. 
In  January  of  1944  he  purchased  the  Sonora  Store  which  he  operated  xintil  the  present  time. 

He  was  township  and  school  clerk  of  Devillo  for  the  past  years.   The  deceased  was 

a  highly  respected  citizen,  a  good  neighbor,  a  kind  father  and  devoted  husband.  He  was. always 
loyal,  faithful  and  devoted  in  whatever  he  undertook  to  do  and  his  passing  will  be  keenly 
felt  by  all  who  knew  him. 

The  Requiem  High  Mass  was  sung  by  Rev.  Fr.  O'Neal  Kahaun  after  which  he  preached  an 
eloquent  and  impressive  sermon..  The  body  was  laid  to  rest  in  Calvary  Cemetery.   Pallbearers 
were  his  nephews,  Francis  and  Leo  Krump,  William  Boll,  Sr. ,  LuVeme  Eichhom,  Fred  Meyer  and 
Leroy  Berg. 

The  many  friends  who  were  in  attendance  at  the  last  rites  gave  silent  evidence  of  the 
high  esteem  in  which  the  departed  was  held.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of 
arrangements.  **********  July  18,  1957 

AXEL  HANSON  RITES  HELD  TUESDAY 

Funeral  services  were  held  for  Axel  Ferdinand  Hanson,  85,  Tuesday  afternoon  at  2  PM. , 
at  the  Methodist  Church  in  Fairmount.   The  Rev.  B.  B.  Curtis  of  Wahpeton  officiated  at  the 
service.   The  Schmitt  and  Poulton  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  arrangements.  Mrs.  Gordon 
Williams  sang  "Crossing  the  Bar"  and  "The  Lord's  Prayer,"  Mrs.  Charles  Bryan,  was  organist. 
Interment  was  made  in  the  Fairmount  Cemetery.   Pallbearers  were:  Harley  Swanson,  Glen  Swan- 
son,  Ed  Kurfirst,  Harvey  Leathart,  Olger  Olson  and  Richard  Willson. 

Mr.  Hanson  was  born  in  Dolslond,  Sweden,  Oct.  18th,  1871.,  and  was  27  years  old  when 
he  came  to  North  Dakota.   He  homesteaded  and  farmed  for  30  years  in  Towner  County,  near 
Egeland,  ND.   On  Oct.  16th,  1901,  he  was  united  in  marriage  at  Cando,  ND. ,  to  Elizabeth 
Johnson  of  Boston,  MA.   Two  children  were  bom  to  this  union,  Mrs.  Edith  Fleenor,  Wahpeton, 
and  Mrs.  Fred  (Olga)  Martinson  of  Fairmount. 

Mr.  Hanson  was  very  interested  in  farming  and  a  lover  of  animals.   After  retiring  from 
active  farming  the  Hansons  moved  to  Egeland.  When  Mrs.  Hansons  health  failed  they  came  to 
Wahpeton  and  Fairmount  to  be  with  their  daughters.  Mrs.  Hanson  passed  away  in  Dec.  of  1943. 
Mr.  Hanson  made  his  home  with  his  daughter  and  husband,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Martinson  until 
1954,  then  going  to  live  at  the  Wahpeton  Nursing  home.  He  entered  the  St.  Francis  Hospital 
on  Friday  for  medical  care,  passing  away  early  Sunday  morning.   Besides  his  wife,  two  sis- 
ters and  two  brothers  preceded  him  in  death.   Surviving  are  his  two  daughters,  one  grand- 
daughter, Shirley  Fleenor  and  relatives  in  Sweden. 

**********  July  18,  1957 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ewald  Boehning  received  a  telegram  stating  that  their  aunt,  Mrs.  Charles 

Boehning  of  Marshfield,  WI. ,  passed  away  Sunday.   The  funeral  was  held  on  Wednesday.   She 

was  also  an  aunt  of  Mrs.  Robert  Muehler.  July  25,  1957 

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HUBRIG  FUNERAL  HELD  THURSDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Gottlieb  Hubrig  were  held  at  Trinity  Lutheran  Church  in  Great 
Bend,  Thursday,  July  25th,  at  2:30  PM. ,  where  he  had  been  a  member  of  the  church  since  he 
resided  in  the  community. 

Mr.  Hubrig  was  bom  Jan.  22nd,  1864,  in  Kein  Lase,  Schlesien,  Germany.  He  was  bapt- 
ized and  confirmed  in  the  Lutheran  faith.   In  1889  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Christine 
Becker,  who  passed  away  in  1941.   They  came  to  America  as  a  young  couple  and  made  their 
home  in  Waldo  Township. 

Remaining  to  mourn  his  death  are  two  sons:  Ernest  of  Hankinson,  at  the  home  place, 
Gustave  of  Wahpeton,  two  daughters,  Mrs.  Fred  Pankow  of  Hankinson  and  Mrs.  Ida  Tischer, 
with  whom  he  made  his  home  for  the  past  eight  years.   Two  children  died  in  infancy  and 
another  daughter,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Stein,  preceded  him  in  death  in  1950.  He  is  also  survived 
by  32  grandchildren,  77  great-grandchildren,  brothers  and  sisters  in  Germany. 

The  pallbearers  were  Alfred  Hubrig,  Bernard  Pankow,  Elroy  Stein,  Reuben  Tischer,  Leon- 
ard Tischer  and  Melvin  Hubrig.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  the  funeral 
arrangements.  **********  „£..„;. 

FAIRl'IOUNT  HEART  ATTACK  VICTIM  RITES  ON  SATURDAY  2  PM. 

August  Weinkauf,  72,  of  Fairmount,  passed  away  Wednesday,  July  24th,  at  3  PM. ,  while 
working  on  a  granary  at  the  farm  home  of  his  son-in-law,  Marvin  Propp,  east  of  Farimount. 
His  death  was  attributed  to  a  heart  attack. 

Mr.  Weinkauf  has  lived  in  the  Fairmount  area  since  he  was  14  years  old.   Funeral  ser- 
vices will  be  held  Saturday,  July  27th,  at  2  PM. ,  from  the  Methodist  Church  in  Fairmount. 

**********  July  25,  1957 

SCHULTZ  INFANT  FUNERAL  TUESDAY 

Funeral  services  were  held  in  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church,  Wahpeton  for  Julianne  Joyce 
Schultz,  infant  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Willard  W.  Schultz,  Sioux  Falls,  SD.   The  Rev. 
Henry  Fry  officiated  and  interment  was  in  Fairview  Cemetery. 

Julianne  died  Friday  evening  at  Sioux  Falls  after  a  brief  illness.   She  had  been  hosp- 
italized two  days.   She  was  born  April  27th,  1957  at  Sioux  Falls,  where  Mr.  Schultz  is  an 
instructor  at  the  U.  S.  Naval  Reserve  Training  Center. 

Survivors  include  her  parents;  two  sisters,  Jeneine,  3  and  Denise,  14;  grandparents: 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oscar  Krause  of  Wahpeton  and  Mrs.  Lona  D.  Schultz  of  Salmon,  ID.;  and  great- 
grandparents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  W.  Birdzell  of  Wells,  NV.,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Krause  of 
Hankinson.  **********  July  25,  1957 

SARAH  GREEN  FUNERAL  FRIDAY 

Mrs.  Sarah  Green,  long  time  resident  of  Hankinson  died  at  the  family  home  in  the  city 
on  Tuesday  morning,  July  30th.   Her  husband  John  Green,  died  in  1932.   Mr.  and  Mrs.  Green 
came  to  Hankinson  in  1898.  Mr.  Green  then  commenced  the  mercantile  business  now  continued 
by  his  sons,  John  and  Raymond. 

Mrs.  Green  was  bom  Sarah  Poppler  in  Wisconsin  on  April  4th,  1865,  With  her  parents 
she  moved,  when  a  child,  to  Waconia,  MN.   She  married  Mr.  Green  in  1886. 

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Surviving  Mrs.  Green  are  her  children:  Everard  of  So.  St.  Paul,  MN-V  Waldon  of  Minn-  ■"'' 
eapolis,  MN.;  Ross  of  New  Town,  ND.  ;  and  Raymond,  Edmund  and  John  of  Hankinson;  Mrs.  Evan- 
geline Budde  and  Mrs.  Everetta  Hughes  of  Minneapolis  and  Mrs.  Catherine  Aker  of  Hankinson. 
A  son,  Frederick,  died  in  1949.   She  also  left  surviving  her... 25  grandchildren  and  40  great- 
grandchildren. 

Mrs,  Green  led  an  active  and  busy  life  until  her  years  forbade.   She  found  time  to  part- 
icipate actively  in  the  church  and  club  work  of  the  community  despite  the  demands  of  a  large 
family.   She  had  a  comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  English  language,  its  spelling  and  the 
meaning  of  its  words. 

Rosary  will  be  recited  Thursday  evening  at  8:30  at  the  funeral  home.   Funeral  services 
will  be  held  Friday,  Aug.  2nd,  at  9  AM.,  at  St.  Philips  Church  at  Hankinson.   Rev.  Neal 
Kapoun  will  offer  the  requiem  high  mass.   Pallbearers  will  be  John  A.  Roth,  Norman  Pribber- 
now,  Harold  Jones,  Joseph  Bimbaum,  Everett  Budge  and  George  Mauer.  Mrs.  Green  will  be 
buried  by  the  side  of  her  deceased  husband  in  Calvary  Cemetery.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home 
was  in  charge  of  arrangements.     **********  August  1,  1957 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS Mr.  Erick  Fenske,  Valdemar  Fenske  and  Martin  Fenske  of  Willmar,  MN. , 

Mr.  Herman  Radig  of  Breckenridge,  left  by  plane  for  Pasadena,  CA. ,  last  week  to  attend  the 
funeral  of  Mr.  William  Radig.  Mr.  William  Radig  is  a  brother  of  Herman  Radig  and  a  broth- 
er-in-law of  the  Fenske's.         **********  August  1,  1957 

FUNERAL  SATURDAY  FOR  AUGUST  WEINKAUF,  72 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Funeral  services  were  held  on  Saturday,  July  27th,  1957,  at  2  PM. , 

at  the  Methodist  Church  in  Fairmount  for  August  Weinkauf  of  Fairmount.   Rev Bryan 

officiated  at  the  services.  Interment  was  in  the  Fairmount  Cemetery.  Vertin  Funeral  Home 
of  Wahpeton  had  charge  of  arrangements. 

August  Weinkauf,  who  had  been  a  resident  of  Fairmount  all  of  his  life,  died  unexpected- 
ly Wednesday  afternoon,  July  24th,  following  a  heart  attack  at  the  farm  home  of  his  daughter 
Mrs.  Marvin  Propp. 

He  was  born,  August  28th,  1884  at  Hutchinson,  MN. ,  and  came  to  Fairmount  at  the  age  of 

14  years.   In  Nov.  of  1912  he  married  Anne  Mate at  St.  Paul,  MN.,  and  they  lived  in 

St.  Paul  for  foiir  years.   He  was  a  member  of  the  Force. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Marvin  (Lucille)  Propp,  of  Fairmount,  a 
son,  Darrel..of  Fargo,  a  brother.  Otto  of  Fairmount  and  three  grandchildren.  He  was  pre- 
ceeded  in  death  by  a  brother  and  four  sisters. 

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**********  August  1,  1957 

FAIRMOUNT  MAN  DIES  SUDDENLY 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Saturday  Aug.  10th,  for  Frank  Grundyson,  63,  from  the 
Methodist  Church  in  Fairmount  at  2  PM.,  Rev.  P.  A.  Gisvold  of  Wahpeton  officiating. 

Grundyson  died  suddenly  while  working  on  his  farm  near  Fairmount  Wednesday  afternoon. 

**********  August  8,  1957 

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PIONEER  LOCAL  FARMER  BIES 

A  pioneer  Hankinson  farmer,  Rudolph  Miller,  was  laid  to  rest  Wednesday  afternoon, 
Aug.  7th,  when  funeral  services  were  held  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  in  Hankinson,  the 
Rev.  R.  Teuscher  officiating  at  the  last  rites.  Burial  was  in  the  Immanuel  Lutheran  Cemetery. 

Mr.  Miller,  82,  passed  away  Sunday  evening  at  the  St.  Francis  Home  for  the  Aged  in  Breck- 
enridge.  He  had  been  cared  for  at  the  Home  for  the  past  four  years.   One  of  the  pioneers 
in  this  area,  Mr.  Miller  had  farmed  southwest  of  Hankinson  since  1902. 

Born  in  West  Prussia,  May  30th,  1875,  he  came  to  this  country  with  his  parents.  He  is 
survived  by  his  wife,  sons.  Glen,  Elmer,  Orton  all  of  Hankinson,  two  brothers,  John  and 
Robert  and  sisters,  Mrs.  Wm.  yedder  and  Mrs.  August  Weber,  all  of  Hankinson  and  Mrs.  Kob- 
etich  of  St.  Paul. 


********** 


August  8,  1957 


FAIRMOUNT  NEWS.... Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ben  Engebretson  returned  home  Friday  evening  after 
attending  the  funeral  of  Robert  Kuahn  at  Watertwon,  SD. 

**********  August  8,  1957 

FORMER  RESIDENTS'  SON  DIES  SUDDENLY 
Arden  Lund,  42,  son  of  the  late  Tracy  Lund  and  Mrs.  Clara  Lund,  former  residents  here, 
died  suddenly  while  at  work  in  Minneapolis  Monday  of  this  week.   Funeral  services  were  held 
today,  (Thursday)  at  Lanesboro,  MN. ,  and  he  will  be  buried  beside  his  father. 

The  late  Tracy  Lund  passed  away  about  four  years  ago.   He  was  in  the  implement  business 
here  for  several  years.  Mrs.  Lund  now  resides  at  Austin,  MN. 

**********  August  15,  1957 

FUNERAL  SERVICES  HELD  FOR  FRANK  GRUNDYSEN 

FAIRMOUNT  NBJS Funeral  services  were  held  on  Saturday  afternoon,  Aug.  lOth,  at 

2  PM  (CST)  for  Frank  Grundysen,  63,  of  Fairmount  at  the  Methodist  Church  at  Fairmount  with 
Rev.  P.  A.  Gisvold  of  Wahpeton  officiating.   Vertin's  Funeral  Home  in  Wahpeton  was  in  charge 
of  arrangements.   Interment  was  in  the  Fairmount  Cemetery.   Military  rites  were  conducted 

by  the  C.  Stevenson  Post  No 

Mr.  Grundysen,  who  is  a  Fairmount  Township  farmer,  was  found  dead  Wednesday,  Aug.  7th, 

at  noon  beside  a  swather  that  he  had  been  repairing  in  Members  of  his  family  found 

him  after  going  to  look  for  him  when  he  did  not  return  home.   He  had  consulted  a  doctor  on 
Tuesday  after  becoming  ill. 

He  was  born  Oct.  9th,  1893,  ,  MN.,  where  he  attended  schools  and  grew  to  man- 
hood.  As  a  young  man  he  came  to  Richland  County  to  be  employed  at  the  F.  A.  Bagg  farm  near 
Mooreton,  where  he  worked  until  enlisting  in  the  U.  S.  Marines,  on  Oct.  1,  1917  during  WI . 

He  married  Evelyn  Tveter  of  Mooreton  on  July  lOth,  1928,  and  the  couple  resided  in 
Milwaukee,  WI.    He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Loum  Sund  (Audrey)  and 
two  grandchildren,  Harlen  and  Charles. 

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**********  August  15,  1957 

FORMER  FAIRMOUNT  WOMAN  DIED 
The  funeral  of  Mrs.  Paul  (Edna)  Litzau,  52,  of  Glencoe,  MN. ,  formerly  of  Fairmount 

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was  held  Monday,  Aug.  12th,  in  the  First.Lutherati  Church  of  Glencoe. 

The  body  has  been  accompanied  from,  the  Schmitt-Poulton  Funeral  Home  at  Wahpeton,  ND. , 

■v..  ;.■■  \V,'  .V'  -  ':     ,...■,- 

to  Glencoe.  Mrs.  Litzau  died  Thursday,  Aug.  8th,  after  a  long  illness, 

■■:;  ;,'^   ■;-.'  ■  f: ■  ■    K  c:^--:  --■■.,• 
The  former  Edna  Schiedegger,  she  was  bornon  Feb.  5th,  1905,  at  Rhinelander,  WI.,  the 

daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  Schiedegger  of  Fairmount.   The  family  moved  to  Fairmount 

soon  afterwards  and  she  grew  to  womanhood  there.  After  her  marriage  she  and  her  husband 

made  their  home  at  Glencoe. 

Besides  her  husband  and  her  parents,  she  leaves  seven  sons,  David,  John  and  Darrell 

of  Glencoe,  Allen  of  St.  Paul,  Eugene,  in  the  Army  in  Louisiana,  Richard  of  Cedar  Mills,  MN., 

and  Donald  of  Lester  Prairie,  MN.  Also  two  daughters,  Mrs.  Hillard  (Betty)  Matthews  and 

Sharon  both  of  Lester  Prairie;  a  brother  Harry  Schiedegger,  Fairmount;  two  sisters,  Mrs. 

Gertrude  Muellenbach  and  Mrs.  Leonard  Sethre,  both  of  Fairmount  and  three  grandchildren. 

A  son  preceded  her  in  death. 

**********  August  15,  1957 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oliver  Ohnstad  of  Webster,  SD. ,  were  Fairmount  callers 

Sunday  where  they  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Gust  Weige  at  the  First  English  Lutheran  Ch- 
urch on  Sunday  afternoon.  **********  August  22,  1957 

58  YEAR  RESIDENT  HERE  DIES  AT  WHEATON,  MN. 

Funeral  services  for  Minnie  Neisch  Weige  were  held  at  Fairmount,  Sunday,  Aug.  18th, 
at  the  First  English  Lutheran  Church.   Rev.  Schaefer,  pastor,  conducted  the  service.   She 
passed  away  on  Aug.  15th,  at  1:45  PM. ,  at  the  Barney  Weige  home  at  Wheaton,  MN. 

Minnie  Weige  was  born  March  22nd,  1881,  in  Germany,  the  daughter  of  Gottlieb  and  Alber- 
tine  Neisch.   She  emigrated  to  this  country  in  1886  and  resided  at  Philadelphia,  PA.,  from 
1886  to  1899  when  she  came  to  Fairmount. 

On  June  20th,  1911,  she  was  married  to  G.  A.  Weige  and  they  farmed  in  the  area  for 
many  years.  Mr.  Weige  preceded  her  in  death. 

She  is  survived  by  a  son  and  a  daughter:  B.  G.  Weige  of  Wheaton  and  Geraldine  Paulson, 
Bettendorf,  lA.  Also  surviving  are  two  brothers  and  a  sister;  Fred  and  Henry  Neisch  of  Fair- 
mount  and  Otillie  Otto  of  Campbell,  MN. 

Pallbearers  were:  Dale  Luick,  Charles  Templeton,  Keith  Moon,  Harold  Hoefs,  Ed  Kurfirst 

and  J.  D.  Swanson.  **********  August  22,  1957 

ARDEN  M.  LUND 

Arden  M.  Lund,  Minneapolis,  43,  passed  away  Monday  morning  of  a  heart  attack.  Funeral 
services  were  held  at  Lanesboro  on  Thursday,  Aug.  15th,  at  the  Bethlehem  Lutheran  Church 
at  2  PM. ,  with  Rev.  S.  T.  Severtsbn  officiating. 

He  was  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  J.  Lund,  formerly  of  Lanesboro,  and  was  bom  on 
March  4th,  1914,  in  Swift  Current,  Sask. ,  Canada.   In  June  of  the  same  year  he  with  his 
parents,  moved  back  to  Lanesboro  where  he  resided  until  Aug.  31st,  1929  when  the  family 
moved  to  Austin.   He  attended  his  grade  school  years  and  one  year  of  high  school  in  Lanes- 
boro and  was  confirmed  in  the  Bethlehem  Lutheran  Church  here.   He  was  active  in  school 

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activities.   He  finished  high  "'school  In  Austin  and  worked  there  several  years  then  joined 
his  family  in  Minneapolis  in  1934  where  he  worked  at  General  Mills  until  he  enlisted  in  the 
Second  World  War  in  1942.  He  served  at  Waco,  TX. ,  until  given  an  honorable  discharge  be- 
cause of  illness. 

He  worked  at  Pemberton  and  Seattle,  WA. ,  for  several  years,  then  returned  to  Minneapolis 
in  1944. 

He  is  survived  by  two  children,  Thomas  and  Judith,  Minneapolis,  his  mother,  Mrs.  T.  J. 
Lund  of  Austin,  a  sister,  Mrs.  D.  J.  Prinz,  of  Ionia,  MI.,  a  brother,  Everett  R.  Lund  of 
Minneapolis,  his  aged  grandmother,  Mra.  A.  J.  Lund  of  Minneapolis,  and  many  relatives  in 
Minnesota,  Washington,  California  and  Illinois,  also  Colorado.   (From  the  Lanesboro ,  MIT., 
Leader)  **********  August  22,  1957 

EDWIN  OSTBY  RITES  HERE  FRIDAY  AFTERNOON 

Funeral  services  for  Edwin  Ostby,  who  passed  away  at  Ellensburg,  WA. ,  will  be  held 
on  Friday  afternoon  at  2:30  PM. ,  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  in  Hankinson.   The  Rev. 
Byron  will  officiate  at  the  last  rites.   Burial  will  be  in  the  Tyson  Cemetery  south  of 
Hankinson.  **********  August  29,  1957 

CALLED  TO  MISSOURI  BY  FATHERS  DEATH 
Mrs.  Lester  McConn  received  word  that  her  father,  Mr.  John  Dixon,  75,  died  of  a  heart 
attack  Wednesday  morning  at  Raymondsville,  MO.   Mr.  and  Mrs.  McConn  and  children  and  Mrs. 
Mrs.  Lloyd  Sikorski  left  Wednesday  afternoon  to  attend  the  funeral  which  was  held  Friday. 

**********  August  29,  1957 

DIES  UNEXPECTEDLY 
-  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dallas  Miller,  Bend,  OR.,  and  relatives  were  grief  stricken  over  the  un- 
expected death  of  their  2  month  old  son,  Randall,  on  Sunday  morning.   The  baby  was  to  have 
been  baptized  at  a  church  service  that  same  day.   Death  was  due  to  a  respiratory  obstruction. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  are  here  visiting  at  the  home  of  his  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  August 
Miller.   Funeral  services  were  held  Thursday  afternoon  at  the  First  English  Lutheran  Church 
with  the  Rev.  Henry  L.  Schaefer  officiating.   Vertin  Funeral  Home  of  Wahpeton  was  in  charge. 

**********  August  29,  1957 

EDWIN  OSTBY 
Edwin  Ostby  was  born  at  Hankinson  on  Feb.  21st,  1899,  the  son  of  Nils  Ostby  and  Ragna- 
hild  Fuglem.   He  grew  to  manhood  in  Greendale  Township  and  attended  the  AC  at  Fargo.   He 
also  took  a  barber  course  in  Minneapolis.   Mr.  Ostby  went  west  in  about  1930  and  spent  the 
intervening  years  in  that  locality.   He  also  spent  several  seasons  in  Alaska.   Mr.  Ostby 
passed  away  Aug.  26th,  at  Ellensburg,  WA. 

The  deceased  was  preceded  in  death  by  his  parents,  two  brothers,  Sigurd  and  Carl; 
four  sisters,  Gladys,  Mabel,  Nellie  and  Olena.   Surviving  are  three  brothers:  Ole  of  Doug- 
las, ND. ,  Raymond  of  Staples,  MN.  ;  and  Peter  of  Castroville,  CA. ;  three  sisters;  Mrs.  Will- 
iam Koehler  and  Mrs.  Harry  King,  both  of  Hankinson  and  Mrs.  Gilbert  Schock  of  Amery,  WI . 
Funeral  services  were  held  last  Friday  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral^ Home  with  Rev.  Byron 


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^f.-r.'    ■   ■ --•  .,■■;-. 

V^'.  ■  of  the  Fairmount  Methodist  Church  officiating.  Burial  was  in  the  Tyson  Connnunity  Cemetery 

south  of  Hankinson.  ^^^^^^^^^    . 

**********  September  5,  1957 

CALLED  TO  MONTANA  BY  DEATH  OF  MOTHER 
Gladys  Langstaff  was  called  to  Glendive,  MT. ,  Monday  due  to  the  death  of  her  mother' 
who  passed  away  Monday  morning  at  a  Glendive  Hospital.   She  had  been  a  patient  in  the  hosp- 
ital there  but  death  was  unexpected. 

**********  September  12,  1957 

MRS.  BOHNENSTINGLE  DIES  SUNDAY 
Funeral  services  were  held  for  Mrs.  Matt  Bohnenstingl  Wednesday  morning,  Sept.  11th, 
from  the  St.  Philips  Church,  Hankinson,  with  Father  Neal  Kapoun  officiating.  Mrs.  Bohnen- 
stingl passed  away  Sunday  afternoon  at  the  St.  Gerard  Hospital. 

Helen  Geneva  Bohnenstingl  was  bom  Jan.  16th,  1909  at  Wheaton,  MN.   She  was  married 
Jan.  11th,  1943,  living  in  this  community  ten  years.  Mrs.  Bohnenstingle  had  been  ill  the 
past  two  years. 

Surviving  are  her  husband,  mother,  Mrs.  Cora  Hines,  VTheaton,  MN. ,  and  a  sister,  Mrs. 
Vance  Erickson,  Rosholt,  SD.   Interment  was  in  Calvary  Cemetery.   The  Wipperman  Funeral 
Home  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  September  12,  1957 

Mrs.  Margaret  Brummond  of  Bismarck  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  Bresnahan  went  to  St.  Paul  on 
Sunday  evening  to  attend  the  funeral  of  the  ladies  brother,  Mr.  Leonard  McMorrow,  who  was 
born  and  raised  near  Hankinson,  being  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  McMorrow,  who  home- 
steaded  near  Hankinson  almost  70  years  ago. 

**********  September  12,  1957 

MRS.  M.  BOHNENSTINGL 
Helen  Hokanson  was  born  on  Jan.  16th,  1909,  in  Wheaton,  MN. ,  to  John  and  Cora  Hokanson. 
She  attended  grade  school  in  Wheaton  and  graduated  from  Wheaton  High  School  in  1927.   Upon 
completion  of  High  School  she  attended  Colhoun  Business  School  in  Minneapolis,  graduating 
in  1929.   On  Jan.  12th,  1943,  Helen  married  Mathias  Bohnenstingl.   They  resided  in  Wheaton, 
Appleton  and  Cyrus,  MN.,  before  moving  to  Hankinson  in  1949. 

Mrs.  Bohnenstingl  suffered  a  stroke  in  1956  from  which  she  never  fully  recovered.   She 
passed  away  Sept.  8th,  1957.   Funeral  services  were  held  on  Sept.  11th  at  St.  Philip's  Church 
in  Hankinson.   Surviving  are  her  husband,  Mathias  Bohnenstingl,  her  mother,  Mrs.  Cora  Hines, 
Wheaton,  MN.,  and  one  sister,  Gleane  Erickson,  Rosholt,  ND. 

**********  September  19,  1957 

MASS  of  ANGELS  HELD  for  BOMMERSBACH  BABY 
Mass  of  the  Angels  was  said  for  the  infant  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Anton  Bommersbach  on 
Tuesday  morning  at  St.  Gerard's  Hospital. 

**********  September  19,  1957 


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BELFORD  LADY'S  FUNERAL  FRIDAY  '    !" 

Mrs.  Herman  Weber,  well  known  Belford  Township  resident,  passed  away  suddenly  early 
last  Monday  morning  at  her  home  there.  She  suffered  a  heart  attack  a  short  time  ago  and 
was  hospitalized  at  the  local  hospital. 

Wilhelmlna  Wendt  was  bom  in  Belford  Township  on  Oct.  2nd,  1886,  the  daughter  of  Mr.   • 
and  Mrs.  John  Wendt.   She  was  a  member  of  the  First  Confirmation  Class  in  the  present  Bel- 
ford Church  in  the  year  of  1900. 

She  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mr.  Herman  Weber  on  Nov.  21st,  1906,  by  Rev.  Hilgendorf 
in  the  Belford  Church..   This  union  was  blessed  by  two  children,  Arthur  and  Marion  (Mrs. 
Ervin  Falk.) 

Mrs.  Weber  was  very  active  in  the  affairs  of  her  church,  being  a  charter  member  of  the 
Belford  Ladies  Aid  and  also  was  deeply  interested  in  civic  and  community  affairs.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Weber  celebrated  their  Golden  Wedding  Anniversary  on  Nov.  21st,  1956. 

She  leaves  to  mourn  her  passing;  her  husband,  Mr.  Herman  Weber,  her  son,  Arthur  of 
Hankinson,  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Ervin  Falk,  of  Mantador,  four  grandchildren,  two  sisters,  Mrs. 
Henry  Krause,  Hankinson,  Mrs.  Percy  Reynolds,  St.  Paul,  MN. ,  and  one  brother,  Gustave  Wendt 
of  Wahpeton,  ND. 

She  was  preceded  in  death  by  one  sister,  one  step-sister  and  one  step-brother.   Funeral 
services  will  be  held  at  2  PM. ,  from  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church  of  Belford  on  Friday,  Sept. 
20th.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  will  be  in  charge  of  the  funeral  arrangements. 

**********  September  19,  1957 

SAND  RITES  HELD  TODAY 

The  funeral  of  Edward  Sand,  64,  of  Hankinson,  was  held  on  Thursday,  Sept.  19th,  in  the 
Congregational  Church,  the  Rev.  Frank  Hirons  officiating  and  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  in 
charge  of  arrangements. 

Mr.  Sand  died  Monday,  Sept.  16th,  in  a  Fargo  Hospital.   He  had  been  a  patient  3  weeks. 
Born  April  Ath,  1893  at  Kindred,  ND.,  Mr.  Sand  had  resided  in  that  area  until  1956  when  he 
moved  to  the  Hankinson  vicinity.  He  married  Helen  Nelson  on  July  11th,  1950,  in  Brecken- 
ridge,  MN. 

He  also  leaves  three  brothers,  Melvin  and  Arthur  of  Kindred  and  Henry  of  Portland,  OR., 
and  a  sister,  Mrs.  George  (Betsy)  Ronice,  of  Leonard,  ND. 

A  veteran  of  World  War  I,  he  was  a  member  of  Hankinson  Congregational  Church  and  the 
American  Legion.  Pallbearers  were  Melvin  Vangrud,  Kermit  Johnson  and  Geo.  Mettun  of  Kin- 
dred, M.  C.  Kirkeby,  0.  A.  Oliver  and  Joe  Motis  of  Hankinson. 

Interment  was  in  Hillside  Cemetery.   The  American  Legion  had  charge  of  the  service  at 

the  cempfPTv 

^"  '  **********  September  19,  1957 

ATTEND  FUNERAL  OF  GRANDMOTHER 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Sinner  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  Sinner  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs. 

Paul  Sinner's  grandmother,  Mrs.  Sophia  Johnson  at  Alexandra,  MN. ,  on  Sunday,  Sept.  15th. 

Mrs.  Johnson  passed  away  on  Thurs .  Sept.  12th. 

**********  September  19,  1957 

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FORMER  RESIDENT  DIES  IN  MONTANA^"^^'"^'''^'^'*'''^^-'  """  "^"'"l?^'*l^- 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  E.  Willard,  83,  passed  away  recently  at  Havre,  MX.,  where  she  had 
resided  for  many  years.   Following  is  an  account  which  appeared  in  a  Montana  newspaper 
recently:  ' 

"Mrs.  Willard  was  bom  April  1874,  at  Winona,  MN.   She  was  married. In  1894  at  West 
Concord,  MN. ,  to  Arthur  E.  Willard,  who  died  in  1918  at  Minneapolis.  Mrs. \  Willard  came  to 
Havre  in  July  of  1919  from  Hankinson,  ND.   She  was  a  member  of  the  Royal  Neighbors  of  Amer- 
ica, the  VFW  Auxiliary  and  the  Rebecca  Lodge.   She  is  the  oldest  member  of  the  Havre  Rebecca 
Lodge  and  has  been  a  Past  Noble  Grand." 

**********  September  26,  1957 

MRS.  ED  WILPRECHT'S  BROTHER  DIES  IN  WEST 

Mrs.  Ed  Wilprecht  received  word  of  the  death  of  her  brother,  Albert  Muehler  of  Lomita, 
CA. ,  Thursday,  Sept.  19th,  after  suffering  a  heart  attack.  Died  at  his  home  in  Torrance,  CA. 

Other  survivors  include  his  wife,  Gladys,  and  two  sons,  Elmer  and  Vernon,  both  of  Calif, 
his  father,  Gustav  Muehler  of  Hankinson;  sister,  Mrs.  Orie  Baker,  Wahpeton  and  Mrs.  Robert 
Berg,  Hankinson;  and  sons,  August,  Robert  and  Bob  all  of  Hankinson. 

**********  September  26,  1957 

FAIRMOUNT  WOMAN  SISTER  KILLED  IN  CAR  ACCIDENT 

Mrs.  David  Crawford  received  word  Monday  that  her  sister,  Mrs.  Nettie  Johnson  of  St. 
Paul  had  been  reported  killed  in  an  auto  accident  that  day.  Mrs.  Crawford  left  the  same 
day  for  St.  Paul.  **********  September  26,  1957 

FUNERAL  HELD  TUESDAY  FOR  MRS.  CHAS .  WHITE 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Charles  A.  (Mayme)  White  of  Fairmount  was  held  Tuesday  after- 
noon at  2:30  (CST)  on  Sept.  24th,  at  the  Methodist  Church  at  Fairmount  with  Rev.  Charles 
Bryan,  Pastor  of  the  Methodist  Church  and  Mr.  Robert  Granger,  student  pastor  of  the  Church 
of  Christ  of  Fairmount,  both  officiating.   A  quartet  of  the  Minnesota  Bible  College  of  Minn- 
eapolis sang  two  numbers.   Interment  was  in  the  south  Fairmount  Cemetery  beside  the  body 
of  her  husband.  Pallbearers  were  Bernard  Gray  and  Willis  Wilker,  Merle  Ready,  Bud  Clause 
and  Clifford  Harn.   Vertin  Funeral  Home  at  Wahpeton  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

Mrs.  White,  62,  of  Fairmoimt,  died  unexpectedly  Friday,  Sept.  20th,  at  the  St.  Fran- 
cis Hospital.   Mrs.  White,  the  former  Mayme  E.  Ham,  was  bom  Jan.  28th,  1895,  at  Briff,  lA. 
She  attended  schools  at  Benson,  MN.  ,  and  Sisseton,  SD. ,  and  was  married  to  Mr.  White  in  1922. 
They  resided  at  Fairmount  where  he  was  a  rural  mail  carrier  until  his  death  on  Aug.  8th, 
1952.   For  the  last  two  years  she  had  made  her  home  with  a  son-in-law,  Elroy  Schroeder, 
rural  Fairmount . 

Surviving  are  two  daughters',  Mrs.  Robert  (Roberta)  Jackman,  Euphrata,  WA.  ,  and  Mrs. 
Willard  (Alva)  Schroeder,  Fairmount;  three  sons,  Roger  in  the  U.  S.  Army  at  Dover,  DE.,  and 
Wilbur  at  East  St.  Louis,  IL. ;  and  Raymond  of  Minneapolis. 

Two  sisters,  Mrs.  Eathy  Morse,  Spokane,  WA. ,  and  Mrs.  Albert  Langeberg,  Veblen,  SD.  ; 
two  brothers,  Benjamin  Ham  of  Veblen  and  William  of  Sisseton;  23  grandchildren  and  two 
great-grandchildren.   A  daughter,  Mrs.  Elroy  Schroeder  died  in  1955. 

**********  September  26,  1957 

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GRANDSONS  OF^MANTADOR  iAdY  DROWN  IN  POOL 

Danny  and  David  Lorness,  two  and  three  years  old,  sons  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gerald  Forness 
of  Morris,  MN.,  drowned  Tuesday  in  a  swimming  pool  above  a  neighbor ' s  garage  there. 

The  boys'  mother  is  the  former  Rosemary  Lenz  of  Mantador,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Anna  Lenz, 
who  is  well  known  throughout  this  area.      _  . 

The  unusual  swimming  pool  is  located  above  a  garage  and  the  bodies  were  discovered  by 

a  resident  of  the  upstairs  apartment  in  the  Fomess  home.   Authorities  said  Danny  and  David 

apparently  had  wandered  into  the  garage,  walked  up  a  flight  of  stairs  to  the  pool,  then  fell 

in  and  drowned. 

**********  October  3,  1957 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Popp  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Earl  Waite  attended  the 

funeral  Saturday  at  Bertha,  MN. ,  for  a  former  neighbor,  Mrs.  Bert  Heyen. 

**********  October  3,  1957 

LEONARD  McMORROW  DIES  IN  ST.  PAUL 

Funeral  services  for  Leonard  W.  McMorrow,  228  6th  Ave.  No.,  So.  St.  Paul,  MN. ,  who 
died  Sept.  7th,  1957,  after  an  extended  illness,  were  held  in  Grace  Lutheran  Church,  So.  St. 
Paul,  on  Sept.  10th,  1957,  with  burial  in  Oak  Hill  Cemetery. 

Born  in  Hankinson,  ND. ,  Mr.  McMorrow  had  lived  in  So.  St.  Paul  for  the  past  34  years. 
He  was  employed  for  25  years  at  Swift  and  Co. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Clara,  by  five  children:  Mrs.  Earl  Swain  (LaVeme) ,  Melvin, 
Marlin  and  Richard,  all  of  So.  St.  Paul;  and  Milton  of  Palatine,  IL. ,  by  four  brothers, 
Frank  of  Milwaukee,  Phil  of  Mansfield,  OH.;  Joseph  and  Edward  of  St.  Paul,  by  two  sisters, 
Mrs'.  William  Bresnahan  of  Hankinson,  ND. ;  and  Margaret  of  Bismarck,  ND.,  and  by  17  grand- 
children. **********  October  3,  1957 

MRS.  BOLDT  RITES  HERE  FRIDAY 

Death  on  Tuesday  morning,  Oct.  8th,  called  home  a  pioneer  woman  of  the  Hankinson  comm- 
unity in  the  passing  of  Mrs.  Ernest ina  Boldt.   Mrs.  Boldt  had  been  failing  in  health  for  the 
past  six  months  and  lately  had  been  cared  for  at  the  home  of  her  son-in-law  and  daughter, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  Knaack. 

Mrs.  Boldt  was  born  in  Germany,  Dec.  12th,  1870.   At  the  age  of  17  she  came  to  America 
with  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  August  Boldt  residing  in  the  Great  Bend  territory.   She  was 
married  to  Herman  Boldt  of  Hankinson,  on  March  Ath,  1890,  residing  on  their  homestead  south- 
west of  Hankinson. 

She  is  survived  by  (Mary)  Mrs.  Chas.  Vedder,  Albert,  (Delia)  Mrs.  Walter  Knaack,  Arthur 
and  Lester  all  of  Hankinson,  (Lena)  Mrs.  Emil  Knaack  of  St.  Paul,  MN. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Friday  at  2  PM. ,  from  the  Evangelical  and  Reformed  Church 
at  Hankinson  with  Rev.  F.  W.  Paul  officiating.   Burial  will  be  beside  her  husband  in  the 
church  cemetery.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  will  have  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  October  10,  1957 


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V. V ■/•'ELMER  SUNDE  KILLED  AS  AUTO  UPSETS  ON  CURVE 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  today  (Thursday)  at  2  PM. ,  from  the  Brandvold  Lutheran 

"'■."■, 
Church  for  Elmer  C.Sunde,  24,  who  was  killed  early  last  Sunday  morning  when  his  car  over- 
turned and  rolled  on  a  curve  about  a  mile  south  of  Claire  City,  SD. 

The  victim,  in  company  with  his  brother,  Irving,  who  was  visiting  here  from  the  west 
coast,  was  seriously  injured  and  is  In'a  hospital  in  Sisseton.  The  two  brothers  are  sons 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chris  Sunde,  who  farm  south  of  Hankinson,  just  this  side  of  the  state  line. 

It  is  not  known  which  brother  was  driving  the  automobile  which  is  reported  to  have 
turned  over  several  times,  crushing  Elmer  beneath  the  vehicle. 

The  Rev.  G.  J.  Gjevre,  pastor  of  the  church,  will  conduct  the  funeral  services.  The 
Wipperman  Funeral  Home  will  be  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  October  10,  1957 

GRANDSON  DROWNS  AT  HASTINGS,  MN. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  Gabbert,  who  had  come  here  Friday  from  Hastings,  MN. ,  to  attend  the 
funeral  of  his  father,  John  Gabbert,  were  called  back  to  Hastings,  the  same  day. 

Their  seven  month  old  grandson,  Jimmy,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ivan  Hakseth,  had  wandered 
from  his  home  and  drowned  in  the  Mississippi  River.   The  mishap  occurred  Friday  afternoon 
near  the  child's  home  in  Hastings.   Mrs.  Hakseth  is  the  former  Donna  Gabbert. 

Funeral  Services  were  held  on  Sunday  at  Hastings.  The  little  boy  is  also  the  great- 
grandson  of  Mrs.  Mary  Weinkauf  of  this  city. 

**********  October  10,  1957 

JOHN  GABBERT  FUNERAL  HELD 

Funeral  services  for  John  C.  Gabbert,  who  died  Friday  at  St.  Gerard  Hospital  in  Hank- 
inson, were  held  Sunday  afternoon  from  the  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church,  Rev.  R.  Tuescher  off- 
iciating.  Burial  was  in  Immanuel  Lutheran  Cemetery.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in 
charge  of  final  arrangements. 

John  Carl  Gabbert  was  bom  near  Marshall,  MN. ,  Jan.  29th,  1880,  the  son  of  William  and 
Mary  Gabbert.   As  a  young  man  he  moved  to  North  Dakota,  where  he  farmed  south  of  Hankinson. 
On  Dec.  13th,  1906,  he  married  Rose  Hentz,  who  preceded  him  in  death  Jan.  11th,  1939.  He 
moved  to  Hankinson  in  the  fall  of  1941  with  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Ann  Renegar,  where  he  resided 
until  his  death.' 

On  Wednesday  afternoon,  Oct.  2nd,  he  suffered  a  paralytic  stroke  and  was  taken  to  St. 
Gerard  Hospital  by  ambulance  where  he  passed  away  early  Friday  morning.  He  is  survived  by 
two  sons,  Walter  of  Hastings,  MN. ,  Ray  of  Harvey,  ND. ;  three  daughters,  Mrs.  Otto  Heesch, 
(Lillian)  of  Hastings,  MN. ,  Mrs.  Ann  Renegar  and  Mrs.  Reinhart  Wurl  (Myrtle)  of  Hankinson, 
20  grandchildren  and  3  great-grandchildren.   Two  brothers,  Wm.  and  George,  both  of  Hankinson, 
one  sister,  Mrs.  John  Wolff  of  Wood  Lake,  MN. ,  as  well  as  many  other  relatives  and  friends. 
His  parents,  two  brothers,  one  sisters  and  two  grandchildren  preceded  him  in  death. 

He  attained  the  age  of  77  years,  9  months  and  29  days. 

Out  of  town  relatives  attending  the  funeral  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Wolff,  Mrs.  Hulda 
Schroeder,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reuben  Wolff  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  Gabbert  and  family  all  of  Wood 

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■-..s5i5;?*fLakeV'MN. ;  Mr.'-  and  Mrs.  Ted  Highman,  Granite  Falls,  MN. ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  Gabbert  of 
'■""Albert  Lee,  MN.  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lawrence  Gabbert,  Harvey  and  Joyce  of  Drayton,  ND.  ;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Art  Miller,  Mrs.  Sarah  Coppln  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ben  Feldmann  and  Sylvia  all  of  Wahpeton, 
ND.,"Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Front,  Britton,  SD. ,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roy  Hentz  and  Sharon,  Rosholt,  SD.  , 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cecil  Hentz  and  Lynda,  Minneapolis,  MN. ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leroy  Hentz  and  family, 

.^'''  '""iNew  Effington,  SD. ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Gabbert  and  family,  Moorhead,  MN.  and  Mr.  and  Mrs 
Ray  Gabbert  of  Harvey.  **********'  October  10,  1957 

Mrs.  Mary  Lewis,  Fred  and  Barbara  attended  the  funeral  for  Mrs.  Fred  Ingstad  at  Fargo 
on  Saturday  morning.  Mrs.  Ingstad  was  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Art  Lewis,  Sr. ,  of  St.  Paul. 

**********  October  17,  1957 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS The  sympathy  of  the  community  is  extended  to  the  Deike's,  Hoeft 

and  Lenz  families  in  the  death  of  their  wife  and  mother,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Deike  who  passed  away 
Thursday  evening,  Oct.  10th  at  her  home. 

**********  October  17,  1957 

ATTEND  FUNERAL  OF  RELATIVE  IN  ST.  PAUL 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  Franz  and  Dina,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reinhart  Franz  attended  the  fun- 
eral of  Messrs.  Franz's  nephew's  wife,  Mrs.  Clarence  Hell  at  St.  Paul.   She  passed  away  on 
Oct.  9th.   The  funeral  was  held  Saturday,  Oct.  12th.  Mrs.  Hell  was  34  years  old  and  is  sur- 
vived by  her  husband,  three  children,  sisters  and  brothers. 

**********  October  24,  1957 

Word  has  been  received  by  friends  of  the  death  of  Mrs.  Hilman  Salsrude  of  Placerville, 
CA,.,  on  Sept.  23rd.   The  Salsrude 's  were  former  Hankinson  residents. 

**********  October  24,  1957 

MRS.  TOM  BRADLEY  DIES  ENROUTE  FROM  CALIF.  TO  WISCONSIN 

GREAT  BEND  NBJS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tom  Bradley,  Santa  Clara,  CA. ,  were  enroute  to  Con- 
cord and  Watertown,  WI.,  to  visit  Mrs.  Bradley's  relatives  and  hometown  and  on  Sunday,  Sept. 
15th,  reached  Waterloo,  lA. ,  where  Mrs.  Bradley  was  stricken  with  a  fatal  heart  attack. 

Mrs.  Bradley  (nee  Ida  Ziegelman)  was  born  July  9th,  1889,  in  Concord,  WI . ,  to  the  late 
Herman  and  Wilhelmlna  Ziegelman.   On  Oct.  30th,  1912,  she  was  married  to  Tom  Bradley  of 
Milwaukee.   They  made  their  home  there  until  1950  when  they  moved  to  California.  Mrs.  Brad- 
ley is  survived  by  her  husband,  one  son,  Carroll  of  Newark,  CA. ,  one  granddaughter.   Three 
sisters:  Mrs.  Minnie  Schultz  of  Concord,  WI. ;  Mrs.  Francis  Foster  of  Los  Altos,  CA. ;  Mrs. 
Lydia  Bellows,  Chicago,  IL.   Two  brothers,  Albert  and  Herman  of  Watertown,  WI . 

Funeral  services  were  held  in  Waterloo,  lA. ,  at  2  o'clock  Tuesday,  Sept.  17th.  The 
remains  were  sent  to  California.   Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Schultz,  Robert  Schultz,  Albert  and 
Clifford  Ziegelman,  Mrs.  Roy  Jones  and  Mrs.  Wm.  Utecht,  all  of  Wisconsin  motored  to  Water- 
loo, lA.,  Tuesday  for  the  funeral. 

**********  October  24,  1957 

MRS.  CLARENCE  SWANSON'S  NEPHEW  KILLED  OUT  WEST 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clarence  Swanson  received  word  recently  that  the  bodies  of  her  nephew, 

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Dean  LeClair,  23,  and  his  companion  were  found  by  hunters  on  Oct.  6th,  at  Washington.   The"T;fr 
boys  were  reported  missing  since  Aug.  30th,  and  had  an  auto  accident  enroute  home  from  work  v 
at  Wishram,  WA. ,  and  had  gone  down  a  100  foot  bank.   The  car  was  driven  by  Dean's  companion. 
Dean's  home  is  at  Plankinton,  SD. ,  and  he  had  been  employed  in  Washington.   Dean's  brother 
Robert  LeClair  was  killed  in  May  of  1956  in  an  auto  accident  in  South  Dakota. 

Funeral  services  for  Dean  LeClair  were  pending  waiting  the  arrival  of  his  family  from  ■■ 
Plankington,  SD. ,  who  left  on  Thursday  of  last  week  for  Washington. 

**********  October  24,  1957 

ATTENDS  FUNERAL 

Mrs.  David  Crawford  returned  home  recently  after  attending  the  funeral  of  her  sister, 
Mrs.  Nettie  Johnson  of  St.  Paul,  who  was  killed  Sept.  23rd,  1957,  as  a  restilt  of  a  car 
accident.   Funeral  services  were  held  at  St.  Paxil  on  Sept.  26th. 

**********  October  26,  1957 

MRS.  G.  LENZ  RITES  HELD  HERE  SATURDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Gustav  Lenz,  Sr. ,  who  died  at  the  age  of  89,  were  held 
Monday  afternoon  from  the  Evangelical  and  Reformed  Church  at  Hankinson.   Rev.  F.  W.  Paul 
officiated  and  interment  was  in  the  Evangelical  and  Reformed  Cemetery. 

The  Girls  Choir  sang,  assisted  by  Roger  Buckhouse  at  the  organ.   Mrs.  Lenz  was  a  char- 
ter member  of  the  church  from  which  she  was  buried.   Six  grandsons  acted  as  pallbearers. 
The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

Emilie  Johanna  Louise  Seefeldt  was  born  June  7th,  1868.   She  was  baptized  on  June  18th, 
1868,  and  confirmed  in  1882,  in  Lasbeck,  Germany.   She  was  the  daughter  of  William  Seefeldt 
and  Dorothy  Reinke.   She  was  married  in  1888  to  Gustav  Lenz  in  Acoma,  MN.   They  homesteaded 
in  Greendale  Township,  Richland  County  in  1888.   They  later  moved  southwest  of  Hankinson. 

Born  to  this  union  were  8  children:  Charles  of  Lidgerwood;  August  of  Wahpeton;  Gust, 
Max  and  Mrs.  Vernon  (Anna)  Smith,  all  of  Hankinson.   One  son.   Bill,  passed  away  Jan.  10th, 
1956.   She  was  preceded  in  death  by  her  husband,  who  passed  away  Sept.  9th,  194 1,  and  two 
daughters,  who  died  in  infancy,  also  5  brothers  and  one  sister. 

She  is  survived  by  16  grandchildren  and  10  great-grandchildren. 

**********  October  31,  1957 

LOCAL  PASTOR'S  MOTHER  DIES  AT  FARGO 

Mrs.  Ernest  (Rose  Marie)  Kapoun,  mother  of  the  assistant  pastor  of  St.  Philips  Church 
in  Hankinson,  the  Rev.  Neal  Kapoun,  passed  away  Sunday  In  a  Fargo  hospital  where  she  had 
been  a  patient  for  the  past  12  years.   She  was  54  years  old  and  formerly  resided  at  Alice,  ND. 

Solemn  Requiem  High  Mass  was  celeberated  at  10  Tuesday  in  St.  Henry  Catholic  Church  at 
Alice.   A  son,  the  Rev.  Neal  Kapaun,  was  celebrant  of  the  Mass.   The  Rev.  Julius  Walz  was 
deacon  and  the  Rev.  Peter  Bannon  subdeacon. 

Born  at  Alice,  Feb.  19th,  1903,  Mrs.  Kapoun  grew  to  womanhood  there  and  was  married 
to  Mr.  Kapoun  June  26th,  1928.   Besides  her  husband  and  the  son,  who  is  assistant  pastor  of 
St.  Philips  Church  at  Hankinson,  she  leaves  a  daughter,  Ann  at  home,  and  a  sister,  Mrs.  F. 
F.  (Alice)  Young,  1510  9th  St.  N. ,  Fargo. 

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Attending  the  funeral  from  Hankinson  were:  Msgr.  G.  C.  Bierens,  Lena  Alb recht'*''tfaies?'-^'^' 
Walter  Clarey,  Ray  Erickson,  John  A.  Roth,  Frank  Bommersbach,  Sr.,  Nick  Benroth  and  D.  L. 
Meide.  **********  •  October  31,  1957 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS. . . .Adolph  Ziegelman  received  word  from  Leipzig,  Germany  on  Saturday 
that  a  relative,  Mrs.  Anna  Krienke,  passed  away  at  her  home  on  Sept."  16th  of  a  heart  ailment. 

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FAIRMOUNT  NEWS. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pete  Wawers  attended  the  funeral  of  his  brother's  wife,' 

Mrs.  Nick  Wawers,  at  Breckenridge  on  Thursday. 

**********  November  7,  1957 

JOHN  M.  KRUMP  RITES  MONDAY 

Requiem  Mass  for  John  M.  Krump,  69,  life  long  resident  of  the  Hankinson  area,  was 
held  at  9  o'clock,  Monday,  Nov.  11th  in  St.  Philips  Catholic  Church,  Rt.  Rev.  Msgr.  G.  C. 
Bierens  officiating.  Mr.  Krump  died  suddenly  of  a  heart  attack  Thursday  afternoon. 

John  M.  Krump  was  born  Sept.  17th,  1889  in  Belford  Township.,  where  he  attended  school 
and  grew  to  manhood.  He  married  Alvina  Foertsch  at  Mantador,  ND.,  Oct.  30th,  1913.  Mr. 
Krump  was  engaged  in  farming  north  of  Hankinson  until  1944,  when  they  moved  to  Hankinson 
and  where  they  have  since  resided. 

He  served  on  Belford  Township  board  for  23  years,  R.S.R.  for  a  number  of  years  and  the 
Board  of  County  Commissioners  for  7  years,  still  holding  that  office  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Mantador  Catholic  Order  of  Foresters  and  St.  Philips  Church  of  Hank- 
inson. 

The  Solemn  Requiem  High  Mass  was  celebrated  at  St.  Philips  Church  by  Msgr.  Bierens, 
assisted  by  Rev.  Neal  Kapoun  and  Rev.  George  E.  Miller  of  Mantador.   Interment  was  at  Cal- 
vary Cemetery.   Pallbearers  were:  Wilbert  Thiel,  Arnold  Foertsch,  Louis  Foertsch,  Henry 
Krump,  Lester  Krump  and  Lawrence  Heitkamp.   Honorary  Pallbearers  were:  Arthur  Gunness, 
Odin  J.  Wold,  Raymond  Olson,  C.  M.  Comstock,  Adolph  Peterson  and  J.  E.  Little. 

**********  November  14,  1957 

A.  H.  Melcher  accompanied  by  his  son  and  daughter-in-law,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elmer  Melcher 
of  Breckenridge  to  Norfolk,  NE.,  last  Wednesday.   They  attended  the  funeral  of  the  former's 
brother,  Louis  Melcher  on  Thursday,  returning  home  Thursday  evening. 

**********  November  14,  1957 

OMISSION 
Editor's  Note:   Inadvertently  deleted  from  the  obituary  of  the  late  John  Krump  in  last 
week's  news  were  the  surviving  relatives  names.   Our  apologies  for  this  omission. 

The  late  John  M.  Krump  is  survived  by  his  wife,  four  sons:  ,  Wilfred,  Sylvester, 

Hankinson;  Ambrose  of  St.  Paul,  MN.   Two  daughters,  Mrs.  Wil. . . . (Mary)  Baldner  of  Mooreton, 
ND. ,  and  Mrs.  Elroy  (Alvina)  Muehler  of  Hankinson.   There  are  eighteen  grandchildren. 

Also  surviving  is  one  sister,  Mrs.  Michael  (Margaret)  Haf ,  Detroit  Lakes,  MN.   His 

parents,  six  brothers  and  two  sisters  preceded  him  in  death. 

**********  November  21,  1957 

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F.  RADLOFF  RITES  FRIDAY  AFTERNOON 

Frank  Ferdinand  Fredrick  Radloff ,  lifelong  resident  of  Hankinson,  passed  away  at  his 
home  on  Tuesdaywornlng ,  Nov.  19th.,  1957,  obtaining  the  age  of  79  years  and  18  days.  He  was 
,,,,.  up  until  three  weeks  ago  when  he  became  confined  to  home  till  time  of  death.  ■ 

Mr,  Radloff  was  bom  in  Germany  on  Nov.  1st,  1878,  coming  to  America  with  his  parents 
at  the  age  of  13.  He  was  married  to  Ida  L.  Krause  in  the  year  1903  on  November  12th.  To 
this  union  six  children  were  bom.   Surviving,  besides  his  wife,  are  three  sons;  Harry  of 
Hankinson,  Carl  of  Grand  Forks,  George  of  Colorado;  three  daughters,  Mrs.  Frank  Frenzel 

C ce)  of  Dickinson,  ND.;  Mrs.  Nere  Olson  CDorothy)  of  Chicago  and  Lois  at  home.  There 

are  13  grandchildren,  two  preceding  him  in  death.  One  sister,  Mrs.  Martha  Kahn  of  Hankinson 
also  survives. 

The  body  will  lie  in  state  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  until  the  time  of  service, 

which  is  PM. ,  at  the  funeral  home  and  2  PM. ,  at  the  E.  &  R.  Church  on  Friday,  Nov. 

22nd,   Interment  will  be  made  at  the  E,  &  R.  Cemetery,  Hankinson,  Rev,  Firdel  Paul,  pastor 
of  the  E.  &  R.  Church  will  officiate. 

Mr.  Radloff  was  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodman  of  America,  and  a  charter  member  of  the 
Hankinson  Volunteer  Fire  Department, 

**********  November  21,  1957 

Mrs,  Joe  Mongoven  received  word  that  her  sister-in-law,  Mrs Melquist  of  Blach- 

ley,  OR,,  had  passed  away.  The  funeral  was  held  Saturday. 


********** 


November  21,  1957 


FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Mrs.  Maryanne  Hermes,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adolph  Zentgraf  of  Fairmount, 

William  Minnehan  of  Wahpeton  and  Mtjs.  Hammerschmidt  of  Moorhead  left  Monday  for  Pipestone, 
MN.,  where  they  attended  the  funeral  of  the  latter's  sister,  Milly  Minnehan  of  Aberdeen,  SD. , 
on  Wednesday  at  Pipestone.         **********  November  21.  1957 

MOTHER  of  FAIRMOUNT  WOMAN  DIED 

Mrs.  Cothe  of  Bryant,  SD. ,  died  on  Wednesday,  Nov.  13th,  and  funeral  services  were  held 
at  Bryant  on  Saturday,  Nov.  16th.  Mrs.  Cothe  is  the  mother  of  Mrs.  Art  Dretsch  of  Fairmount 
who  had  spent  some  time  with  her  mother  while  she  was  ill  and  until  her  death  on  Wednesday. 

Those  from  here  attending  the  funeral  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Art  Dretsch  of  Fairmount 
and  their  daughter,  Vavia  and  children,  Mrs.  George  Decker  and  children  of  Rice  Lake,  WI., 
who  came  for  the  funeral.  **********  November  21,  1957 

MANTADOR  LADY  BURIED  TODAY 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  John  (Clara)  Fettes,  a  pioneer  of  the  Mantador  community, 
was  held  Wednesday,  Nov.  27th,  from  the  St.  Peter  and  Paul's  Church  at  Mantador.  Father 
Miller  celebrating  the  funeral  Mass. 

Clara  Beigel,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Beigel,  was  bom  in  Burlington,  MO.,  Jan. 
7th,  1878.   As  a  young  lady  she  came  to  the  Mantador  community.   She  was  married  to  John 
Fettes  on  May  10th,  1906  and  has  resided  in  this  community  until  her  death. 

On  Nov.  14th,  she  suffered  a  stroke  and  was  cared  for  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital.   She 

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passed  away  Monday,  Nov.  25th,  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  in  Breckeiiridge'r,' MN."  '       v'^v 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fettes  celebrated  their  50th  Wedding  Anniversary,  June  28th,  1956. 
She  is  survived  by  her  husband,  one  son,  Frank  and  a  daughter,  •  Stella  (Mrs.  Adolph   i,- . 

Triba)  all  of  Mantador,  one  living  brother,  Frank  Beigel  of  Elizabeth,  MN. ,■  and  nine  grand-^v 

children.  .  •  -jr   •.  .:^.,^-•    ,   ,  t;  N^v^' .-,.^. -=\,  ■:^;--vc;. 

Burial  was  in  Calvary  Cemetery,  Mantador,   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  had  charge  of 

the  funeral  arrangements.  **********  November  28,  1957 

Patty  Smith  spent  Thursday  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bill  Reimann,  Jr.,  while  her  parents 
attended  the  funeral  of  Frank  Wurst  at  Kidder,  SD. 

**********  November  28,  1957 

Mrs.  Leo  Kinn  and  Mary  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Kinns  cousin,  George  LeClair,  Jr. , 
on  Saturday  at  Sisseton,  SD. 

**********  November  28,  1957 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Smith,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vernon  Smith,  Max  Lenz  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herbert 
Schultz  of  New  Effington  attended  the  funeral  of  Frank  Wurst  at  Kidder,  SD. ,  on  Thursday. 
Mr.  Wurst  was  a  brother-in-law  of  Vernon  Smith. 

**********  November  28,  1957 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  A.  Clock  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Donn  Clock  left  on  Tuesday  for  Hampden,  ND. 
On  Wednesday  they  attended  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Clock's  brother-in-law,  Carl  Boatman. 

**********  December  5,  1957 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Bommersbach,  Sr.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Lock  of  Rutland,  attended  the 
funeral  at  Park  Rapids,  MN. ,  of  Lester  South,  a  brother-in-law  to  Frank  Bommersbach.  Mrs. 
South  will  be  remembered  here  as  the  former  Kate  Hemerling. 

**********  December  5,  1957 

FUNERAL  HELD  FRIDAY  FOR  liRS.    JESSIE  TURBAK 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Friday,  Nov.  29th,  1957  at  St.  Anthony's  Church,  Fairmount, 
for  Mrs.  Jessie  Turbak,  72,  who  passed  away  Tuesday,  Nov.  26th,  at  St.  Francis  Rest  Home 
where  she  had  been  a  patient  since  October.   Rev.  Fr.  Bierens  of  Hankinson  officiated  at  the 
service.   Interment  was  in  the  Calvary  Cemetery  at  Fairmount.   Rosary  was  prayed  Thursday 
evening  at  the  Vertin  Funeral  Home.   Vertins  of  Wahpeton  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

Mrs.  Jessie  Turbak,  the  daughter  of  Ella  Lopp  and  Geo dig,  was  bom  May  14th,  1885 

at  Reeseville,  WI.,  where  she  grew  up  and  attended  school.   She  came,  with  her  parents,  to 
Fairmount.   On  Feb.  10th,  1909,  she  was  united  in  marriage  to  John  Turbak  and  they  made 
their  home  in  Fairmount.   Her  husband,  John,  died  in  July  of  1941.   In  1951  she  went  to 
Wahpeton  to  make  her  home.   For  the  past  three  years  she  has  been  a  patient  in  the  St.  Fran- 
cis Rest  Home  until  her  death  on  Tuesday.   Mrs.  Turbak  was  a  member  of  the  St.  Anthony's 
Church  in  Fairmount. 

She  is  survived  by  one  son,  George  Turbak  of  Havre,  MT.;  four  daughters,  Mrs.  Adolph 
( nna)  Theede  of  Overland,  KS.,  Mrs.  Reuben  (Kay)  Janz  of  Richmond,  CA. ;  Mrs.  Chas. 

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( rge)  Oberg  of  Wahpeton,'  and  Mrs.  Don  ■(JoanVMartin  of  Richmond,  CA.   She  is  also 

survived  by  22  grandchildren  and  five  great-grandchildren . 

She  was  preceded  in  death  by  one  daughter  and  her  husband,  John,  who  died  in  1941. 

^ -.r  '  .:*^^^  *-*,*l*.**,*  :■  Decembers,  1957 

FUNERAL  held' TUESDAY  FOR  LOUIS  BACH,  73. 

Louis  Joseph  Bach,  73,  Campbell  Township  farmer,  died  Saturday,  Nov.  30th,  1957,  at 
the  St.  Francis  Hospital.  He  farmed  in  Richland  Cotinty  near  Fairmount  for  20  years  before 
moving  to  Wilkin  County. 

Funeral  services  were  Tuesday,  Dec.  2nd,  at  9  AM.,  in  St.  Anthony's  Catholic  Church 
in  Fairmount,  of  which  he  was  a  member.   The  Rev.  Fr.  John  J.  Stempel  of  Fairmount  offic- 
iated and  interment  was  in  St.  Anthony's  Cemetery  at  Fairmount.   Jos.  Vertin  and  Sons  Fun- 
eral Home  was  in  charge  of  the  arrangements.   Visitation  was  Monday  afternoon  and  evening  at 
the  Jos.  Vertin  Chapel. 

He  was  born  July  25th,  1884,  in  Germany  and  came  to  the  United  States  with  his  parents 
when  seven  years  old.  He  attended  schools  and  grew  to  manhood  on  his  fathers  farm  in  Neb- 
raska, attending  St.  Mary's  Catholic  School  at  Humphrey.   Later  he  moved,  with  his  parents, 
to  a  farm  near  Parks ton,  SD. 

In  1912,  he  came  to  the  Fairmount  community  and  the  following  year  married  Anna  Diff- 
erding  at  St.  Anthony's  Catholic  Church.  They  farmed  near  Fairmount  until  1940,  when  they 
purchased  a  farm  near  Campbell,  where  he  had  since  resided. 

Surviving,  besides  his  wife  are:  five  daughters,  Mrs.  Louis  (Susanna)  Herding  of  Hank- 
inson,  Mrs.  Leo  (Loretta)  Althoff  of  Mooreton,  Miss  Marie  Bach  of  Breckenridge,  Mrs.  Cyril 
(Dorothy)  Schreiber  of  Campbell,  and  Mrs.  Donald  (Margaret)  Leinen  of  Great  Bend;  three 
sons,  Lawrence  of  Hankinson,  John  of  Breckenridge  and  Frank  of  Campbell. 

He  also  leaves  two  sisters,  Mrs.  John  (Margaret)  Brown  of  Columbus,  NE.,  and  Mrs. 
Melinda  Bach  of  Parston,  ND. ,  and  21  grandchildren. 

Besides  his  parents,  two  brothers  and  a  sister  preceded  him  in  death. 

**********  December  5,  1957 

PROCHNOW  RITES  HELD  WEDNESDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Delbert  Prochnow  of  rural  Great  Bend,  who  passed  away  Dec.  6th, 
were  held  Wednesday  afternoon  at  1:45  PM. ,  from  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  and  2  PM. ,  at 
the  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church,  Rev.  R.  Tuescher  officiating. 

Delbert  T.  Prochnow  was  born  Aug.  16th,  1917,  at  Hankinson,  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ervin  Prochnow.   He  attended  rural  schools  and  grew  to  manhood  in  Greendale  Township.   He 
married  Florence  Schley,  March  8th,  1945.   They  resided  on  the  home  farm  for  two  years  then 
moved  to  a  farm  near  Great  Bend  and  lived  there  until  his  death. 

He  leaves  to  mourn  his  wife,  Florence,  one  daughter.  Delaine,  a  sister  and  three  bro- 
thers.  Dorine  (Mrs.  Dayton  Johnson),  Whittier,  CA. ,  Alvin  of  Hankinson,  Willis  of  Fair- 
mount  and  Donald  of  Great  Bend,  a  grandmother,  Mrs.  Bertha  Steinwehr  of  Wahpeton,  a  host  of 
relatives  and  friends.  He  was  preceded  in  death  by  his  parents,  one  sister,  Aldina  (Mrs. 

Jack  Fry.) 

Pallbearers  were:  Monroe  and  Vernon  Sedler,  Edward  and  Oscar  Prochnow,  Edwin  Stack 

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and  Roland  Steinwehr^;^;'^;:,  "      ' 

'■  '  .•"-  y /  "  ' "  1-  '  .'*  i--"" '.■  .  ."  -.  ■".■■■ 
Burial  was'  in  Immanuel  Lutheran  Cemetery.   The  Wippennan  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge 

of  arrangements.  *  ^  ^  ^  *  *  *  *  *  * 

December  12,  1957 
;  .-    MRS.  JOHN  HOLST  DIES  THURSDAY 

Mrs.  John  Hoist  passed  away  early  Thursday  (today)  morning  at  the  St.  Gerard  Hospital, 
where  she  had  been  a  patient  since  Friday,  suffering  from  a  stroke. 

Funeral  services  will  be  Saturday  afternoon,  Dec.  lAth  from  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church 
in  Hankinson.   The  time  has  not  been  set. 

**********  December  12,  1957 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS.... The  deepest  sympathy  of  the  community  is  extended  to  Mrs.  Delbert 
Prochnow  and  Delaine,  in  the  death  of  her  husband  and  father,  Delbert  Prochnow,  who  passed 
away  Friday  evening  in  New  York,  where  he  went  for  treatments.  He  was  to  Denver,  and  Miss- 
ouri, also  in  Breckenridge  hospital  before  going  to  New  York. 

**********  December  12,  1957 

R.  C.  BLADOW  DIES  TUESDAY  OF  HEART  ATTACK 

A  prominent  Hankinson  man,  R.  C.  Bladow,  was  suddenly  stricken  with  a  fatal  heart 
attack  Tuesday,  Dec.  17th,  at  his  home  on  Lake  Elsie  south  of  Hankinson. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Saturday,  Dec.  21st,  from  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  at 
1:30  PM.  ,  and  from  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church  in  Belford  Township  at  2  o'clock.   Rev.  W.  H. 
Cordts,  pastor  of  the  church,  will  officiate.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  is  in  chare  of 
arrangements. 

Mrs.  Arnold  Pankow  of  Wahpeton  will  be  soloist  at  the  church.   Interment  will  be  at 
St.  John's  Church  Cemetery. 

Reinhard  C.  Bladow,  son  of  Charles  Bladow  and  Augusta  (nee  Gaedcke) ,  was  born  in 
Brightwood  Township  on  May  3rd,  1899.   He  was  baptized  and  later  confirmed  at  St.  John's 
Lutheran  Church  in  Belford  Township.   He  was  joined  in  marriage  to  Martha  Stack  on  Sept. 
19th,  1918.   They  lived  in  various  places  in  Richland  County  but  spent  most  of  their  mar- 
ried life  on  their  farm  three  and  one  half  miles  north  of  Hankinson.  Mr.  Bladow  retired 
from  farming  in  1950  and  built  a  home  on  Lake  Elsie,  southwest  of  Hankinson.   It  was  here 
that  he  was  suddenly  taken. 

He  leaves  to  mourn  his  death  his  wife,  Martha  and  seven  children;  Mrs.  Raymond  Reed  of 
Pasadena,  CA.  ;  Mrs.  Elmer  Loll  of  Hankinson;  Howard  at  home;  Mrs.  Elmer  Hohenstem,  of  Wah- 
peton; Victor  of  Wyndmere;  Elmer  of  Hankinson,  and  Kenneth  of  West  Fargo;  also  15  grand- 
children; two  brothers,  Theodore  and  Raymond  of  Hankinson  and  four  sisters:  Mrs.  Albert 
Ernest  of  Hankinson,  Mrs.  Raymond  Shaw  and  Mrs.  Alma  Bladow,  both  of  Pasadena,  CA. ,  and 
Mrs.  Fred  Palmquist  of  Wheaton,  MN.   One  brother  preceded  him  in  death. 

Mr.  Bladow  was  known  as  a  successful  farmer,  good  neighbor  and  deeply  interested  in 
civic  affairs  and  in  his  church,  St.  John's  Lutheran.   He  served  all  his  life  as  a  trustee 
of  the  church  and  lent  a  helping  hand  in  rebuilding  the  church  these  later  years.   He  will 
long  be  sorely  missed  by  his  family,  his  many  friends  and  fellow  church  members. 

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■ijf^^  Honorary  pallbearers  are:  Albert  Tiegs,  John  Green,  Harold  Jones,  Herman  Prochnow, 

f;:'.-    Gust  Medenwaldt  and  Herbert  Bellin. 

Active  pallbearers  are:  John  Miller,  August  Pankow,  Henry  Wurl,  William  Wurl,  Carl 

Stack  and  Reinhard  Bellin. 

**********  December  19,  1957 

MRS.  JOHN  HOLST 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  John  Hoist  were  held  Saturday  afternoon  from  Immanuel  Luth- 
eran Church  in  Hankinson  with  Rev.  W.  H.  Cordts  officiating.   Family  prayer  service  was 
held  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home. 

Pallbearers  were:  Dr.  D.  G,  Halvorson,  Leonard  Kath,  Harold  Jones,  Jerry  Scheib,  Arth- 
ur Hansen  and  Ralph  Willert. 

Ann  Maria  Hoist  was  born  on  Oct.  17th;  1881,  at  Spencer,  WI.,  the  daughter  of  Carl 
and  Bertha  Boelke.  When  still  a  small  child,  her  parents  moved  to  a  farm  near  Lidgerwood, 
ND.   It  was  here  she  was  confirmed  into  the  Lutheran  faith. 

She  was  united  in  marriage  Dec.  5th,  1899,  to  John  Hoist  at  Wahpeton.   For  a  number  of 
years  they  resided  in  and  around  Lidgerwood.   Since  1913,  she  had  made  her  home  in  Hankin- 
son.  She  reached  the  age  of  76  years,  1  months  and  26  days.   Her  husband  preceded  her  in 
death  12  years  ago. 

Her  passing  is  mourned  by  her  eleven  children:  five  isons,  Leonard  of  Newtown,  ND. , 
John  of  Long  Beach,  CA. ,  Ray  of  Deadwood,  SD. ,  Elmer  of  Albert  Lea,  MN. ,  Dennis,  Long  Beach, 
CA. ,  and  six  daughters;  Helen,  Mrs.  Al  Lubenow,  Northwood,  ND. ;  Lulu,  Mrs.  Magne  Mickelson, 
Valley  City,  ND. ;  Ethel,  Mrs.  Philip  Augdahl,  Milnor,  NO.;  Gladys,  Mrs.  Maurice  Allen, 
Fergus  Falls,  MN. ;  LaVeme,  Mrs.  Durk  Cressey,  Hankinson;  Dawn,  Mrs.  Leo  Rector,  Colorado 
Springs,  CO.   Also  there  are  21  grandchildren  and  5  great-grandchildren  and  one  brother, 
Henry  Boelke  of  Babbit,  MN. 

She  was  a  member  of  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church  and  its  Ladies  Aid.   Because  of  ill  health 
she  was  unable  to  attend  church  regularly  the  past  few  years. 

The  esteem  in  which  Mrs.  Hoist  was  held  was  demonstrated  by  the  multitude  of  friends 
who  gathered  at  the  Lutheran  Church  to  pay  their  last  earthly  respects.   She  was  a  loving 
and  devoted  mother,  who  lived  a  life  of  service  to  her  eleven  children  of  who  all  were 
able  to  be  present  at  her  burial. 

**********  December  19,  1957 

ATTEND  FUNERAL  AT  LOWRY,  MN. 
Attending  the  funeral  services  for  Mrs .  Elizabeth  Bisek  at  Lake  Rena  Church  near 
Lowry,  MN. ,  on  Tuesday  were:  Mrs.  Frank  Bommersbach,  Sr. ,  Mrs.  Adam  Roth,  Mrs.  Rup  Goerger, 
Mrs.  Antoinette  Bisek  and  W.  J.  Hipp.   Mrs.  Bisek  was  an  aunt  of  Mrs.  Bommersbach  and  Mrs. 
Roth.   Mrs.  Bisek  passed  away  in  a  hospital  in  Minneapolis  at  the  age  of  73.   She  had  lived 
the  past  several  years  with  a  daughter  at  Paynesville,  MN. 

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BRUNO  MILLER  FUNERAL  FRIDAY  ■■■;^'-".  ■ 

Funeral  services  for  Bruno  Miller  of  Hankinson  will  be  held  Friday,  Dec.  20th,  at 
2  PM. ,  from  the  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church,  Rev.  R.  Tuescher  officiating. 

Mr.  Miller  suffered  a  stroke  five  years  ago  and  for  the  past  year  has  been  bedridden. . 
He  was  a  World  War  I  veteran. 

Bruno  Miller  was  bom  Oct.  28th,  1894,  in  Richland  County,  the  son  of  Gustav  and  Eliz- 
abeth Miller.   He  attended  rural  schools  and  grew  to  manhood  in  this  community.   In  1921, 
he  was  married  to  Hilda  Ziegelman.   To  this  union  were  bom  two  sons,  Clemert  and  Lloyd. 
She  preceded  him  in  death  in  1932  and  in  1937  he  was  married  to  Betty  Wallman.   They  res- 
ided on  a  farm  northwest  of  Great  Bend  until  19A0  when  they  moved  to  Waldo  Township,  farm- 
ing there  until  five  years  ago  when  his  health  began  to  fail.   Later  they  moved  to  Hankin- 
son. 

Mr.  Miller  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  children;  Clemert  of  Travis  A.  F.  Base,  CA. , 
Lloyd  of  A.  F.  Squadron,  NY.,  Rodney,  U.  S.  Army,  Fort  Carson,  CO.,  Larry  at  home  and 
daughters,  Mary  and  Shirley;  five  grandsons.   One  son  died  in  Infancy.   Also  three  brothers, 
John  and  Alfred  of  Hankinson  and  Edmund  of  Shelby,  ID.;  a  sister,  Mrs.  Louise  Kay  of  Chi- 
cago, IL.   One  brother  and  one  sister  preceded  him  in  death. 

Burial  will  be  at  Trinity  Lutheran  Cemetery,  Great  Bend.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home 
is  in  charge  of  funeral  arrangements. 

**********  December  19,  1957 

G.  E.  BALLARD  DIES 

G.  E.  Ballard,  81,  well  known  Fairmount  resident,  died  Monday,  Dec.  16th  at  the  St. 
Francis  Hospital  at  Breckenridge. 

Funeral  services  have  been  set  for  Wednesday  morning,  Dec.  18th,  at  10  o'clock  at  the 
Methodist  Church  in  Fairmount,  with  Rev.  Chas.  Bryan  officiating.   Vertin's  Funeral  Home 
of  Wahpeton  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  two  daughters:   Mrs.  Arve  (Leone)  Dahlen  of  Fargo,  and 
Mrs.  Olaf  (Joyce)  Vinje  of  Devils  Lake,  ND. 

A  more  complete  obituary  will  be  published  later. 

**********  December  19,  1957 

FORMER  RESIDENT  DIES 

Archibald  "Archie"  Blake  of  Pasadena,  CA. ,  died  unexpectedly  while  outdoors  in  his  yard 
on  Dec.  7th,  1957.   Mr.  Blake  was  a  cashier  in  the  Bank  of  Fairmount  years  ago  when  it  was 
located  on  the  north  side  of  the  Main  Street. 

His  brother  and  wife,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Blake  of  St.  Cloud,  MN. ,  were  in  Pasadena, 
CA. ,  visiting  in  the  Archie  Blake'  home  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

Mrs.  Blake,  who  was  a  patient  in  a  California  rest  home,  died  the  following  morning, 
Dec.  8th,   She  had  suffered  a  stroke  before  her  husband's  death. 

**********  December  19,  1957 

WIFE  of  FORMER  MERCHANT  HERE  DIES  in  MINNEAPOLIS 

Funeral  services  were  held  in  a  Minneapolis  funeral  home  on  Tuesday  for  Mrs.  Rebecca 

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Kulberg,  88,  who  died  Sunday  at  her  home  at  5604  Morgan  Ave/  C./ Minneapolis.' C  Mrs.  Kul- 
berg's  husband,  who  passed  away  several  years  ago,  operated  a  general  mercantile  store 
where  the  Hankinson  Implement  is  now  located.  The  Kulbergs  were  residents  of  Hankinson  for 
about  25  years.  They  lived  where  the  Elroy  Kinn  home  Is  now  located. 

The  late  Mrs.  Kulberg  is  survived  by  two  daughters:  Mrs.  Jack' E.Maglll,  Minneapolis; 
and  Mrs.  Morse  Shapiro,  San  Francisco,  CA. ;  four  sons:  Sam,  San  Francisco,  CA.;  Mayer, 
Minneapolis;  Oscar,  Cleveland,  Ohio  and  Monroe,  Beverly  Hills,  CA. 

**********  December  19,  1957 

M.  THIEL,  17,  DIES  AT  BRECKENRIDGE 

Matthew  Thiel,  17,  lifelong  resident  of  this  vicinity,  died  Friday  in  a  hospital  in 
Breckenridge,  MN.  He  was  bom  at  Breckenridge  on  Nov.  29th,  1940. 

The  youth  had  been  handicapped  since  birth,  but  death  was  due  to  pneumonia  after  an 
illness  of  the  flu. 

Matthew  had  made  his  home  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  Bladow  for  12  years.   Until  two  years 
ago,  when  Mrs.  Bladow  was  unable  to  care  for  him,  he  was  transferred  to  a  home  in  Milnor 
and  was  there  till  the  time  of  his  death. 

Requim  Mass  was  held  at  St.  Anthony's  Catholic  Church  in  Mooreton,  ND.   Surviving  are 
his  mother,  Mrs.  Alf  Erickson,  Mooreton;  four  brothers,  Louis,  William,  Raymond  and  Robert; 
and  four  sisters,  Mrs.  Betty  Cousins,  Mrs.  Richard  Sellers,  Mrs.  James  Walker  and  Mrs. 
James  Kunkle. 

His  father,  Matthew  Thiel,  six  brothers  and  sisters  preceded  him  in  death. 

**********  December  26,  1957 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon  Dlbbert  are  attending  the  funeral  for  their  niece's  husband,  John 
Hedrick,  23,  at  Browns  Valley,  MN. ,  this  Thursday.  Mr.  Hedrick  was  killed  in  a  car  acci- 
dent Saturday  evening  at  Twin  Brook,  SD.   The  couple  lived  at  Ortonville,  MN. 

**********  December  26,  1957 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS.   Those  that  attended  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Herman  Schram  at  Garfield,  MN. 
last  week  Saturday  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ewald  Bohn,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  H.  Bohn  and  Adela  Ziegel- 
man.  **********  December  26,  1957 

FORMER  DOCTOR  DIES 

Dr.  H.  B.  Wentz  died  Dec.  10th,  1957  at  the  Veteran's  Hospital  at  Seattle,  WA.  Burial 
was  in  the  National  Cemetery  at  Fort  Smith,  AR. ,  on  Dec.  17th,  1957 

Dr.  Wentz  was  a  former  resident  of  Fairmount  and  was  a  medical  doctor  and  surgeon  prac- 
tising at  Fairmount  and  at  Verona,  ND. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Mrs.  Pearl  Wentz  and  six  children;  three  sons,  Merritt  Wentz 
of  Fort  Smith,  AR. ,  Howard  Wentz  of  Elmhurst,  IL.,  Kendall  Wentz  of  St.  Louis,  MO.;  three 
daughters;  Helen  Wentz  Sater  of  North  Bend,  WA. ,  Marion  Schneider  of  Seattle,  WA. ,  and  Miss 
Betty  Wentz  of  Seattle.   Eight  grandchildren  also  survive. 

**********  December  26,  1957 


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FUNERAL  HELD  WEDNESDAY  FOR  GEORGE' BALLARD 

Funeral  services  were  held  at  the  Methodist  Church  at  Fairmount  Wednesday  morning, 
Dec.  18th,  1957  at  10  o'clock  for  George  E.  Ballard,  81,  a^well  known  and  long  time  resi- 
dent of  Fairmount  who  died  Monday  morning,  Dec.  16th,'  at  the"  St."  Francis  Hospital  where  he 
had  been  a  patient  for  several  days.   Rev.  Chas.  Bryan  officiated  at  the  service.  Mrs. 
Chas.  Bryan,  the  organist  played  two  selections  "Going  Home" . and'  "Crossing  the  Bar."  ;  The 
active  pallbearers  were  Ed  Kurfirst,  Oren  Budke,  Julian  Sletting,  Clarence  Dyke,  Clarence 
Swanson  and  Harley  Swanson.  Honorary  pallbearers  were  John  Bostrom,  F.  P.  Nelson,  Jens 
Karlsbak,  Charles  Templeton,  Earl  Schouweiler,  Harvey  Leathart,  Dan  Linehan,  Art  Luick,  Sr. 
and  Clarence  Kutzer.  Vertins  of  Wahpeton  were  in  charge  of  funeral  arrangements.   Burial 
was  held  at  Lakeview  Cemetery  at  Eau  Claire,  WI.,  at  2  PM. ,  on  Dec.  19th. 

Mr.  Ballard  was  born  on  July  7th,  1876,  at  River  Falls,  WI.,  and  was  the  son  of  a 
medical  doctor.  He  grew  up  in  Wisconsin  and  attended  local  schools  and  the  River  Falls 
Normal  School.  He  had  his  business  training  at  Carleton  College. 

As  a  young  man  he  came  to  Fairmount  and  entered  the  bank  with  his  brother-in-law, 
W.  H.  Cox.  He  spent  his  entire  life  there,  retiring  as  President  of  the  Fairmount  bank  in 
1951.  He  was  a  50  year  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge  and  had  been  active  in  community 
affairs  and  in  the  Red  Cross . 

He  married  Mary  Champion,  who  survives  as  do  two  daughters,  Mrs.  Arve  (Leone)  Dahlen 
of  Fargo  and  Mrs.  Olaf  (Joyce)  Vinje,  of  Devils  Lake.  There  are  five  grandchildren:  Karen 
and  Mary  Dahlen,  Rebecca,  Martha  and  Beth  Vinje,  a  nephew.  Dean  Cox  of  Fargo,  two  nieces, 
Mrs.  Willard  Van  Walker  of  Olympia,  WA. ,  and  Mrs.  Demos  Zachary  of  White  Plains,  NY. 

**********  December  26,  1957 


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"F.GIESER  BURIED  AT  BISMARCK 

Fred  G.  Gieser,'58,  former  manager  of  the  Salzer  Lumber  Co.,  of  Hankinson  for  14  years 
and  later  of  Mandan  until  moving  to  Kennewick,  WA.  a  year  ago,  died  suddenly  Monday,  Dec. 
30th.   He  had  experienced  a  slight  heart  attack  in  September  and  was  stricken  suddenly  with 
the  fatal  attack  at  5:30  PM. ,  Dec.  30th  while  still  at  work.   He  was  manager  of  the  Standard 
Lumber  Co.,  in  Kennewick. 

Funeral  services  were  held  in  Bismarck  on  Monday,  Jan.  6th,  from  the  Chapel  at  the  Boe- 
Iter  Funeral  Home.   The  Rev.  Victor  Prendinger  of  the  Baptist  Church  of  Fredonia  and  the 
Rev.  Roy  Weigand  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Bismarck  conducted  the  services.   Interment 
was  in  Fairview  Cemetery  in  Bismarck.   Funeral  services  in  Kennewick  were  held  Thursday 

morning. 

Mr.  Gieser  was  bom  at  Fredonia,  Dec.  25th,  1899.  He  was  married  to  Kathryn  Grosza 
in  1928  and  they  first  made  their  home  at  Fredonia.   They  later  resided  at  Hankinson  for 
about  14  years  where  Mr.  Geiser  was  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  before  coming  to  Mandan 
in  1953.   A  niece,  Mrs.  Curtis  Schulz,  resides  in  Mandan. 

Mr.  Gieser  was  a  member  of  the  Mandan  Lions  Club,  the  Mandan  Elks  Lodge  and  the  Hank- 
inson Lodge  No.  57  of  AF  &  AM. 

Surviving  besides  Mrs.  Gieser  and  Rodney  are  four  sisters  and  one  brother,  Mrs.  Rose 
Schmier  and  Mrs.  Henry  Meidinger,  Lansing,  MI.;  Mrs.  Ben  Meidinger,  Linton,  Mother  of 
Mrs.  Schulz  of  this  city;  Mrs.  Max  Buechler,  Kulm  and  Henry  Gieser,  Alhambra,  CA. 

Tony  Knoll  and  Art  Lindahl  of  Fairmount  attended  the  funeral  services  Monday. 

**********  January  9,  1958 

HARRY  A.  TWEETER  FUNERAL  HELD 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Tuesday,  Dec.  24th,  1957,  for  Harry  A.  Tweeter,  57,  long 
time  employee  of  Mando,  who  died  Friday,  Dec.  20th,  1957,  in  his  home  at  Point  0' Pines 
near  International  Falls,  MN.   Services  were  conducted  at  2  o'clock  Tuesday  afternoon  at  the 
Zion  Lutheran  Church  with  Rev.  R.  0.  Evans  officiating.   Solos  were  sung  by  Leonard  Lundin, 
accompanied  by  the  organist,  Mr.  R.  0.  Evans.   Pallbearers  were:  Stanley  Johnson,  Gunnar 
Lindstrom,  Art  P.  Larson,  Richard  Titus,  Frank  Domish  and  Clarence  Ruelie.   Interment  was 
in  the  family  plot  at  Forest  Hill  Cemetery. 

Mr.  Tweeter  was  bom  June  20th,  1900  at  Montevideo,  MN.  and  came  to  Fairmount  with  his 
parents  in  1914.  Mr.  Tweeter  was  a  machine  tender  in  the  Institute  Division  at  the  time  of 
his  last  illness  and  was  a  member  of  the  Mando  25  year  club. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Adelia,  two  sons,  three  daughters  and  nine  grandchildren. 
Also  surviving  are  his  three  sisters,  Mrs.  Cecil  (Francis)  Zillgitt  of  Fairmount,  Mrs.  Rus- 
sell (Sylvia)  Raobin  of  Lonview.  WA. ,  and  Mrs.  Harvey  (Vivian)  Steele  of  South  Internation 

Falls,  MN. 

He  was  preceded  in  death  by  his  parents  and  one  sister,  Mrs.  Blanche  Miller  of  Fairmount 

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-   ■  in  April  of  1955. 

.y  -  Out  of  town  relatives  attending  the  funeral  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cecil  Zillgitt  and  daug- 
hter, Carmen,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lester  Pauling,  all  of  Fairmount  and  Mrs.  Russell  Raboin  and 
.-.^  granddaughter,  Jerri  Paquin  of  Longview,  WA. 
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FAIRMOUNT  NEWS.... Mrs.  Sylvester  Moore  of  Park  Rapids,  MN. ,  was  a  guest  from  Thursday 
until  Sunday  in  the  home  of  her  sister  and  family,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pete  Wawers.  Henry  Bernard 
a  brother,  came  on  Thursday  and  left  again  Monday.   Friday  morning,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pete  Waw- 
ers, Mrs.  Moore,  Henry  Bernard  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arlie  Schultz  of  Wahpeton  left  for  Hoven, 
SD.,  where  they  attended  the  funeral  Saturday  morning  of  an  aunt,  Mrs.  Peter  Cohen. 

**********  January  9,  1958 

(Issues  missing. .. .January  16th,  January  23rd,  and  January  30th.) 

********** 

BUSTA  FUNERAL  HELD  AT  LIDGERWOOD 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Charles  Busta  of  Lidgerwood  were  held  Wednesday  morning  at 
Lidgerwood.   Mrs.  Busta  passed  away  Sunday  at  a  Fargo  hospital  after  a  lingering  illness. 

She  is  survived  by  her  husband,  two  sons  and  one  daughter,  Mrs.  Irving  Klimek  of  Hank- 
inson.  **********  February  6,  1958 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS.... This  community  was  shocked  to  hear  of  the  sudden  death  of  Mr. 
Merlin  Fenske  who  was  killed  in  a  tractor  accident  Wednesday  afternoon  near  his  farm  in  the 
Wahpeton  area.  He  has  many  relatives  and  friends  in  this  community.   This  community  extends 
the.  deepest  sympathy  to  his  wife  and  parents. 

**********  February  6,  1958 

Mike,  Joe,  Clara  and  Tillie  Bimbaum  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Frank  Murack  of 
Lidgerwood  on  Wednesday  morning.   ^^^^^^^^^^  February  6,  1958 

DeSILVA  RITES  SET  FOR  FRIDAY 
Miss  Ethel  DeSilva  of  Hankinson  passed  away  Monday  noon  at  St.  Gerard's  Hosp'ital. 
Funeral  services  will  be  held  Friday,  2  PM. ,  from  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  and  burial 
will  be  at  Hillside  Cemetery. 

A  complete  obituary  will  be  published  next  week. 

**********  February  13,  1958 

MRS.  A.  J.  LUND  DIES  IN  MINNEAPOLIS 
Word  has  been  received  here  that  Mrs.  A.  J.  Lund,  87,  of  Minneapolis,  passed  away 
recently.   Mrs.  Lund  visited  here  many  times  at  the  home  of  her  son,  the  late  Tracy  and 
Mrs.  Clara  Lund.  **********  February  13,  1958 

ATTENDS  FUNERAL  OF  NIECE  AT  WAHPETON 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Brummond  motored  to  Wahpeton  Friday  to  attend  the  funeral  of  the 
latter's  niece,  Mrs.  E.  H.  Boettcher  of  Milwaukee,  WI.   Mrs.  Boettcher  passed  away  at  a 
Milwaukee  Hospital  after  a  2  year  illness. 

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Funeral  services  were  held  at  the  Grace  Lutheran  Church  in  Breckenridge.   Burial  ser- 
vices were  conducted  in  the  Fairview  Cemetery  masoleum,  Wahpeton. 

Mrs.  Boettcher  was  born  and  raised  in  Wahpeton,  the  former  Mayer.   She  is 

survived  by  her  husband,  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Robert  Siesco  of  Arizona  and  one  brother,  Harold 
Mayer,  Wahpeton.  **********  February  13,  1958 

Relatives  from  out  of  town  attending  the  funeral  for  Mrs.  Irving  Klimek's  mother, 
the  late  Mrs.  Chas.  Busta  were  Mrs.  Klimek's  three  brothers,  Wm.  Busta  and  family  of 
Valley  City;  Leonard  of  California;  Delbert  and  family  of  Montana.  Her  uncles,  Ed.  Schma- 
ing,  Montana,  Ben  Schmaing  of  Fargo  and  the  Charles  Klimek  family.  Valley  City,  Mrs.  Linus 
Vonderharr,  Omaha,  NE.  and  John  Klimek. 

**********  February  13,  1958 

FUNERAL  HELD  SUNDAY  FOR  SORENSON  INFANT 

Funeral  services  were  conducted  Sunday,  Feb.  9th,  in  the  Vertin  Funeral  Chapel  at 
Wahpeton  for  the  infant  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Donald  T.  Sorenson  of  Fairmount.   The  infant 
baby  died  Tuesday,  Feb.  4th,  a  short  time  after  birth  in  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  in  Breck- 
enridge. 

Rev.  Chas.  Bryan,  Methodist  Pastor  at  Fairmount,  officiated  at  the  service  and  inter- 
ment was  in  the  Fairmount  Cemetery. 

The  baby  is  survived  by  his  parents,  two  sisters.  Donna  and  ;  and  two  brothers, 

George  and  Versil.  **********  February  13,  1958 

ATTENDS  FUNERAL 

Word  has  been  received  at  Fairmount  that  Mrs.  Vada  Fox  of  Breckenridge,  former  resident 

of- Fairmount  received  word  of  the  death  of  her  brother.  Herb  chot  who  resides  in 

California.  Mrs.  Fox  left  for  California  to  attend  the  funeral. 

**********  February  13,  1958 

ETHEL  DeSILVA 

Funeral  services  for  Miss  Ethel  De  Silva  were  held  Friday  afternoon  from  the  Wipperman 
Funeral  Home,  Rev.  Hirons  officiating,  Mrs.  Erling  Haukness,  soloist. 

Miss  De  Silva  fell  and  broke  her  hip  about  three  weeks  ago  and  was  admitted  to  St. 
Gerard's  Hospital  for  treatment.   She  passed  away  very  suddenly  on  Monday  morning  from  a 
heart  attack. 

Miss  De  Silva  was  bom  in  Wahpeton  on  Nov.  10th,  1884,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  De- 
Silva.   She  grew  to  womanhood  on  her  parents  farm,  west  of  Mantador.   In  1913,  she  moved 
with  her  parents  to  Hankinson  where  she  has  since  resided.   Her  parents  preceded  her  in 
death.   She  is  survived  by  three  sisters,  Laura,  Mrs.  Kimemert  of  Elgin,  IL. ;  Clara 
Mrs.  Porter  E.  Froet,  Benton,  MT.';  and  Maude,  Mrs.  Wilson,  of  Shelby,  MT,,  and  nieces  and 
nephews . 

Burial  was  in  Hillside  Cemetery  beside  her  parents. 

**********  February  20,  1958 

RUDOLPH  GOLLNICK 

Funeral  services  for  Rudolph  Gollnick,  who  died  in  his  home  in  Great  Bend  at  5:30  PM. , 

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Wednesday  afternoon,  were  held  at  Trinity  Lutheran  Church  Saturday  at  2  PM. ,  with  the 
pastor,  Rev.  Richard  Teuscher  conducting  the  service. 

Mr.  Gollnick  was  confimmed  by  the  sainted  Pastor  T.  Hinck  at  St.  John's  Lutheran 
Church  in  Belford  Township.  ; 

He  was  born  aboard  the  ship  coming  to  the  United  States.  He  attained  the  age  of  80 
years,  3  months  and  2  days.  With  his  parents  he  came  to  Richland  County  in  1879  in  territ- 
orial days.  He  spent  his  entire  life  time  in  the  Great  Bend  area.   He  farmed  for  years  in 
Great  Bend  vicinity  and  retired  and  moved  into  Great  Bend  in  the  spring  of  1919,  residing 
there  since. 

Rudolph  Gollnick  was  married  to  Martha  B6hn  on  Dec.  5th,  1901.   They  celeberated  their 
50th  Anniversary  in  1951.  His  sudden  death  was  a  shock  to  the  community.   Mr.  Gollnicks 
passing  is  mourned  by  his  wife,  one  brother.  Max  Gollnick  of  New  Effington,  SD. ,  one  sister 
Margaret  White  of  St.  Paul,  MN. ,  and  many  relatives  and  friends.   Two  brothers  and  seven 
sisters  preceded  him  in  death. 

Interment  was  in  the  Lutheran  Cemetery  in  Great  Bend,  with  the  Wippennan  Funeral  Home 
in  charge  of  arrangements. 

Pallbearers  were  Wilbur  Bohn,  Harry  Bohn,  Willert  Manske,  Alvin  Schultz,  Eddie  Goll- 
nick and  Arnold  Medenwaldt. 

**********  February  20,  1958 

BROTHER  DIES 

Mrs.  Laura  Grady  received  word  last  week  of  the  unexpected  death  of  her  brother, ' Emil 
Jahn  of  Lidgerwood,  who  died  on  Tuesday,  Feb.  11th,  following  a  heart  attack. 

-  Funeral  services  for  Mr.  Jahn  were  held  Saturday  morning,  Feb.  15th,  1958,  at  the  St. 
Boniface  Church  at  Lidgerwood  with  Rev.  Patrick  O'Connell  officiating. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  two  sons,  Clarence,  who  is  at  present  stationed  at  Mc- 
Cord  Air  Force  base  at  Tacoma,  WA. ,  and  Robert  at  home. 

**********  February  20,  1958 

LA  MARS  NEWS.... Mr.  Ebbo  J.  Upkes  passed  away  Friday,  Feb.  21st,  while  a  passenger 
on  a  train  in  Idaho.   Mr.  Upkes  had  visited  with  his  son  and  family  in  Colorado  and  was 
enrcute  to  his  hfime  in  Vancouver,  WA.   He  was  accompanied  by  a  granddaughter  and  her  infant 
daughter  at  the  time  of  his  death.   Mr.  Upkes  was  bom  in  Germany  Nov.  17th,  1873.   The 
family  lived  for  awhile  in  Minnesota  and  in  1906  moved  to  Hankinson.   In  1943,  Mr.  Upkes 
moved  to  the  west  coast.   The  funeral  was  held  at  Bethany  Methodist  Church  Wednesday  after- 
noon, Feb.  26th,  with  Rev.  Charles  Bryan  officiating. 

**********  February  27,  1958 

MOORE  FUNERAL  WEDNESDAY 

Funeral  services  were  held  for  Bert  Moore  of  Minneapolis  on  Wednesday  at  the  Wipperman 
Funeral  Home.  Burial  was  in  Hillside  Cemetery.  Services  were  held  in  Minneapolis  on  Tues- 
day.  Mr.  Moore  died  in  St.  Andrews  Hospital  in  Minneapolis  on  Sunday,  March  2nd,  1958. 

He  was  born  July  19th,  1875,  in  Illinois.   In  1897  he  was  married  to  Gertrude  Beard. 

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She  passed  away  in  June  of  1932. 

Surviving  children  are:  Howard,  John  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Voeltz  (Alene)  all  of  Minneap-'-- 
olis;  Frank  of  Anchorage,  AK.;  Mrs.  James  Brassfield  (Hazel)  of  Winchester,  KY.;  Mrs.  Rich-' 
ard  Buche  (Maude)  of  Los  Angeles,  CA. ;  Mrs.  Fred  Coppin  (Lydia)  and  Ralph  Moore  of  Hankin- , 
son  and  a  twin  sister,  Mrs.  W.  E.  Sloan,  River  Forest,  IL. 

Pallbearers  were  Russell  Coppin,  Lidgerwood;  John  Coppin,  Fredonia;  Allen  Coppin  and 
William  Coppin,  Hankinson;  Veral  Moore,  Doran,  MN. ;  and  Arnold  Scheller,  Minneapolis.  MN. 

**********  March  6,  1958 

GRIEPENTROG  RITES  THURSDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Arthur  Griepentrog,  a  long  time  resident  of  Hankinson  and 
Great  Bend  areas,  were  held  today  (Thursday)  from  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church  at  2  PM.   Rev. 
W.  H.  Cordts,  pastor  of  Belford  Lutheran  Church,  officiated  at  the  last  rites. 

Although  Mrs.  Griepentrog  had  been  in  poor  health  for  the  past  few  years,  death  came 
suddenly  last  Monday  morning,  March  3rd  at  her  home  in  Hankinson.  She  passed  away  at  about 
7  AM.,  death  being  attributed  to  a  severe  stroke.  She  was  66  years  of  age. 

Louise  Mathilda  Pasbrig,  daughter  of  the  late  Carl  Pasbrig  and  Bertha  Schurian,  was 
bom  near  Great  Bend  on  Feb.  17th,  1892.   Her  parents  were  pioneer  residents  of  the  Great 
Bend  community.  Mrs.  Griepentrog  attended  the  rural  school  in  that  area  and  was  baptized 
and  confirmed  at  the  Trinity  Lutheran  Church  at  Great  Bend  by  Rev.  Hinck. 

On  Nov.  30th,  1915,  she  was  united  in  marriage  to  Arthur  Griepentrog  at  Trinity  Luth- 
eran Church  by  the  Rev.  Hinck.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Griepentrog  farmed  near  Great  Bend  until  193A 
when  they  moved  to  Hankinson.   They  have  resided  here  ever  since.  Mrs.  Griepentrog  was  the 
organist  at  the  Lutheran  Church  in  Great  Bend  for  many  years. 

Surviving  are  her  husband,  Arthur;  two  daughters,  Dorothy,  at  home;  (Ethel)  Mrs.  Mars- 
hall Walters,  Dickenson,  ND.;  and  son-in-law,  Marshall  Walters,  also  of  Dickenson;  four 
grandchildren,  Claudia  Faye,  Marshall,  Jr.,  Catherine  Louise  and  Constance  Gene;  one  bro- 
ther, Walter  Pasbrig,  Great  Bend;  a  half-brother,  Robert  Holzhauer,  Frazee,  MN. ;  a  half- 
sister,  Mrs.  Clara  Bohn,  Detroit  Lakes,  MN. 

Pallbearers  were:  Simon  Dosch,  David  S.  Mcllwain,  Norbert  Mauch,  Walter  Kath,  Maurice 
Aker  and  William  Medenwald. 

Burial  was  in  the  Lutheran  Cemetery  north  of  Hankinson. 

**********  March  6,  1958 

FUNERAL  SERVICES  HELD  FOR  MRS.  NETTIE  BARTON 

Funeral  services  were  held  at  the  Methodist  Church  at  Oaks,  ND.,  Monday  afternoon,  Mar. 
3rd,  1958  for  Mrs.  James  (Nettie)  Barton,  71,  who  has  been  making  her  home  with  her  daughter 
and  family,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Spear  at  Fairmount.   Mrs.  Barton  died  Thursday,  Feb.  27th, 
at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  at  Breckenridge  after  being  hospitalized  for  several  weeks. 
Rev.  H.  J.  Empie  officiated. 

Mrs.  Nettie  Barton,  71,  long  time  resident  of  Oaks,  ND.,  was  born  May  29th,  1886  at 
Hecia,  SD.,  and  was  married  to  James  Barton  Oct.  31st,  1902.   He  died  in  1946. 

She  is  survived  by  five  daughters;  Mrs.  Myrtle  Hample  of  LaMoure,  ND. ;  Mrs.  Walter 

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(Florence)  Tayton  and  Mrs.  Ernest  (Gladys)  Hajak  both  of  Everett,  WA. ;  Mrs.  Arthur  (Sadie) 
Speak  of  Fairmount,  ND, ;  Mrs.  Del  (Louella)  Steiner  of  Ontario,  OR.;  four  sons:  Earl  of 
Ellendale,  ND. ;  Milo  of  LaMoure,  ND. ;  George  of  Oaks;  Ralph  of  Grand  Forks,;  a  sister,  Mrs. 
Gladys  Pearson  of  Henning,  MN. ;  two  brothers,  Frank  Cooper  of  Bellflower,  CA.  and  Omar  of 
Paradise,  CA. ,  43  grandchildren  and  31  great-grandchildren. 

Others  from  Fairmount  attending  the  funeral  beside  relatives  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Donald 
Miller,  Mrs.  Dick  Kurtz  and  Mrs.  Harley  Swanson. 

**********  March  6,  1958 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Earner  left  Tuesday  for  Morris,  IL. ,  where  they  . 

will  attend  the  funeral  on  Wednesday  of  John's  aunt,  Mrs.  Pres  Gingerich. 

**********  March  6,  1958 

CORRECTION  . . . 

In  the  Bert  Moore  obituary  published  last  week,  the  name  of  one  son,  Donald  Moore  of 
Minneapolis,  was  omitted. 

**********  March  13,  1958 

MRS.  PAULSON  DIES  AT  84 

The  community  was  saddened  early  Saturday  evening  by  the  passing  of  Mrs.  Charles  Paul- 
son, a  pioneer  of  Elma  Township,  but  having  resided  in  Hankinson  for  the  past  20  years. 

Martha  Hanson  was  born  in  Norway  and  came  to  this  country  as  a  child.   She  had  cele- 
brated her  84th  birthday  Feb.  7th,  of  this  year.   She  was  united  in  marriage  to  Charles 
Paulson  of  Battle  Lake,  MN.,  on  Nov.  7th,  1892.   To  this  union  four  daughters  were  bom: 
Mrs.  Louis  Larson,  Underwood,  MN. ;  Mrs.  Howard  Cox,  Hankinson;  Mrs.  Norman  Kissner,  Fargo; 
and  Mrs.  David  Mcllwain,  Hankinson. 

Mrs.  Paulson  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church  and  also  of  the  Ladies  Aid  of 
that  church.  She  leaves  to  mourn  her  passing,  her  four  daughters,  nine  grandchildren  and 
fourteen  great-grandchildren.   She  was  preceded  in  death  by  her  husband  on  July  4th,  1948. 

Funeral  services  were  held  in  the  Congregational  Church  Tuesday,  Mar.  11th,  at  2  PM. , 
with  Rev.  F.  Hirons  officiating,  solos  by  Mrs.  Erling  Haukness.   Pallberers  were  five  grand- 
sons: Charles,  David,  Patrick  and  Michael  Mcllwain  of  Hankinson,  Howard  Cox,  Jr.,  Minneap- 
olis, MN.,  and  one  great-grandson,  William  Weber,  Hankinson.   Interment  was  in  Hillside  Cem- 
etery with  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

Out  of  town  relatives  and  friends  attending  the  funeral  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Howard  Cox, 
Minneapolis,  MN.;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  McILwain,  Valley  City;  Lionel  Skitness,  Louis  Larson, 
John  Bandy,  Agnar  Hustad  and  Earl  Hustad,  Battle  Lake,  MN.;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harlan  Olsen, 
Barrett,  MN. ;  Gerald  Skitness,  Wayzata,  MN. ,  Mrs.  Mae  Beardsley  and  Mrs.  Neil  Sterling, 
Fergus  Falls,  MN. ;  Mrs.  Lena  Larson,  Mrs.  Helmer  Torgerson  and  Vernon  Larson,  Hammer,  SD. ; 
Mrs.  Abe  Ruckdaschel,  Sisseton.  SD. ;  N.  A.  Kissner  and  Julia  Swenson,  Fargo. 

**********  March  13,  1958 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS Mrs.  George  Koppelman  left  on  Monday  for  Fairbault,  MN. ,  to  attend 

the  funeral  of  her  cousin,  Mr.  Roy  Umbreit,  and  spend  a  few  days  with  relatives. 

**********  March  13,  1958 

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GREAT  BEro  NEWS.... '.Those^attendiBg  'the  fun^    Thursday  afternoon  at  Hankinson  of 
Mrs.  Arthur  Griepentrog  we're:  Mr.  and  Mrs!"  Anton  Griepentrog,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reuben  Stoltenow, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  H.;  Bohin,  Mr.;  Ed  Bohn,"  Mrs."  Adolph  Ziegelmann,  Mrs.  Charles  Adamson,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Vernon  Popp,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roy  Umbfeit,-- Mrs.  Meta  Pasbrig,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  Mohs,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Alfred  Mohs,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Orville  Popp,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  August  Ziegelmann  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Raymond  Ziegelman.  **********  March  13,  1958 

GILBERT  HOEFS  FUNERAL  MONDAY 

Mrs.  Jack  Place  received  the  sad  news  on  Wednesday  that  her  brother,  Gilbert  Hoefs, 
passed  away  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  in  Breckenridge  that  day  from  a  heart  condition 
after  surgery.  Mr.  Hoefs  made  his  home  with  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Ed  Mauer  in  Breckenridge. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Monday,  at  2  PMi ,  at  the  First  English  Lutheran  Church 
at  Fairmount.   Burial  will  be  at  Lidgerwood. 

.**********  March  20,  1958 

FORMER  HANKINSON  MERCHANT  DIES 

Funeral  services  for  Roy  C.  Umbreit,  66,  prominent  Faribault  businessman,  who  passed 
away  Sunday  evening,  March  2nd,  at  the  St.  Mary's  Hospital  at  Rochester,  were  held  March 
5th  at  2  PM  from  the  Congregational  Church  with  Rev.  Fayne  Van  Kirk,  pastor,  officiating. 
Interment  was  at  Meadow  Ridge  Memorial  Park. 

Mr.  Umbreit  operated  a  neat  market  in  Hankinson  and  Fergus  Falls,  MN. ,  later  moving 
to  Faribault  where  they  have  since  lived.  He  operated  the  R.  C.  Umbreit  and  Son  Grocery 
store  in  Faribault  and  was  also  engaged  in  the  home  contracting  business. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife  Olga,  a  son,  Milton  and  daughter-in-law  and  two  grandchild- 
ren, Martha  and  Charles  Umbreit. 

**********  March  20,  1958 

SONORA  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Mahler  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Louis  Roscoe 

at  Jamestown  on  Monday.  Mrs.  Roscoe  and  Mrs.  Mahler  are  sisters.   In  December  Mr.  Roscoe 
had  passed  away  with  a  heart  attack. 

**********  March  20,  1958 

FUNERAL  HELD  FOR  FORMER  RESIDENT 

Funeral  services  were  held  for  Cyril  Murphy,  A4,  at  St.  Ann's  Catholic  Church  at  Bert- 
hold,  ND.,  on  Friday,  Marc.  14th,  1958.  Mr.  Murphy  had  undergone  surgery  a  week  ago  at  St. 
Joseph's  Hospital  at  Minot  and  was  improving  and  exptected  to  go  home  when  he  died  suddenly 
following  complications.  He  passed  away  on  Tuesday,  March  11th,  1958. 

Cyril  Murphy  was  bom  Oct.  31st,  1913,  the  youngest  son  of  the  late  James  and  Margaret 
Murphy  and  resided  with  his  parents  on  a  farm  at  Fairmount  in  LaMars  Township.   He  grew. to 
manhood  here  and  in  193A  he  was  married  at  Bismarck,  ND.,  to  Alvena  Philiamlee  of  Berthold, 
ND.   They  resided  in  Bismarck  until  coming  to  Fairmount  where  they  farmed  for  a  time.   They 
left  here  about  11  years  ago  for  Bend,  OR.,  where  they  spent  two  years  and  later  moved  to 
Berthold,  ND.,  where  the  couple  has  resided  since.   He  was  affliated  with  Wesley  Motors  at 
Minot  for  the  past  eight  years. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  three  daughters,  Mrs.  William  (Patricia)  Meyer  of  Bert- 

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hold,  ND. ;  Donna  Mae,  a  senior  in  high  school  and  Renee,  who  is  12  years  old  and  a  grand- 
son, Craig  Meyer  who  is  9  months  old.   There  are  four  sisters:  Mrs.  William  (Helen)  Clarey 
of  Long  Beach,  CA. ,  Mrs.  William  (Eileen)  Mester  of  Chicago,  IL. ,  Mrs.  Rollie  (Gertrude) 
Allen  and  Mrs.  Roy  (Ethel)  Zillgitt  both  of  Faiiinount,  ND. ,  and  four  brothers,  Leo  of  Yuma, 
AZ.,  Walter  of  Mandan,  ND.  and  Lourde  and  Charles  Murphy,  both  of  Fairmount.   An  older 
brother,  Eddie  and  his  parents  preceded  him  in  death. 

Those  from  here  attending  the  funeral  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rollie  Allen,  Mrs.  Ethel  Zill- 
gitt, Lourde  Murphy  all  of  Fairmount  accompanied  by  a  niece,  Mrs.  Mary  Foley  of  Graceville, 
MN.  **********  March  20,  1958 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Earl  Waite  and  Jack  Richardson  attended  the  funeral 

on  Saturday  of  Mrs.  Pete  Anderson  at  Glenwood,  MN. 

**********  March  20,  1958 

MANTADOR  NEWS Word  came  this  Monday  AM.,  of  the  death  of  Mrs.  Josephine  Pelzl  at 

St.  Francis  Hospital.   Funeral  services  are  to  be  held  at  Mantador  on  Wednesday. 

**********  March  27,  1958 

Elroy  Kinn  and  Herb  Goerger  of  Mantador  attended  the  funeral  for  Alois  Straus  at  Har- 
vey last  Thursday.   Mr.  Straus  was  the  State  Chief  Ranger  of  the  Foresters. 

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Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ralph  Mihaleck  and  Mrs.  Harry  Nulph  attended  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Mihaleck's 
mother,  Mrs.  Anna  Jackson  at  Lidgerwood  on  Friday. 

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Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Ernst  and  E.  W.  Allen  spent  Sunday  at  the  Mike  Kiedel  home  in  Wah- 
peton.   They  visited  with  their  niece  and  her  husband,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wesley  Hoefs  and  family 
of  Elyria,  OH.,  they  had  come  to  attend  the  funeral  of  his  father,  George  Hoefs. 

**********  March  27,  1958 

FUNERAL  SERVICE  HELD  FOR  GEORGE  HOEFS. 

Funeral  services  for  George  William  Hoefs,  66,  Breckenridge  were  held  Monday  afternoon 

at  PM.,  March  24th,  at  the  First  English  Lutheran  Church  at  Fairmount  with  Rev.  K.  H. 

Roe....  of  Breckenridge  officiating.  Mr.  Hoefs  died  Wednesday,  March  19th,  1958  at  the  St. 
Francis  Hospital  after  being  a  patient  about  a  week.   The  choir  sang  two  numbers  "Abide 
With  Me"  and  "Heaven  Is  My  Home"  and  the  two  hymns  sung  by  the  congregation  were  "Jerusalem, 
Thou  City  Fair  and  High"  and  "My  Course  is  Run,  Praise  God,  My  Course  is  Run." 

Pallbearers  were  Herb  Place,   Wilmar  Hoefs,  Orin  Hoefs,  Walter  Kackman,  Norman  Kath  and 
...ester  Gerbro.    Interment  was  in  the  Emmanuel  Lutheran  Cemetery  at  Lidgerwood.   Vertin's 
of  Wahpeton  was  in  charge  of  funeral  arrangements. 

George  William  Hoefs  was  bom  in  Lidgerwood  on  March  15th,  1892  and  grew  to  manhood  in 
that  community.   He  farmed  near  Fairmount  for  many  years  until  retiring  from  farming  12 
years  ago.   On  Feb.  26th,  1912  he  was  married  to  Mary  Schuett,  who  died   in  1944.   He  has 
been  making  his  home  for  some  time  with  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Ed  Mauer  at  Breckenridge. 

He  is  survived  by  three  sons  and  four  daughters.   The  sons  are:  Harold  of  Fairmount, 

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Alvin  of  Erhard,  MN. ,  Wesley  of  Elyria,  OH.,  and  the  daughters  are:  Mrs.  Henry  (Ada)  Cast 

of  Gallenburg,  ND. ;  Mrs.  Ed  (Viola)  of  Breckenridge ;  Mrs.  Raymond  (Beatrice)  Weiss 

of  Elyria,  OH.,  and  Mrs.  Howard  (Regina)  Patrick  of  Olympia,  WA. ;  five  brothers:  Charles 
of  Wahpeton,  Gilbert  of  Fairmount,  Rinehard  of  Lidgerwood,  Richard  of  Silverton,  OR.,  Herb- 
ert of  Chetek,  ,;  and  three  sisters:  Mrs.  Charles  Kath  of  Lidgerwood,  Mrs.  Gust  Foeltz 

of  Fairmount,  and  Mrs.  Jack  Place  of  Hankinson.  Also  surviving  are  28  grandchildren  and 

seven  great-grandchildren.        ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^    ^  ^  ^ 

**********  March  27,  1958 

OTTO  MUEHLER  DIES  AT  63 

Otto  Muehler,  life-long  resident  of  the  Hankinson  conmunity,  passed  away  suddenly  Sat- 
urday morning,  March  29th,  at  his  home  in  rural  Hankinson  at  the  age  of  63  years. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Tuesday  of  this  week  at  the  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church  here 
with  the  Rev.  Edmund  A.  Zapf  officiating.   Services  for  the  family  and  friends  were  held  at 
the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  Monday  evening  at  9  o'clock. 

The  church  was  filled  to  capacity  with  friends  and  relatives.   The  late  Mr.  Muehler  was 
very  active  in  community  and  church  activities.   He  was  a  member  of  the  Immanuel  Lutheran 
Church  board,  held  various  township  offices  in  Brandenburg  and  for  many  years  was  a  member 
of  the  board  of  directors  of  Hankinson  Cooperative  Creamery. 

Mr.  Muehler  was  engaged  in  farming  in  Brandenburg  Township  and  resided  there  when  he 
died.   Mrs.  S.  J.  Backer  served  as  organist  and  Miss  Joyce  Poppel  sang  "Asleep  In  Jesus'.' 

Otto  Muehler  was  born  Feb.  14th,  1895,  at  Hankinson,  the  son  of  Gustav  Muehler  and 
Emma  nee  Hoefs.  He  attended  school  in  Brightwood  Township  and  was  confirmed  in  St.  John's 
Lutheran  Church  in  Belford  Township.   On  March  16th,  1916,  he  was  united  in  matrimony  to 
Jessie  Coppin.   To  this  union  eight  children  were  bom,  two  of  whom  preceded  their  father 
in  death,  Harold  in  infancy  and  Alvin  at  the  age  of  24.   He  was  also  preceded  in  death  by 
his  mother,  brother  Albert  and  two  sisters. 

The  late  Mr.  Muehler  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Jessie;  his  aged  fahter,  Gustav;  three 
sons,  Elroy  and  Floyd  of  Hankinson  and  Kenneth  of  Hawthorne,  CA. ;  three  daughters,  Alice 
(Mrs.  Clarence  Stoltenow)  Wahpeton;  Miriam  (Mrs.  Mel  Johnson)  Fargo;  Lois  (Mrs.  George  Werre) 
Underwood,  ND. ;  13  grandchildren;  two  brothers,  August  and  Robert  of  Hankinson;  three  sis- 
ters: Mrs.  Robert  Berg  and  Mrs.  Ed  Wilprecht  of  Hankinson;  Mrs.  Orrie  Baker,  Wahpeton. 

Active  pallbearers  were:  Ralph  Wurl,  Gilbert  Stoltenow,  Willard  Bladow,  Clifford  Krause 
Milton  Bladow  and  Reuben  Bladow.   Honorary  pallbearers  were:  Robert  H.  Bladow,  Charles 
Bladow,  John  M.  Scheller,  Henry  Wurl,  Herman  Prochnow  and  Harry  Polfuss. 

**********  April  3,  1958 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS.... Mrs.  Adolph  Ziegelmann  received  word  from  Falls  City,  NE. ,  Friday 
that  a  relative,  Mrs.  John  Nemann,  who  suffered  a  stroke,  passed  away  March  25th.   The  fun- 
eral services  were  held  on  Friday.   Also,  a  friend,  Mrs.  Minnie  Bowers  died  March  8th. 
She  had  been  bed  ridden  for  thirteen  months. 

**********  April  3,  1958 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS.... Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin  Moeller  accompanied  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arnold  Moe- 

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■S;-   ller  of  Lidgerwood,  left  early  Saturday  morning  for  Redfield,  SD. ,  where  they  attended  the 
?  ^>^v!  fimeral  of  their  uncle.  Otto  Moeller,  which  was  held  Saturday  moiming,  March  29th. 
^  "^  "  **********  April  3,  1958 

SHOTGUN  VICTIM  RITES  FRIDAY  AFTERNOON 

Funeral  services  for  Wesley  Ellingson,  20,  who  was  accidentally  killed  Sunday  after- 
noon, will  be  held  at  2  PM. ,  Friday  from  the  Brandvold  Lutheran  Church,  north  of  Victor, 
SD.   The  pastor,  Rev.  Gjevre  will  officiate. 

Ellingson  was  apparently  killed  instantly  as  he  was  driving  to  the  home  of  a  neighbor 
in  search  of  a  job  for  the  summer.   The  victim  carried  the  gun  as  he  rode  the  tractor  from 
his  farm  home  near  New  Effington  and  it  is  theorized  the  tractor  hit  a  rut,  causing  the  gun 
to  discharge,  the  pellets  hitting  him  in  the  side  upwards  towards  the  heart.  His  body  was 
discovered  on  the  tractor  which  had  gone  into  the  ditch. 

He  is  survived  by  his  parents,  brothers  and  sisters.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  is  in 
charge  of  arrangements.  **********  April  10,  1958 

CARL  KATH  RITES  SATURDAY  AT  TWO 

Carl  Kath,  long  time  resident  of  this  area,  passed  away  Wednesday  afternoon  at  the 
home  of  his  daughter,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reinhard  Hoefs.  Mr.  Kath  was  87  years  of  age.  He  had 
been  in  failing  health  for  some  time. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Saturday  afternoon,  2  PM. ,  at  the  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church 
in  Hankinson,  Rev.  Edmund  Zapf,  pastor,  officiating. 

Visitation  will  be  Friday  evening  at  the  Walby  Funeral  Home,  Lidgerwood  and  at  the 
church  Saturday  morning  until  time  of  service. 

A  complete  obituary  will  be  published  next  week. 

**********  April  10,  1958 

FORMER  RESIDENT  DIES  AT  FLAXTON 

A  former  Hankinson  resident,  Roland  A.  St.  Pierre,  died  suddenly  March  18th  at  his 
home  at  Flaxton,  ND. .  He  was  72  years  old.   Mr.  St.  Pierre  worked  on  the  railroad  out  of 
Hankinson  about  25  years  ago,  according  to  those  who  knew  him.   He  spent  about  15^ years 
in  this  vicinity.   The  deceased  was  a  veteran  of  World  War  I. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife.  Jewel,  and  son,  Roland,  Jr.,  a  student  at  the  University 
of  Minnesota.   Funeral  services  were  held  at  Bowbells  Friday,  March  21st  from  St.  Joseph's 
Church,  Father  W.  J.  Fischer  officiating.   Burial  was  in  Ft.  Snelling  National  Cemetery, 
Minneapolis.  **********  April  10,  1958 

CECILIA  KREBSBACH  LAID  TO  REST 

Funeral  services  for  Cecilia  Krebsbach  (nee  Spaeth)  who  passed  away  Thursday,  April 
lOth,  were  held  Saturday  morning,  April  12th,  in  St.  Philips  Church,  Msgr.  G.  C.  Bierens 
celebrant  of  the  mass.   Interment  was  made  in  Calvary  Cemetery. 

She  was  bom  on  Sept.  13th,  1872,  in  Springhill,  MN. ,  and  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Joseph  Krebsbach  on  June  20th,  1894.  They  moved  to  North  Dakota  in  1901  and  homesteaded 
in  McLean  County  in  1906. 

She  was  preceded  in  death  by  her  husband  and  one  daughter,  Margaret.   She  is  survived 

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by  four  sisters,  two  brothers,  one  daughter  j^fagdalene  "(Mfs7;' Elmer  Gabel) ,  seven  grandsons 
and  five  great-grandchildren. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  the  funeral  arrangements- 

**********'         '     April.17,  1958 
.  FORMER  RESIDENT  DIED  AT  ALBANY,  MN.  -;^'>^J'.-- 

Funeral  services  were  held  at  10  o'clock  Monday  morning,  April  14th,  at  Albany,  MN. , 
for  Ferdinand  Kutzer,  92,  who  died  Thursday,  April  10th,  at  the  Rest  Home  at  St.  Cloud,  MN. , 
where  he  has  been  staying  the  past  4  years. 

Mr.  Kutzer  was  born  on  July  3rd,  1865.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kutzer  resided  at  a  farm  north 
of  Fairmount  for  many  years  and  in  1919  the  couple  moved  to  Albany  on  a  farm  there.  Mrs. 
Kutzer  died  in  1947. 

He  is  survived  by  four  sons  and  one  daughter.   The  sons  are:  Clarence  and  Leo  of  Fair- 
mount,  Henry  of  Chicago,  IL. ,  and  Frank  of  Albany,  MN.   The  daughter  is  Mrs.  John  (Lucy) 
Beatty  of  Milwaukee,  WI. 

Relatives  from  here  attending  the  funeral  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leo  Kutzer,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 

Clarence  Kutzer,  Clarence  Kutzer,  Jr.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon  Luick,  Denzil  Kutzer  and  Mrs. 

George  Schmit  all  of  Fairmount  and  the  latter  was  accompanied  by  her  sister,  Mrs.  Lawrence 

Irish  of  Henning,  MN. 

**********  April  17,  1958 

RITES  FOR  CARL  KATH  HELD  HERE 

Funeral  services  were  conducted  Saturday  afternoon  in  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church  for 
Carl  Kath,  87,  of  Lidgerwood.   Mr.  Kath  died  Wednesday  at  the  home  of  his  daughter,  Mrs. 
Reinhard  (Louise)  Hoef  in  Lidgerwood.   He  had  been  ill  for  a  year.    The  Rev.  Edmund  Zapf 
officiated  at  the  last  rites  with  Walby  Funeral  Home  handling  arrangements. 

Mr.  Kath  was  born  Oct.  13th,  1870  in  West  Prussia  and  grew  to  manhood  there,  marrying 
Emelie  Koch  on  March  24th,  1893.   They  came  to  this  country  in  1893,  settling  at  Hankinson. 

In  1908  they  took  up  farming  in  Duerr  Township,  Richland  County,  and  in  1916  retired 
and  made  their  home  in  Hankinson.   Mrs.  Kath  died  in  1926.  He  continued  to  live  in  Hankin- 
son until  1951,  when  he  moved  to  Lidgerwood  to  live  with  Mrs.  Hoef. 

Surviving  besides  Mrs.  Hoef,  are  a  son,  Charles  of  Lidgerwood;  three  brothers,  John 

of  Hankinson,  William  of  Davenport,  lA. ,  and  Gustav  of  Minneapolis;  11  grandchildren  and 

24  great-grandchildren. 

**********  April  17,  1958 

MOTHER  of  CREAMERY  MANAGER  DIES  at  LISBON 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clayton  Larson  and  family  attended  the  funeral  services  for  his  mother, 

Mrs.  Amanda  Larson  at  the  Milnor  Lutheran  Church,  Milnor,  ND. ,  on  Tuesday  afternoon. 

Mrs.  Larson,  86,  passed  away  Saturday  at  the  hospital  in  Lisbon  where  she  had  been  a 

patient  for  a  week.   She  had  been  in  failing  health  several  years. 

Surviving  are  five  sons,  and  five  daughters,  25  grandchildren,  19  great-grandchildren 

and  2  great-great-grandchildren. 

**********  April  24,  1958 


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■-■      ■  ,  .■:!■■. .-Vii-  ./_  .y;.-.-!  .  *_f,:-..'^'C-;':  •?;•«' V  ,-■.■-%--.  . 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carroll  Quam,  Mrs.  Alma  Quam  and  Nelvin  of  Lidgerwood,  attended  the 

funeral  of  the  former's  aunt,  Mrs.  Elling  Silingson  at  Benson  on  Thursday. 

**********  April  24,  1958 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS .... Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Lena  Stoltenow,  .74,  who' passed  away  at   '. 
the  St.  Francis  Hospital  Wednesday  morning,  April  16th,  1958,- were  held  ..at  Trinity  Lutheran 
Church,  Great  Bend,  Saturday  afternoon  at  2  o'clock.   Pastor  R.  Teuscher  officiated  at  the 
last  rites,  interment  was  at  the  Trinity  Lutheran  Cemetery. 

Lena  Gehler  was  born  in  Fond  du  Lac,  WI.,  on  Oct.  9th,  1883,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Ferdinand  Gehler.   She  moved  with  her  parents  to  the  farm  near  Great  Bend  when  she 
was  six  years  old  and  attended  schools  there.   She  was  united  in  marriage  to  John  Stolte- 
now on  June  23rd,  1904.   They  lived  on  a  farm  a  mile  north  and  east  of  Great  Bend  until 
19A5.   Her  husband  died  Nov.  4th,  1932.   She  lived  with  her  son  and  his  wife,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Reinhold  Stoltenow  until  April  of  1957,  when  she  entered  the  hospital.   She  had  been  in 
the  hospital  and  rest  home  since  then. 

She  is  survived  by  six  sons,  Reinhold  of  Wahpeton,  Herbert  of  Fairmount,  Ernest  and 
Elmer  of  Great  Bend,  Arthur  of  Oakes,  Gilbert  of  Hankinson;  and  five  daughters,  Mrs.  Otto 
(Viola)  Klawitter  of  Hankinson,  Mrs.  Ralph  (Emelie)  Keenan,  Wyndmere,   Mrs.  Joe  (Clara) 
Hoyem,  Redondo  Beach,  CA. j  Mrs.  Elroy  (Doris)  Gutzmer  rural  Wahpeton,  Mrs.  Raymond  (Elaine) 
Hentz  of  Hankinson.   There  are  26  grandchildren,  two  great-grandchildren.   She  was  preceded 
in  death  by  one  son  who  died  in  infancy,  one  brother  and  one  sister.   Pallbearers  were: 
Curtis  and  Leonard  Stoltenow,  Larry  and  Theodore  Gehler,  Graydon  Bohn  and  Wayne  Keenan. 

**********  April  24,  1958 

MANTADOR  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Al  Lingen  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Lingen  and  Mrs.  Mary 

Lingen  motored  to  lona,  MN.,  on  Sunday  afternoon  to  attend  funeral  services  on  Monday  for 
the  latter 's  brother,  Mr.  Nick  Gaul. 

**********  ■  April  24,  1958 

MRS .  JULIA  MILLER  DIES 
Mrs.  Julia  Miller,  95,  long  time  resident  of  Fairmount,  died  Saturday,  April  19th, 
at  the  St.  Francis  Home  in  Breckenridge,  where  she  had  been  residing  the  past  two  years. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Wednesday  morning  at  10  o'clock  at  St.  Mary's  Catholic 
Church  at  Breckenridge.   Jos.  Vertin  and  Sons  Funeral  Home  of  Breckenridge  are  in  charge 
of  arrangements. 

A  complete  obituary  will  be  published  next  week. 

**********  April  24,  1958 

FAIRMOUNT  NEi'JS .  .  .  .Mrs .  Maude  Reese  went  to  Doran,  MN.  ,  last  week  where  she  attended 
the  funeral  of  a  friend,  Chris  Althoff. 

**********  April  24,  1958 

MRS.  HERBERT  KRAUSE  DIES  at  DAZEY,  ND. 
Mrs.  Herbert  (Alyce)  Krause,  46,  died  Wednesday  at  her  home.   She  was  born  in  Iowa 
on  Dec.  1st,  1910. 

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.^' -y,*  v   Besides  her  husband  she  leaves  two  sons,  Layne  of  Dazey  and  Darrell  of  Valley  City,  ND. 

a  daughter,  Mrs.  Robert  (Karmen)  Mac  Grady,  Sidney,  MT.   Also  surviving  are  her  parents, 

Mr.  and, Mrs.  Frank  Staugh,  Princeton,  MN,;  a  brother,  Wendell,  Bemidji,  MN. ,  and  a  sister, 

Mrs.  Leon  (Fern)  Brown,  Princeton. 

The  funeral  was  held  Friday  at  Dazey,  ND.,  in  Our  Saviour  Lutheran  Church,  the  Rev. 

Edward  J.  Rutter,  officiating. 

**********  May  1   1958 

FUNERAL  TODAY  for  DROWNING  VICTIM 

Funeral  services  were  held  this  morning  (Thursday)  for  Burton,  11  month  old  son  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Arlo  Gray,  at  the  Sacred  Heart  Catholic  Church  in  New  Effington. 

The  Gray  infant  was  a  victim  of  a  drowning  accident  at  the  farm  home  of  his  parents 
southeast  of  Hankinson  on  Monday  afternoon  at  about  3  PM. 

The  accident  occured  while  Mrs.  Gray  was  painting  and  the  child  was  playing  in  an  ad- 
joining room  at  the  farm  home  of  the  Grays.   In  some  manner  Burton  had  gotten  his  head  into 
the  pail  only  partially  filled  with  water. 

After  attempting  to  revive  him  at  home,  he  was  rushed  to  St.  Gerard's  Hospital  here  by 
his  mother  and  Bud  Bircham,  who  is  assisting  at  the  Gray  farm.  Mr.  Gray  was  not  at  home 
at  the  time.  **********  I^y  i^    1958 

MANTADOR  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leo  Mauch,  Fred  Mauch,  Florence  and  Jack  and  Mrs.  Anna 

Mauch  of  Wahpeton,  left  for  Adrian,  MN.,  on  Monday  morning  to  attend  the  funeral  services 
for  Mrs.  John  Mauch. 

**********  I^y  i^    1958 

FUNERAL  HELD  FOR  MRS.  JULIA  MILLER 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  William  (Julia)  Miller,  87,  a  long  time  resident  of  Fairmount 
were  held  Wednesday,  April  23rd  at  St.  Mary's  Catholic  Church  at  Breckenridge.   Interment 
was  in  Calvary  Cemetery  at  Wahpeton  and  Jos.  Vertin  and  Sons  Funeral  Home  of  Breckenridge 
were  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

Mrs.  Julia  Miller  died  Saturday,  April  19th,  1958,  at  the  St.  Francis  Home  at  Brecken- 
ridge where  she  had  been  residing  the  past  two  years.  Pallbearers  were  Laddie  Harvey,  David 
Ferber,  Daniel  Miller,  William  Miller,  Howard  Albright  and  William  Albright,  Jr. 

Mrs.  Miller  was  bom  May  11th,  1870,  at  V/orthington,  lA.  ,  but  had  lived  in  Fairmount 
for  about  50  years  with  her  family.   They  farmed  for  many  years  in  the  community  and  Mr. 
Miller  also  at  one  time  operated  a  drey  line  in  Fairmount. 

Surviving  are  two  daughters:  Mrs.  William  Albright  of  So.  St.  Paul,  MN. ,  and  Mrs.  H. 
Strait  of  Seattle,  WA. ;  two  sons  Dave  L.  Miller  of  Minneapolis  and  H.  H.  Miller  of  Wadena, 
MN:  18  grandchildren  and  30  great-grandchildren.   Her  husband  and  a  son  William  preceded 
her  in  death. 

Relatives  from  a  distance  attending  the  funeral  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dave  Miller  of  Minn- 
eapolis, Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Miller  of  Wadena,  MN. ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Albright,  Sr.,  Will- 
iam Albright,  Jr.;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Howard  Albright  and  daughter,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  Ferber,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Laddie  Harvey  all  of  So.  St.  Paul,  MN. ;  Mrs.  Margaret  O'Meara  of  California; 

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Mr.  and  Mrs.  Orman  O'Meara  of  Tintah,  MN. ,  and  other  relatives  and  friends  in  attendance 
from  Fairmount. 

After  the  funeral  all  relatives  were  dinner  guests  in  the  William  Miller  home  in  Breck- 
enridge  who  is  a  grandson  of  Mrs.  Julia  Miller. 

**********  May  1,  1958 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS.... Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ben  Engebretson  spent  Wednesday,  April  23rd,  at  Mil- 
bank,  SD. ,  where  they  attended  the  funeral  of  Ben's  cousin,  Helmer  Engebretson. 

**********  May  1,  1958 

BERTON  PHILIP  GRAY 

Berton  Philip  Gray  was  bom  May  27th,  1957,  at  St.  Gerard's  Hospital  in  Hankinson. 
He  received  the  Sacrament  of  Baptism  on  the  16th  day  of  June,  1957,  at  the  Sacred  Heart 
Catholic  Church  in  New  Effington,  SD.   Father  Dzierzek  officiated  and  Godparents  were: 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nick  Herding.         v  . 

On  Monday,  April  28th,  1958,  he  accidently  drowned.   He  was  11  months  and  1  day  old. 
He  leaves  to  mourn  his  untimely  passing,  his  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arlo  Gray;  three  sis- 
ters, Colleen,  Catherine  and  Charlotte;  two  brothers,  James  and  Michael;  grandparents,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  George  Pirmantgen  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Philip  Gray;  great-grandparents,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Bert  Seeley;  several  aunts,  uncles  and  cousins. 

A  White  Mass  was  sung  in  his  honor  in  the  Sacred  Heart  Catholic  Church  in  New  Effing- 
ton by  Father  Zygmunt  Dzierzek  on  Thursday,  May  1st,  1958,  at  9:30  AM.   He  was  laid  to 
rest  in  the  St.  Nicholas  Cemetery  north  of  Rosholt.   Pallbearers  were  David  and  Richard 
Geurtz,  cousins  of  the  deceased  and  Steven  Pohl  and  Danny  Braun. 

The  Johnson  Funeral  Home  at  Rosholt  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  May  8,  1958 

BROTHER  of  LOCAL  LADIES  BURIED  IN  SD. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Monday,  April  28th,  at  Brandvold  Lutheran  Church,  north 
of  Victor,  for  Clarence  Rich,  55,  who  passed  away  Friday,  April  25th,  at  Fargo.   The  Rev. 
A.  H.  G.  Gjevre  officiated. 

Clarence,  the  son  of  Mrs.  Emil  Rich,  New  Effington,  passed  away  early  Friday  morning, 
April  25th,  at  St.  Luke's  HOspital  in  Fargo,  after  a  lingering  illness.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  56  years  and  17  days  old. 

Clarence  was  bom  in  Victor  Township,  Roberts  County,  SD. ,  on  April  9th,  1902.   He  was 
baptized  in  the  Lutheran  faith  by  Rev.  Henry  Kunz.   He  was  confirmed  by  Rev.  Dreyer.  He 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Inga  Greske  in  March  of  1950.   His  wife,  father  and  one  sister 
preceded  him  in  death. 

He  leaves  to  mourn  his  passing,  his  mother,  Mrs.  Martha  Rich,  his  stepson,  Robert, 
five  brothers:  Elmer,  George,  Melvin  at  home,  Lawrence  at  Rosholt  and  Chester  of  Staples, 
MN. ;  five  sisters,  Mrs.  Louise  Greske,  of  Ellsworth,  WI . ;  Laura,  Mrs.  Gust  Lenz  of  Hankin- 
son; Alice,  Mrs.  John  King,  of  So.  St.  Paul.;  Mrs.  Beatrice  Medenwaldt  of  Hankinson,  Hazel, 
Mrs.  LeaVom  Koehler  of  Rosholt  and  a  host  of  other  relatives  and  friends. 

At  the  services  at  Brandvold  Church,  two  numbers  were  sung  by  a  trio:  Chlee  Erickson, 

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Mary  Ann  Knudsen  and  Carol  Thompson.   The  organist  was  Mrs.  Lowell  Kuklish.   Pallbearers 
were:  Joe  Thompson,  Henry  Twete,  Henry  Knudsen,  Edward  Felton,  Math  Wagner  and  Palmer 
Braaten.   Interment  was  in  Brandvold  Cemetery. 

**********  May  8,  1958  -. 

FUNERAL  HELD  FOR  BENEDICT  ILLIES 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Tuesday,  April  22nd,  at  Fosston,  MN.,  for  Benedict  lilies 
St.,   who  died  early  Sunday  morning,  April  20th,  1958.   Services  were  held  at  the  Sacred 
Heart  Catholic  Church  at  Fosston.   Burial  was  in  the  Catholic  Cemetery  at  Lidgerwood,  ND. 
Pallbearers  were  six  sons:  Leo,  Alfred,  Benedict,  Jr.,  Paul,  Leonard  and  Daniel. 

Benedict  lilies  was  bom  April  1874  at  Meire  Grove,  MN. ,  and  was  baptized  on 

May  15th,  of  the  same  year  at  St. John  Catholic  Church  in  Meire  Grove.  He  received  his  first 
Holy  Communion  on  June  10th,  1886  and  grew  to  adulthood  at  his  home  there.  At  the  age  of 
19  he  went  to  the  northern  part  of  North  Dakota  to  help  build  the  railroad  at  Medina  in 
the  badlands. 

At  the  age  of  22  he  homesteaded  seven  miles  south  of  Lidgerwood  and  lived  on  that 
land  until  1942,  when  he  moved  to  ...gley,  MN.,  and  lived  on  a  farm  south  of  there  until 
1945  when  he  retired  and  moved  to  Fosston,  MN. 

He  was  married  Sept.  23rd,  1902  to  Miss  Barbara  Brickzen  at  Ransom  County,  ND. ,  in 
the  Sacred  Heart  Catholic  Church. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Mrs.  Benedict  lilies  and  fourteen  children.   The  five 

daughters  are:  Mrs.  (Regina)  Merschman  of  ....gley,  MN. ;  Mrs.  (Mary)  Cles...  of  Chicago, 

IL.;  Mrs.  (Dorothy)  Odenbreth  of  Cayuga,  ND. ;  Mrs.  (Cecelia)  Nathe  of  ,  ND. ;  and  Mrs. 

Mar...  (Veronica)  Evenson  of  Fairmount,  ND.   The  nine  sons  are:  Leo  M.  lilies  of  Montevideo, 

MN. ;  Raymond  of  Lidgerwood:  Henry  of  Fosston,  MN. ;  Ben  lilies,  Jr.,  of  Lidgerwood;  Lawrence 

of  Gilbert,  MN. ;  Alfred  of  Rutland;  Paul  of  Aurora,  ...;  and  Leonard  and  Daniel  of  Fosston, 

MN. 

After  the  burial  at  Lidgerwood  the  Catholic  ladies  of  the  church  served  lunch  to  the 

relatives  and  friends.  **********  May  8,  1958 

FORMER  RESIDENT  DIES 

Friends  have  received  word  from  Mrs.  J.  M.  (Dorothy  Dahlquist)  Wall  that  her  mother 
Mrs.  William  (Jennie)  Dahlquist  died  the  middle  of  April  1958,  following  a  stroke.   They 
reside  in  Fort  Lauderdale,  FL.   Mrs.  Dahlquist  was  preceded  in  death  by  her  husband,  Will- 
iam, who  died  several  years  ago. 

The  Dahlquist  family  were  former  residents  of  Fairmount  years  ago  when  the  late  Will- 
iam Dahlquist  was  in  charge  of  one  of  the  banks  in  Fairmount.   Before  his  death  he  was  emp- 
loyed by  an  insurance  company  at  ■Fort  Lauderdale. 

**********  May  8,  1958 

BRIGHTWOOD  NEWS.... Mrs.  Arthur  Hartleben,  Mrs.  Christine  Wrege  and  Pete  Wallack  motor- 
ed to  Sauk  Centre,  MN. ,  Saturday,  where  they  attended  the  funeral  of  their  brother-in-law, 
Mr.  Theo.  Thompson.  **********  May  15,  1958 

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STRICKEN  by  HEART  ATTACK  WEDNESDAY 
Arthur  Conrad  of  Harvey,  a  Catholic  Forester  Insurance  Representative  for  the  State 
of  No.  Dak.,  was  a  business  caller  in  Hankinson  Wednesday  afternoon.   About  8:30  in  the 
evening,  he  became  ill  and  entered  the  St.  Gerard's  Hospital.  AT  11  o'clock  he  passed  away' 
with  death  attributed  to  a  heart  attack. 

Mr.  Conrad  was  known  by  many  in  Hankinson,  he  and  his  wife  have  visited  at  the  Elroy 
Kinn  home  several  times.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  two  children  at  Harvey. 

**********  May  22,  1958 

MANTADOR  NEWS Word  has  come  of  the  death  of  Frank  Biegel  at  the  Fergus  Falls  hosp—  . 

ital.   Funeral  services  will  be  held  at  Elizabeth,  MN.,  on  Wednesday. 

**********  May  22,  1958 

DIES  IN  ST.  CLOUD 

Frank  Blake  of  St.  Cloud,  MN.,  and  former  resident  of  Fairmount,  died  Friday,  May 

16th,  at  his  home  in  St.  Cloud. 

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HEARS  OF  DEATH  OF  AUNT 

Donald  Sikorski  and  his  sister,  Mrs.  George  Radke  received  word  Monday  evening  of 

the  death  of  their  aunt,  Mrs.  John  Tellers,  of  St.  Cloud,  MN.,  who  died  Monday  morning. 

May    19th,    1958.  ++++++++++ 

ATTENDS  sister's  FUNERAL 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Hedtke,  Randall,  Delwin  and  Emily  motored  to  Milwaukee,  WI.,  rec- 
ently where  they  attended  the  funeral  Saturday,  May  10th,  of  his  sister,  Mrs.  John  Heimann 
of  Milwaukee,  Wl.,  who  had  died  on  May  7th,  1958. 

While  in  Milwaukee  they  spent  several  days  visiting  their  children  and  families  there: 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tommy  Leinen,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harvey  Hedtke  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  Miller. 
Enroute  home  on  Sunday,  they  stopped  at  Minneapolis  where  they  spent  the  day  with  their 
daughter,  Jeannette  Hedtke  who  is  employed  there. 

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MRS.  ALFRED  SCHEIDEGGER  DIED  SATURDAY 
Mrs.  Alfred  Scheidegger  died  Saturday  May  17th  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  in  Breck- 
enridge,  MN. ,  where  she  had  been  a  patient  since  May  2nd. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Wednesday  afternoon  May  21st,  at  the  First  English  Luth- 
eran Church  at  Fairmount  at  2:30  PM.   Rev.  W.  Cordts  of  Hankinson  will  officiate. 
A  more  complete  obituary  will  be  published  next  week. 

**********  May  22,  1958 

FUNERAL  SERVICES  HELD  SATURDAY  FOR  JOHN  AWE 
Funeral  services  for  John  F.  Awe,  86,  of  Fairmount,  were  held  Saturday,  May  17th,  1958 
in  the  Vertin  Funeral  Home  Chapel  in  Wahpeton.   The  burial  rites  were  conducted  at  the 
cemetery  at  Andover,  SD. 

Pallbearers  were  Oral  Jacobson  of  Pierpont,  SD.,  Bennie  Granholt  Sr. ,  of  Christine,  ND. 
Clifford  and  David  Awe,  William  Marquardt  and  Andrew  Jordahl,  all  of  Fairmount. 

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John  Awe  was  bom  Oct.  ;  ISth"/- 1872, -vat  Washington,  IL.  He  was  formerly  employed  as  a 
farmer  and  carpenter.   In  1895  he 'was  married  to  Martha  Lange  at  Pauline,  lA.   His  wife 
died  in  1924.   Mr.  Awe  has  made  his  home  the  past  fifteen  years  in  the  home  of  his  son  and 
family,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reinhard  Awe,- who  reside  at  Fairmount.   John  Awe  entered  the  St.  Fran- 
cis Hospital  Wednesday  afternoon  and  died  shortly  after  midnight  on  Thursday  morning.  May 
15th,  1958.  '/   •  '  "-^  •-  " 

He  is  survived  by  one  daughter,  Mrs.  William  (Alma)  Poe  of  Bristol,  SD.  ;  three  sons, 
John  and  Arnold  Awe  of  Hammond,  IN.,  and  Reinhard  Awe  of  Fairmount.   He  was  preceded  in 
death  by  his  wife. 

Relatives  and  friends  from  a  distance  attending  the  funeral  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arnold 
Awe,  Mrs.  John  Awe,  and  Mrs.  Sussemill  all  of  Hanndnd,  IN.;  Mrs.  William  Poe  of  Bristol, 
SD.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oral  Jacobson  of  Pierpont,  SD. ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pete  Zimney  of  Groton,  SD. , 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Charles  of  Andover,  SD. ;  and  Mrs.  Bennie  Granholt,  Sr. ,  Bennie  Granholt, 
Jr.,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alvin  Haug,  all  of  Christine,  ND. 

**********  May  22,  1958 

LOCAL  STUDENT  VICTIM  of  SHOT  GUN  BLAST 

A  blast  from  a  shotgun  accidentally  discharged,  proved  fatal  to  John  Goerger,  17  year 
old  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ed  Goerger  of  rural  Barney,  last  Friday  evening  at  a  gathering  at 
the  Conrad  Vaplon  home  near  Lidgerwood.   The  youth,  who  was  a  member  of  this  year's  grad- 
uating class  of  the  St.  Francis  Academy  here  last  Wednesday  evening,  died  at  the  St.  Ger- 
ard's Hospital  in  Hankinson  about  an  hour  after  the  accident  happened  at  11:25  PM. 

The  accident  occurred  at  the  Vaplon  farm  where  friends  had  gathered  for  the  announce- 
ment of  the  engagement  of  Virginia  Vaplon  to  the  victim's  brother,  David. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Thursday,  May  29th,  at  9:30  AM  (CST)  in  St.  John's  Cath- 
olic Church  in  Wyndmere  with  Rev.  Fr.  Laurence  Strandenaes  of  Wyndmere  officiating. 
Interment  will  be  in  St.  John's  Cemetery  there.   Vertin's  Funeral  Home  at  Wahpeton  is  hand- 
ling the  funeral  arrangements.   Pallbearers  will  be  classmates  of  John  who  graduated  Wed- 
nesday from  St.  Francis  Academy  in  Hankinson.   They  are:  Donald  Goerger,  Dennis  Cox,  John 
Fritz,  Allan  Brandt,  Richard  Aker  and  Charles  Falk. 

The  funeral  services  were  delayed  until  Thursday  so  that  a  brother,  SP-3  Allan  station- 
ed in  Ulm,  Germany,  with  the  U.  S.  Army,  could  get  home  in  time. 

John  B.  Goerger  was  born  on  Nov.  1st,  1940,  in  Breckenridge.   He  had  been  active  in 
4-H  Club  work  for  8  years  as  a  member  of  the  Richland  Aggies  4  H  Club.   He  also  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  CYO  of  St.  Johns  Church  and  the  Catholic  Order  of  Foresters  at  Mantador.   He  was 
confirmed  in  St.  John's  church  at  Wyndmere. 

Survivors,  besides  his  parents,  are  two  brothers,  David  of  Barney  and  Allan  in  Germany; 
three  sisters,  Mrs.  Richard  (Phyllis)  Kosterman  of  Wyndmere,  Monica  of  Minneapolis,  and 
Pamela  at  home;  and  a  grandfather,  J.  B.  Goerger  of  Mantador.  A  sister,  Idette  Marie,  pre- 
ceeded  him  in  death. 

Sheriff  Lambert  Johnson,  who  investigated  the  scene  of  the  tragedy  said  that  his  invest- 
igation is  completed  and  that  no  inquest  will  be  held.   He  termed  the  shooting  accidental. 

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The  incident  occurred  in  the  bedroom  of  Frank,  16,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vaplon.   Frank 
Aloysius  Gully,  17,  Ralph  Gareed,  19,  and  the  victim  had  been  on  the  porch  of  the  home, 
the  sheriff  said.   The  four  had  been  discussing  motorcycles  in  his  bedroom.   The  four  went 
to  the  bedroom  to  read  the  articles. 

The  Gully  boy,  a  brother  of  Mrs.  Conrad  Vaplon,  asked  if  he  could  inspect  several  guns 
which  belonged  to  Conrad  Vaplon  and  which  were  locked  in  a  cabinet  in  Frank's  bedroom,  John- 
son said.   Frank  granted  permission.   The  Gully  boy  tried  the  cabinet  door  and  when  they 
found  it  locked,  Frank  told  the  Gully  boy  the  key  was  on  top  of  the  cabinet,  Johnson  said. 

The  Gully  boy  inspected  a  .410  guage  single  shot  small  bore  shotgun.   Johnson  said 
apparently  he  pulled  back  the  hammer  without  breaking  open  the  gun  to  see  if  it  was  unloaded. 
He  accidentally  pulled  the  trigger,   the  Sheriff  said,  and  then  the  gun  went  off. 

The  gun  barrel  was  6  to  8  feet  from  the  Goerger  boy.   The  charge  caught  the  boy  in  the 
abdomen.   The  shotgun  had  been  believed  to  be  unloaded,  Johnson  said. 

Among  the  guests  at  the  gathering  was  Leo  Ehli  of  that  neighborhood.   After  Ehli  admin- 
istered first  aid,  a  doctor  in  Lidgerwood  was  telephoned  and  Ehli  took  the  boy  in  his  car 
through  Lidgerwood,  where  the  doctor  was  picked  up  and  went  to  St.  Gerard's  Hospital  in 
Hankinson.  **********  f4ay  29,  1958 

ATTEND  FUNERAL  of  BROTHER  in  ST.  PAUL 

Several  relatives  from  here  attended  the  funeral  of  Everard  L.  Green,  70,  of  So.  St. 
Paul,  retired  druggist,  held  there  May  16th. 

Mr.  Green  passed  away  in  a  St.  Paul  hospital  following  a  stroke.   Rites  were  conduct- 
ed in  the  New  Sputhern  Funeral  Home  and  in  St. John  Vianney  Catholic  Church  there  with  inter- 
ment in  Resurrection  Cemetery,  Mendota  Heights. 

Attending  from  here  were:  E.  W.  Green,  Sr.,  E.  W.  Green,  Jr.,  John  L.  Green,  Ray  Green 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ross  Green  from  New  Town,  ND. ,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Maurice  Aker. 

He  was  bom  in  Montrose,  MN. ,  and  as  a  child  moved  with  his  parents  to  Hankinson.   He 
graduated  from  the  University  of  Minnesota  school  of  pharmacy  in  1909  and  opened  a  drug 
store  at  Hankinson  until  1921.   He  operated  a  drug  store  in  St.  Paul  at  1169  Rice  from  1932 
to  1940  and  in  So.  St.  Paul  from  1939  to  1953.   He  was  a  member  of  the  Minnesota  Pharmac- 
ists Association,  St.  Paul  Elks  Lodge  and  the  Elks  band. 

Surviving  are  his  wife,  Mary;  five  daughters,  Mrs.  Eric  G.  Damkoehler  of  Needham,  MA., 
Mrs.  Harold  L.  Parker  of  La  Grange,  IL.,  Mrs.  John  J.  Womack  of  South  St.  Paul,  Mrs.  Will- 
iam Albright  of  St.  Paul  Park  and  Mrs.  Don  Dufresno  of  Arvada,  CO.;  five  brothers,  Ray, 
John  and  Edmond  of  Hankinson,  Waldon  of  Minneapolis  and  Ross  of  Newtown,  ND. ;  three  sisters, 
Mrs.  Harry  Budde  and  Mrs.  William  Hughes,  both  of  Minneapolis  and  Mrs.  Maurice  Aker  of  Hank- 
inson,  and  21  grandchildren. 

**********  May  29,  1958 

FUNERAL  SERVICES  HELD  WEDNESDAY  for  MRS.  ALFRED  SCHEIDEGGER 
Funeral  services  were  held  on  Wednesday,  May  21st,  at  2:30  PM. ,  (CST)  in  the  First 
English  Lutheran  Church  parlors  at  Fairmount  for  Mrs.  Alfred  (Rose)  Scheidegger,  75,  of 
Fairmount.   Rev.  Walter  Cordts  of  Hankinson  officiated  and  interment  was  in  the  Fairmount 

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Cemetery.   The  Schmitt-Poulton  Funeral  Home  of  Wahpeton  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 
The  soloist,  Janice  Hoefs  sang  two  hymns  "Heaven  Is  My  Home"  and  "Asleep  in  Jesus"  and 
she  was  accompanied  by  the  organist,  Mrs.  Lowell  Steffens. 

Pallbearers  were  six  grandsons:  John  Litzau,  Richard  Litzau,  Darrell  Litzau,  Leroy 
Sethre,  Russell  Sethre  and  Robert  Muellenbach. 

Mrs.  Alfred  (Rose)  Scheidegger  passed  away  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  on  Saturday 
May  17th  after  having  been  a  patient  there  for  sixteen  days. 

Mrs.  Scheidegger,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adolph  Luethy,  was  bom  Oct.  11th,  1882, 
in  Berne,  Switzerland.   She  came  to  America  with  her  parents  when  two  years  old.   The 
family  settled  on  a  farm  near  Medford,  WI.,  and  in  1895  moved  to  Rhinelander,  WI. ,  where 
she  attended  schools. 

Rose  Luethy  was  united  in  marriage  to  Alfred  Scheidegger  on  May  11th,  1903,  at  Rhine- 
lander,  WI.   They  came  to  Fairmount  Township  in  1919  where  they  lived  until  retiring  in 
1946  and  moved  to  Fairmount  where  they  had  since  resided.   On  May  11th,  1953  the  couple 
observed  their  golden  wedding  anniversay  at  an  open  house  at  their  home  in  Fairmount. 

Surviving  are  her  husband,  Alfred,  a  son,  Harry  of  Fairmount;  two  daughters:  Mrs. 
Jacob  (Gertrude)  Muellenbach  and  Mrs.  Leonard  (Dorothy)  Sethre  of  Fairmount;  one  brother 
Rudie  Scheidegger  of  Muskegon,  MI.;  seven  sisters;  Mrs.  Albert  Pugh  of  Muskegon,  MI.,  Mrs. 
Nels  Christiansen  and  Mrs.  Bertha  Scheidegger  of  Rhinelander,  WI.,  Mrs.  Ernest  Danz  and 
Mrs.  Fred  Danz  of  Peoria,  IL. ,  Mrs.  Fred  Hunziker  of  Minneapolis  and  Mrs.  John  Theus  of 
Oakland,  CA. ;  nineteen  grandchildren  and  seven  great-grandchildren. 

Mrs.  Scheidegger  was  preceded  in  death  by  one  daughter,  Mrs.  Edna  Litzau  in  August 
of  1957.   Relatives  attended  the  fvineral  from  Muskegon,  MI.;  Rhinelander,  VJI. ;  Peoria  and 
Decatur,  IL. ,  and  Bemidji,  I'M. 

**********  May  29,  1958 

MEDENWALDT  RITES  HELD  HERE 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Monday  afternoon  from  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church  in  Hank- 
inson  for  Albert  Medenwaldt,  83,  who  passed  away  Friday  at  the  St.  Gerard  Hospital.   Rev. 
Edmund  Zapf  officiated. 

Albert  H.  Medenwaldt  was  bom  at  Mayville,  WI.,  Sept.  18th,  1874,  son  of  Ferdinand 
and  Hannah  Medenwaldt.   As  a  young  man  he  moved  with  his  parents  to  a  homestead  in  Belford 
Township.   He  was  married  to  Anna  Pankow  on  June  30th,  1898.   They  would  have  celebrated 
their  60th  Wedding  Anniversay  this  June  30th.   He  resided  on  a  farm  south  of  Sonora  for 
many  years,  moving  later  to  a  farm  in  Brightwood  Township. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  daughters,  Mrs.  Henry  (Selma)  Bunde  and  Mrs.  Fred  (Ida) 
Weber  of  Good  Thunder,  MN.  sons,  Henry,  Edwin,  Gerhard  and  Martin  of  Hankinson,  five  child- 
ren preceded  him  in  death.   He  is  also  survived  by  six  grandchildren,  and  one  great-grand- 
child.  One  sister,  Mrs.  John  Buck  of  Fairmount  and  five  brothers.  Gust,  Henry,  Otto,  Her- 
man and  Fred  Medenwaldt. 

Burial  was  in  Immanuel  Lutheran  Cemetery  at  Hankinson.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home 
had  charge  of  arrangements.   Pallbearers  were  Clemens  Buck,  Bruno  Medenwaldt,  Woodrow 

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• ' '  --V  Medenwaldt,  Delmar  Rossow  and  Reuben  Pankow. 


Those  from  a  distance  attending  the  funeral  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Medenwaldt,  St. 
Paul,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Weber  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Bunde  of  Good  Thunder,  MN. ,  and  H. 
F.  Pankow  of  Anamoose,  ND. 

**********  June  12,  1958 

MRS.  H.  KRAUSE  DIES  AT  HOME 

Mrs.  Henry  Krause  passed  away  early  Thursday  morning,  June  12th,  at  her  home  in  Bel- 
ford  Township.   She  is  survived  by  her  husband;   daughter,  Minnie,  at  home;  Mrs.  George 
(Edna)  Mauer  of  Hankinson  and  sons,  Herbert  of  Dazey,  ND. ,  Oscar  of  Wahpeton  and  Clifford 
at  home. 

Funeral  arrangements  had  not  been  completed  at  press  time  today.   The  Wipperman  Funer- 
al Home  is  in  charge  of  funeral  arrangements. 

**********  June  12,  1958 

GEREZEK  RITES  HELD  MONDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Robert  M.  Gerezek,  25,  of  Hankinson  and  Delmer  Schutt,  19,  of 
Milnor  were  held  at  Lidgerwood  and  Milnor  Monday.   Both  were  employees  of  the  RSR  Electric 
CO-OP.,  who  v/ere  electrocuted  last  Friday  while  moving  power  lines  on  a  road  right-of-way 
seven  miles  northwest  of  Lidgerwood. 

Services  for  Mr.  Gerezek,  who  has  resided  in  Hankinson  since  1955,  were  held  at  the 
Walby  Funeral  Home  in  Lidgerwood  at  10  AM  Monday. 

The  two  men  were  on  the  ground  moving  a  line  when  they  were  electrocuted  by  7,200 
volts,  according  to  Frank  J.  Belinskey,  manager  of  the  Richland-Sargent-Ransom  (RSR)  Elec- 
tric Co-operative,  with  headquarters  in  Milnor. 

"They  were  grounding  out  a  truck."  Belinskey  said.   "It's  just  speculation,  but  they 
must  have  gotton  into  a  hot  wire  instead  of  a  neutral  one  by  accident." 

Belinskey  said  both  men  were  wearing  safety  clothing  and  equipment  and  observing  saf- 
ety precautions.   Co-workers  administered  artificial  respiration  and  a  Lidgerwood  doctor 
and  an  ambulance  from  Lidgerwood  and  Milnor  were  called  but  the  men  were  dead  by  the  time 
medical  help  arrived. 

Richland  County  Coroner  Dr.  C.  V.  Bateman  of  VJahpeton  said  he  believed  death  was  inst- 
antaneous.  The  accident  happened  about  9:45  AM.   Right  of  way  was  being  cleared  for  a 
stretch  of  Richland  County  road  16. 

Mr.  Gerezek  was  born  on  a  farm  near  Lidgerwood  Jan.  30th,  1933  and  was  graduated  from 
Lidgerwood  High  School  in  1951.   He  married  Dorothy  Haase,  rural  Lidgerwood,  Aug.  17th, 
1953  in  Lidgerwood  and  served  in  the  U.  S.  Army  from  1953-55. 

After  discharge  he  worked  at  Hankinson  Implement  Co.,  for  tv;o  years,  joined  the  RSR 
Co-op  a  year  ago.   He  was  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Benjamin  Gerezek,  rural  Lidgerwood. 

Besides  his  wife  and  parents,  he  leaves  a  son,  James,  A,  and  a  daughter,  Diane,  3;  and 
three  brothers  and  a  sister.   They  are:  Jack,  Darrel,  William  and  Arlene,  all  of  Lidgerwood. 

**********  June  12,  1958 


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HOSPITALIZED  HERE  FOLLOlfENG  ITRUCK  CRASH  „ 
A  South  Dakota  man,  E.  W.  Stuss  of  Revillo,  is  in  serious  condition  in  St.  Gerard's 
Hospital  in  Hankinson  as  a  result  of  a  collision  of  two  trucks  on  Hy.  11,  three  miles  east 
of  Rutland,  on  Monday  afternoon.   The  driver  of  the  other  truck,  George  Bechard,  about  39, 
was  killed  in  the  crash. 

Both  men  were  hauling  gravel  for  a  construction  company  when  the  accident  occurred. 

**********  June  12,  1958 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS Mr.  Adolph  Ziegelmann  received  a  telephone  call  Monday  that  his 

brother,  Fred,  passed  away  that  morning  of  a  heart  attack.   The  funeral  will  be  Wednesday 
afternoon  at  the  Lutheran  Church  in  Garfield,  MN.   Relatives  from  here  plan  to  attend 
the  funeral.  **********  june  12,  1958 

GREAT  BEND  PIONEER  BURIED  TUESDAY 

Funeral  services  for  W.  C.  Bohn,  80,  who  died  of  a  heart  attack  while  on  his  way  to 
the  Bohn  Implement  store  in  Great  Bend  last  Thursday  evening,  were  held  at  Trinity  Luth- 
eran Church,  Great  Bend,  at  2  o'clock,  Tuesday  afternoon.   A  Prayer  Service  was  held  at 
1:15  PM. ,  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home,  Hankinson.   Rev.  Richard  Tuescher  officiated  and 
interment  was  in  Trinity  Lutheran  Cemetery. 

William  C.  Bohn,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herman  Bohn,  was  bom  Oct.  28th,  1877,  at  Great 
Bend.   He  was  educated  in  the  elementary  school.   He  married  Emma  Gehler,   One  son,  Harry, 
survives. 

Mr.  Bohn  farmed  near  Great  Bend,  later  moving  into  Great  Bend,  where  he  and  his  son 
formed  the  Bohn  Implement  Co.,  in  which  he  was  active  at  the  time  of  his  death.   He  was  a 
lifetime  member  of  Trinity  Lutheran  Church. 

Pallbearers  were:  Ewald  Gehler,  Wilbur  Bohn,  Herman  Gollnick,  Alvin  Schultz,  Elmer 
Stoltenow,  Willard  Manske. 

**********  June  19,  1958 

MRS.  H.  KRAUSE  RITES  AT  BELFORD 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Monday  afternoon  from  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church  in  Bel- 
ford  Township  for  Mrs.  Henry  (Amalia)  Krause,  who  passed  away  at  her  farm  home  Thursday. 

Amalia  Sophie  Wilhelmina  Wendt,  daughter  of  John  Wendt  and  Ernestine,  nee  Hein,  was 
bom  in  Brandenburg  Township,  Richland  County,  Sept.  30th,  1880.   She  was  baptized  in  in- 
fancy by  Pastor  Robert  Koehler,  of  Great  Bend,  and  in  1895  was  confirmed  with  a  class  of  5 
by  Pastor  T.  Hinck,  in  the  Belford  Church. 

When  she  was  just  a  few  years  old,  her  parents  moved  to  Belford  Township,  where  she 
went  to  school  and  spent  her  girlhood.   On  the  17th  of  April,  1902,  she  was  joined  in  wed- 
lock with  Henry  Krause,  with  whom  she  shared  weal  and  woe,  for  over  56  years.   Five  children 
were  bom  to  this  union.   Mrs.  Krause  was  a  real  helpmate  to  her  husband,  even  to  the  shar- 
ing of  much  of  the  farm  work.   She  enjoyed  good  health,  until  the  spring  of  1954,  when  she 
suffered  from  a  heavy  stroke,  from  which  she  never  fully  recovered. 

At  the  beginning  of  June,  this  year,  she  again  returned  to  the  hospital  for  a  few  days. 

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She  came  home  much  improved  but  seemed  to  realize  that  her  days  were  numbered.   On  Thurs- 
day morning,  about  1  o'clock,  she  quietly  passed  from  life  into  death. 

Besides  her  husband  of  more  than  a  half  century,  there  remain  to  mourn  her  loss,  three" 
sons,  Oscar  of  Wahpeton,  Herbert  of  Dazey,  Clifford  at  home;  two  daughters,  Minnie,  at 
home,  and  Edna,  Mrs.  George  Mauer,  of  Hankinson.   One  brother,  Gustav,  lives  in  St.  Paul. 
There  are  also  17  grandchildren  and  six  great-grandchildren. 

Funeral  services  were  held  from  the  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church  in  Belford  Township, 
Monday  afternoon,  at  2:30.   Rev.  Walter  H.  Cordts,  officiating,  with  interment  in  the 
church  cemetery. 

Honorary  pallbearers  were:  Robert  H.  Bladow,  Gust  Medenwaldt,  Edwin  Gaedke,  August 
Pankow,  R.  H.  Bellin.  Active  pallbearers:  Ralph  Bladow,  Willard  Bladow,  Elroy  Muehler, 
Charles  Pellman,  Rudolph  Pankow,  Robert  Tiegs. 

Mrs.  Krause  was  the  head  of  four  generations  bom  in  North  Dakota.   There  were:  Mrs. 
Krause,  Herbert,  her  son;  Barrel,  a  grandson  and  Rockie  and  Rory,  great-grandsons. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  the  funeral  arrangements. 

**********  June  19,  1958 

LAMARS  NEWS.... Mrs.  Leonard  Osbom  received  word  Sunday  that  her  cousin,  Mrs.  Marvin 
Schlinder  (Gladys  Garrison)  of  Superior,  WI.,  had  passed  away.  At  this  writing  Mrs.  Os- 
born  was  making  plans  to  attend  the  funeral  on  Wednesday. 

**********  June  19,  1958 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS Funeral  services  were  held  on  Wednesday  afternoon  from  St.  John's 

Lutheran  Church  in  Garfield,  MN.,  for  Fred  Ziegelraann,  7A,  who  passed  away  Monday  morning 
at  his  home,  of  a  heart  attack,  while  he  was  dressing  in  the  morning  after  his  nights  rest. 
He  was  in  good  health  after  his  operation  on  Dec.   7th.   His  passing  was  a  shock  to  all 
his  relatives  and  friends.   Rev.  L.  A.  Buuck  of  Garfield  officiated  at  the  service. 

Fred  C.  Ziegelmann  was  born  at  Great  Bend  on  Sept.  17th,  1883,  son  of  Fredrick  and 
Bertha  Ziegelmann.   He  was  married  to  Mabel  Johnson  on  May  29th,  1915  and  resided  on  a 
farm  northwest  of  Great  Bend,  moving  later  to  town  in  Great  Bend.   Nine  years  ago  they 
moved  to  Garfield,  MN.,  and  made  their  home  where  he  passed  away.   He  was  baptized  and  con- 
firmed at  the  Trinity  Lutheran  Church  in  Great  Bend  and  was  a  member  of  the  St.  Johns  Luth- 
eran Church  in  Garfield. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  two  sons:  George  of  St.  Paul,  MN.,  and  Wilbur  of  Casper, 
WY,  ten  grandchildren  and  two  great-grandchildren,  two  sisters;  Mrs.  Frank  Martin  of  Fergus 
Falls,  KN. ;  and  Mrs.  Fred  Passenheim  of  Huron,  SD. ;  two  brothers,  August  Ziegelmann  of 
Fairmount  and  Adolph  Ziegelmann  of  Great  Bend.   Three  brothers  and  three  sisters  preceded 
him  in  death.  Burial  was  in  St.  Johns  Lutheran  Cemetery  at  Garfield,  MN.   The  Anderson 
Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

Pallbearers  were:  Raymond  Ziegelmann,  George  Ziegelmann,  Leonard  Prochnow,  Eugene 
Braunschweig,  Jerome  Johnson  and  Edwin  Wodke.   l-lany  relatives  from  here  attended  the  funeral. 

**********  June  19,  1958 

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•GREAT  BEND  NEWS.... This  community  was  shocked  to  hear  of  the  sudden  death  of  Mr.  W. 
C.  Bohn,  prominent  businessman  for  many  years.   He  was  in  his  shop  talking  to  friends  when 
he  suddenly  dropped  over  of  a  heart  attack  on  Thursday  evening.   Funeral  services  will  be 
held  Tuesday  afternoon  in  the  Trinity  Lutheran  Church  in  Great  Bend.   The  Wipperman  Funeral 
Home  is  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  June  19,  1958 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oscar  Prochnow  and  boys  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Prochnow's  cousin, 
Dan  ...el  at  Oakes  on  Saturday.  Mrs.  Prochnow's  sisters,  Violet  ..elgren  of  Oakes  and  Mrs. 
Jesse  Hoines  of  Belvedere,  IL.,  came  to  the  Prochnow  home  on  Monday  evening,  the  latter 
leaving  by  train  for  her  home  Tuesday  morning. 

**********  June  19,  1958 

GREAT  BEND  PIONEER  DIES 

Mrs.  Louisa  Kinn  passed  away  Friday  morning  at  her  home  after  a  lingering  illness  at 
the  age  of  75  years.   Funeral  services  were  held  on  Monday  morning  at  9  o'clock  at  the  St. 
Philips  Catholic  Church,  Msgr.  G.  C.  Bierens  celebrating  the  Mass. 

Mrs.  Louisa  Boelke  was  born  on  August  24th,  1882,  to  Wm.  Boelke  and  Fredericka  Strege 
on  a  farm  near  Great  Bend  in  Brandenburg  Township.   On  Sept.  16th,  1901,  she  was  married 
at  Wahpeton  to  Michael  Kinn  by  the  late  Father  Studnicka.   The  couple  moved  to  a  farm  in 
Waldo  Township. 

To  this  union  eight  children  were  born,  seven  of  whom  survive.   One  daughter,  Agnes, 
passed  away  on  Oct.  3rd,  1927,  at  the  age  of  23.  Her  husband  passed  away  on  April  19th, 
1943. 

Surviving  to  mourn  her  loss  are  four  daughters:  (Caroline)  Mrs.  John  A.  Hentz,  (Elea- 
nor) Mrs.  Ed  Hermes,  Isabelle  at  home,  (Georgiana)  Mrs.  Dan  Maack,  Lidgerwood;  three  sons, 
Leo,  Edward  and  Robert.   Fourteen  grandchildren  and  nine  great-grandchildren  also  survive. 

One  sister,  Mrs.  Otto  Stein  of  Hankinson;  two  brothers,  Emil  Boelke  of  near  Great  Bend 
and  Arnold  Boelke  of  Auburn,  UA. 

Pallbearers  were  Mike  Leinen,  Harold  Stein,  Dennis  Boelke,  Harry  Koppelman,  James 
Hentz  and  Elroy  Kinn.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  had  charge  of  the  funeral  arrangements. 

**********  June  26,  1958 

CORRECTION 

Some  of  the  information  received  by  The  NEWS  for  the  obituary  of  Mrs.  Henry  Krause, 
published  last  week,  was  incorrect. 

Omitted  was  the  name  of  Robert  Tiegs  as  honorary  pallbearer  and  Gerhardt  Tiegs  as 
active  pallbearer.    The  name  of  Floyd  Muehler  should  have  been  with  the  list  of  active 
pallbearers  instead  of  Elroy  Muehler. 

A  brother  of  the  late  Mrs.  Krause,  Gustave,  resides  at  the  St.  Francis  Rest  Home  in 

Breckenridge  and  one  sister,  Mrs.  Percy  Reynolds,  lives  in  St.  Paul.   The  deceased  was  a 

a  member  of  the  Belford  Ladies  Aid. 

**********  June  26,  1958 


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The  Max  Wippennan  family  returned  to  their  home  Monday  after  spending  a  week  at  their 
cottage  on  Ottertail  Lake.   On  Thursday  they  attended  the  funeral  services  for  their  sister- 
in-law,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Dahl  at  Detroit  Lakes. 

**********  June  26,  1958 

RITES  HELD  TUESDAY  FOR  MRS.  ONNA  RIPLEY 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Onna  Ripley,  of  Fairmount,  were  held  at  the  Methodist  Church 
at  Fairmount  Tuesday  afternoon,  June  24th,  at  2  o'clock  (CST) .   Mrs.  Ripley  died  Saturday 
June  21st,  at  the  age  of  87,  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  where  she  had  been  cared  for,  for 
two  days.   Rev.  Roy  Harris  of  Breckenridge  officiated  at  the  service  and  he  was  assisted  by 
the  local  pastor.  Rev.  Chas .  Bryan.   Interment  was  in  the  Fairmount  Cemetery  in  Fairmount 
Township.  Mrs.  John  Earner  was  organist  and  she  accompanied  the  soloist,  Mrs.  Gordon  Will- 
iams, who  sang  "Must  Jesus  Bear  the  Cross  Alone:  and  While  Years  of  Eternity  Roll."  Pall- 
bearers were  Peter  Wawers,  Charles  Templeton,  C.  R.  Swanson,  Glen  Swanson,  Alva  Beeghley 
and  Richard  Kurtz.   The  Schmitt  and  Poulton  Funeral  Home  of  Wahpeton  was  in  charge  of  arran- 
gements. 

Eleanor  Wear  was  born  at  Monica,  IL.,  Dec.  21st,  1870.   She  attended  grade  school  at 
Monica  and  became  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church  at  the  age  of  seven.   She  taught  school 
after  formal  education,  in  Peoria  County,  IL. 

On  Dec.  24th,  1890,  she  was  united  in  marriage  to  Onna  Ripley,  at  Monica.   They  farmed 
in  McLean  County,  IL.,  and  came  to  North  Dakota  in  1906  to  a  farm  west  of  Fairmount.   In 
1925  they  retired  from  farming  and  Mr.  Ripley  became  a  school  custodian  at  Fairmount, 
retiring  in  1946.   He  died  Oct.  23rd,  1946.   Mrs.  Ripley  has  lived  in  Fairmount  since. 

She  is  survived  by  five  sons:  Bryan  of  Tumwater,  WA. ,  David  and  Roger  of  Fairmount, 
Clarence  and  Harold  of  Dickinson;  one  daughter,  Mrs.  Laten  (Laura)  Teare  of  Jamestown,  ten 
grandchildren  and  nine  great-grandchildren.   She  was  preceded  in  death  by  two  children  and 
her  husband. 

Mrs.  Ripley  was  a  charter  member  of  the  American  Legion  Auxiliary.  She  was  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Church  and  was  a  Bible  teacher  at  the  Sunday  school  for  years.   She  was 
active  in  the  WCTU.  **********  June  26,  1958 

FUNERAL  HELD  FOR  FORMER  RESIDENT 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Pearl  Rattunde,  one  of  Necedah,  WI.'s  best 

liked  residents,  were  held  from  the  Methodist  Church  Sunday  afternoon.  May  25th,  1958,  with 
Rev.  Hubert  Groves  officiating.  Pearl  E.  Rattunde  passed  away  at  the  Mauston  Hospital,  May 
22nd  after  a  lingering  illness.   Interment  was  in  the  family  lot  in  Bayview  Cemetery. 

She  was  born  at  Fairmount  on  Jan.  8th,  1900,  the  daughter  of  John  D.  and  Mary  E.  Thomp- 
son.  She  graduated  from  Fairmount  High  School  and  then  attended  the  Ellendale  Teachers 
Normal  School.   She  went  to  Necedah,  WI.,  and  taught  in  the  public  school  there.   On  Sept. 
6th,  1926  she  was  united  in  marriage  to  August  P.  Rattunde  and  four  sons  were  born  to  this 
union. 

Through  her  many  acts  of  kindness  and  her  unselfish  devotion  to  her  family  and  home, 

Mrs.  Rattunde  endeared  herself  to  all  who  knew  her.   She  will  be  sadly  missed  by  the  entire 

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Mrs.  Rattunde  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church  and  the  Legion  Auxiliary.   She  is 
survived  by  three  sons,  Douglas  and  David  of  Necedah,  WI.,  and  Carl  of  Fort  Sill,  OK.;  one 
sister,  Mrs.  Izetta  Sorenson  of  Necedah,  WI.;  two  brothers,  George  Thompson  of  Wolf  Point, 
MT.,  and  Harley  Thompson  of  White  Earth,  ND.,  and  two  grandchildren. 

Preceding  her  in  death  were  her  husband,  August  P.  Rattunde  and  one  son,  Daryl  Lloyd. 
Mrs.  Rattunde  is  a  cousin  of  Charles  Thompson  of  Fairmount. 

**********  July  3,  1958 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS Edward  Loll,  Sr.,  90,  a  resident  of  this  community  over  80  years, 

died  Wednesday  in  the  St.  Francis  Hospital,  Breckenridge,  MN.   He  had  been  in  ailing  health 
for  two  years  and  in  the  hospital  since  June  16th.  • 

Funeral  services  were  held  at  2  o'clock  Monday  in  the  Evangelical  United  Brethem 
Church  with  Rev.  Robert  Beschtle  officiating. 

Bom  Feb.  28th,  1868,  in  Beito,  Germany,  he  came  to  the  Great  Bend  community  with  his 
parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carl  Loll  at  the  age  of  five.  He  farmed  in  the  Great  Bend  area.   In 
1916  he  began  buying  and  selling  livestock  and  farm  machinery.   In  1926  he  established  an 
implement  firm  at  Great  Bend  and  six  years  later  moved  the  business  to  Wahpeton  where  he 
was  in  partnership  with  four  sons.  Mr.  Loll  was  married  four  times,  three  of  his  wives 
preceded  him  in  death,  two  dying  in  childbirth.   He  married  Amelia  Stoltenow  in  1895. 
After  her  death  he  married  Hulda  Gruetzmacher  at  Paynesville,  MN. ,  and  later  Minnie  Lab- 
oda  of  Great  Bend. 

On  July  16th,  1910  he  married  August  Schultz  at  Great  Bend.  They  had  celebrated  their 
47th  wedding  anniversary  last  year. 

Surviving  besides  his  wife  are  seven  sons,  Charles  and  Ben  of  Great  Bend,  Edward,  Jr., 
Arnold  and  Harvey  of  Wahpeton,  Elmer  of  Hankinson  and  Lloyd  of  Mobridge,  SD.   Two  daughters, 
Mrs.  Joseph  (Lena)  Stroehl  of  Wahpeton  and  Luella  at  home.   Two  step-sons,  Arlie  and  Oliver 
Schultz  of  Great  Bend,  a  sister,  Mrs.  Otto  Gutzmer  of  Great  Bend,  27  grandchildren  and 
26  great-grandchildren.   Ten  children  and  three  sisters  and  one  brother  preceded  him  in 
death.  **********  july  3^  1953 

Mrs.  Earl  (I-lartha)  Gordon,  81,  formerly  of  Great  Bend,  died  Wednesday  in  the  St.  Fran- 
cis Hospital  at  Breckenridge,  a  day  after  being  admitted  there.  Funeral  services  were  held 
at  3  o'clock  (CDT)  Saturday  in  the  Bethal  Lutheran  Church.   Rev.  P.  A.  Gisvold  officiated. 

Born  August  28th,  1876,  at  Ettrick,  WI.,  she  moved  to  Verdon,  SD. ,  with  her  parents 
at  the  age  of  9.   She  was  married  to  Mr.  Gordon  in  South  Dakota  on  Jan.  22nd,  1902.   They 
moved  to  the  Wahpeton-Breckenridge  community  in  1913  and  to  Great  Bend  in  1925.   She  had 
resided  at  Great  Bend  until  1953,-  when  she  came  to  Breckenridge  residing  in  a  rest  home 
since.   Her  husband  passed  away  in  1937. 

Surviving  are  four  sons,  Walter  and  Earl  of  Wahpeton  and  Kenneth  and  George  of  Long 
Beach,  CA.   Two  daughters,  Mrs.  Fred  (Jessie)  Kittlenland  of  Milbette,  SD. ,  and  Arlene 
Gordon  of  St.  Paul  and  nine  grandchildren. 

**********  July  3,  1958 

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LOESSIN  RITES  HELD  WEDNESDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Otto  Loessin,  77,  Hammer,  SD. ,  were  held  Wednesday  afternoon  at 
the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home,  Rev.  Mueller  of  Lidgerwood  officiating.   Burial  was  at  the 
Claire  City  Cemetery. 

Otto  W.  Loessin  was  born  in  Germany,  March  15th,  1881.  He  came  to  Roberts  County,  SD., 
with  his  parents  at  the  age  of  two.   He  was  a  resident  of  Roberts  County  for  75  years.  He 
married  March  Eickler  on  Dec.  8th,  1909. 

The  late  Mr.  Loessin  is  survived  by  his  wife,  daughters:  Mrs.  Edward  (Clara)  Vig, 
Bloomington,  CA. ,  Mrs.  Robert  (Alice)  Krause,  Austin,  MN. ;  Mrs.  Millard  (Mildred)  Laing, 
Grand  Forks;  Mrs.  Alfred  (Louella)  Larson,  Webster,  SD, ;  Mrs.  Jacob  (Vondean)  Stave,  Huron, 
SD. ;  sons,  Albert,  Sissetan;  John  of  Hammer;  Harold  of  Bloomington,  CA. ;  Merle  of  Hammer. 
One  son,  Alfred,  died  in  infancy.   The  deceased  is  also  survived  by  one  brother,  Paul,  of 
Hammer.   A  sister,  Louise,  died  in  1957.   Also  surviving  are  12  grandchildren  and  two  great- 
grandchildren. 

Mrs.  Art  Loessin  sang  "Rock  of  Ages,"  accompanied  by  Mrs.  Martha  Wralstad  at  the  organ. 
Pallbearers  were:  Alfred  Larson,  Jacob  Stave,  Ed  Vig,  Robert  Krause,  Millard  Zaing  and 
Charles  Kramer. 

Relatives  attending  from  a  distance  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Otto  Sukow,  Austin,  MN.;  Law- 
rence Larson,  Huron,  SD. ;  Clifford  Larson,  Webster,  SD.;  and  many  friends  from  the  Hammer 
and  Claire  City  community.         ^^^^^^\^^^  j^^^   ^q^  ^93g 

WELK  RITES  HELD  AT  BROWNS  VALLEY 
Henry  L.  Welk,  member  of  the  Evangelical  and  Reformed  Church,  passed  away  suddenly 
on  July  Ath,  at  the  age  of  46  years.   He  was  apparently  in  perfect  health  and  death  was 
caused  by  a  heart  attack. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Monday  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Browns  Valley,  MN. , 
with  Rev.  F.  W.  Paul  officiating  and  Mrs.  Erling  Haukness  sang  two  solos  accompanied  by 
Miss  Judith  Willert. 

The  Welk  home  is  in  South  Dakota,  near  Browns  Valley,  MN. 

**********  July  10,  1948 

MANTADOR  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bernard  Reiland,  Mrs.  Chas.  Heley  and  Mrs.  Tom  Haus 

left  for  Columbus,  MT.,  on  Sunday  to  attend  the  funeral  of  their  sister,  Mrs.  Chas.  Fink. 

**********  July  10,  1958 

Mrs.  Lisetta  Klawitter  received  word  Thursday  that  her  brother.  Will  Glassel  of  St. 

Croix  Falls,  WI.,  passed  away.   Mrs.  Klawitter  and  Mrs.  Herbert  Bellin  left  Sunday  to 

attend  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Glassel. 

**********  July  10,  1958 

COMMITAL  TIRES  HELD  FOR  MANTADOR  GIRL 
Graveside  services  were  held  Saturday  morning  at  Calvary  Cemetery,  Mantador,  for  Denise 
Marie,  day  old  twin  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arnold  Mauch,  Mooreton.   The  baby  died  Friday 
at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  in  Breckenridge .   Rev.  Fr.  George  Miller  of  Mantador  officiated 

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at  the  rites. 

Other  survivors  include  two  sisters,  Barbara  and  Catherine,  a  brother  Jeffery  and 
grandmothers,  Mrs.  Anna  Mauch  and  Mrs.  Anna  Lenz. 

*  *>  *  ******  July  17,  1958 

MRS.  R.  BLADOW  DIES  HERE  SUNDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Robert  (Annie)  Bladow,  73,  who  died  Sunday  at  the  St.  Gerard 
Hospital,  were  held  Wednesday  at  2  PM. ,  from  the  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church  here.   Interment 
was  at  the  Immanuel  Lutheran  Cemetery  north  of  town. 

Annie  Johnke  was  born  March  8th,  1885,  at  Adamsdorf,  Germany  to  Carl  and  Mary  Johnke 
and  was  baptized  in  the  Lutheran  faith  there.  Her  parents  came  to  America  when  she  was  a 
few  months  old.   They  settled  on  a  farm  near  Hankinson  where  she  grew  to  womanhood  and  was 
confirmed  by  the  late  Rev.  J.  P.  Klausler.   She  was  united  in  marriage  at  the  Lutheran  Ch- 
urch near  Lidgerwood,  55  years  ago  on  Dec.  11th,  1902  to  Robert  Bladow  and  Rev.  Cloeter  per- 
formed the  ceremony.   They  renewed  their  vows  by  Rev.  G.  C.  Michael  on  the  occasion  of  their 
Golden  Wedding  Anniversay  in  1952. 

They  moved  to  Lincoln  Valley,  ND. ,  for  a  short  time  returning  to  Hankinson  where  they 
have  since  resided.   Bom  to  this  union  were  6  children,  Linda,  who  preceded  her  mother 
in  death  at  the  age  of  11  years,  Arthur,  at  home;  Resada  (Mrs.  Fred  Petrick,  Inwood,  lA.); 
Gloria  (Mrs.  Walter  Wiebusch) ,  Wahpeton;  Roy  of  Rutland  and  Lloyd  of  Miami  Springs,  FL. 

Mrs.  Bladow  is  the  last  of  the  living  charter  members  of  the  Ladies  Aid  of  this  church 
having  completed  nearly  50  years  of  endeavor  in  this  work.   She  suffered  a  stroke  a  few 
days  ago  and  peacefully  entered  into  life  everlasting  at  the  local  hospital  at  1  o'clock 
Sufiday,  July  13th,  with  her  husband  and  children  at  her  side. 

She  is  survived  in  addition  to  her  loyal  husband  and  children  by  12  grandchildren  and 
6  great-grandchildren  and  brothers,  Otto  and  Carl  Johnke. 

Ever  faithful  to  her  Savior  she  enjoyed  the  happiness  of  her  life  and  through  prayer 
endured  her  suffering.   By  her  love  and  kindness  she  was  respected  by  all  and  having  comp- 
leted her  life  on  this  earth  her  soul  now  rests  with  the  glorious  company  of  heaven. 

**********  July  17,  1958 

LEMARS  NEWS'  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Snyder,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Freddie  Snyder,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 

Bud  Chapman  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kenneth  Sander  attended  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Irvin  Shebeck  at 
Wahpeton  Friday.  **********  July  17,  1958 

NEPHEW  DROWNS  IN  ST.  PAUL  LAKE 

Mrs.  Clarence  Brunkhorst  and  daughters  and  Mrs.  Pete  Bommersbach  went  to  St.  Paul  to 
be  with  their  brother  and  sister,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Stack  and  to  attend  the  funeral  of 
their  nephew. 

James  Stack,  15,  of  St.  Paul,  drowned  in  Turtle  Lake  near  St.  Paul  Monday  where  he 
had  gone  to  swim.   The  youth  kicked  free  of  the  grasp  of  Vern  Draeger,  26,  St.  Paul,  the 
victim's  brother-in-law,  who  had  gone  to  Stack's  aid  when  he  called  for  help. 

**********  July  24,  1958 

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.  FRANK  HAMERLIK  DIES  AT  TACOMA    "^"  '''"'    "'        . 

Mrs.  George  Schuett  received  word  that  her  brother,  Frank  Hamerllk,  66,  of  Wahpeton, 
died  of  a  heart  attack,  Sunday  morning  at  Tacoma,  WA.  He  and  his  wife  were  attending  the 
wedding  of  a  niece.  ,      •  .   ■;  •. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Friday  morning  at  10  o'clock  from  St.  Adelbert  Catholic 
Church.  *  *  *  *  *"*  *■*'**  v^'-:^    *  ;    July  2A,  1958 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS.... Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ed  Hingst  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Frank  Aarstad 

in  Breckenridge  Sunday  afternoon. 

**********  July  24,  1958 

ATTENDS  FUNERAL 
Nick  Schmit  and  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Earl  Holmes  and  children,  and  James  Bernard  attended 
the  funeral  Monday  of  Mrs.  W.  A.  Miller  of  Litchville,  ND.  Mrs.  Miller  was  a  sister  of  the 
late  Mrs.  Nick  Schmit.  Mrs.  Holmes  and  Ella  Mae  accompanied  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Floyd  Geiser  after 
the  funeral  to  their  home  at  Strasburg  Monday. 

**********  July  31^  1958 

FAIRMOUNT  WOMAN'S  SISTER  DIES  IN  CALIFORNIA 
Mrs.  Howard  Well  received  word  Friday  that  her  sister,  Mrs.  Ray  (Eleanor  Jean)  Sanders 
34,  died  Thursday,  July  24th,  1958.   Funeral  services  were  held  Tuesday,  July  29th,  at 
Long  Beach,  CA.   She  is  survived  by  her  husband  and  two  sons,  Gregory,  11,  and  David,  5. 

**********  July  31,  1958 

FORMER  FAIRMOUNT  RESIDENT  DIED 
Sid  Berglin,  73,  of  Daisy,  ND. ,  and  former  barber  at  Fairmount,  ND. ,  died  Saturday, 
July  26th,  at  the  hospital  in  Valley  City,  ND.   Funeral  services  will  be  held  VJednesday 
of  this  week.   Fairmount  people  will  attend  the  funeral  and  a  more  complete  obituary  will 
be  published  next  week.  *^^^^*^*^*  j^^^   31^  ^958 

MRS.  M.  WAWERS  BURIED  TUESDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Michael  Wawers,  55,  who  passed  away  at  1  AM  Sunday  at  the 
St.  Gerard's  Hospital  in  Hankinson,  were  held  Tuesday  morning  at  9  o'clock  in  St.  Philip's 
Church  here.   Although  Mrs.  Wawers  had  been  released  from  the  hospital  and  was  getting 
along  quite  well,  at  her  home,  she  suffered  a  heart  attack  late  Saturday  evening  and  was 
taken  to  the  local  hospital.   Msgr.  G.  C.  Bierens  conducted  the  funeral  Mass. 

Mary  Lee,  daughter  of  Julian  and  Anna  Lee,  was  bom  in  Elma  Township,  Dec.  4th,  1902. 
Her  parents  moved  to  Hankinson  where  she  received  her  education  in  the  public  school.   On 
Oct.  28th,  1924,  she  was  united  in  marriage  to  Michael  Wawers.   They  resided  on  a  farm  in 
Greendale  Township  until  1947  when  they  moved  to  Hankinson  where  they  have  since  resided. 

Mrs.  Wawers  was  well  liked  and  respected  by  everyone  who  knew  her.   She  was  a  faithful 
member  of  St.  Philips  Church. 

She  is  survived  by  her  husband  and  a  daughter,  Marcella,  at  home;  two  sisters,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Dohlstrom  of  Hopkins,  MN. ,  and  Mrs.  Herman  (Catherine)  Rohl  of  Anoka,  MN. ;  two 
brothers,  John  Lee  of  Hankinson  and  Ed  Lee  of  Osseo,  MN. 

Pallbearers  were:  Richard  Hartleben,  Ed  Smith,  Verne  Coppin,  Gregory  Bauer,  Frank 

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Altoff  and  Joe  Lugert. 

Relatives  from  a  distance  came  from  Osseo,  Hopkins,  Anoka,  Pipestone  and  other  points 
in  Minnesota  as  well  as  from  Rosholt,  SD. ,  and  Fairmount,  Wahpeton,  Lidgerwood  and  Douglas, 
ND.  **********  August  7,  1958 

An  auto  accident  six  miles  north  of  Fairmount  on  Highway  81,  last  Thursday  night  took 
the  lives  of  two  Wahpeton  men.   They  are  Dan  Langenwalter,  70,  driver  of  the  car  traveling 
north  on  Hy.  81  and  Wm.  T.  Langenwalter,  60,  of  Ogden,  IL.,  a  passenger,  who  died  in  a 
Breckenridge  hospital  Friday  of  injuries  sustained  in  the  mishap.  The  accident  occurred  at 
11:05  PM.,  according  to  Patrolman  Earl  Dosch,  who  was  called  to  investigate. 

**********  August  7,  1958 

FUNERAL  HELD  MONDAY  FOR  LANGENWALTER 

Funeral  services  for  Daniel  A.  Langenwalter  of  Wahpeton,  a  former  farmer  in  the  Fair- 
mount  area  who  lost  his  life  in  a  highway  accident  Thursday,  July  31st,  were  held  Monday 
morning,  Aug.  4th,  at  11  o'clock  from  the  Schmitt  and  Poulton  Funeral  Home  in  Wahpeton.   Rev. 
Father  George  Mchok  officiated  and  interment  was  in  Calvary  Cemetery. 

Daniel  Langenwalter  was  bom  June  18th,  1888  in  St.  Jacob,  XL.,  son  of  the  late  John 
and  Mary  Langenwalter.  He  lived  with  his  parents  on  a  farm  near  Troy,  IL.,  and  attended 
schools  there. 

He  came  to  a  farm  in  Summit  Township  in  1917.   He  entered  service  in  World  War  I  in 
1918  and  after  returning  went  back  to  farming.  He  fanned  near  Fairmount  and  was  a  member 
of  the  American  Legion  at  Fairmount.   He  married  Pauline  Hoffman  of  Wahpeton,  April  19th, 
1920.   Mrs.  Langenwalter  died  in  March  of  1950. 

He  retired  from  farming  and  moved  to  Wahpeton  in  January  of  this  year.   He  and  his 
brother  were  returning  from  a  visit  to  the  farm  when  they  were  involved  in  the  car  crash 
in  which  both  were  killed. 

He  is  survived  by  two  sons,  Elroy,  of  Fairmount,  William  of  Breckenrdige  and  three 
daughters,  Mrs.  Victor  Sheets  (Ann)  of  Breckenridge;  Rosemary,  of  Missoula,  MT. ,  Mrs.  Lyle 
Sletten,  Wahpeton  (Dolores.)  He  is  survived  by  a  brother,  Paul  of  Manson,  lA. ,  and  five 
sisters,  Mrs.  Henry  Bloomberg,  Collinsville,  IL.,  Mrs.  Elmer  Kuehn,  Mascontah,  IL.,  Mrs. 
Fred  Grese,  Greenville,  IL.,  Mrs.  George  Whiting,  whose  home  is  in  Arizona;  Mrs.  Byrd  Freye, 
Kansas  City,  KS..  There  are  eight  grandchildren. 

Pallbearers  were:  August  Schreiber,  Ralph  Reubisch,  Rudolph  Nelson,  Arthur  Dretsch 
and  Charles  Reubisch.   Funeral  services  for  William  Langenwalter,  who  lost  his  life  in  the 
same  crash,  will  be  held  at  St.  Joseph,  IL.  He  died  Friday  evening  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospi- 
tal where  he  had  been  taken  after  the  mishap  Thursday  night. 

William  Langenwalter  was  bom  in  Illinois,  Dec.  28th,  1897,  He  was  60  years  of  age  at 
the  time  of  the  accident.  He  is  survived  by  a  son,  William  A.  Langenwalter,  who  is  serving 
in  the  U.  S.  Navy  and  stationed  at  Dallas,  TX. 

The  body  was  shipped  to  Illinois  from  Schmitt  and  Poulton  Funeral  Home. 

**********  August  7,  1958 

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FUNERAL  HELD  FOR  FORMER  RESIDENT 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Wednesday,  July  30th,  1958,  in  Our  Savior's  Lutheran 
Church  at  Dazey,  ND. ,  for  Sidwin  Berglin,  72,  of  Dazey  and  formerly  of  Fairmount.   The 
^Rev.  Gordon  Hanson  officiated.  Mr.  Berlin,  who  had  been  a  resident  of  Dazey  for  14  years, 
died  Saturday,  July  26th,  at  the  Valley  City  hospital. 

Pallbearers  were:  Dan  Linehan  of  Fairmount,  Harold  Meal,  Peter  Bryn,  Olaf  Braten,  Carl 
Ogelsby  and  Carl  Rogdne  all  of  Dazey. 

Mr.  Berglin  was  bom  Oct.  14th,  1885,  at  Alexandria,  MN.,  and  married  Hattie  May  Kelly 
at  Fairmount  on  Dec.  4th,  1922.   She  died  in  1956.  The  couple  made  their  home  in  Fairmount 
many  years  where  Mr.  Berglin  was  employed  as  a  barber.   Their  five  children  were  bom  to  this 
union  at  Fairmount.   They  moved  to  Dazey  14  years  ago.  He  was  a  retired  farmer. 

He  is  survived  by  a  son,  Darrel  Kelly  of  Watertown,  SD.,  four  daughters,  Mrs.  Jim  (Del- 
ores)  Robinson  of  Leavenworth,  KS. ;  Mrs.  William  (Arlene)  Quick  of  Dazey;  Mrs.  Chet  (Ellen) 
Piontkowski,  Cleveland,  OH.;  and  Janet  Berglin  of  Dazey;  four  brothers,  Albert,  John  and  Ed 
all  of  Alexandria  and  Elmer  in  Washington  State;  a  sister,  Mrs.  Idene  Neely  of  Portland,  OR. 
and  six  grandchildren. 

Those  from  Fairmount  attending  the  funeral  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dan  Linehan,  Robert  Ste- 
gner,  Mrs.  Chas .  Templeton  and  Mrs.  Bessie  Parkill. 

**********  August  7,  1958 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Axel  Pedersen  attended  the  funeral  of  Dr.  Wm.  Zwick  at  Valley  City  Tuesday 
afternoon.   Dr.  Zwick  was  killed  while  he  was  piloting  his  plane  Saturday  evening  near  Valley 
City.  **********  August  14,  1958 

ATTENDS  FUNERAL 
Mrs.  Rita  Dyke  returned  home  recently  from  Chicago,  IL.,  where  she  attended  the  funeral 
of  her  step-father,  Mr.  J.  Frieferae  who  was  92  years  old.   Mrs.  Dyke  had  gone  to  Sheldon,  lA. , 
and  accompanied  her  sister  and  daughter  to  Chicago  for  the  funeral. 

Mrs.  Dyke's  mother  is  still  living  and  is  89  years  old.  She  is  staying  at  the  home  of 
her  daughter  at  Sheldon,  lA. ,  since  the  funeral  of  her  husband. 

**********  August  14,  1958 

SISTER  DIES  IN  WASHINGTON 
Mrs.  William  Rosenkranz  received  word  of  the  death  of  her  sister,  Mrs.  Forrest  Winthers 
of  Seattle,  WA.,  who  died  Friday  evening,  Aug.  15th.   The  funeral  was  held  on  Monday,  Aug. 
18th.  **********  August  21,  1958 

MANTADOR  NEWS.... Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arnie  Mauch  motored  to  Adrian,  MN.,  Sunday  to  attend  the 
funeral  services  for  Joe  Mauch.   Barbara  and  Debbie  stayed  with  their  grandmother,  Mrs. 
Anna  Lentz  during  their  parents  absence. 

**********  August  21,  1958 


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DIES  OF  HEART  ATTACK  IN  AUTO 

A  heart  attack  was  fatal  to  Richard  F.  Bellin  of  Hanklnson  who  was  found  slumped  over 
in  the  front  seat  of  his  automobile  by  a  passerby  after  the  vehicle  had  riin  into  a  ditch  on 
the  west  edge  of  Hankinson.   The  mishap  occurred  at  about  8  AM  Saturday  moriiing  just  across 
the  road  from  Ebel's  Service  Station  on  Hy.  11. 

According  to  Patrolman  Earl  Dosch  the  car  scraped  the  highway  curve  sign  and  rolled 
forward  into  the  ditch.   It  did  not  tip  over.   The  ignition  on  the  car  was  shut  off  when 
Bellin  was  found,  indicating  he  probably  had  sufficient  warning  of  the  attack  and  had  att- 
empted to  stop  the  car  in  that  manner.   County  coroner,  Dr.  C.  V.  Bateman  of  Wahpeton  also 
investigated  and  it  was  determined  Bellin  died  of  a  heart  attack. 

Richard  Fred  Bellin  was  bom  in  Hankinson,  Nov.  20th,  1894,  son  of  the  late  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Reinhardt  Bellin.   He  attended  school  here  and  at  an  early  age  began  work  for  the 
Hankinson  Nursery  Co.,  with  whom  he  was  associated  for  about  45  years.   On  July  3rd,  1917, 
he  was  married  to  Violet  V.  Nelson  at  Moorhead,  MN.   To  this  union  were  born  two  sons: 
Richard  Howard  Bellin,  Ardsley,  NY.;  and  Ward  Clayton  Bellin,  Seattle,  WA.   Besides  his 
wife,  Violet  and  two  sons,  he  is  also  survived  by  two  brothers  and  one  sister:  Robert  C. 
Bellin,  Hankinson;  Reinhardt  Bellin,  Edmonds,  WA.;  Mrs.  Milton  (Minnie)  Witt,  Seattle,  WA. ; 
four  grandchildren:  Barbara,  Sandra,  Dale  and  Richard;  and  several  nieces  and  nephews. 
He  was  preceded  in  death  by  one  brother,  Albert,  who  passed  away  in  1947. 

Funeral  services  were  held  Tuesday  afternoon  in  the  Congregational  Church  here  with 
the  pastor.  Rev.  Frank  T.  Hirons  officiating.   Soloist  was  Mrs.  Erling  Haukness  and  Mrs. 
Dan  Jones,  organist.   Interment  was  in  Hillside  Cemetery  and  Hankinson  Lodge  No.  57,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.  had  charge  of  the  graveside  service. 

The  late  Mr.  Bellin  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church  here,  the  Hankinson  Mas- 
onic Lodge  and  the  local  post  of  the  American  Legion. 

Pallbearers  were:  M.  S.  Aker,  L.  0.  Kretchman,  H.  M.  Jones,  George  Schuett,  Harley 
Anderson  and  Chester  VJ.  Seivert. 

Among  the  out  of  town  relatives  and  friends  attending  the  services  were:  Richard  Howard 
Bellin  of  Ardsley,  NY.;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Milton  Witt,  Seattle  WA.:  Milton  R.  Bellin,  Minneapolis 
MN. ;  Mrs.  Aleda  J.  Peterson,  Fargo;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  Bellin,  Forman;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kenn- 
eth Bellin  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harley  Henricks,  both  of  Lidgerwood;  Harold  Bellin,  LaMoure; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morris  Womer,  Great  Bend;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson  Johnstone,  Mrs.  Earl  Jorgenson, 
Mrs.  Douglas  Lomsdahl,  all  of  Moorhead,  MN. ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lester  Stutlien,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Walter  Biggs  of  Fargo;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  Kretchman,  Wahpeton. 

**********  August  21,  1958 

REV.  WARKENTIN  DIES  AT  BLUFFTON,  OH. 

Rev.  John  Warkentin  of  Bluff ton,  OH.,  died  in  a  Lima,  OH.,  hospital  on  Monday  after 
submitting  to  surgery.   Mr.  Warkentin  was  formerly  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  here. 
He  and  his  wife  and  son,  John,  went  to  Bluffton  in  1954  after  resigning  his  pastorate  here 
because  of  ill  health.  **********  August  28,  1958 

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FORMER  PASTOR'S  WIFE  DIES  IN  CHICAGO  -:?.;.,-.;;,  ... 

Mrs.  John  Rahn  received  a  long  distance  call  on  Aug.  4th,  relating  the  news  that  Mrs.  -Vj-* 
Paulina  Kunz  of  Chicago,  IL.,  had  passed  away.   She  had  resided  at  the  home  of  a  daughter.  ."^ 

Rev.  Kunz  and  his  family  were  residents  of  Hankinson  many  years  ago  and  was  pastor  of  ,/. 
the  E.  &  R.  Church.   He  passed  away  in  1911. 

**********  August  28,  1958 

LOCAL  FOLKS  ATTEND  FUNERAL  AT  BLACKDUCK 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  J.  Robinson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Bostrom  and  Mrs.  E.  A.  Tannas  of  Crosby, 
ND.,  left  this  Thursday  morning  to  attend  the  funeral  of  the  ladies  brother,  Joe  Karls,  at 
Blackduck,  MN. 

Mr.  Karls  passed  away  Monday  evening  at  Blackduck.   He  was  a  former  Hankinson  resident. 

**********  August  28,  1958 

LA  QUA  FUNERAL  HELD  MONDAY 

A  former  Hankinson  resident  and  businessman,  Edward  J.  LaOua,  62,  passed  away  last 
Friday,  Aug.  29th,  at  the  Lake  Region  Hospital  in  Fergus  Falls,  MN.   He  suffered  from  a 
heart  condition  for  the  past  two  years.   Requiem  high  mass  was  held  at  9:30  AM  Monday  from 
St.  Philips  Church  in  Hankinson  with  Msgr.  G.  C.  Bierens  officiating.   Burial  was  in  Cal- 
vary Cemetery. 

The  late  Mr.  LaQua  operated  the  theatre  here  for  many  years  disposing  of  his  interests 
to  S.  J.  Backer  when  he  left  here  about  20  years  ago.   He  lived  in  Iowa  and  Eden  Valley,  MN. , 
for  several  years,  later  moving  to  Clitherall,  I-IN. ,  where  he  retired  some  years  ago. 

Edward  J.  LaQua,  was  born  in  Hankinson,  Oct.  10,  1895,  a  son  of  the  late  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Edward  P.  LaQua.  He  was  educated  in  the  Hankinson  Public  School  and  grew  to  manhood  here. 
On  July  12th,  1921,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Veronica  O'Neill  at  Kensal,  ND. 

Surviving  are-his  wife,  Mrs.  Edward  J.  (Veronica)  LaQua,  Clitherall;  two  sisters: 
Mrs.  Fred  A.  (Elizabeth)  Leavitt,  St.  Paul,  and  Mrs.  Marion  L.  Studnicka,  Hankinson;  two 
brothers:  Joseph  A.  LaQua,  Jamestown  and  Frank  J.  LaQua,  Hankinson. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

Out  of  town  relatives  in  attendance  were:  Mrs.  Fred  A.  Leavitt,  St.  Paul;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Joseph  A.  LaQua,  Jamestown,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  J.  LaQua,  of  Jamestown;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John 
I.  LaQua,  Langden;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vincent  A.  LaQua,  Fessenden;  Mrs.  C.  P.  Fleming,  Kennewick, 
WA.;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  0.  Tvidlin,  Casselton;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  K.  R.  Tvidlin  and  family,  Minnea- 
polis; L.  A.  Tvidten  and  Clair  Schieb  of  Minneapolis;  Mrs.  Nan  O'Neill,  New  York  City; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  U.  A.  O'Neill,  Bismarck;  Mrs.  Otis  VJills,  Fargo. 

Out  of  town  friends  in  attendance;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Marlowe,  Fairfax  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Harold  Marlowe  of  Fairfax,  m.;    Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  A.  Adkins,  Richville,  MN.;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Frank  Harden,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  C.  Spray,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  Richardson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Will- 
iam Zander  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Radloff,  all  of  Clitherall,  MN.;  Mrs.  Mildred  Reilly,  St. 
Paul;  Mike  DeFea  and  Peter  DeFea,  Milbank,  SD. ;  Rose  DeFea,  Minneapolis  and  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
William  M.  Dohn  of  Jamestown. 

Pallbearers  were:  Vincent  LaQua,  Fessenden,  ND.;  Kenneth  Tridlin,  Minneapolis;  Frank 
Hardin,  Wm.  Zander,  Fred  Radloff  and  Richard  Richardson  of  Clitherall,  MN. 

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■    ^'  '   -  .  IIRS.  WILLIAMS  RITES  HELD  HERE 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Francis  Williams  of  Hankinson  were  held  Wednesday  at  9  AM 
from  St.  Philips  Church,  Rev.  Augustine  Strub  OSB,  from  Cold  Spring,  MN. ,  celebrating  the 
funeral  mass.   Rev.  Strub  is  a  nephew  of  the  late  Mrs.  Williams. 

Francis  Biggs  Williams  was  born  at  Moorhead,  MN.,  Dec.  22nd,  1887.   She  grew  to  woman- 
hood there.   For  the  past  35  years  she  has  been  a  resident  of  Hankinson.   She  is  survived 
by  two  daughters,  Louise  and  Mrs.  (Helen)  Norman  Pribbemow  of  Hankinson.  Also  surviving 
are  two  grandchildren,  and  one  great-grandchild,  two  sisters;  Mrs.  Al  Elstad,  Mendota,  and 
Mrs.  Clarence  Elstad  of  Moorhead,  MN. ,  two  brothers,  Wm.  Strub  of  Stockton,  CA. ,  and  Joe 
Strub  of  Eugene,  OR. 

Rosary  was  recited  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  on  Tuesday  evening.  Burial  was  at 
Hillside  Cemetery. 

Pallbearers  were:  Harold  Kuehl,  Edward  Kuehl,  Jerry  Hipp,  Everett  Budge,  Louis  Gabb- 
ert  and  Alvin  Pribbemow.   Honorary  pallbearers  were:  Harold  Jones,  Jack  Robinson,  John 
Bostrom,  August  Kuehl,  Otto  Kuehl  and  Gust  Kuehl. 

**********  September  A,  1958 

NEPHEW  KILLED  IN  CRASH 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Spear  received  word  Friday  that  Mr.  Spear's  nephew,  Zane  Zieman 
was  killed  in  a  single  car  accident  near  Aberdeen,  SD.  Friday  morning,  Aug.  29th.   He 
is  survived  by  his  wife  and  one  child  who  will  be  a  year  old  in  January.   Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Zane  Zieman  resided  at  Aberdeen,  SD.,  where  he  was  employed. 

Funeral  services  were  held  Tuesday  afternoon,  Sept.  2nd,  at  St.  John's  Lutheran 

Church  at  ,  ND.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Spear  and  Arlen  attended  the  funeral. 

**********  September  A,  1958 

FORMER  FAIRMOUNT,  HANKINSON  RESIDENT  DIES 

Word  has  been  received  by  Mrs.  Herman  Laske  and  Mrs.  John  Snyder  of  Fairmount  that 
their  uncle,  Frank  "Jack"  Lobin  of  Belle  Plaine,  MN.,  died  on  Sunday,  Aug.  31st,  after 
being  in  ill  health  for  the  past  three  years.  Funeral  services  were  held  Wednesday,  Sept.  3rd. 

Mr.  Lobin  was  a  former  resident  of  Hankinson  and  Fairmount  for  many  years.   Mrs.  Herman 
Laske  and  Mrs.  John  Snyder  attended  the  funeral. 

**********  September  A,  1958 

FORMER  RESIDENT  DIES 

Word  has  been  received  here  that  Clarence  Kinnaw  of  Santa  Anna,  CA. ,  and  former  resi- 
dent of  Fairmount,  died  Monday,  Aug.  25th,  1958,  after  being  ill  since  March.  His  sister, 
Minnie  Mergens  made  her  home  with  him. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Thursday,  Aug.  28th,  at  the  San  Gabriel  Funeral  Home 
with  Masonic  rites.  ^^^^^^^^^^  September  11,  1958 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS (Last  week's  news)  ...  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Clarey  of  Sisseton  were 

weekend  guests  in  the  Rufus  Lange  home.   On  Monday  morning  they  went  to  Wahpeton  where 
the  Clarey 's  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  James  Fogarty. 

**********  September  11,  1958 

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ZIETLOW"  funeral' iz' PM, ,  SATURDAY 

Benjamin  B.  Zietlow  of  Wahpeton,  Route  1,  passed  away  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital, 
Breckenridge,  Monday,  Sept.  15th,  after  being  hospitalized  13  days. 

Mr.  Zietlow  was  born  in  Hankinson,  March  27th,  1908.  He  attended  school  at  Great 
Bend  and  was  confirmed  at  Trinity  Lutheran  Church  there.  He  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Elva  Krause,  April  17th,  1938  at  Great  Bend. 

Mr.  Zietlow  farmed  in  Waldo  Township  for  6  years,  Brandenburg  Township  for  six  years, 
and  had  farmed  the  past  eight  years  in  Dwight  Township,  up  to  the  time  of  his  death. 

Surviving  are  his  father  and  mother,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Berthold  Zietlow  of  Hankinson, 
his  wife,  Elva,  two  daughters,  Harriet  and  Lucille,  both  at  home,  three  brothers,  Harold 
of  Fargo,  Irvin  of  Hankinson  and  Walter  of  Van  Nuys,  CA. ,  and  one  sister,  Gertrude,  Mrs. 
Chas.  Loll.   Another  sister,  Florence  preceded  him  in  death. 

Funeral  services  will  be  at  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church,  Wahpeton,  on  Saturday  at  2  PM, 
Rev.  Henry  Fry  officiating.   Interment  will  be  in  Fairview  Cemetery. 

Visitation  will  be  Friday  afternoon  and  evening  at  the  Schmitt-Poulton  Funeral  Home 
at  Wahpeton.  **********  September  18,  1958 

MANTADOR  NEWS Ernest  Polda  of  Denver,  CO.,  came  on  Wednesday  to  attend  the  funeral 

services  for  Frank  Polda.   He  returned  to  his  home  on  Sunday. 

**********  September  18,  1958 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS.... Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Grager  of  Valley  City  came  Wednesday  to  attend 
the  funeral  of  their  uncle,  Mr.  William  Nietzel,  which  was  held  at  Lidgerwood. 

In  the  evening  they  visited  with  their  daughter  and  son-in-law,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Malvin 
Bohn,  near  Great  Bend.  **********  September  18,  1958 

RITES  HELD  MONDAY  FOR  MRS.  JAMES  FOGARTY 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  James  Fogarty,  who  died  Friday  morning,  Sept.  5th,  at  the 
St.  Francis  Hospital,  were  held  on  Monday  morning,  Sept.  8th  at  10  o'clock  from  St.  John's 
Catholic  Church  with  Rev.  Geo.  Mehok  officiating  at  the  mass. 

She  was  born  Dec.  14th,  1882,  at  St.  Thomas,  MN.,  and  loved  with  her  parents  on  a  farm 
there.   Her  parents  died  when  she  was  eight  years  old  and  she  then  lived  with  her  grand- 
parents, Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jeremiah  Sullivan. 

Hannah  Hanlon  became  the  wife  of  James  Fogarty  June  10th,  1902,  at  a  ceremoney  in 
Belle  Plain,  KN.  They  moved  to  Fairmount,  in  LaMars  Township  in  1903  and  continued  to 
reside  there  until  1944  when  they  moved  to  Wahpeton  where  they  have  since  lived. 

She  is  survived  by  her  husband,  two  sons,  Raymond  of  Fairmount  and  Michael  of  Brecken- 
ridge; daughters,  Sister  James  Aggies,  St.  Catherines  College,  St.  Paul;  Mrs.  Walter  (Marian) 
Clary,  Fairmount  and  Miss  Margaret  Fogarty  of  St.  Paul;  Mrs.  M.  J. (Agnes)  Slattery  of  Beard- 
sly,  MN.   There  is  a  brother,  Jeremiah  Hanlon  of  Belle  Plain  and  a  sister,  Mrs.  Mary  Menke 
of  San  Diego  as  well  as  a  half  brother,  F.  W.  Kelley  of  San  Diego. 

Interment  was  in  Calvary  Cemetery.   Schmitt  and  Poulton  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of 
arrangements.  **********  September  IB,  1958 

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EDWIN  BUCKHOUSE  DIES  SATURDAY  % 

Funeral  services  were  held  at  2  o'clock  on  Tuesday  afternoon  at  the  Evangelical  and    'f' 

Reformed  Church  at  Hankinson  for  Edwin  Buckhouse,  who  passed  away  at  St.  Gerard's  Hospital  •>; 

here  on  Saturday.   Rev.  Paul  officiated.  i' 

Mr.  Buckhouse  was  in  failing  health  for  sometime.   Prior  to  this  time  he  was  employed  X 

by  the  N.  Dak.  State  Highway  Dept.   On  July  3rd  he  entered  St.  Gerard's  Hospital.   Two  weeks  !' 

later  he  was  taken  to  St.  Luke's  Hospital  in  Fargo  where  he  was  hospitalized.   On  Aug.  25th 

he  re-entered  St.  Gerard's  Hospital  and  was  called  by  the  Angel  of  Death  on  Sept.  20th  at 

the  age  of  54  years  and  1  months. 

Edwin  Buckhouse  was  bom  on  Aug.  21st,  1904,  at  Hankinson.   On  Oct.  23rd,  1935  he  was 

united  in  marriage  to  Ada  Muehler  of  Hankinson.   Four  children  were  born  to  bless  this  union- 
Surviving  to  mourn  their  loss  are  his  sorrowing  wife  and  four  children.   Three  daughters 

Mrs.  Warren  Schmitz  (Donna)  and  Lois  of  Wadena,  Joyce  and  one  son,  Ronald,  at  home.   Also 

his  father,  Chas.  F.  Buckhouse  and  six  brothers.  Otto,  Howard,  Albert,  Gilbert  of  Hankinson  - 

Clarence  of  New  Rockford  and  Allen  of  Hankinson;  four  sisters,  Mrs.  Arnold  Milbrandt  (Louise) 

Mrs.  Roy  Baier  (Lila)  of  Wahpeton,  Mrs.  Harold  Parks  (Frances)  of  Carrington  and  Viola,  at 

home.   His  mother  and  one  sister  preceded  him  in  death. 

Pallbearers  were  Alvin  Buckhaus,  Elmer  Buckhaus,  Walter  Knaack,  Hugo  Knaack,  William 

Schroeder  and  Fritz  Schroeder. 

Interment  was  in  the  Evangelical  Cemetery.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge 

of  the  funeral  arrangements.       *********jt  September  25,  1958 

CHAS.  KATH  DIED  AT  LIDGERWOOD 
Chas.  Kath  passed  away  at  his  home  at  Lidgerwood  on  Wednesday  afternoon,  Sept.  24th. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Saturday  afternoon  at  1:30  from  the  Walby  Funeral  Home  and 

at  2  PM  from  Holy  Cross  Lutheran  Church  in  Lidgerwood. 

**********  September  25,  1958 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Owen  Hauskens  of  Veblen,  SD.,  were  brief  callers  in  the  home  of  her  mother 
Mrs.  Annette  Bisek,  on  Sunday  evening.   The  Hauskens  had  been  to  Paynesville,  MNi,  to  attend 
the  funeral  for  Mrs.  Art  Petterson.   Mr.  Hausken  worked  for  the  Petersons  when  they  had  a 
store  in  Mantador.  **********  September  25,  1958 

ATTENDED  FUNERAL 

J.  M.  Sletting  and  Julie,  and  Mrs.  Vida  Larson  attended  the  funeral  Friday,  Sept.  19th 
of  Ted  Boe  at  Christine,  ND. ,  who  died  unexpectedly  of  a  heart  attack  Tuesday,  Sept.  16th. 
Ted  is  a  brother-in-law  of  the  late  Mrs.  J.  M.  Sletting.   Julie  Sletting,  who  is  in  nurses 
training  at  Fargo  returned  to  Fairmount  for  the  weekend. 

**********  September  25,  1956 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS John  Bostrom  received  word  that  Sam  Bloomdale  died  Thursday,  Sept. 

18th,  at  Minneapolis  and  his  funeral  was  held  Saturday.  He  is  a  brother  of  the  late  Jolin 
Bloomdale  who  formerly  resided  at  Fairmount. 

**********  September  25,  1958 

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PAUL  KINN  PASSES  AWAY  HERE  SUNDAY 

The  unexpected  death  of  Mr.  Paul  Kinn  on  Sunday,  Oct.  5th,  came  as  a  shock  to  this 
community  where  he  has  lived  most  of  his  life. 

Paul  Henry  Kinn,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baptist  Kinn,  was  born  near  Glencoe,  MN.,  on 
March  26th,  1880.   He  attained  the  age  of  78  years.  When  he  was  six  months  old,  his  fam- 
ily moved  to  a  homestead  near  the  old  St.  Joseph's  Church  in  the  Great  Bend  vicinity.   In 
the  early  1900 's  he  and  his  brother,  Mike,  purchased  a  livery  barn  in  Hankinson,  which  they 
operated  in  partnership  as  Kinn's  Livery  Stable.   In  1914,  after  selling  the  livery  bam, 
they  purchased  the  Hankinson  Automobile  Company,  which  is  still  in  operation  at  its  orig- 
inal site.   Besides  his  interest  in  the  automobile  and  implement  business,  Mr.  Kinn  was 
extensively  engaged  in  farming  operations.   In  earlier  years,  he  also  operated  several 
threshing  rigs,  as  many  old  timers  will  recall. 

On  Oct.  lAth,  1907,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Louisa  Hein,  who  preceded  him  in 
death  on  Dec.  13th,  1954.   To  this  union  were  bom  three  children:  Louise,  who  teaches  at 
Brainerd,  MN. ,  Elroy,  of  this  city,  and  Helen  (Mrs.  Kenneth  Norman)  of  P^cine,  WI. 

He  was  looked  upon  as  a  leader  in  civic  affairs  and  worked  for  the  good  of  the  comm- 
unity, serving  on  the  City  Council  for  20  years  and  more  recently  was  very  active  as  a 
member  of  the  fund-raising  committee  for  St.  Gerard's  Hospital.   His  unselfish  services 
to  his  church  and  community,  his  devotion  to  his  family  and  his  ready  willingness  to  aid 
others  in  time  of  need,  made  him  a  most  respected  citizen  and  revered  friend. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Wednesday,  Oct.  8th,  at  St.  Philip's  Church,  with  a 
large  attendance  coming  to  show  their  final  respects.   The  Right  Reverend  Monsignor  G.  C. 
Bierens  officiated. 

Mr.  Kinn  leaves  to  mourn  his  passing  his  three  children,  ten  grandchildren,  nieces 
and  nephews,  and  three  sisters:  Mrs.  Frank  Brackin  of  Corvallis,  OR.,  and  Mrs.  Frank  La- 
Qua  and  Mrs.  Herman  Bagus  of  this  community.   Besides  his  wife  and  his  parents,  he  was 
preceded  in  death  by  one  sister  (Mrs.  John  Leinen)  and  four  brothers.  Matt,  Mike,  William 
and  Lawrence . 

Interment  was  in  Calvary  Cemetery  at  Hankinson,  with  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  in 
charge.   Pallbearers  were  Jack  LaQua,  George  Brackin,  John  A.  Roth,  Sylvester  Krump,  Mel 
Polda  and  Joseph  Krump. 

Honorary  pallbearers  were:  L.  K.  Vick,  Rudolph  Hoefs,  Raymond  Green,  Fred  Healy, 
Frank  LaQua,  Herman  Bagus,  John  A.  Hentz  and  Harold  Jones. 

Out  of  town  relatives  and  friends  attending  the  Paul  Kinn  funeral  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs. 

Henry  Wiebke,  Mrs.  Alvina  Lindemein  of  Hamburg,  MN.;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Goerge  Hosey,  T\<?in  Brook, 

MN.;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Abe  Mosey,  Milb'ank,  SD. ;  Mrs.  Tom  Kolowski,  Watertown,  SD. ;  Mrs.  Mary 

Parrow,  Mrs.  Art  Parrow,  Frank  Parrow  and  Mrs.  Emma  Pankner  of  Havana,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm. 

VJiensemann  of  Glencoe,  MN. ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alphonse  Vierling,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jerome  Vierling, 

of  Shakopee,  MN.;  Fred  Radloff  of  Clitherall,  MN. ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Math  Schmit  of  Fargo,  Mr. 

and  Mrs.  Lawrence  Brunkhorst,  Mrs.  Mary  Lenzen,  Mrs.  Wm.  Kinn,  Mrs.  Mary  Mohs,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 

Lawrence  Kinn,  all  of  Wahpeton;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Brackin  and  Dan  Masch,  Lidgerwood. 

October  9,  1958 
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REV.  MC  KEITH  RITES  FRIDAY 

Rev.  George  Mc  Keith,  88,  passed  away  Tuesday  noon  at' his  home  in  Hankinson  from  a 
lingering  illness.   Funeral  services  will  be  held  Friday  afternoon  from  the  Congregational 
Church  at  2  PM,  Rev.  Frank  Hirons  officiating. 

Rev.  Mc  Keith  was  born  in  Southshields,  England.  He  was  pastor  at  the  Congregational 
Church  in  Hankinson  from  1927  to  1931,  then  moving  to  Medford,  WI.,  where  he  was  pastor  of 
a  church  there  for  thirteen  years.  He  was  married  to  Catherine  Jones  on  July  23,  1936. 

He  retired  from  the  Ministry  and  moved  to  Hankinson,  where  he  and  his  wife  have  since 
made  their  home.   Surviving  are  his  wife  and  four  children:   Rev.  Alfred  of  Earlville,  lA.; 
Mrs.  Emma  Cleveland,  Washington,  DC;  Miss  Bertha  Mc  Keith,  Detroit,  MI.;  Mrs.  Lydia  Nor- 
thrup,  Dayton,  WY.,  and  Arthur  of  Ripon,  WI.   Burial  will  be  at  Medford,  WI. 

Friends  may  call  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  after  3  PM  Thursday. 

**********  October  9,  1958 

DEMOCRATIC  LEADER  DIES  AT  MANTADOR 

The  funeral  of  A.  P.  Primising,  63,  Richland  Coxmty  Democratic  Chairman  for  32  years, 
will  be  at  10  o'clock  Friday  in  St.  Boniface  Catholic  Church  in  Lidgerwood.  The  Rev.  Pat- 
rick O'Connell  officiating. 

Mr.  Primising  died  Monday  evening  just  after  opening  the  County  Democratic  Campaign 
in  Richland  County.   A  resident  of  Lidgerwood,  Mr.  Primising  had  made  the  introductory 
remarks  at  the  kick-off  meeting  at  Mantador  and  had  just  sat  down,  when  he  collapsed  and 
died  about  8:30  PM. 

He  has  been  G.  N.  Depot  Agent  at  Lidgerwood  since  1919. 

**********  October  9,  1958 

MRS.  MEDENWALDT  LAID  TO  REST 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Albert  (Anna)  Medenwaldt,  83,  was  held  from  the  Immanuel 
Lutheran  Church  in  Hankinson  on  Wednesday  afternoon.   Rev.  R.  Tuescher  and  Rev.  W.  H. 
Cordts  officiated.   A  prayer  services  was  held  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  prior  to  the 
service  at  the  church.   Interment  was  in  the  Immanuel  Lutheran  Cemetery. 

Anna  Pankow  was  bom  at  Kilkhayn,  WI.,  June  25,  1875.  At  the  age  of  12  she  moved, 
with  her  parents  to  a  farm  in  Belford  Township.   She  was  educated  in  the  rural  schools. 

On  June  30th,  1898,  she  was  married  to  Albert  Medenwaldt.'  They  resided  on  their  farm 
in  LaMars  Township  for  many  years.   In  1938  they  moved  to  the  present  farm  in  Brightwood 
Township.   Mr.  Medenwaldt  passed  away  on  June  6th,  1958. 

Surviving  are  two  daughters,  Ida  (Mrs.  Herman  Weber)  and  Selma  (Mrs.  Henry  Bunde)  both 
of  Good  Thunder,  MN.,  four  sons,  Henry,  Edwin,  Martin  and  Gerhard,  all  of  Hankinson;  three 
brothers,  August  and  Fred  Pankow  of  Hankinson;  Henry  Pankow  of  Anamoose;  two  sisters,  Mrs. 
Gust  Medenwaldt  and  Mrs.  Frank  Medenwaldt  of  Hankinson,  5  children  preceded  her  in  death. 

Pallbearers  were:  Clemens  Buck,  Alfred  Medenwaldt,  Eldon  Medenwaldt,  John  Pankow,  Del- 
mar  Rossow  and  Woodrow  Medenwaldt. 

**********  October  16,  1958 


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Carroll  Quam  and  son  Carroll  Ed,  motored  to  Brookings,  SD.V  on  Sunday  to  visit  ' 
with  his  brother-in-law  and  sister,  Mr.  and  M£s.  Harold  Tofte.   The  Toftie's  two  sons 
had  been  in  an  automobile  accident  Saturday  evening.   Ronald,  16,  was  killed  and  Harris 
is  in  serious  condition  in  a  hospital.   The  Quams  and  relatives  from  Lidgerwood  attended 
the  funeral  for  Ronald  on  Wednesday  at  Brookings. 

**********  October  16,  1958 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Mrs.  Kenneth  West  and  Mi?s.  Emil  Rossow  of  Tenney  attended  the  fun- 
eral of  Mrs.  Albert  Duenow  of  Friburg  Township,  north  of  Fergus  Falls,  on  Wednesday,  Oct. 
8th.  Mrs.  Duenow  is  an  aunt  of  Mrs.  West. 

**********  October  16,  1958 

Oscar  Oliver  attended  the  funeral  for  his  brother-in-law,  Arthur  Pierson  at  Anery, 
WI.,  on  Saturday.  Mr.  Oliver  returned  to  his  home  on  Monday. 

**********  October  23,  1958 

MANTADOR  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ed.  Kronebusch  of  St.  Cloud,  MN. ,  Mrs.  Hubert  Lambertz 

of  Wahpeton  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  K.  Tivescar  of  Plainview,  were  visitors  on  Friday  in  the  C. 
M.  Puetz  home.   They  had  come  to  attend  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Matt  Puetz  on  Thursday  at 
Wahpeton.  **********  October  23,  1958 

ATTENDS  FUNERAL 
Mrs.  Rita  Dyke  and  son,  C.  B.  Dyke,  left  Sunday  morning  for  Sheldon,  lA. ,  for  the 
funeral  of  Mrs.  Dyke's  mother,  Mrs.  J.  Priesema,  89,  of  Chicago,  IL.   The  funeral  was  held 
Monday,  Oct.  20th,  1958  at  Sheldon. 

**********  October  23,  1958 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lynn  Poppe  attended  the  funeral  of  her  uncle,  Ervin 

Pasch  at  Morris,  MN.,  on  Monday. 

**********  October  23,  1958 

STRUBEL  VICTIM  of  HEART  ATTACK 

Robert  H.  Strubel,  55,  lifetime  resident  of  Great  Bend  and  vicinity,  died  Tuesday  near 
Wahpeton,  following  a  heart  attack. 

The  funeral  will  be  at  2  o'clock  Friday  in  the  Evangelical  United  Brethern  Church, 
Rev.  R.  Bechtel  officiating. 

Born  May  8th,  1903,  near  here,  he  attended  the  State  School  of  Science  at  Wahpeton.  He 
married  Luella  Mitzell  on  Jan.  7th,  1936,  at  Great  Bend.   They  farmed  near  here  until  1948, 
when  Mr.  Strubel  purchased  a  meat  locker  business  in  Great  Bend.   He  served  for  several 
years  as  Great  Bend  village  treasurer. 

Surviving  are  his  wife,  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Clifford  Johnson,  rural  Wahpeton;  two  sisters, 
Mrs.  Simon  Dosch,  Hankinson  and  Mrs.  Lillian  Mitzell,  Wahpeton,  and  a  grandchild. 

The  body  is  at  Walby  Funeral  Home,  Lidgerwood. 

**********  October  30,  1958 


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MRS.  SCHMITZ  RITES  FRIDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  John  (Margeurite)  Schmitz  of  Mantador,  who  passed  away, 
Wednesday  morning,  Oct.  29th,  at  St..  Gerard's  Hospital,  will  be  held  Friday  at  9  AM  from 
the  St.  Peter  and  Paul's  Church  in  Mantador.   Rev.  Miller  will  celebrate  the  mass.  Burial 
will  be  in  Calvary  Cemetery. 

Margeurite  Nels  was  born  in  Duetch,  St.  Peter,  Hungary,  on  March  2nd,  1887.  At  the 
age  of  17  she  came  to  Chicago,  IL.   On  Sept.  8th,  1908,  she  was  united  in  marriage  to  John 
Schmitz.   In  the  fall  of  1916,  she  with  her  husband  and  family  moved  to  Mantador,  where  she 
has  since  resided. 

Surviving  are  her  husband  and  the  following  children:  Barbara  (Mrs.  Arthur  Moen)  of 
Stillwater,  MN. ;  Steven,  Ann,  John  J.,  Jr.,  and  Louis  of  Mantador;  Helen,  (Mrs.  J.  P.  Roth) 
of  Rapid  City,  SD. ;  Philip,  Eden,  SD. ;  Marion,  (Mrs.  August  Roth)   Hankinson;   Frank  of 
Rochester,  MN.  One  daughter,  Margeurite  (Mrs.  Flock)  preceded  her  in  death. 

Rosary  will  be  at  8  PM  on  Thursday  evening  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home.   Pallbearers 
are:  John  Poster,  John  Pellman,  Donald  Lugert,  Frank  Kanera,  Frank  Fettes  and  Bernard  Mauch. 

**********  October  30,  1958 

YOUTH  SHOT  IN  GUN  ACCIDENT 

A  17  year  old  Fargo  youth  died  Saturday  afternoon  as  the  result  of  a  hunting  accident 
near  here.  He  was  David  Kristofitz,  17,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  G.  Kristofitz,  Fargo, 
who  was  accidentally  shot  in  the  back  by  a  hunting  companion,  according  to  Richland  County 
Deptuy  Sheriff,  Harold  Bolstad,  who  investigated. 

The  accident  occurred  about  2:30  PM  as  Kristofitz,  his  father,  and  two  teen-age  com- 
pairions  were  hunting  pheasants  about  h   mile  southwest  of  Lake  Elsie.   The  two  companions 
were  Melvin  Davidson,  16,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harold  Davidson,  Fargo  and  Roger  Hanson,  16, 
son  of  Mrs.  Ruby  Hanson,  also  of  Fargo. 

Davidson  was  walking  behind  and  a  little  to  the  right  of  Kristofitz  when  his  20  guage 
shotgun  accidentally  discharged  hitting  Kristofitz  in  the  back.  The  boy's  father  took  him 
to  a  Hankinson  hospital,  where  he  was  dead  on  arrival,  Bolstad  said. 

David,  well  known  in  Fargo  golfing  circles,  was  a  qualifer  this  year  for  the  National 
Junior  Tournament,  and  was  caddy  master  at  the  Fargo  Country  Club. 

Two  older  brothers,  Curtis  and  Donald,  are  also  prominent  amateur  golfers  in  the  area. 

Both  have  been  members  of  the  NDAC  golf  team. 

**********  October  30,  1958 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Kjelstrup  of  Parshall  were  Saturday  dinner  guests  in  the  home  of 
their  sister-in-law,  Mrs.  Clara  Kjelstrup.   They  were  enroute  home  after  attending  the  fun- 
eral of  their  sister-in-law,  Mrs.' Nora  Kjelstrup  at  Bismarck. 

***********  October  30,  1958 

Marian  L.  Studnicka  and  Frank  J.  LaQua  received  the  message  from  their  aunt,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Halpaus  of  Douglas,  that  her  brother  and  their  uncle,  Frank  Woiwode,  passed 
away,  Thursday  afternoon  at  St.  Joseph's  Hospital  at  Minot.   He  had  been  ill  for  two  weeks 

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and  passed  away  of  complications  of  old  age.   The  Frank  Woiwode  family  were  residents  of 
Mantador  before  moving  to  Douglas.   The  funeral  was  held  at  Douglas. 

**********  October  30,  1958 

IIAl^TADOR  NEWS.... Mr.  and  Mrs.  Aloys  Ecker  of  ...dison,  MN.  visited  Wednesday  in  the 
Peter  Mersch  home  and  also  attended  the  funeral  service  for  Clarence  Cox. 

**********  November  6,  IQ^S 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ralph  Willert  attended  the  funeral  of  the  former's  aunt,  Mrs.  Paul  Willert 

November  6,  1958 


at  Grand  Forks  on  Monday.  ****^^^^** 


ATTENDS  FUNERAL 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Zatechka  attended  the  funeral  of  her  brother-in-law,  VJilliam  Summ- 
erville  of  Doran,  MN.,  on  Friday  morning,  Oct.  31st,  at  St.  Mary's  Catholic  Church  at  Breck- 
enridge,  IW.     Mr.  Summerville  died  Monday  morning,  Oct.  27th. 

**********  November  6,  1958 

DIES  SUDDENLY  AT  SAN  DIEGO 

Word  was  received  in  Hankinson,  Wednesday  afternoon,  Nov.  12th,  of  the  sudden  death 
of  Arthur  Brown,  83,  at  San  Diego,  CA.   Mr.  Brown,  who  was  residing  at  the  Golden  West  Hotel 
apparently  passed  away  in  his  sleep  during  the  previous  evening. 

As  was  his  custom  for  the  past  several  years,  Mr.  Brown  spent  the  winters  in  Califor- 
nia, having  left  here  just  a  couple  of  weeks  ago. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Tuesday,  Nov.  18th,  at  2  PM  from  the  Congregational 
Church  in  Hankinson,  Rev.  Frank  T.  Hirons  officiating.   Interment  will  be  in  Hillside 
Cemetery. 

Friends  may  call  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  after  3  PM  Monday.   The  late  Mr.  Brown 
is  Survived  by  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Peter  Kentz  of  Denver,  CO.   A  more  complete  obituary  will 
be  published  next  week. 


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November  13,  1958 


Mrs.  Mary  Weinkauf  received  word  on  Friday  morning  that  her  sister- in-law,  Mrs.  Mar- 
tha Janke  of  Detroit  Lakes  had  passed  away.  She  was  the  former  Martha  VJeinkauf.  Attend- 
ing the  funeral  on  Wednesday  afternoon  were:  Mrs.  Mary  Weinkauf,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bennie  Kutter, 

and  Mrs.  Clarence  Kutter.  j.^j^u.^^^^a.  .-,    •>_    i-imm 

**********  November  13,  1958 

FORMER  RESIDENT  DIES 
M.  J.  Klund,  54,  of  North  Branch,  MN. ,  died  Sunday,  Nov.  2nd,  at  the  hospital  at  Rush 
City,  MN. ,  where  he  was  a  patient  for  the  past  ten  days. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  V/ednesday,  Nov.  5th.   Those  from  here  (Fairmount)  attend- 
ing the  funeral  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  l^rtiltehead  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  R.  Swansea  and  Ed 
Halberg. 

A  more  complete  obituary  will  be  published  later. 

**********  November  13,  1958 


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MUEHLER  FUNERAL  HELD  WEDNESDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Gustave  Muehler,  prominent  fanner  of  the  Hankinson  vicinity,  who 
died  Saturday,  were  held  Wednesday  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  and  at  Immanuel  Lutheran 
Church  in  Hankinson.  He  had  been  cared  for  at  St.  Gerard's  Hospital. 

Gustave  Muehler  was  born  at   ...na,  MN.,  May  5th,  1869.  His  parents  moved  to  West 
Point,  ND.,  and  later  to  Great  Bend  vicinity.   On  Nov.  15th,  1894,  he  was  married  to  Emma 
Hoefs,  at  Hankinson.   In  the  spring  of  ...5,  they  moved  on  a  farm  near  Fairmount,  where 
they  lived  for  two  years.  He  retired  from  active  farming  in  1929.   The  Muehlers  celebrated 
their  Golden  Wedding  Anniversary  on  Nov.  15th,  1944. 

Mrs.  Muehler  died  in  1947  and  he  has  since  made  his  home  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ed  Wilprecht 
on  the  home  place,  west  of  Hankinson.   He  was  in  good  health  until  two  years  ago  when  he 
suffered  a  broken  leg.  He  has  since  been  in  failing  health  and  hospitalized  at  various 
times.   He  was  in  St.  Gerard ^s  Hospital  from  Aug.  14th  to  Oct.  28th,  when  he  went  home,  but 
after  a  few  days  became  ill  and  returned  to  the  hospital  where  he  passed  away  Saturday. 

He  leaves  to  mourn,  five  children:  August,  Robert,  Bertha,  who  is  Mrs.  Robert  Berg; 
Ther..,  Mrs.  Ed.  Wilprecht,  of  Hankinson  and  Lena,  Mrs.  Orie  Baker  of  Wahpeton  and  Mrs. 
Amanda  ....,  Great  Bend.   Two  daughters  died  in  infancy  and  two  sons.  Otto  and  Albert, 
died  within  the  past  year.   He  leaves  19  grandchildren  and  55  great-grandchildren. 

**********  November  20,  1958 

A.  H.  BRO\ra 

Funeral  services  for  Arthur  Henry  Brown,  who  passed  away  suddenly  at  San  Diego,  CA. , 
Nov.  12th,  were  held  from  the  Congregational  Church  here  on  Tuesday  afternoon.   Rev.  F.  W. 
Paul  officiated  at  the  service.  Masonic  rites  were  conducted  at  Hillside  Cemetery  by  the 
Hankinson  Lodge. 

Mr.  Brown  was  born  in  Susex,  Waukesha  County,  WI.,  Dec.  19th,  1876.  He  came  to  Rich- 
land County  with  his  parents  in  1880  where  they  settled  on  a  farm  near  Fairmount,  ND.   Six 
years  later,  the  family  homesteaded  a  farm  tract  in  Elma  Township,  six  and  one  half  miles 
southwest  of  Hankinson.  (It  is  the  present  residence  of  the  Ben  F.  Schwebach  family.) 

He  was  married  to  Mary  nee  Coppin,  on  Oct.  24th,  1900.   She  preceded  him  in  death  on 
June  4th,  1924.   The  couple  moved  to  Hankinson  in  the  fall  of  1918,  where  he  established 
the  Hankinson  Motor  Service  Company,  which  he  operated  until  retirement. 

Mr.  Brown  has  been  an  active  member  of  Hankinson  Lodge  No.  57  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  for  the 
past  forty  nine  years. 

Surviving  are  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Alice  H.  Hentz  of  Denver,  CO.;  two  grandchildren, 
Mrs.  Ben  F.  Shewebach  of  Hankinson  and  Robert  D.  Hentz  of  Denver,  CO.,  and  five  great- 
grandchildren, Larry,  Jeffrey,  Lynn,  David  and  Paul  Schwebach  of  Hankinson. 

**********  November  20,  1958 


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SCHOUWEILER  RITES  SATURDAY  9:30 

Funeral  services  for  Earl  W.  Schouweller,  53,  president  of  the  Peoples  State  Bank  at 
Fairmount,  and  a  long  time  resident  of  that  village,  will  be  held  at  9:30  AM.  Saturday  morn- 
ing, Nov.  22nd,  from  the  Fairmount  Methodist  Church.   Rev.  Charles  Bryan,  pastor,  will  off- 
iciate.  The  Fairmount  Masonic  Lodge  will  also  have  a  part  in  the  service  at  the  church. 

Schouweiler  suffered  a  heart  attack  Tuesday  evening  and  passed  away  suddenly  at  the 
St.  Francis  Hospital  in  Breckenridge. 

An  honor  guard  from  the  Fairmount  American  Legion  Post  will  accompany  the  body  to  St. 
Paul  immediately  after  the  service  for  interment  beside  his  parents  in  a  cemetery  there. 

In  respect  to  the  memory  of  the  late  Mr.  Schouweiler,  Fairmount  business  places  will 
be  closed  during  the  church  services. 

Born  Aug.  8th,  1895,  at  Fairmount,  Mr.  Schouweiler  attended  schools  there  and  attended 
St.  Thomas  College,  St.  Paul,  MN. ,  and  the  Univ.  of  North  Dakota.   He  enlisted  in  the  Army 
in  1917  and  served  18  months  overseas.   After  his  discharge  he  worked  at  stores  and  banks 
in  various  communities  before  returning  to  Fairmount  in  1925.   He  married  Jane  Brown  on 
Nov.  19th,  19A2,  at  Fargo.   He  was  a  member  of  the  Masons  and  of  the  American  Legion  and 
had  held  many  village  offices  in  Fairmount. 

Surviving  besides  his  wife  are  a  son.  Earl  Wayne  and  four  daughters,  Karen  Kay,  Eliz- 
abeth, Roberta  and  Joan,  all  of  home  and  two  brothers,  Lloyd  of  Boise,  ID.,  and  Everett  of 
Minneapolis. 

The  body  is  at  Schmitt-Poulton  Funeral  Home  in  Wahpeton. 

**********  November  20,  1958 

MRS.  CLARA  GREEN  LAID  TO  REST 

Hankinson  was  saddened  Saturday  by  the  death  of  a  pioneer  woman,  Mrs.  Charles  Green. 

Clara  Jane  Green,  was  the  daughter  of  James  Shea  and  Mary  Payne,  born  at  Pembrook,  On- 
tario, Canada,  May  30th,  1877,  and  at  the  age  of  three  came  to  Dakota  Territory  with  her 
parents  and  settled  in  present  Elma  Township,  Richland  County,  where  she  resided  with  her 
parents  until  her  marriage  to  Charles  L.  Green  in  1901.   They  resided  on  a  farm  in  Elma 
Township  a  number  of  years  before  moving  to  Hankinson  where  she  lived  until  her  death  in 
St.  Gerard's  Hospital  Saturday  morning  after  a  month's  illness. 

By  her  side  at  her  passing,  at  the  home,  were  her  three  grandchildren,  Patrick,  James 
and  Mary  Falk,  her  niece,  Viola  De  Forest  and  her  sister-in-law,  Mrs.  Madge  Brown  of  Bis- 
marck and  some  other  close  friends. 

Mrs.  Green  was  a  faithful  member  of  the  St.  Francis  Academy  Mothers  Club,  the  Taber- 
nacle Guild  and  the  Lady  Foresters.   For  the  past  six  years  after  her  daughter's  death,  she 
very  loveingly  cared  for  and  raised  her  three  grandchildren,  even  though  she  spent  most  of 
her  time  in  a  wheel  chair  the  past  three  years. 

She  was  preceded  in  death  by  her  parents,  one  brother,  James  Shea,  Jr.,  her  husband 
and  an  adopted  daughter,  Mrs.  Charles  (Margie)  Falk,  who  passed  away  six  years  ago.   She 
leaves  to  mourn  her  passing  her  brother.  Con  Shea,  three  grandchildren,  Patrick,  James  and 
Mary  Falk,  who  resided  with  her,  a  niece,  Mrs.  Viola  De  Forest  of  Bismarck,  two  nephews, 

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James  Shea  of  Red  Wood. City,  CA. ,  Jerry  Shea  of  Phoenix,  AZ.,  and  a  sister-in-law,  Mrs. 
Madge  Brown  of  Bismarck,  ND. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Monday  morning  at  9  o'clock,  from  St.  Philip's  Church 
with  Msgr.  G.  C.  Bierens  officiating.   Pallbearers  were:  James  Fallon,  Norman  Pribbemow, 
Adolph  Bernard,  Mike  Scheller,  John  B.  Scheller  and  Joseph  Reinke.   Interment  was  made  in 
Calvary  Cemetery  beside  her  late  husband. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  had  charge  of  the  funeral  arrangements. 

**********  November  20,  1958 

JAlffiS  TULLOCH  BURIED  MONDAY 

James  Tulloch  died  at  the  Warren  Hospital  Thursday  morning,  after  a  long  illness. 
Funeral  services  were  held  from  the  Congregational  Church  at  Hankinson  at  2  o'clock  Monday 
afternoon.   Clergyman  officiating  at  the  last  rites  was  the  Rev.  Hirons,  pastor  of  the  Con- 
gregational Church.  Masonic  honors  were  given  Mr.  Tulloch  at  the  church  service  and  in  the 
burial.  Active  pallbearers  were  all  Masonic  brothers.   The  bearers  were:  Frank  Hay  (a  nep- 
hew) of  Winnipeg,  Man.,  Canada;  Maurice  Aker,  Oscar  Oliver,  Otto  Bladow,  Donald  Brandt  and 
Harley  Anderson.   Arrangements  were  in  charge  of  Quanrud  Funeral  Home  at  Warren,  MN.,  and 
the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  of  Hankinson. 

Musical  numbers  were  "Oh  Master  Let  Me  Walk  With  Thee"  and  "There's  A  Green  Hill  Far 
Away."  The  soloist  was  Mrs.  Erling  Haukness.   Organist  for  the  program  of  requiem  music 
was  Mrs.  R.  H.  Hoefs. 

James  P.  P.  Tulloch  was  bom  May  26th,  1886,  at  Guallane,  Scotland,  the  son  of  John 
Tulloch  and  Elizabeth  Paterson  Tulloch.   James  attended  the  public  schools  at  Edinburgh 
and-also.  Heriot  Watt  College  and  Provincial  Training  College,  both  of  that  city.  He  immi- 
grated to  the  United  States  in  April  of  1914,  and  lived  for  one  year  at  Fargo,  ND. 

He  then  located  at  Hankinson.  With  only  his  second  naturalization  papers  completed  at 
the  outbreak  of  World  War  I,  he  found  himself  unable  to  qualify  for  U.  S.  enlistment  and 
so  volunteered  for  service  with  a  unit  of  the  Canadian  Engineers.   His  period  of  military 
duty  was  from  1916,  until  his  honorable  discharge  in  1919,  with  overseas  service  in  Belg- 
ium for  a  portion  of  that  interval.   Mr.  Tulloch  then  returned  to  Hankinson  and  taught 
there  in  the  public  schools  for  a  period  of  six  years. 

Helen  Watson  Patterson  of  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  came  to  Winnipeg  in  1922,  where  James 
Tulloch  met  her  for  their  marriage  on  Aug.  2nd.   The  Tullochs  established  their  home  at 
Hankinson  and  to  their  union  two  daughters  were  born,  one  of  whom  died  in  infancy,  Feb. 
3rd,  1927. 

In  1925  Mr.  Tulloch  entered  the  postal  service  at  Hankinson  and  continued  in  that  work 
until  his  retirement  Oct.  1st,  1954.  Mrs.  Tulloch  passed  away  June  5th,  1951,  at  Rochester 
MN.,  after  malign  surgery.   She  was  interred  in  Hillside  Cemetery  at  Hankinson. 

After  Mr.  Tulloch' s  retirement  he  moved  to  Stephen,  MN.,  to  make  his  home  with  his  son- 
in-law  and  daughter,  the  William  F.  Averys. 

With  the  death  of  his  beloved  wife,  who  had  been  his  sweetheart  since  his  early  manhood 
in  Scotland,  went  much  of  Jim's  joy  of  living.   Shortly  after  her  unexpected  passing,  his 

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own  health  began  to  fail.   He  suffered  a  coronary  attack  In  June  of  1955.   In  February 
of  this  year  he  underwent  cancer  surgery  at  a  Grand  Forks  hospital.   Thereafter  the  ill- 
ness was  arrested  for  a  few  weeks  but  was  followed  by  a  gradual  loss  of  strength  and  occ- 
assional periods  of  hospitalization.   On  Sept.  30th,  he  entered  the  hospital  at  Warren, 
where  he  slept  quietly  away  at  9:40  AM.,  Thursday,  Nov.  20th,  at  the  age  of  72  years  and 
six  months. 

Survivors  include:  one  daughter,  Helen  (Mrs.  Wm.  F.  Avery)  of  Stephen;  three  grand- 
children (Joan,  James  and  Karen  Avery)  of  Stephen;  one  sister,  Margaret  (Mrs.  G.  T.  Ritchie) 
of  Winipeg,  Man.,  Canada;  many  nieces  and  nephews. 

James  Tulloch  was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church  and  served 
as  tenor  soloist  in  its  choir.   He  was  also  a  member  of  the  American  Legion  and  of  the 
Masonic  Lodge,  holding  the  office  of  secretary  of  the  Hankinson  Lodge  for  23  years. 
After  moving  to  Stephen,  he  transferred  his  church  membership  to  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church. 

In  his  earlier  years,  Mr.  Tulloch's  life  was  filled  with  activity .. .civic  and  school 
and  church  work:  lodge  and  club  interests:  sports,  with  emphasis  on  hunting  and  other 
outdoor  life.   His  music  added  to  the  richness  of  both  his  home  and  community  living.   In 
his  29  years  of  postal  service  he  came  to  know  his  home  community,  and  it  came  to  know  him 
to  a  degree  made  possible  only  in  such  capacity.   Jim  was  a  gentleman  of  the  old  school, 
kindly,  tolerant,  loving,  giving. 

James  Tulloch  was  buried  in  the  family  lot,  at  the  side  of  his  wife  and  little  daughter 
in  Hillside  Cemetery.  **********  November  27,  1958 

RURAL  MAN  KILLED  AS  CAR  OVERTURNS 

One  of  the  worst  auto  fatalities  in  many  years  involving  a  single  car  took  the  life 
of  Leander  Birchem,  26,  of  rural  Hankinson,  last  Thursday  night.   Birchem's  car,  a  1956 
Chevrolet,  which  he  had  recently  acquired,  went  out  of  control  after  hitting  an  icy  spot 
on  Highway  11  about  three  miles  east  of  Hankinson,  and  came  to  a  stop  about  325  feet  from 
the  point  where  it  left  the  road.   The  car  rolled  over  several  times  in  the  right  hand 
ditch.   Birchen  was  thrown  from  the  car.   It  rolled  about  40  feet  from  where  the  body  was 
found. 

The  victim  lived  with  his  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Birchem  on  their  farm  10  miles 
southeast  of  Hankinson.   Birchem  had  spent  the  evening  in  Hankinson  and  was  enroute  home 
when  the  accident  occurred,  according  to  State  Patrolman  Earl  Dosch.   Dosch,  together 
with  Sheriff  Lambert  Johnson  and  Dr.  C.  V.  Bateman,  Richland  Coroner,  made  the  investigat- 
ion.  According  to  the  coroner's  report,  Birchem  died  of  a  broken  neck. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  funeral  arrangements. 

**********  November  27,  1958 

FUNERAL  SERVICES  HELD  FOR  EARL  SCHOUWEILER 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Saturday,  Nov.  22nd,  1958,  for  Earl  Schouweiler,  who 
died  on  Tuesday  evening,  Nov.  18th,  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  following  a  heart  attack. 
Rev.  Chas.  Bryan  officiated  at  the  service.   A  double  mixed  quartet  of  the  Methodist  Church 

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sang  two  selections,  "King  of  Love,  My  Shepherd  Is"  and  "Rock  of  Ages"  accompanied  by  the   - 
organist,  Mrs.  Charles  Bryan.   Active  pallbearers  were  R.  C.  Anderson,  Rollie  Allen,  Orren 
Budke,  C.  R.  Swanson,  J.  D.  Swanson  of  Fairmount  and  Emil  Lien  of  Veblen,  SD.  Honorary 
pallbearers  were:  Art  Luick,  Sr.,  Clarence  Kutzer,  William  Campbell,  Sr.,  Adolph  Zentgraf, 
Al  G.  Olson,  H.  R.  Swanson,  John  Bostrom  and  Ed  Kurfirst. 

After  the  services  the  members  of  the  immediate  family,  relatives  and  friends.  Rev. 
Chas.  Bryan,  Harry  Waite  as  Commander  of  the  Legion  Escort;  Color  bearers  Dale  Luick  and 
Howard  Well;  Color  Guards  Denzil  Kutzer  and  Fred  Buck,  Jr.;  Buglers  Arthur  Lindahl  and 
Eileen  Laske;  Firing  Squad:  Delano  Wawers,  Donald  Swanson,  Arlen  Spear,  Robert  VIetherbee, 
William  Beeghley  and  Clifford  Birkholz  and  the  pallbearers  left  for  Minneapolis  for  the 
burial  rites  of  Earl  W.  Schouweiler.   The  American  Legion  of  Fairmount  were  in  charge  of 
the  Military  Service  at  the  grave.   Interment  was  in  Acasia  Cemetery  at  Minneapolis  beside 
the  bodies  of  his  parents.   Drivers  of  the  cars  were  Adolph  Zentgraf,  Keith  Moon,  Dale  Luick 
Donald  Swanson,  Herman  Laske,  Oren  Budke,  Lloyd  Schouweiler  and  Mrs.  Arnen  Eide. 

Many  attended  the  final  tribute  for  Mr.  Schouweiler  at  the  Fairmount  services.   Those 
who  mourn  his  loss  are  his  wife,  Jane;  five  children;  a  son.  Earl  Wayne,  four  daughters, 
Karen,  Kay,  Beth  and  Roberta;  and  two  brothers,  Lloyd  of  Boise,  ID.,  and  Everett  Schou- 
weiler of  Minneapolis.  **********  November  27,  1958 

FUNERAL  SERVICES  HELD  FOR  M.  J.  KLUND 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Wed.  Nov.  5th,  1958,  at  the  Methodist  Church  in  North 
Branch,  M. ,  for  Malcolm  Klund,  who  passed  away  Nov.  2nd,  1958,  at  the  Rush  City  Hospital. 
Mr.  Klund  suffered  a  heart  attack  and  was  in  the  hospital  for  nearly  two  weeks.   He  was 
54'ye3rs,  6  months  and  12  days  old  at  the  time  of  his  death.   The  M.  J.  Klund  family  were 
former  residents  of  Fairmount. 

Business  places  in  North  Branch  were  closed  during  the  funeral  hour  in  respect  to  Mr. 
Klund.  The  Rev.  Donald  Germain  officiated  at  the  funeral  services.  Burial  was  at  the  Oak 
Hill  Cemetery. 

Pallbearers  were:  Roy  Nelson,  Clarence  Humble,  Albert  Nelson,  Donald  Davis,  Elmer 
Schmit  and  Harvey  Schmidt,  Organist  was  Mrs.  Donald  Holden  and  Mrs.  Elmer  Olson  was 
soloist. 

Malcolm  John  Klund  was  born  on  April  21,  190A  to  Andrew  and  Elizabeth  Klund  at  New 
Auburn,  WI.,  and  here  he  grew  to  manhood.   On  August  18th,  1928,  he  married  Jerda  Halberg 
in  Bemidji  and  during  their  early  married  life  they  lived  in  Fairmount,  where  Mr.  Klund 
was  employed  as  truck  driver  at  the  former  Cudahy  Packing  Plant  at  Fairmount.   In  1943 
they  moved  to  North  Branch,  MN.,  where  Mr.  Klund  was  manager  of  the  Maple  Island  Creamery 
for  two  years.   In  1949  he  purchased  the  milk  route  in  North  Branch.   About  8  years  ago  he 
became  owner  of  the  North  Branch  Dairy  and  Produce. 

Mr.  Klund  was  an  active  member  of  the  Methodist  Church  at  North  Branch.   The  couple 
observed  their  30th  Wedding  Anniversary  in  August  of  1958. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Mrs.  M.  J.  Klund;  two  sons,  Curtis  James  and  John  Neil 
Klund;  four  daughters.  Myrtle  Lee  (Mrs.  Elof  Larson),  Arita  Faye  (Mrs.  Weldon  Humble), 

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Patricia  Jean  (Mrs.  Roger  Nelson),  and  Nancy  Carol  Klund;  two  brothers,  Ralph  of  New 
Richmond,  WI.,  and  Ira  of  Duluth,  MN. ;  five  sisters;  Mrs.  George  Clark  in  California;  Mrs. 
William  Steigerwald  of  Ohio;  Mrs.  Howard  Miller  and  Mrs.  Norman  Tallman,  who  reside  in  New 
Auburn,  WI.,  Mrs.  Clarence  Kahl  of  New  Richmond,  WI.,  and  seven  grandchildren 

Those  from  Fairmount  attending  the  funeral  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Whitehead  and 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clarence  Swanson  of  Fairmount  and  Edward  Halberg  of  Wheaton,  MN. ,  formerly  of 
Fairmount.  **********  November  27,  1958 

MRS.  JARSKE  RITES  HELD  WEDNESDAY 

Funeral  service  for  Mrs.  Anna  Jaeger  Jarske,  who  died  Sunday  at  Valley  City,  at  the 
age  of  86,  was  held  from  St.  Philip's  Church  in  Hankinson  Wednesday  morning  at  9  o'clock. 
Msgr.  Bierens  was  the  celebrant  for  the  requiem  Mass.  Rosary  was  recited  Tuesday  evening 
at  7:30  PM  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home.   Interment  was  in  Calvary  Cemetery. 

Mrs.  Jarske  had  been  a  patient  at  Mercy  Hospital  at  Valley  City  for  two  years.   She 
passed  away  early  Sunday  morning. 

Anna  Jaeger  Jarske  was  bom  in  Grahemtol,  Austria,  Sept.  3rd,  1873.   She  emigrated  to 
the  United  States,  coming  direct  to  Hankinson  and  residing  there  until  three  years  ago  when 
she  entered  Mercy  Hospital  for  care.   She  was  a  member  of  St.  Philip's  Church  and  Lady 
Foresters. 

She  is  survived  by  two  daughters,  Anna,  who  is  Mrs.  Grede,  of  Milwaukee  and  Katherine 
Mrs.  Kakaska,  of  So.  Milwaukee  and  two  sons,  Emil  and  John,  of  Hankinson.  Ten  grandchild- 
ren, 5  great-grandchildren,  one  brother,  Andrew  Mann,  Cleveland. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  service  went  to  Valley  City  Sunday  and  brought  the  body  back 
to  Hankinson  where  services  were  held. 

**********  December  4,  1958 

Mrs.  Alice  Krause  and  daughter,  Jane,  attended  the  funeral  of  their  uncle.  Math  Simon, 
at  Lidgerwood,  Monday  afternoon. 

***********  December  A,  1958 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Tracy  received  word  last  week  that  their  daugh- 
ter-in-law, Mrs.  Clavin  Tracy  of  Minneapolis  had  received  word  that  her  brother.  Rev.  Ray- 
mond Halvorson  of  Tacoma,  WA. ,  died  unexpectedly  Sunday  from  a  heart  attack,  after  just 
completing  his  sermon  at  the  Lutheran  Church  in  Tacoma. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  two  daughters,  ages  11  and  5.   Funeral  services  were 
held  at  Tacoma  and  the  body  was  returned  for  funeral  services  and  burial  rites  at  Fairfax, 
MN.   Gerald  Tracy  left  Monday  for  Minneapolis  where  he  is  staying  with  his  nieces  while 
their  parents  attended  the  funeral. 

**********  December  4,  1958 

HENDRICKS  INFANT  BURIED  HERE 
Funeral  services  for  Ronald,  infant  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harlan  Hendricks  of  Fergus 
Falls,  Ml^.,  who  died  suddenly  on  Tuesday  morning,  were  held  Thursday  morning,  at  Fergus 
Falls.   Death  of  the  2h   month  old  boy  was  attributed  to  two  hour  pneumonia. 

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He  is  survived  by  his  parents',  sister  and  brother.  Mrs.  Hendricks  is  the  former 
Margaret  Motis  of  Hankinson. 

Burial  was  in  Calvary  Cemetery  here. 

*^*i**.- *'*..*.*  *  *  *  December  11,  1958 

PHILIP  COPPIN  RITES  FRIDAY 
Phillip  Coppin,  83,  a  long  time  resident  of  Brightwood  Township,  passed  away  Wednesday 
morning  at  St.  Gerard's  Hospital.  Mr.  Coppin  had  been  in  failing  health  for  the  past  few 
years  and  had  been  in  the  hospital  earlier  this  fall.  He  became  ill  Wednesday  afternoon 
and  was  admitted  to  the  hospital  for  care. 

Philip  Coppin  was  born  at  Perth  County,  Canada,  Feb.  22nd,  1875.  He  came  to  the  United 
States  with  his  parents  at  an  early  age,  coming  direct  to  Richland  County.   He  is  survived 
by  nieces  and  nephews. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Friday  afternoon  at  2  PM  from  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home. 
Interment  will  be  in  Hillside  Cemetery,  Hankinson. 

**********  December  11,  1958 

Mrs.  Mary  Lewis  received  word  Tuesday  morning  that  her  father-in-law,  Arthur  Lewis,  Sr. 
of  St.  Paul  had  passed  away  suddenly  at  his  home,  Monday  evening.   Mrs.  Lewis  left  Wednes- 
day morning  to  attend  the  funeral  in  St.  Paul. 

**********  December  11,  1958 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS FORMER  RESIDENT  DIES Mrs.  Ellen  McConn  died  on  Thursday  morning, 

Dec.  4th,  and  funeral  services  for  her  were  held  Saturday  afternoon,  Dec.  6th,  1958,  at 
Miivneapplis.  **********  December  11,  1958 

ANNA  RADKE 

Anna  Radke,  69,  daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Radke  of  Hankinson,  died  Tues- 
day evening,  Dec.  16th,  from  a  lingering  illness  in  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  at  Brecken- 
ridge,  MN. 

She  was  bom  May  6th,  1889,  near  Great  Bend  in  Richland  County.  Anna  was  baptized  and 
confirmed  by  the  late  Rev.  T.  Hinck.   In  1909  she,  with  her  parents,  moved  to  Hankinson, 
where  she  has  made  her  home  with  her  brother.  Otto  Radke. 

She  had  been  a  member  of  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church.  The  funeral  services  will  be  at 
2  o'clock,  Friday,  Dec.  19th,  the  Rev.  R.  Teuscher  officiating. 

Surviving  besides  her  brother.  Otto  at  home,  are  brother,  William  of  Lidgerwood,  sis- 
ters, Mrs.  Robert  (Lizzie)  Bohn,  Great  Bend,  Mrs.  Philip  (Rose)  Worner,  Wahpeton.   Mrs. 
Emil  (Minnie)  Bohn,  preceded  her  in  death. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  is  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  December  18,  1958 

SERVICES  HELD  FOR  ACCIDENT  VICTIM 

Leander  Lawrence  Birchem,  better  known  as  "Pike,"  oldest  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George 
Birchem  of  rural  Hankinson,  was  born  Aug.  3,  1932,  and  was  baptized  and  confirmed  in  St.. 
John's  Catholic  Church  at  Rosholt. 

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He  lived  with  his  parents,  brothers  and  sisters  on  a  farm  in  Greendale  Township  up 
to  the  time  of  his  death,  Nov.  20th,  1958,  at  the  age  of  26. 

He  attended  school  in  Greendale  and  finished  his  schooling  at  the  St.  Francis  Academy 
of  Hankinson.  In  May,  1956,  his  father  suffered  a  stroke  and  "Pike"  and  his  brother  James 
took  over  operating  the  farm. 

He  leaves  to  mourn  his  mother  and  father,  three  brothers,  James,  Billy  and  Kenny,  all 
at  home  and  three  sisters,  Laura  Richards  of  Minneapolis;  Georgiannia  Gable  of  Hankinson 
and  Ceciella  at  home. 

Requiem  High  Mass  was  held  at  St.  Peter's  Catholic  Church  of  Sisseton,  with  Father 
Keohane  officiating.   Pallbearers  were:  Leo  and  Arlo  Gray,  Phillip  and  Henry  Herding,  Eug- 
ene Klien  and  Paul  Brandenburger . 

He  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  family  lot  in  the  Catholic  Cemetery  at  Sisseton. 

**********  December  18,  1958 

Mrs.  Verne  Coppin  went  to  Valley  City  on  Tuesday  and  stayed  at  the  home  of  her  son-in- 
law  and  daughter,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mark  Motis,  until  Friday.   She  stayed  with  her  granddaughter, 
Beth  Ann  Motis  while  her  parents  attended  the  funeral  of  their  nephew,  Ronald  Hendricks  of 

Fergus  Falls  on  Thursday. 

**********  December  18,  1958 

FORMER  FAIRMOUNT  RESIDENT  DIES 

Funeral  services  were  conducted  Saturday,  Dec.  6th,  at  the  Wemess  Brothers  Funeral 
Chapel  in  Minneapolis  for  Ellen  F.  McConn,  formerly  of  Fairmount. 

Ellen  Frances  Ellsworth  was  born  on  Dec.  Ath,  1871,  at  East  Granby,  CT. ,  and  moved  to 
a  homestead  two  and  one  half  miles  south  of  town.   A  daughter,  Mildred  passed  away  on  Feb. 
5th,  1918,  and  Mr.  Hull  passed  away  on  Nov.  25th,  1918.  Since  that  time  she  has  made  her 
home  at  Fairmount  and  in  Minneapolis . 

She  was  united  in  marriage  to  Frank  M.  McConn,  postmaster  of  Fairmount,  in  May  of 
1941,  where  they  lived  until  his  death  in  Dec.  of  1943.   She  is  survived  by  a  son,  Glenn  E. 
Hull  of  Minneapolis,  sister  Nettie  Mead  of  Superior,  WI.,  and  brother,  Fred  Ellsworth,  of 
Cass  Lake,  MN.   She  was  a  sister  of  Mrs.  John  Miller  of  Tyler  and  many  of  her  nieces  and 
nephews  live  in  the  Tyler  and  VJahpeton  areas. 

Mrs.  McConn  has  been  in  failing  health  for  several  years  and  has  been  hospitalized 
since  March  of  1955.   She  passed  away  on  her  87th  birthday,  Dec.  4th. 

**********  December  18,  1958 

FORMER  RESIDENT  DIES 
Joe  Haley  who  made  his  home  at  Alhambra,  CA. ,  suffered  a  heart  attack  on  Nov.  26th, 
1958,  and  died  at  his  home  there.'  Joe  Haley  was  a  former  resident  of  Fairmount  and  was 
living  in  California  with  his  sister,  Luella  and  brother,  William. 

**********  December  18,  1958 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS.   Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  A.  Bowder  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  J.  E.  Smith 
at  Wahpeton  on  Friday,  Dec.  11th.   Mrs.  Smith  was  a  sister-in-law  of  Mrs.  Bowder. 

**********  December  18,  1958 

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ATTENDS  FATHER'S  FUNERAL  AT  WHEATON 
Mrs.  Wm.  Winefeldt's  father,  Frank  Tohm,  86,  of  Wheaton,  MN.,  died  Dec.  10th.   Funer- 
al services  were  held  on  Monday,  Dec.  15th,  from  the  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church  at  Wheaton 
with  Rev.  Dierks  officiating.  Mr.  Tohm  had  been  in  ill  health  for  some  time 

Chapel  services  were  held  at  10  o'clock  AM  for  the  immediate  family.   A  dinner  was 
served  by  a  group  of  ladies  in  the  church  basement. 

Burial  was  at  Graceland  Cemetery,:  White  Rock,  SD. ,  beside  his  first  wife  and  son. 
Surviving  are  his  wife,  5  sons  and  4  daughters".  " 

.   :   .     **********:   r  December  25,  1958 

MANTADOR  NEWS Word  has  come  of  the  death  of  John  Ohlrich  at  Lansford,  ND.   Mr.  : 

Ohlrich  was  a  former  resident  of  Mantador,  having  been  a  grain  buyer  here  for  some  time 

before  moving  to  Lansford. 

**********    -  December  25,  1958 

•   ■      ATTEND  FUNERAL 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Thompson,  Marvin  and  Darryl  attended  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Chris 

Nelson,  brother-in-law  of  Mrs.  Thompson  at  Fergus  Falls  on  Thursday. 

**********  December  25,  1958 


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BUCK  FUNERAL  SET  FOR  FRIDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Alviria  Buck  of  LaMars  Twp.  will  be  held  Friday  afternoon  at 
1:30  PM  from  the  Wipperman  Fimeral  Home  and  at  2  PM  from  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church  in  Hank- 
inson,  Rev.  R.  Teuscher  officiating.  Burial  will  be  in  Immanuel  Lutheran  Cemetery,  beside 
her  husband.   He  passed  away  in  1944. 

Mrs.  Buck  had  been  in  poor  health  for  the  past  three  years  and  on  December  19th,  was 
taken  to  the  St.  Francis  Hospital.   She  passed  away  on  Dec.  29th. 

Alvina  Amelia  Buck  was  born  at  Beaver  Dam,  WI.,  Jan.  6th,  1878,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Ferdinand  Medenwaldt.   She  moved  with  her  parents  to  a  farm  in  Belford  Township.   She 
was  confirmed  at  the  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church  by  Rev.  Hinck.  Mrs.  Buck  attended  the  rural 
school  in  Belford  Township. 

On  April  5th,  1900  she  was  married  to  John  Buck,  moving  to  a  farm  in  LaMars  Township. 
There  she  has  since  resided.   She  was  a  member  of  the  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church  in  Hankinson. 

Surviving  are  two  daughters,  Mrs.  Wesley  (Louise)  Gowin,  Sisseton,  SD.;  Mrs.  John 
(Bertha)  Muehler,  Fairmount;  two  sons,  Clemens  and  Fred  of  Fairmount.  A  daughter,  Adella, 
preceded  her  in  death.   Also  surviving  are  5  brothers.  Otto,  Herman,  Gustav  and  August 
Medenwaldt  of  Hankinson,  Fred  Medenwaldt  of  St.  Paul,  MN.;  14  grandchildren  and  20  great- 
grandchildren.  Pallbearers  will  be:  Maurice  Bladow,  Elzic  Gowin,  Fred  Buck,  Jr.,  Melvin 
Muehler,  John  Muehler,  Jr.  and  Mervin  Buck. 

Friends  may  call  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home,  Thursday  afternoon  and  evening,  and 
Friday  until  time  of  service.      **********  January  1,  1959 

PAT  CLARY,  13,  PASSES  AWAY  CHRISTMAS  EVE 

The  entire  community  was  saddened  Wednesday  by  the  sudden  death  of  Patrick  Clary,  13, 
son  of  Mrs.  Marion  Clarey,  rural  Fairmount,  who  passed  away  that  morning  at  St.  John's 
Hospital  in  Fargo. 

He  became  ill  on  Saturday  and  that  evening  was  admitted  to  St.  Francis  Hospital. 
Early  Sunday  morning  he  was  rushed  to  St.  John's  Hospital,  Fargo,  where  an  emergency  oper- 
ation was  performed  that  evening.   He  passed  away  Wednesday  morning. 

R.  Patrick  Clarey  was  born  May  12th,  1945,  at  Breckenridge,  MN.,  son  of  the  late  Wal- 
ter Clary  and  Marion  Clarey.   He  attended  St.  Francis  Academy  here  and  at  the  time  of  his 
death  was  in  the  eighth  grade.   Patrick  received  his  first  communion  in  May  of  1953. 

He  is  survived  by  his  mother  and  sisters,  Margaret  Mary,  who  teaches  at  Bloomington, 
fHi.;    Kathleen  M. ,  at  home,:   and  three  brothers,  J.  William,  a  student  at  St.  Mary's  Coll- 
ege, Winona,  MN.,  Michael  L.  and  Qerald  W. ,  at  home;  and  his  grandfather,  James  Fogarty, 
Wahpeton. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Saturday  morning  at  9  AM  from  St.  Philip's  Church  with 
Msgr.  G.  C.  Bierens  celebrating  the   funeral  mass.   Burial  was  in  Calvary  Cemetery.   The 
Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  arrangements.   Pallbearers  were:  James  and  Richard 
Erb,  Richard  Erickson,  Alton  Theede,  Jerry  Jarski  and  Terry  Wieser. 

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Patrick,  in  his  quiet  way,  was  loved  and  admired  by  all  who"  knew  him. 

*  *  *  *  *   it*  ■*['«!  *  *  January  1,  1959 

DALE  WELCH  DIES  AT  CHULA  VISTA,  CA. 
Dale  Welch,  Former  Hankinson  resident,  passed  away  Jan.' -Ist.'at  Chula  Vista,  CA., 
where  he  and  Mrs.  Welch  resided.   Funeral  services  were  held  Monday,  Jan.  5th,  at  Chula 
Vista. 

Mr.  Welch  was  a  railroad  employee  while  residing  here.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Welch  also  oper- 
ated a  rooming  house  where  the  Hotel  is  located.  Both  were  very  active  in  Masonic 

and  Eastern  Star  Lodges  during  the  six  years  they  lived  here. 

**********  January  8,  1959 

P.  BOMMERSBACH  DIES  SUDDENLY 
Peter  Bommersbach,  owner  of  the  Corner  Store  here  in  Hankinson  passed  away  suddenly 
at  St.  Gerard's  Hospital,  this  morning  (Thursday)  about  11  o'clock. 

He  had  entered  the  hospital  Thursday  at  about  6  AM  and  passed  away  unexpectedly  from 
a  heart  attack.   No  funeral  arrangements  had  been  made  at  press, time.  A  complete  obituary 
will  be  published  in  next  week's  Hankinson  News. 

**********  January  8,  1959 

RAY  HOLST  DIES  AT  DEADWOOD,  SD. 
Relatives  and  friends  were  shocked  to  hear  of  the  passing  of  Ray  H.  Hoist  of  Deadwood, 
SD.,  on  Sunday  morning,  Jan.  4th.   Surviving  are  his  wife,  1  son,  sisters  and  brothers.  A 
sister,  Mrs.  Durk  Cressey,  resides  in  Hankinson. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cressey  left  early  Tuesday  morning  to  attend  the  funeral  v/hich  was  held 
on  Wednesday  afternoon  at  Deadwood.  A  complete  obituary  will  be  published  next  week  in  the 
News.  **********  January  8,  1959 

CORRECTION 
In  the  Buck  obituary  last  week  one  of  the  names  of  the  survivors  was  omitted:  a  bro- 
ther, Henry  Medenwaldt.  **********  January  8,  1959 

FORMER  HANKINSON  LADY  DIED  IN  CALIFORNIA 
Mrs.  Wm.  Strubel  passed  away  in  Van  Nuys,  CA. ,  Dec.  26th,  at  the  age  of  88  years. 
Funeral  services  were  held  in  Van  Nuys,  on  Dec.  30th.   Interment  was  made  at  Lakewood  Cem- 
etery, Minneapolis,  MN. 

The  Strubel  family  lived  in  Hankinson  many  years.  Mr.  Strubel  preceded  her  in  death 
16  years  ago,  he  being  one  of  the  original  Hankinson  Nursery  operators. 

Survivors  are:  one  daughter,  Mrs.  R.  L.  Hanson  of  San  Clemente,  CA. ;  one  sister,  Mrs. 
Armstrong  of  Salem,  OR.,  and  a  step  brother,  George  Strubel  of  Portland,  OR.;  many  nieces 
and  nephews,  which  include  Mrs.  Ed  Krause  and  Allan  Popp  of  Hankinson. 

**********  January  8,  1959 

GREAT  BEND On  Dec.  31st,  1958,  our  community  was  shocked  by  the  sad  news  that  Mrs. 

Adela  Ziegelman  had  been  called  home  suddenly  and  unexpectedly  about  4:45  PM  at  the  St. 
Francis  Hospital  in  Breckenridge.   She  had  not  been  feeling  well  for  some  time  and  was 
taken  to  the  hospital  for  treatment  on  Saturday,  Dec.  27th. 

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Adela  Ziegelman  (nee  Bohn)  was  born  May  28th,  1896,  in  Brandenburg  Township  and  lived 
there  all  of  her  life.   She  was  baptized  and  confirmed  in  the  Lutheran  faith  by  the  late 
Pastor  Hinck.   She  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Ladies  Aid  and  a  faithful  member  of  the 
Trinity  Lutheran  Church  in  Great  Bend. 

On  March  28th,  1917,  she  was  united  in  marriage  to  Otto  E.  Ziegelman  at  Great  Bend. 
She  lived  on  a  farm  about  39  years,  northwest  of  Great  Bend.  Mr.  Ziegelman  passed  away  on 
August  29th,  1956.   As  Mrs.  Ziegelman  could  not  continue  farming,  she  retired  and  was  with  - 
her  children  for  some  time  and  later  moved  to  Wahpeton.   In  July  of  1958  she  moved  to  Great 
Bend  to  an  apartment. 

She  leaves  to  mourn  her,  one  daughter,  Mrs.  Lester  Buck  (Hazel)  of  Fairmount  and  four 
sons:  Harvey  Ziegelman  of  Wahpeton;  Howard,  Roy  and  Earl  of  Great  Bend;  one  brother,  Ewald 
Bohn  of  Hankinson,  one  sister  (Clara)  Mrs.  Herbert  Ziegelman  of  Garfield,  MN.   Thirteen 
grandchildren  also  survive.  Her  husband,  parents  and  two  sisters  preceded  her  in  death. 

Funeral  services  were  held  Sunday  afternoon  at  2:30  PM  at  the  Trinity  Lutheran  Church 
in  Great  Bend,  Pastor  R.  Teuscher  officiating.   Visitation  and  services  were  held  on  Sat- 
urday evening  at  7:30  PM  at  the  Vertin  Funeral  Home  in  Wahpeton. 

The  remains  were  laid  to  rest  in  the  Lutheran  Cemetery.   Pallbearers  were  all  cousins 
of  the  deceased;  Alfred  Koppelman,  George  Koppelman,  Elroy  Koppelman,  Ewald  Koppelman, 
Edwin  Bohn  and  Harry  Ehlers.       ***j,******  January  8,  1959 

BRIGHTWOOD  NEWS.... Mrs.  Mir ilia  Jarvis  of  Breckenridge  passed  away  Sunday  morning  at 
the  St.  Francis  Hospital  after  a  lengthy  illness.  The  funeral  will  be  held  Wednesday.  Mrs. 
Jarvis  was  the  grandmother  of  Mrs.  Lloyd  Wilprecht. 

**********  January  8,  1959 

Linda  and  Curtis  Kaiser,  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nick  Kaiser,  spent  the  weekend  with 
their  aunt  and  uncle,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wayne  Osborn,  while  their  parents  attended  the  funeral 
of  an  uncle  at  Drayton,  ND.        ^^^^^^^^^^  January  8,  1959 

HENRY  KACKMAN  RITES  WEDNESDAY 

Henry  Kackman,  67,  died  at  his  home  in  Hankinson  about  noon  Sunday.  The  funeral  was 
held  Wednesday  in'  the  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church  near  Lidgerwood,  the  Rev.  Paul  Maasel  off- 
iciating. 

Mr.  Kackman  was  born  Oct.  2Ath,  1891,  in  Duerr  To\<mship,  Richland  County,  ND.   In  1915 
he  married  Martha  Kube  near  Lidgerwood.   The  couple  farmed  for  a  time  near  Hankinson,  later 
moving  to  Duerr  Township  where  they  farmed  until  December  of  1957  when  they  retired  to  re- 
side  in  Hankinson. 

Besides  his  wife,  Mr.  Kackman  is  survived  by  three  daughters,  Mrs.  Norman  (Pearl)  Pan- 
kow,  Lidgerwood,  Mrs.  Ralph  (Lorena)  Bommersbach,  Moorhead  and  Mrs.  Dodrige  (Regina)  Harrel 
of  Portland,  OR.;  two  sons,  Wilbur  of  Lidgerwood  and  Floyd  of  New  Effington,  SD.;  three  sis- 
ters, Mrs.  William  Lueck,  Mrs.  Max  Berner  and  Mrs.  Martha  Kuehn,  all  of  Lidgerwood  and  two 
brothers,  Fred  of  Lidgerwood  and  Frank  of  Bismarck. 

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JULIUS  MILLER  DIES  AT  FARM  HOME 

Funeral  services  for  Julius  Miller,  8A,  who  passed  away  Tuesday  morning  at  his  farm 
home,  north  of  Hankinson,  were  held  Thursday,  Jan.  15th,  at  2  PM. ,  from  the  Wipperman  Fun- 
eral Home.   Rev.  F.  W.  Paul  officiated.   Interment  was  in  Hillside  Cemetery. 

Mr.  Miller  was  born  in  Germany,  Oct.  7th,  1874,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  August  Miller.  He 
came  to  this  country  with  his  parents,  settling  on  a  farm  3^5  miles  north  of  Hankinson,  where 
he  has  since  resided.   In  later  years  his  brother,  Robert  had  been  living  with  him. 

He  is  survived  by  two  sisters,  Mrs.  August  Weber  and  Mrs.  Wm.  Vedder  of  Hankinson  and 
a  brother.  Robert.  *  *  *  *  ^  *  ^  ^  ^  ^  j^^^^^^   ^5^  1959 

FATHER  of  DURK  CRESSEY  DIES  at  DULUTH,  MN. 
Ray  Cressey,  father  of  Durk  Cressey  of  Hankinson,  passed  away  at  a  Duluth,  MN. ,  hosp- 
ital Wednesday,  Jan.  7th,   Cause  of  his  death  was  pneumonia. 

**********  January  15,  1959 

COUSIN  of  REINKE's  DIES  in  WISCONSIN 
Mrs.  Peter  Schroeder  of  Elmwood,  WI.,  passed  away  January  3rd.  The  funeral  services 
were  held  Jan.  7th.  Mrs.  Schroeder  is  a  cousin  of  the  Reinke  families  in  Hankinson.  Mrs. 
Lu  Kruse  of  Fargo  attended  the  funeral. 

**********  January  15,  1959 

P.  BOMMERSBACH  LAST  RITES  HELD 
Funeral  services  were  held  on  Monday  in  St.  Philip's  Catholic  Church  for  Peter  J.  Bomm- 
ersbach,  51,  of  Hankinson,  who  died  suddenly  Thursday  morning. 

Funeral  Mass  was  conducted  by  Rev.  Fr.  Bierens  and  interment  was  made  in  Calvary  Ceme- 
tery. Six  brothers  were  pallbearers.  The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  arrange- 
ments 

Peter  J.  (Pete)  Bommersbach  was  born  at  Hankinson,  Nov.  24th,  1907,  the  son  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Martin  Bommersbach.   He  attended  school  in  the  Hankinson  vicinity  and  grew  to  manhood 
there.  He  and  Selma  Medenwaldt  were  united  in  marriage  on  Nov.  29th,  1935.   They  resided  on 
a  farm  north  of  Hankinson  until  the  fall  of  1955  when  they  moved  to  Hankinson  to  operate 
the  Corner  Grocery.  Mr.  Bommersbach  was  well  known  in  the  community,  having  been  active 
in  church  and  civic  affairs. 

Surviving  are  his  v/ife  and  parents;  four  sisters,  >Irs.  Ben  (Catherine)  Herding  of  VJah- 
peton,  Mrs.  Howard  (Ann)  Michie,  I'lrs .  Amos  (Betty)  Meland  and  Mrs.  Charles  (Rosalie)  Darner 
all  of  Chicago,  XL.;  six  brothers,  John,  Frank,  Anton  and  Joe,  all  of  Hankinson,  Ralph  of 
Moorhead  and  Adam  of  Fargo. 

I\70  sisters,  Mrs.  Carl  (Mary)  Rettig  and  Margaret  Bommersbach  preceded  him  in  death. 

'  **********  January  15,  1959 

RAY  HOLST  DIES  at  DEADWOOD,  SD. 
Ray  H.  Hoist,  52,  Deadwood,  SD.,  High  School  instructor,  died  at  his  home  there  Sun- 
day, Jan.  4th,  following  a  heart  attack  he  had  suffered  shortly  before.   Although  he  had 
suffered  from  a  heart  illness  previously,  his  death  was  unexpected. 

A  resident  of  Deadwood  since  1937,  Hoist  was  born  Dec.  5th,  1906,  in  Roberts  County, 

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•>>>*'*'-!>«?«^'&';''.-*-!3;'ft;»i-->3*:  ■ 

SD.  He  attended  the  public  school  at  Hankinson  from  1912  to  1925.  He  also  attended  var- 
ious colleges  and  universities  including  the  AC  at  Fargo.   He  was  an  instructor  in  mathe- 
matics at  Deadwood  and  also  operated  a  stationery  store  for  a  time.  Hoist  was  a  Lieuten- 
ant in  the  Navy  during  World  War  II.   He  was  very  active  in  community  affairs  and  was  a 
32nd  degree  llason,  as  well  as  a  member  of  St.  John's  Episcopal  Church  in  Deadwood. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  11  year  old  son,  several  brothers  and  sisters,  includ- 
ing Mrs.  Durk  Cressey  of  Hankinson.  Hoist  was  preceded  in  death  by  his  father  in  1945 
and  his  mother  in  December,  1957. 

**********  January  15,  1959 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS Funeral  services  were  held  for  Mrs.  Amanda  Krueger  on  Sunday  after- 
noon at  the  Trinity  Lutheran  Church  at  Great  Bend  at  2:30  PM.   Burial  was  in  the  Lutheran 
Cemetery,  south  of  Great  Bend.   The  services  were  in  charge  of  Pastor  Richard  Teuscher. 
l-Irs.  Krueger  had  passed  on  to  her  eternal  reward  on  Thursday  morning,  Jan.  8th,  1959,  fall- 
ing asleep  at  the  Breckenridge  rest  home.   She  had  been  in  failing  health  for  some  time, 
and  got  vjeaker  and  turned  for  the  worse  the  last  few  weeks. 

Mrs.  Amanda  Krueger  was  born  Sept.  11th,  1880  in  Wisconsin,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  August  Schulz  and  came  with  her  parents  to  Richland  County  when  4  years  old.   She  was 
married  to  George  Krueger  in  Nov.  of  1901  and  farmed  for  sometime  northeast  of  Great  Bend 
and  also  south  of  Great  Bend  and  in  the  Hankinson  vicinity.   Later  they  moved  to  Great  Bend. 
Mr.  Krueger  passed  away  in  1934. 

Mrs.  Krueger  was  a  faithful  member  of  the  Trinity  Lutheran  Church  and  a  Ladies  Aid 
member.   She  leaves  to  mourn:  two  sons,  Paul  and  Herbert  Krueger  of  rural  Hankinson;  three 
daughters,  Mrs.  W.  Baker  of  San  Francisco,  CA.,  Miss  Carol  Krueger  of  Rockford,  IL.,  (Myr- 
tle) Mrs.  Arthur  Damon  of  Fairmount  and  six  grandchildren.   Her  husband,  two  sons,  her 
parents  and  two  brothers  preceded  her  in  death.   Her  one  brother,  Richard  Schulz  died  on 
January  10th,  1959,  two  days  later  than  Mrs.  Krueger. 

**********  January  15,  1959 

GUSTAV  MEYER  DIED  SUNDAY,  JAI^.  11th 

FAIPxMOUNT  NEWS Gustav  Meyer  of  Fairmount  died  Sunday  morning,  Jan.  11th.   He  has 

made  his  home  for  many  years  with  his  son  and  family,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  Meyer. 

Funeral  services  are  tentatively  set  for  Thursday  afternoon,  Jan.  15th  at  the  First 
English  Lutheran  Church  at  Fairmount. 

A  more  complete  obituary  will  be  published  next  v;eek. 

**********  January  15,  1959 

MRS.  E.  BOHN  FUNERAL  SATURDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Emil  (Emilie)  Bohn  of  Great  Bend  will  be  held  Saturday  at 
1:15  PM  from  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  and  at  2  PM  at  the  Trinity  Lutheran  Church  in  Great 
Bend.   Rev.  R.  Teuscher  officiating.   Interment  will  be  in  Trinity  Lutheran  Cemetery  in 
Great  Bend. 

Emilie  Bohn  (nee  Boldt)  was  born  at  Mayville,  WI.,  Sept.  10th,  1879.  At  the  age  of 

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9  she  came  to  Brandenburg  Township  with  her  parents  and  attended  the  rural  schools.  She 
was  confirmed  by  Rev.  T.  Hinck  at  Trinity  Lutheran  Church,  being  a  life  long  member  of 
that  church.   She  was  also  an  active  member  of  the  Trinity  Lutheran  Ladies  Aid.  On  June 
8th,  1899,  she  was  married  to  Emil  Bohn  at  this  same  church  and  the  ceremony  was  performed  .Ain 
by  Rev.  T.  Hinck.   Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bohn  farmed  in  Brandenburg  Township  until  1939  when  they   "' 
moved  to  Great  Bend. 

On  Tuesday  afternoon,  Mrs.  Bohn,  with  her  husband,  was  visiting  at  the  Mrs.  Hilda 
Manske  home.  Mrs.  Bohn  became  ill  and  passed  away  very  suddenly. 

She  is  survived  by  her  husband,  one  daughter,  Esther  (Mrs.  Willard  Manske)  and  one  son, 
Edwin,  both  of  Great  Bend.   Two  daughters  and  one  son  preceded  her  in  death. 

Her  six  grandson's  are  acting  as  pallbearers.  They  are:  Darrell  and  Robert  Manske, 
Ronald,  Arlin,  Donavon  and  Gary  Bohn. 

Mrs.  Emil  Bohn  was  well  known  and  loved  by  all  who  knew  her.   She  was  always  willing 

and  ready  to  help  in  time  of  need. 

**********  January  22,  1959 

LLOYD  A.  NELSON 

Lloyd  A.  Nelson,  AI,  formerly  of  Fairmount,  died  suddenly  Wednesday  at  Los  Angeles, 
CA. ,  where  he  had  resided  for  several  years.  Death  was  attributed  to  a  heart  attack. 

Lloyd  A.  Nelson,  born  in  Fairmount,  ND.,  March  17th,  1917,  son  of  Ida  and  F.  P. 
Nelson.   He  attended  the  Fairmount  Public  School  and  later  graduated  from  the  Univ.  of 
North  Dakota.  He  then  enlisted  in  the  U.  S.  Navy  Air  Corps,  serving  five  years,  much  of 
that  time  in  the  South  Pacific. 

Surviving  are  his  v/ife  Josephine  Nelson,  a  daughter,  Terry,  his  mother  and  father, 

five  sisters,  Mrs.  Elroy  Schwankel,  Breckenrige,  MN.;  l-Irs.  A.  J Wahpeton; 

Mrs.  V.  L Boise,  ID.;  Mrs.  IC.  F.   Baker,   Houston,  TX. ,  and  Mrs.  W.  J.  Brady 

Columbus,  OH.    (This  article  is  printed  on  the  bound  side  of  the  newspaper) 

Funeral  services  were  held  Wednesday  at  2:30  PM  in  the  Fairmount  Methodist  Church 
with  Rev.  Charles  Bryan  officiating  and  Schmitt-Poulton  Funeral  Home  of  Wahpeton  in  charge 
of  arrangements.   Interment  was  in  the  Fairmount  Cemetery  with  the  Fairmount  American 
Legion  in  charge  of  graveside  services.   The  Fairmount  Masonic  Lodge  members  attended  the 
service  in  a  body. 

After  his  discharge  from  the  Navy,  he  was  employed  as  a  nist  in  California, 

most  recently  at  the  Diamond  Walnut  at  Los  Angeles. 

**********  January  22,  1959 

FUNERAL  SERVICES  HELD  FOR  GUSTAV  MEYER 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Thursday,  Jan.  15th,  1959  at  2  o'clock  at  the  First  Eng- 
lish Lutheran  Church  at  Fairmount  for  Gustav  Meyer.  Rev.  Elton  Temme  officiated  at  the 
service.   Pallbearers  were:  Rex  Branson,  Allen  Engebretson,  Donald  Miller,  Herman  Laske, 
Harry  Scheidegger,  and  Oren  Budke.   Interment  was  in  the  Fairview  Cemetery  at  Wahpeton. 

Gustav  Meyer  was  born  Feb.  23rd,  1873,  in  Posen  Province,  Germany,  where  he  grew  to 
manhood.   On  Dec.  26th,  1893,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Augusta  Buckholz.   In  1902  they 
came  to  the  United  States  with  their  five  children  and  settled  near  Lidgerwood  where  he 

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engaged  in  farming. '  He  "also  farmed  near  Geneseo,  Delamere  and  Wahpeton. 

In  1940  he  and  his  wife  moved  to  the  Fairmount  vicinity,  with  his  son  Albert  and 
family,  v/ith  whom  he  has  made  his  home  since.   In  the  fall  of  19A5  the  Meyer  family  moved 
into  Fairmount  where  he  has  ;made  his'  home . 

He  has  been  in  failing  health  the  past  couple  of  years,  being  hospitalized  several 
times.  He  took  ill  Wednesday  evening,  Jan.  7th,  and  was  taken  to  the  St.  Francis  Hospital 
where  he  passed  away  about  6  AM  Sunday  morning,  Jan.  11th,  at  the  age  of  85  years,  10 
months  and  19  days. 

He  leaves  to  mourn  his  passing,  5  daughters  and  7  sons,  Albert,  Mrs.  Paul  (Tillie) 
Marquardt,  Mrs.  William  (Hilda)  Marquardt,  all  of  Fairmount,  Alfred  and  Mrs.  Oscar  (Emma) 
Stai  of  Wyndmere,  ND.,  Mrs.  Arnold  (Margaret)  Wolter,Mrs.  Art  (Lydia)  Wolter  of 
Wahpeton,  August,  Paul  and  Reinhold,  all  of  Fargo,  Fred  of  Breckenridge,  MN.,  and  Vlilliam 
of  Anaconda,  MT.  Also  45  grandchildren,  59  great-grandchildren  and  1  great-great-grand- 
child, also  two  sisters  in  Germany  as  well  as  other  relatives  and  friends. 

He  was  preceded  in  death  by  his  wife  and  one  daughter.  Bertha,  Mrs.  George  Barforth  of 
Milwaukee,  WI.,  and  one  grandson. 

**********  January  22,  1959 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS J.  D.  Swanson  attended  the  funeral  of  Henry  Engebretson  at  Breck- 
enridge, MN.,  Saturday,  where  Mr.  Swanson  v;as  an  Honorary  pallbearer. 

**********  January  22,  1959 

(The  29th  of  January,  1959  issue  of  the  Hankinson  News  is  missing) 

********** 

Peter  Kutter  received  word  that  his  aunt,  Alice  Kutter,  passed  away  last  week  at  her 

home  in  Garfield,  WA. 


********** 


February  5,  1959 


Mrs.  A.  P.  Jarske  and  Mrs.  J.  E.  White  of  Hankinson,  received  word  of  the  death  of 
their  uncle  at  Wells,  MN.   Mr.  Nelson  is  a  brother  of  Mrs.  Amanda  Payne. 

**********  February  12,  1959 

FORlffiR  RESIDENT  DIES 
Duane  Buscher,  about  38,  of  Billings,  m.,    suffered  a  heart  attack  on  a  plane  and 
died  shortly  thereafter,  enroute  to  his  home  in  Billings  from  a  business  trip  to  Thermop- 

lis,  Duane  is  the  son  of  Mrs.  Mary  (Hubbard)  Buscher  of  Fargo  and  the  late  Ben 

Buscher.   Mrs.  Mary  Buscher  is  the  house  mother  at  the  A.  T.  0.  Frantemity  at  the  NDAC 
at  Fargo.   The  Buscher  family  were  former  residents  of  Fairmount. 

***********  February  12,  1959 

FAIRMOUNT  NEV;S Mr.  and  Mrs.  Marvin  Propp,  Mrs.  August  Weinkauf  and  Otto  Weinkauf 

attended  the  funeral  of  A.  H.  Fischer  at  Wahpeton  Friday  afternoon.   Kr .  Fischer  is  a  bro- 
ther-in-law of  Mrs.  Weinkauf. 

**********  February  12,  1959 


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SONORA  NEWS Mrs.  Otto  Kysilka'went  to  Milbank,  SD.,  Thursday  and  attended  the 

funeral  of  her  brother-in-law,  Michael  P.  Garvey,  on  Friday  at  St.  Lawrence  Catholic 
Church.   His  son,  Father  John  Garvey  officiated. 

*  *  *  **.*!*  *  *  *  February  19,  1959 

MANTADOR  NEWS.... Mr.  and  Mrs.  Victor  Zajac'spent  Wednesday  and  Thursday  in  Minneapolis 
where  they  attended  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Zajac's  aunt. 

**********  February  19,  1959 

Henry  Wurl,  Wm.  Wurl,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ralph  Wurl  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Petrick  of  New 
Effington  went  to  Marshfield,  WI.,  to  attend  the  funeral  of  Paul  Wurl  on  Sunday  afternoon. 
He  was  the  uncle  of  Henry  and  Wm.  Wurl  and  Mrs.  Petrick. 

**********  February  19,  1959 

Relatives  attending  the  funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Mike  Hafner  of  Detroit  Lakes,  MN. , 
on  Monday  morning  were:  her  sister- in- laws,  Mrs.  John  Krump,  Mrs.  Mary  Krump,  her  nieces  a 
and  nephews;  Mrs.  Wilmer  Baldner,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joe  Krump,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Will  Krump,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Albert  Krump,  Henry  Krump  and  Marvin  Krump. 

They  v/ent  down  on  Sunday,  staying  over  for  the  services.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elroy  Krump 
Mrs.  Henry  Krump  and  Dick  Krump  spent  Sunday  afternoon  at  Detroit  Lakes.  Joe,  and  Will 
Krump,  Henry  and  Albert  Krump  were  among  the  pallbearers. 

**********  February  19,  1959 

BROTHER,  MOTHER  DIE 

Mrs.  A.  E.  Maethner  was  called  home  to  Ashley,  ND.,  last  week  because  of  the  death 
of  a  brother  and  mother  who  died  a  couple  of  days  apart. 

**********  February  19,  1959 

FORIffiR  RESIDENT  DIED 

Mrs.  Minnie  May  Tennery,  89,  widow  of  Paris  E.  Tennery,  died  at  Proctor  Home  at  1:30 
PM  on  Sunday,  Feb.  1st,  where  she  had  been  residing  for  the  past  15  years. 

Funeral  services  were  held  at  2  PM  Wednesday,  Feb.  4th,  at  the  Union  Church  at  Brim- 
field,  IL.,  with  Rev.  Theodore  Hargreaves  officiating.  Burial  was  in  the  Brimfield  Cem- 
etery. 

Minnie  May  Phares  was  born  on  Dec.  13th,  1869,  in  Brimfield,  IL.   She  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Clara  (Cady)  Phares.   She  was  married  to  Paris  Tennery  and  he  died  in 
1931.   She  had  lived  in  the  Brimfield  area  her  entire  life  except  for  15  years  V7hen  she 
lived  on  a  farm  on  the  Minnesota  side,  but  their  mailing  address  was  Fairmount.   They 
resided  on  the  farm  which  is  occupied  now  by  the  August  Miller  family. 

She  is  survived  by  a  son,  Gearge  E.  Tennery;   a  daughter,  Mrs.  Irvin  (Geneva)  Smith 
of  Bismarck  and  2  brothers,  Clayton  and  Raymond  Phares  of  California  and  three  grandchild- 
ren.  Two  sisters  and  one  brother  died  earlier. 

She  was  a  member  of  Royal  Neighbors  of  America. 

**********  February  19,  1959 


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RITES  FOR  MRS.  LOHR  HELD  HERE 

Funeral  services  for  lirs.  Louis  Lohr  of  Hankinson  were  held  this  Thursday  morning, 
Feb.  26th,  at  11  AM  from  the  Congregational  Church  in  Hankinson.   Rev.  Frank  Hirons  offic- 
iated.  Burial  was  in  Hillside  Cemetery. 

Lennie  Lohr  was  born  at  Pier  Point,  NY.,  on  Oct.  19th,  1869,  and  when  a  small  girl 
came,  with  her  parents,  to  Paynesville,  ISS.       Here  she  attended  school  and  grew  to  woman- 
hood.  In  1889,  she  was  married  to  Louis  Lohr.   They  lived  for  a  time  in  Minneapolis  and 
Kulm,  ND.,  before  moving  to  Hankinson. 

She  is  survived  by  a  son,  Franklin  and  a  daughter,  Carrie,  Mrs.  Joe  l-lotis  of  Hankinson 
and  three  grandchildren,  Helen,  Mrs.  J.  J.  Jaeger  of  Minneapolis;  George  of  Lomita,  CA. , 
and  Joan,  Mrs.  E.  A.  Shornak  of  Glenwood,  MN. ,  and  four  great  grandchildren. 

Mrs.  Lohr  had  been  cared  for  the  past  three  years  at  the  Wahpeton  Nursing  Home.  Pall- 
bearers were:  John  A.  Roth,  Oscar  Oliver,  Ed  Mars,  Walter  Ernst  Gust  Neumann  and  Albert 
Tiegs .  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  had  charge  of  the  funeral  arrangements . 

**********  February  26,  1959 

GEORGE  VANDERWERFF 

LAl-IARS  NEWS George  Vand  der  Werff  was  born  at  Clare  City,  MN.,  May  19th,  1890. 

He  passed  away  at  St.  Francis  Hospital,  Feb.  16th,  1959,  after  an  illness  of  eight  days 
at  the  age  of  68  years,  8  months  and  28  days.   The  family  moved  to  this  community  in  1902, 
where  he  was  active  in  farming  and  in  church  work. 

His  parents  and  five  brothers  preceded  him  in  death  and  left  to  mourn  are  his  two  sis- 
ters, Mrs.  William  Suess  of  this  community  and  Mrs.  Victor  Erickson  of  Brainard,  MN. 

Funeral  services  were  held  at  the  Bethany  Methodist  Church,  Thursday  afternoon,  Feb. 
19th,  with  Rev.  David  Knecht  of  Fargo  in  charge,  beacuse  of  the  illness  of  the  regular 
pastor.  Rev.  Charles  Bryan.   During  the  service  a  recording  of  George's  favorite  hymn, 
"How  Great  Thou  Art,"  sung  by  George  Beverly  Shea,  was  played.  Later  Mrs.  Gordon  Williams 
sang,  "Beyond  the  Sunset,"  accompanied  by  Mrs.  Tom  Green  at  the  organ. 

Because  of  a  speech  impairment  George  could  not  go  out  and  preach  the  Gospel  as  he 
wanted  to  do  but  his  life  was  dedicated  to  the  Lord's  work  in  other  ways.   As  Rev.  Knecht 
said,  "His  heart,  went  out  to  places  where  his  feet  could  never  go."  We  will  never  know 
how  many  children  in  far  off  lands  were  fed,  clothed  and  educated  by  George's  generosity 
or  how  many  young  ministers  were  helped  through  school  by  him.   He  was  a  charter  member  of 
the  Bethany  Church  and  held  many  official  positions  in  the  church  and  Sunday  School.   At 
the  time  of  his  death  he  had  served  as  church  treasurer  and  a  trustee  for  many  years.   He 
was  also  a  veteran  of  World  War  I. 

Pallbearers  were  Roy  Grimes,'  Adolph  Hanson,  Elwood  Grimes,  Orval  Osbom,  George  Bick- 
erdike  and  Paul  Seefeldt.   He  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  Lakeside  Cemetery,  White  Rock,  SD. 

**********  February  26,  1959 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS VJord  was  received  here  by  relatives,  from  Wheaton,  MN.,  that  Mr. 

Ed  Worner  passed  away  Sunday  evening  at  a  Wheaton  Hospital.   Funeral  services  will  be  Wed- 

February  26,  1959 
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ATTENDS  FUNERAL  OF  MOTHER  and  BROTHER 

Mrs.  A.  E.  Maethner  attended  the  double  funeral  held  Saturday,  Feb.  14th,  at  Ashley, 
ND. ,  for  her  mother,  Mrs.  Louise  Pfahl,  88,  and  her  brother,  Gus  Pfahl,  65. 

Mrs.  Pfahl  passed  away  Wednesday,  Feb.  11th,  at  the  Ashley  hospital  and  her  son,  Gust 
Pfahl  died  two  days  previous  on  Feb.  9th  at  the  Veteran's  Hospital  at  Fargo. 

Mrs.  Louise  Pfahl  was  preceded  in  death  by  her  husband,  one  daughter  and  her  son. 
Gust  Pfahl  had  never  married.      **********  February  26,  1959 

ATTENDS  FUNERAL 

Mrs.  Lula  Snell,  67,  of  Fargo,  died  Monday,  Feb.  23rd,  1959  and  is  the  sister  of  Mrs. 
Roy  Branson  of  Fairmount. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Saturday,  Feb.  28th,  at  2  o'clock  at  the  funeral  home 
in  Fargo  for  Mrs.  Snell. 

Those  from  Fairmount  attending  the  funeral  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roy  Branson,  Mr.. and 
Mrs.  Rex  Branson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harvey  Leathart  and  Mrs.  Jake  Meyer. 

**********  March  5,  1959 

WALTER  JOHNSON  RITES  FRIDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Walter  S.  Johnson  of  rural  New  Effington,  SD.,  will  be  Friday, 
March  6th,  at  1  PM  from  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  and  at  2  PM  from  the  Walla  Lutheran 
Church,  New  Effington,  SD.   Interment  will  be  at  Walla  Lutheran  Cemetery. 

Walter  S.  Johnson  was  born  in  Lein  Twp.,  Roberts  County,  SD.,  January  29th,  1902, 
son  of  Edward  and  Sina  Johnson.  He  was  baptized  and  confirmed  at  the  Walla  Lutheran  Church 
and  attended  rural  school  and  high  school  at  New  Effington.   Mr.  Johnson  was  engaged  in 
farming  with  his  father,  after  his  father's  death  in  1936  he  took  over  the  farming  interests. 

He  is  survived  by  his  mother,  two  sisters,  Ethel  at  home,  Esther  (Mrs.  Earl  Joubest) 
Belfield,  ND.,  and  a  brother,  R.  B.  Johnson  of  Oakland,  CA.  A  brother  died  in  1953. 

Walter  had  a  quiet  personality  and  was  well  liked  and  respected  by  all  who  knew  him. 
His  passing  came  as  a  great  shock  to  his  many  friends. 

**********  March  5,  1959 

E.  G.  WORNER,  WHEATON  DIES  AT  AGE  73 
Last  rites  for  E.  G.  Womer,  well  known  in  the  Hankinson,  Great  Bend  and  Wahpeton  areas 
were  held  Feb.  25th  at  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  t'fheaton.   He  passed  away  at  the 
Wheaton  hospital  at  the  age  of  73  years  on  Feb.  22nd.  He  was  bom  at  Great  Bbnd,  on  June 

29th,  1885. 

Before  going  to  Wheaton  in  1919  the  late  Mr.  Worner  was  in  the  implement  business  with 
August  Behling  at  Great  Bend  and  was  also  district  representative  for  the  International  Har- 
vester Co.   He  was  in  the  automobile  business  in  Wheaton  since  1919,  retiring  Jan.  2,  1954. 

**********  March  12,  1959 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ed  Hingst  attended  the  funeral  of  H.  C.  Anderson 

at  Dwight  on  Friday  afternoon,   Others  attending  from  this  vicinity  were:  Mrs.  Rose  Bemdt 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alton  Berndt,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carl  Grob  and  son  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Mitzel. 

**********  March  12,  1959 

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MANTADOR  NEWS  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  M.  Puetz  left^^on  Wednesday  for  Plainview,  MN., 

to  attend  the  funeral  of  the  former's  aunt,  Mrs.  Josie  Puetz. 

**********  March  12,  1959 

JENS  KARLSBAK  RITES  HELD  MONDAY 
Jens  Karlsbak,  69,  a  well  knovm  and  long  time  Fairmount  resident  died  unexpectedly  on 
Thursday,  March  5th.  Funeral  services  were  held  on  Monday  afternoon  at  the  Methodist  Church 
in  Fairmount  with  the  Rev.  P.  A.  Gisvold,  pastor  of  Bethel  Lutheran  Church  of  Wahpeton 
officiating. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  one  son,  Merton  Karlsbak  of  Fairmount.  A  more  complete 
obituary  will  be  published  next  week. 

**********  March  12,  1959 

S.  M.  BURCHAM  RITES  HELD  TODAY 
Funeral  services  were  held  this  afternoon,  March  19th,  from  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home 
for  Scott  M.  Burcham,  long  time  businessman  of  Hankinson,  who  passed  away  at  the  St.  Fran- 
cis Hospital  in  Breckemidge,  MN.,  on  March  17th,  He  was  79  years  old. 

Services  were  conducted  by  the  Rev.  Frank  T.  Hirons,  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
Church  here.   Interment  was  in  Hillside  Cemetery. 

Scott  Burcham  was  bom  in  Genos,  NE.,  Feb.  10th,  1880.  He  was  married  to  Ida  Halson  . 
of  Lidgerwood  on  Aug.  25th,  1904.   They  moved  to  Hankinson  the  same  year. 

He  is  survived  by  five  daughters:  Blanche  Simonson,  Portal,  ND.;  Floy  Oliver,  Brea,  CA. 
Opale  Thayer,  Fargo;  Evelyn  Christie,  Davenport,  WA. ;  and  Ethel  Simonson,  Hankinson.  There 
are  also  nine  grandchildren  and  seven  great-grandchildren. 
Mrs.  Burchan  passed  away  Sept.  14th,  1955. 

**********  March  19,  1959 

BROTHER  OF  FAIRMOUNT  WOl-IAN  DIES 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  E.  Maethner  received  word  Saturday  of  the  unexpected  death  of  her 
brother,  Chris  Pfahl,  58,  of  Glenwood,  MN.,  who  died  Saturday  evening,  March  14th,  1959, 
from  a  heart  attack. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  seven  children,  one  of  his  sons,  Roger  Pfahl  is  Agent 
at  the  Soo  Line  Depot  at  Hankinson.  He  is  also  survived  by  8  brothers  and  sisters  and  one 
of  his  sisters,  Mra.  A.  E.  Maethner  resides  at  Fairmount.   He  was  preceded  in  death  by  his 
parents,  2  brothers  and  1  sister. 

Funeral  services  are  being  held  Wednesday,  March  18th  at  Glenwood,  MN. 

**********  March  19,  1959 

ATTENDS  FUNERAL 
J.  M.  Slatting  attended  the  funeral  of  his  sister-in-law,  Mrs.  Alvin  Slatting,  which 
was  held  Saturday  afternoon,  March  14th,  at  Minot.   Mrs.  Sletting  died  Wednesday,  March  Uth. 

Mr.  J.  M.  Sletting  returned  to  Fairmount  Sunday  while  his  sister,  Mrs.  Vida  Larson, 
who  accompanied  the  Steve  Wateland's  of  Galchutt  to  Minot,  remained  for  a  longer  stay. 

**********  March  19,  1959 


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FUNERAL  SERVICES  HELD  FOR  MR.  JENS  KARLSBAK 

Funeral  services  for  Jens  Karlsbak,  69,  Fairmount  were  held  at  the  Methodist  Church  at 
Fairmount  on  Monday  afternoon,  March  9th,  1959,  with  Rev.  P.  Gisvold  of  Wahpeton  officiating. 
The  soloist  sang  two  hymns  "Nearer  My  God  To  Thee"  and  "Abide  With  Me." 

Burial  was  in  the  south  Fairmount  Cemetery  with  Ranney  ......  Nord  of  Wheaton  making 

the  arrangements.  Pallbeaers  were:  Arthur  Astrup,  Holger  Bertelson,  Clarence  Christensen, 
Donald  Sikorski,  Severt  Johnson,  George  Carton.  Honorary  pall  bearers  were  Hans  Astrup, 
John  Bostrom,  John  Johnson,  William  Miller,  Earl  Waite  and  Nick  Schmit. 

Jens  Karlsbak  died  unexpectedly  of  a  heart  attack  at  Fairmount  Thursday,  March  5th, 
1959.   He  was  born  July  18th,  1889  at  Hvorslev,  Denmark,  the  son  of  Jens  and  Sophia  Karls- 
bak.  He  attended  school  in  Hvorslev  and  served  as  an  apprentice  learning  the  carpentry  and 
cabinet  making  trade.   Later  he  served  in  the  Danish  Army. 

In  company  with  Mrs.  Maren  Christensen  and  the  late  Mads  Jensen  and  his  wife,  Mrs. 
Mads  Jensen,  who  is  at  present  a  patient  in  the  Wahpeton  Nursing  Home,  Jens  Karlsbak  emig- 
rated to  the  United  States  to  Fairmount  on  March  9th,  1914.   The  date  of  his  funeral  was 
45  years  to  the  day  that  he  arrived  in  Fairmount. 

He  continued  his  profession  as  a  carpenter.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Fairmount  Commer- 
cial Club.  Mr.  Karlsbak  was  a  member  of  the  United  Lutheran  Church.  His  hobbies  were 
hunting  and  fishing. 

He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Marie  Frandsen  at  Wahpeton  on  Jan.  22nd,  1917.  He  is  s 
survived  by  his  wife,  Marie,  one  son,  Merton  Karlsbak,  both  of  Fairmount,  a  granddaughter, 
Mrs.  Wally  Chezik  and  a  great-grandson,  Timothy  Alas  Chezik  of  Wheaton.   Three  brothers 
and- four  sisters  who  live  in  Denmark  also  survive.  He  was  one  of  a  family  of  12  children. 

He  was  preceded  in  death  by  one  son,  Harry  Lloyd  who  died  in  Jan.  of  1958. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jens  Karlsbak  had  returned  to  Denmark  in  1948  for  a  visit  with  relatives. 
Plans  were  complete  for  a  return  trip  to  Denmark  for  a  visit  and  the  date  for  sailing  was 
April  10th. 

Friends  and  relatives  from  Fargo,  Ashby,  Wahpeton,  Wheaton  and  Webster,  SD. ,  attended 
the  funeral.  ^^^^^^^^^^^^  March  19,  1959 

NEPHEW  OF  FAIRMOL'NT  COUPLE  KILLED 

Kay  Zieman,  29,  of  Minot,  ND.,  and  a  friend  were  killed  in  the  latter's  private  plane 
when  they  encountered  heavy  fog  and  crashed  at  Brockton,  MT.,  on  Friday,  March  6th,  1959, 
while  making  a  business  trip. 

Funeral  services  were  held  at  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church  at  Oakes,  ND. ,  on  Wednesday 
afternoon,  March  11,  1959. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  four  sons  who  resided  at  Minot,  ND.   Kay's  brother, 
Zane  Zieman  was  killed  in  an  auto  accident  on  August  29th,  1958  near  Aberdeen,  SD. 

Kay  is  the  nephew  of  Arthur  Spear  of  Fairmount  and  those  from  here  attending  the  fun- 
eral were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Spear  and  daughters  Joyce  and  Loa,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arlen  Spear 
and  they  were  accompanied  by  Mrs.  Spear's  sister,  Mrs.  Myrtle  Hample  of  Fargo. 

**********  March  19,  1959 

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MRS.  HRDLICKA  RITES  WEDNESDAY 

Requiem  Mass  for  Mrs.  Frank  (Frances)  Hrdlicka,  74,  was  held  at  9  o'clock  Wednesday 
in  St.  John's  Catholic  Church  in  Lidgerwood,  the  Rev.  George  Krile  officiating. 

Mrs.  Hrdlicka  died  Monday  at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Walter  Berg,  near  Hankin- 
son.   She  had  been  living  there  since  1945. 

Born  April  4,  1884,  in  Czechoslovakia,  she  came  to  the  United  States  in  1905.   She 
was  married  to  Mr.  Hrdlicka  at  Hankinson  on  April  14th,  1907.  Her  husband  died  in  1923  and 
since  that  time  she  had  been  living  with  her  children. 

Surviving  besides  Mrs.  Berg  is  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Elroy  Milbrandt,  Hankinson;  two  sons, 
Frank  and  James,  both  of  Lidgerwood;  six  grandchildren  and  two  great-grandchildren. 

**********  March  26,  1959 

BRIGHTWOOD  NEWS  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Michael  Fischer  and  son  of  Sisseton,  Mrs.  Alfred 

Bohn  and  daughter  of  Claire  City  and  Miss  Janice  Stack  attended  the  funeral  of  Paul  Meyer 
of  Berch  Hills,  Canada  this  past  week.  Mr.  Meyer  passed  away  very  suddenly  of  a  heart 
attack  last  Sunday  afternoon.      **********  March  26,  1959 

MRS.  F.  TRITTEN 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Fred  (Minna)  Trittin,  82,  of  Great  Bend,  were  held  Tuesday 
from  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  and  Trinity  Lutheran  Church  at  Great  Bend.   Rev.  R.  Teus- 
cher  conducted  the  services.   Mrs.  Trittin  passed  away  Friday  evening  after  a  lingering 
illness. 

Minna  Rossow,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Julius  Rossow,  Sr.,  was  bom  at  Pretzloff, 
Germany.  At  an  early  age,  she  came  with  her  parents  to  America,  settling  on  a  farm  in 
Brandenburg  Twsp.,  Richland  County.   She  attended  the  rural  school  and  grew  to  womanhood 
in  this  county.   She  was  married  to  Fred  Trittin  on  Nov.  5th,  1896,  then  moving  to  Great 
Bend,  where  she  has  since  resided.   Mr.  Trittin  passed  away  on  May  20th,  1957. 

She  is  survived  by  a  daughter,  Mrs.  (Irene)  R.  C.  Marks,  Wahpeton,  and  a  son,  Fred 
Trittin,  Great  Bend;  seven  grandchildren  and  four  great-grandchildren,  also  sisters,  Mrs. 
Otto  Strege,  Lidgerwood,  Mrs.  Ernest  Klawitter,  White  Rock,  SD. ,  Mrs.  Frank  Zietlow,  Hank- 
inson and  Mrs.  Frank  Knuepple,  Springville,  NY.,  and  brothers,  Julius  Rossow,  Hankinson 
and  Emil  Rossow,  Kankehee,  IL. 

Pallbearers  were  Leo,  Dallas  and  Clarence  Rossow,  Leonard  Trittin,  Harry  Strege  and 
Harold  Trittin.   Interment  was  in  Trinity  Lutheran  Cemetery,  beside  her  husband. 

**********  April  2,  1959 

ATTEND  FUNERAL  AT  LEAF  VALLEY,  MN. 

Fred  Buckhaus  and  Ethel,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elmer  Buckhaus  and  Fred  Emde  attended  the  fun- 
eral for  Mrs.  Paul  Zastrow  at  Leaf  Valley,  MN.,  on  March  25th. 

Mrs.  Zastrow  passed  away  on  March  22nd,  at  the  hospital  in  Alexandria, MN.   She  had 
been  in  ill  health  the  past  several  years,  during  which  time  she  underwent  a  number  of 
serious  operations,  both  at  Alexandria  and  the  University  Hospital  at  Minneapolis. 

**********  April  2,  1959 

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CHARLOTTE  BERG 

Funeral  services  for  Miss  Charlotte  Berg  of  Mnneapolls  were  held  Monday  afternoon 
from  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  and  the  Branvold  Lutheran  Church  of  Victor,  SD. ,  Rev.  M. 
Franklin  Prudas,  officiating.   Interment  was  at  the  Tyson  Cemetery,  Greendale  Twsp., 
Richland  County.   Miss  Berg  passed  away  March  26th,  from  a  lingering  illness,  being  hospit- 
alized for  the  past  four  months  at  the  Northwestern  Hospital,  Minneapolis. 

Charlotte  A.  Berg  was  bom  in  Minneapolis,  Jan.  19th,  1890,  daughter  of  Evan  and  0th- 
elia  Berg.   She  came  with  her  parents  to  a  farm  in  Lain  Twsp.,  Roberts  County,  SD.   She 
grew  to  womanhood  here,  being  educated  in  the  rural  and  high  school  at  New  Effington,  SD. 
She  was  a  graduate  nurse  of  Northwestern  Hospital,  Minneapolis,  serving  in  World  War  I  as 
an  Army  nurse. 

She  is  survived  by  a  sister,  Helen  Berg,  brothers.  Christian  of  New  Effington,  Edwin 
of  Ketchikan,  AK. ,  and  Finer  of  Hankinson. 

Miss  Berg  was  a  member  of  the  Eastern  Star  Lodge.  The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  had 
charge  of  funeral  arrangements.    **********  April  2,  1959 

MRS.  F.  HRDLICKA 

Mrs.  Frances  Hrdlicka  passed  away  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  Berg  Monday  morn- 
ing, March  23rd.   She  came  there  in  1945  and  made  her  home  with  the  Berg's  for  13  years. 

She  was  born  Dec.  18th,  1884,  at  Kurimay,  Czechoslovakia  and  came  to  the  United  States 
two  years  after  her  two  brothers,  John  and  Chas.  Hruby,  in  1905.   She  was  married  to  Frank 
Hrdlicka  on  April  14th,  1907,  at  St.  Philip's  Church  at  Hankinson  by  Father  Joe  Studnicka. 

She  is  survived  by  four  children,  Frank  Hrdlicka,  Lidgerwood;  Mrs.  Walter  Berg,  Hank- 
inson; James  Hrdlicka,  Lidgerwood;  Mrs.  Elroy  Milbrandt,  Hankinson  and  six  grandchildren, 
Mrs.  Leroy  Hartleben,  Ely,  MN.,  Larry  and  Wallace  Milbrandt,  Barbara  and  Margaret  Hrdlicka, 
and  Beverly  Ann  Berg.   Two  great-grandchildren,  Wayne  and  Peggy  Hartleben,  Ely,  MN. 

Her  brother,  John,  passed  away  Aug.  24,  1949,  a  brother,  Chas.  passed  away  Feb.  3,  1953. 

Mrs.  Frances  Hrdlicka  was  the  last  of  a  family  of  six  and  died  at  the  age  of  74. 
Funeral  services  were  held  March  25th,  at  St.  John's  Church  in  Lidgerwood  with  Father  Geo. 
Krile  officiating.   Interment  was  in  Calvary  Cemetery. 

**********  April  2,  1959 

Funeral  services  were  held  Thursday  afternoon,  April  2nd,  for  Mrs.  Augdahl  at  Bran- 
don, m.  Mrs.  Augdahl  is  the  mother  of  Phil  Augdahl  of  Milnor.  former  Hankinson  resident 

**********  April  9,  1959 

EMIL  BOKN  RITES  FRIDAY  AFTERNOON 
Emil  Bohn,  87,  of  Hankinson,  passed  away  Tuesday  morning  at  the  St.  Gerard  Hospital 
here  where  he  had  been  a  patient  for  the  past  ten  days.   Mr.  Bohn  had  been  in  failing 
health  for  several  years. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Friday  at  1:30  PM  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  and  at 
2  PM  from  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church.   Rev.  Otto  N.  Truog  will  officiate.   Interment  will  be 
in  the  Lutheran  Cemetery  north  of  Hankinson. 

Emil  Bohn  was  born  at  Iron  Ridge.  WA. .  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Bohn,  At  the  age 

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of  three,  he  came  with  his  parents  to  Great  Bend  where  they  resided  on  a  farm.  vHe  marr- 
ied Minnie  Radke,  settling  on  a  farm  south  of  Great  Bend.   In  1930  the  couple  retired, 
moving  to  Great  Bend.   In  1937  they  moved  to  Hankinson.  Mrs.  Bohn  passed  away  In  1952. 
In  later  years  he  had  made  his  home  with  his  daughter  and  son-in-law,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin  ' 
Medenwald,  who  reside  south  of  Hankinson. 

The  late  Mr.  Bohn  is  survived  by  Robert,  Leonard,  Clarence,  Mrs.  Martin  (Emma)  Meden- 
waldt  and  Mrs.  Myrtle  Prochnow,  all  of  Hankinson;  Mrs.  Linda  Stiner,  Mill  City,  OR,;  Rud- 
olph, Kindred;  Walter,  Fergus  Falls,  MN. ;  Ralph  of  Lidgerwood,  and  Elmer  of  Wahpeton.   One 
child  died  in  infancy.   There  are  also  19  grandchildren  and  13  great-grandchildren. 

Pallbearers  will  be  Leroy  Prochnow,  Barrel  Prochnow,  Duwayne  Medenwaldt,  Lloyd  Bohn, 
Gerald  Bohn  and  Harold  Bohn.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  is  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  April  9,  1959 

ATTENDS  FUNERAL 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Rosenkranz,  Fred  Rosenkranz,  Earl  Rosenkranz  of  Fairmount  and 
Leslie  Rosenkranz  attended  the  funeral  Wednesday,  March  25th,  at  Brainard,  MN.,  for  Mrs. 
May  Albert,  82,  who  died  March  21st,  1959.   Mrs.  Albert  is  a  sister  of  William  Rosenkranz. 

**********  April  9,  1959 

MR.  A.  P.  JONES  DIES  IN  CALIFORNIA 
Friends  here  have  received  word  of  the  death  of  a  former  resident,  Mr.  A.  P.  Jones, 
77,  of  Santa  Ana,  CA.   Mrs.  Jones  passed  away  March  31st.   Funeral  services  were  held  on 
April  3rd. 

Mr.  Jones  was  employed  as  a  mail  clerk  on  the  Soo  Line  while  residing  here. 

**********         '       April  16,  1959 
F.  BOMMERSBACH,  JR.,  DIES  OF  HEART  ATTACK 
Frank  Bommersbach,  Jr.,  long  time  resident  of  Forman,  ND. ,  and  section  forman  on  the 
Soo  Line,  passed  away  in  his  sleep  sometime  Sunday  night.   A  son  of  Frank  Bommersbach,  Sr., 
of  Hankinson,  he  was  found  dead  in  bed  by  his  wife  at  about  7  AM. ,  Monday  morning,  apparently 
the  victim  of  a  heart  attack.   He  was  51  years  old. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Bommersbach,  Sr. ,  and  Mrs.  and  Mrs.  Jerry  Hipp  and  children  visited 
last  Sunday  at  the  Bommersbach  home  in  Forman.  Frank  Jr.,  apparently  was  in  good  health  at 
that  time. 

The  funeral  mass  was  held  on  Thursday  morning,  April  16th,  at  St.  Mary's  Catholic 
Church  in  Forman.   Interment  was  in  the  cemetery  there. 

Frank  Bommersbach,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Hankinson  and  at  an  early  age  moved  with  his  par- 
ents to  Oakes.   He  has  worked  on  the  railroad  for  over  30  years,  the  past  ten  as  section 
forman.   He  Is  survived  by  his  wife  and  seven  children,  four  of  whom  are  at  home. 

**********  April  16,  1959 

OTTO  MAROHL  LAST  RITES  FRIDAY 
A  pioneer  resident,  Otto  Marohl,  89,  died  Tuesday  evening  at  the  St.  Gerard  Hospital. 
Funeral  services  v/ill  be  held  Friday  afternoon  at  2  o'clock  at  the  Immanual  Lutheran  Church 
in  Lidgerwood.   Interment  will  also  be  in  rural  Lidgerwood. 

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A  more  complete  obituary  will  appear  in  next  week's  issue  of  the  NEWS. 

**********  April  16,  1959 

OTTO  MAROHL 
Funeral  services  for  Otto  Marohl  were  held  from  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church,  south  of 
Lidgerwood,  Friday,  April  17th. 

Mr.  Marohl  died  Tuesday  at  the  St.  Gerard  Hospital  in  Hankinson  where" he  had  been 
hospitalized  for  some  time. 

Bom  on  Sept.  17th,  1871,  at  Theresa,  WI.,  Otto  Marohl  came  to  this  area,  with  his 
parents,  13  years  later,  settling  on  a  farm  in  Brightwood  Township.   On  Sept.  28th,  1893 
he  was  married  to  Bertha  Grohnke  in  the  Lutheran  Church  near  Hankinson.   Following  their 
marriage  they  homesteaded  in  Duerr  Township.  He  remained  on  that  farm  until  19A9,  at  which 
time  he  moved  to  Hankinson.   Mrs.  Marohl  died  Dec.  1st,  1938. 

He  is  survived  by  5  daughters,  Mrs.  Ella  Trittin  and  Mrs.  Rhinehart  (Hulda)  Roeder, 
both  of  Hankinson;  Mrs.  Mathilda  Orth,  Mrs.  Arthur  (Amelia)  Kuzel  and  Mrs.  Lester  (Laveme) 
Smith,  all  of  Lidgerwood;  and  by  seven  sons,  Arthur,  Emil,  Theodore  and  Edwin  of  Hankinson, 
Benhard  of  Kent,  WA. ,  Erhart  of  Wahpeton  and  Arnold  of  Lidgerwood.   Two  sisters,  Mrs.  Anna 
Schuschke  of  Montevideo,  MN.,  and  Mrs.  Walter  Thies  of  Fergus  Falls,  MN.,  also  survive. 

Also  surviving  Mr.  Marohl  are  62  grandchildren  and  65  great-grandchildren. 
Officiating  at  the  services  was  the  Rev.  H.  C.  Mueller.   Pallbearers,  all  grandchildren, 
V7ere  Elroy,  Leroy,  Edwin,  Jr.,  and  Gary  Marohl,  Eugene  Ellis  and  Walter  Trittin.   Interment 
was  at  Immanuel  Cemetery. 

Walby  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 
-■  **********         '       April  23  1959 

GUST  BERNDT  DIES  OF  BURNS 
Gust  Bemdt,  87,  former  Richland  resident,  died  of  burns  suffered  in  an  explosion  at 
his  home  in  Claire  City,  SD. ,  Sunday.  He  suffered  severe  bums  when  a  gas  stove  exploded 
and  caused  a  fire  which  partially  destroyed  the  house. 

He  was  the  father  of  Mrs.  Alfred  Jaeger,  of  Mooreton,   Another  daughter,  Mrs.  Odell 

Raaen  resides  in  Rosholt,  while  his  two  sons,  Henry  and  Arnold  live  in  Claire  City,  SD. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Wednesday  from  Zion  Lutheran  Church  near  Claire  City. 

**********  April  23,  1959 

THEA  BALL  RITES  HELD  WEDNESDAY 
Mrs.  Charles  (Thea)  Ball,  71,  of  Fairmount,  died  Saturday  evening  in  a  hospital  at 
Breckenridge,  MN.   The  funeral  was  held  Wednesday  in  the  Schmitt-Poulton  Chapel  at  Wah- 
peton.  The  Rev.  P.  A.  Gisvold  officiated.   Burial  was  in  Maine  Township,  Otter  Tail  Cou- 
nty, MN. 

Bom  at  Minot,  ND. ,  then  Dakota  Territory,  Feb.  Ath,  1888,  she  was  the  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Thorsten  Lien.   Her  parents  homesteaded  on  a  farm  near  Minot  and  moved  to  the 
Fairmount  area  in  1892. 

She  was  employed  in  Fairmount  and  Hankinson  before  her  marriage  to  Charles  Ball  in 
Minneapolis  on  Sept.  Uth,  193A.   The  couple  operated  a  store  near  Otter  Tail  Lake,  in 

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Otter  Tail  County,  M.  Mr.  Ball  died  in  March  of  1941. 

Mrs.  Ball  sold  the  store  in  1950  and  operated  a  cafe  in  Hankinson  for  5  years.   She 
then  moved  to  Fainnount  where  she  had  resided  until  her  death. 

She  is  survived  by  three  brothers,  Theodore  of  Hawley,  MN.,  Carl  of  Richville,  MN. , 

and  Lloyd  of  Fainnount,  and  4  sisters,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Lulck  of  Fairmount,  Mrs.  Ella  Lawson  of 

Washington  state,  Mrs.  Elsie  Holden  of  Canby,  DR.,  and  Mrs.  Fred  Jarl  of  Minneapolis  and 
13  nieces  and  nephews.            ***********  April  23,  1959 

LAMARS  NEWS.... Mrs.  Earl  Rosenkranz  received  word  Friday  that  her  brother  Bertram 
Clark  of  Kansas  City,  MO.,  had  passed  away  suddenly,  Mrs.  Rosenkranz  and  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Tony  Gillispie  of  Rosholt  accompanied  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lawrence  Burlison  as  they  left  early 
Sunday  morning  to  attend  the  funeral  on  Monday. 

**********  April  23,  1959 

LAMARS  NEWS Mrs.  Thea  Ball  of  Fairmount,  a  former  resident  of  this  community 

passed  away  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  Saturday  evening.   She  died  of  a  sudden  severe 
stroke.   Mrs.  Ball  was  a  sister  of  Mrs.  A.  W.  Luick  and  Mr.  Lloyd  Lein. 

**********  April  23,  1959 

Among  the  relatives  leaving  on  Tuesday  to  attend  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Pauline  Lam- 
berly  of  Hinckley,  MN. ,  who  passed  away  on  Saturday,  were  her  two  sisters,  Mrs.  Alvina 
Krump  and  Mrs.  Mary  Krump,  Marvin  Krump,  Mrs.  Wilmer  Baldner,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joe  Krump, 
Mrs.  Will  Krump,  Mrs.  Ira  Keeney,  Mrs.  Henry  J.  Krump,  Elroy  Krump  and  Mrs.  Albert  Buck- 
house.   The  funeral  was  held  on  Wednesday  morning. 

**********  April  23,  1959 

BRIGHTWOOD  NEWS The  community  extends  its  sympathy  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dick  Riggle, 

she  received  word  Sunday  that  Mr.  Riggle's  brother,  Charles  Riggle,  of  New  Rockford,  ND.  , 
passed  away  suddenly  Saturday  after  a  short  illness.  Mr.  Riggle  plans  to  leave  for  New 
Rockford  Tuesday  to  attend  the  funeral  on  Wednesday. 

**********  April  23,  1959 

ATTEOT  father's  FUNERAL 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Spear  and  family  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arlen  Spear  of  Fairmount  att- 
ended the  funeral  of  Art  Spears  father,  Howard  Spear,  83,  who  died  Tuesday,  April  7th, 
1959,  at  the  hospital  at  Britton,  SD. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Saturday  April  11th,  at  Oakes,  ND.   Mr.  and  Mrs.  Spear, 
Janice  and  Larry  stayed  for  the  remainder  of  the  v/eekend. 

,**********  April  23,  1959 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  R.  Tiegs,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwin  Gaedcke  and  Oliva,  Henry  Milbrandt, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Jasmer  of  Wahpeton,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harold  Voeltz  of  Osseo,  MN.,  attend- 
ed the  funeral  for  their  uncle,  Herman  Jasmer,  at  Leola,  SD. ,  on  Saturday.  Mr.  Jasmer, 
81,  died  on  April  23rd.  He  v/as  a  former  resident  of  Hankinson. 

**********  April  30,  1959 

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MRS.  G.  KUEHL  RITES  HELD  TODAy' 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Gustave  (Einma)  Kuehl  of  Hanklnson,  who  passed  away  April 
27th,  at  the  St.  Gerard  Hospital  from  a  lingering  illness,  were  held  Thursday  afternoon 
from  the  Evangelical  and  Reformed  Church.  Rev.  F.  W.  Paul  officiated.   Interment  was  in 
the  church  cemetery. 

Emma  B.  Kuehl,  nee  Davis,  was  born  Aug.  14th,  1891,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elisa 
Davis  of  Grason  Valley,  VA.   She  was  baptized  and  later  became  a  member  of  the  First  Christ- 
ian Church  in  Grason  Valley. 

She  was  married  to  Gustave  Kuehl  on  April  10th,  19A0.  They  lived  on  a  farm  south  of 
Hankinson,  until  two  years  ago  when  they  moved  to  Hankinson. 

I'Irs.  Kuehl  is  survived  by  her  husband  and  a  host  of  friends.   Pallbearers  were: 
Charles  Milbrandt,  Fred  Emde,  Harry  Boldt,  Edwin  Bladow,  Charles  Marvin  and  Max  Schmidt. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  April  30,  1959 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS Funeral  services  were  conducted  Saturday  afternoon  in  the  Evangel- 
ical United  Brethren  Church  at  Great  Bend  for  Miss  Bemice  Stoltenow,  40,  who  died  Wednes- 
day in  Billings,  MT.  She  was  a  native  of  Great  Bend,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  A.  Stol- 
tenow, deceased. 

Rev.  Arthur  Mueller,  a  nephew,  of  Fergus  Falls,  and  the  Rev.  Robert  Bechtle  officiated. 
The  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Norman  Neumann  sang.   Vertin's  Funeral  Home  of  Wahpeton  had  charge  of 
the  arrangements.   Pallbearers  were  six  nephews,  Eugene  Hoeft,  Robert  Ehrens,  Willard 
Hoeft,  Lowell  Sedler,  Gerald  Sedler  and  Gary  Nellennoe. 

Miss  Stoltenow,  a  registered  nurse,  had  been  a  supervisor  in  pediatrics  about  eight 
years  in  St.  John's  Hospital  at  Fargo.   She  left  for  Scobey,  MT.,  in  1952.  After  two  years 
she  went  to  Billings,  MT.,  where  she  was  employed  in  the  office  of  a  physician.   She  had 
been  ill  for  several  months. 

Born  on  Nov.  26th,  1918,  Miss  Stoltenow  was  graduated  from  Wahpeton  High  School  and 
the  School  of  Nursing  in  Breckenridge.   She  had  been  a  nurse  in  Duluth  a  short  time  before 
coming  to  Fargo.   She  leaves  to  mourn  five  sisters:  Mrs.  Earl  (Lola)  Nellermoe  of  Fargo, 
Mrs.  Herbert  (Edna)  Hoeft  of  rural  Hankinson,  Mrs.  Milton  (Ellen)  Sedler  of  Great  Bend, 
Mrs.  Oliver  (Bessie)  Schultz  of  rural  Wahpeton,  Mrs.  Allen  (Florence)  Milbrandt  of  rural 
Wahpeton.  ^**^^***^*  April  30,  1959 

FORMER  RESIDENT  DIES 

William  Johnson  of  Minneapolis  died  Sunday,  April  19th,  1959,  after  being  in  poor 
health  for  several  years.   He  is  the  son  of  the  late,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clark  Johnson,  who  were 
former  owners  of  the  Edwin  Moon  farm  years  ago. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Thursday  afternoon,  April  26th  and  interment  was  in  the 
Rose  Lat-ra  Cemetery  at  Minneapolis.  William  Johnson  was  a  former  member  of  the  Masons  and 
the  Eastern  Star  at  Fairmount. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife.  Fern  Johnson,  of  Minneapolis.  Mr.  Johnson  is  a  cousin  of 
Mrs.  Goldie  Leathart  and  Mrs.  Roy  Branson.  April  30   1959 

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SIGFRIED  HECK  LAST  RITES  HELD 

Funeral  services  for  Sigfried  Heck,  83,  were  held  Wednesday  at  9  AM.,  from  the  St. 
Philip's  Church,  Msgr,  G.  C.  Bierens  celebrated  the  funeral  mass.  Interment  was  in  the 
Calvary  Cemetery,  Hankinson. 

Sigfried  Heck  was  born  in  Berlin,  Germany  on  June  2nd,  1875,  son  of  Max  and  Agnes 
Heck.   He  attended  school  in  Germany  and  was  married  to  Magdalen  Berchler.   They  came  to 
America  in  1903,  settling  in  Lindsay,  NE.,  for  a  year.  Then  moved  to  Parkston,  SD. ,  Harvey 
and  Hankinson,  ND.   He  was  employed  by  the  John  R.  Jones  Lumber  Co. 

He  was  in  failing  health  for  many  years  and  passed  away  on  May  3rd.   Surviving  are 
his  wife,  two  daughters,  Marie  Mauer  of  Hankinson  and  Julia  of  Minneapolis,  two  sons, 
Mike  and  John,  Hankinson,  three  grandchildren  and  seven  great-grandchildren.   One  son 
preceded  him  in  death.   He  is  also  survived  by  a  brother,  Jerome  Heck,  Parston,  SD- 

The  pallbearers  were:  William  Weiser,  Henry  Thomas,  Norman  Wirtz,  Richard  Wolfe, 
Harry  Wirtz  and  Jerome  Mauer. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  May  7,  1959 

LAMARS  NEWS  ....  Word  has  been  received  here  that  Mr.  Stanley  Robert,  52,  passed 
away  March  31st.   Cause  of  death  was  a  heart  attack  suffered  during  the  night.   Mr.  Rob- 
ert was  raised  in  LaMars  Twsp.   His  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Roberts  were  former  own- 
ers of  the  farm  now  owned  by  Leonard  Osborn.   For  the  past  21  years  he  has  operated  a 
beauty  salon  at  Spokane,  WA.   He  was  laid  to  rest  beside  his  parents  and  his  brother, 
Emerson,  at  Nampa,  ID.  *  ^  *  ^  ^  ^  *  *  ^  *  j^^  7^  ^959 

MANTADOR  NEWS  ....  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clifford  Novotny  and  daughter,  Sandra,  of  Milwaukee, 
WI.,  came  on  Friday  to  attend  funeral  services  for  the  former's  grandmother,  Mrs.  Prchal 
at  Lidgerwood  on  Saturday.   They  returned  to  their  home  on  Monday. 

**********  May  7,  1959 

MRS.  M.  REINKE  FUNERAL  FRIDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Math  (Elizabeth)  Reinke,  62,  who  passed  away  early  Tuesday 
morning  at  her  farm  home  in  Elma  Township,  will  be  held  Friday  at  9  AM.,  from  St.  Philip's 
Church.  Msgr.  G.  C.  Bierens  will  celebrate  the  funeral  mass.   Interment  will  be  in  Calvary 
Cemetery. 

Mary  Elizabeth  Hentz,  daughter  of  Jacob  Hentz,  was  bom  Feb.  7th,  1896,  at  Hankinson. 
She  attended  the  public  school  and  grew  to  womanhood  in  this  community.   She  was  married 
to  Math  Reinke  on  Oct.  5th,  1920.   They  farmed  near  Mooreton  until  they  moved  to  their 
present  farm  in  Elma  Township  in  1942. 

Surviving  are  her  husband,  three  daughters:  Marcella  Schultz  and  Betty  Lou  Reinke,  of 
St.  Paul,  Grace  at  home,  two  sons,  James  and  George  of  Hankinson,  5  grandchildren;  also 
a  sister,  Mrs.  Anton  (Regina)  Lenzen,  three  brothers,  John  A.  Hentz,  Leo  and  Herman  Bagus, 
all  of  Hankinson  community. 

Pallbearers  will  be  Ed  German,  Mike  Wawers,  Math  Elson,  Henry  Wawers ,  Mike  Birnbaura 

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*' and  Math  Schiltz.  The  Wippertnan  Funeral  Home  is  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  May  14,  1959 

ATTENDS  FUNERAL 

J.  M.  Sletting  and  his  sister,  Mrs.  Vida  Larson,  attended  the  funeral  service  of  Mr. 
Sletting's  mother,  Mrs.  Anna  Jacobson  of  Christine,  ND. ,  which  was  held  at  the  Bethany 
Lutheran  Church  at  Abercrombie,  ND. ,  Monday  afternoon,  May  11th.   The  pastors  officiating 
at  the  service  are  the  Rev.  Olson  of  Christine  and  the  Rev.  Upstad  of  Abercrombie. 

Mrs.  Anna  Jacobson,  89,  passed  away  Thursday  morning.  May  7th,  1959,  at  the  Wahpeton 
Rehabilitation  Center  at  Wahpeton  where  she  was  a  patient  after  being  dismissed  earlier 
from  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  where  she  had  been  hospitalized  for  3  weeks. 

Mrs.  Jacobson  had  made  her  home  for  many  years  earlier  at  Fairmount  in  the  J.  M. 
Sletting  home.  **********  May  14,  1959 

JOHN  KATH,  84,  DIES  WEDNESDAY 

Funeral  services  for  John  Kath,  84,  of  Hankinson  will  be  held  Friday  at  2:30  PM 
from  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  and  at  3  PM  from  Immanuel  Lutheran  Church.  Rev.  Otto 
Troug  will  officiate.   Interment  will  be  in  the  Immanuel  Lutheran  Cemetery. 

Mr.  Kath  passed  away  early  Wednesday  morning  at  the  St.  Gerard  Hospital,  following 
a  lingering  Illness. 

Mr.  Kath  was  born  in  West  Prussia,  April  15th,  1875,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  August  Kath. 
He  attended  schools  in  Prussia  and  for  a  time  worked  in  the  mines  that  Martin  Luther 
started  at  Eisilabena,  Saxon. 

He  came  to  America  in  1893,  settling  at  Fairbault,  MN.   On  Jan.  15th,  1901,  he  marr- 
ied Martha  Koltmon.   In  1914  they  came  to  North  Dakota  settling  on  a  farm  southwest  of 
Hankinson.   They  moved  to  Hankinson  in  1916,  where  he  was  employed.  His  wife  died  in  1939. 

He  is  survived  by  the  following  children,  Clara  (Mrs.  A.  Matheson)  of  Breckenridge; 
Hattie  (Mrs.  Ike  Barringer)  of  Chicago  City,  MN. ;  George  of  Lidgerwood;  Edwarth  Kath; 
Esther  (Mrs.  Leonard  Smith);  Gladys  (Mrs.  John  Harkins)  all  of  Fairbault,  MN. ;  Arthur 
and  Robert  Kath  of  Minneapolis,  Leoiaard  and  Dorothy  (Mrs.  Art  Hanson)  of  Hankinson  and 
Reuben  Kath  of  Wahpeton,  two  children  William  and  Elizabeth  preceded  him  in  death.  He  is 
also  survived  by  two  brothers,  Gustave  of  Minneapolis  and  William  of  Davenport,  lA. ,  and 
36  grandchildren  and  12  great-grandchildren. 

There  will  be  a  prayer  service  at  8:30  Thursday  evening.  Friends  may  call  after 
3  PM. ,  Thursday  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home. 

**********  May  28,  1959 

MRS.  FRANK  SCHROEDER  RITES  AT  SO.  ST.  PAUL 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Saturday  at  So.  St.  Paul  for  Mrs.  Frank  Schroeder,  a 
former  resident  of  Hankinson. 

Mrs.  Schroeder  passed  away  at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Irene  Hardt  at  Rockford,  CO., 

on  May  17th.   She  has  several  relatives  in  this  area. 

**********  May  28,  1959 


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FAIRMOUNT  NEWS.... Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leonard  Brown  of  Embderi,  ND.,"went  by  plane  to  Ingle- 
wood,  CA. ,  recently  to  attend  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Brown's  sister.  Miss  Margit  Condreal. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brown  are  the  parents  of  Mrs.  Earl  Schouweiler  and  Miss  Sondreal  is  her  aunt. 
(Condreal  or  Sondreal  ?)  **********  May  28,  1959 

WIFE  of  FORMER  LOCAL  MAN  DIES  in  TOKYO,  JAPAN 

The  Director  of  Military  Personnel  of  the  U.  S.  Air  Force  Headquarters  in  Tokyo, 
confirmed  by  telegram  late  Wednesday  to  relativss  in  Hankinson  that  Mrs.  Henry  L.  Erb.  Jr., 
was  found  dead  Tuesday,  apparently  of  knife  wounds.   Information  as  the  untimely  death  of 
Mrs.  Erb  came  late  Monday  evening  here  through  Associated  Press  dispatches. 

Mrs.  Erb  was  the  former  Barbara  Lee  Lazenby,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  F.  Lazenby 
of  Dallas,  TX.   The  Lazenby 's  resided  in  Hankinson  for  several  years,  leaving  here  in  1951. 
He  was  Superintendent  of  the  Public  School  here.  Henry  Erb,  Jr.  ,  is  the  son  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Henry  Erb  of  this  city. 

A  U.  S.  Air  Force  spokesman,  according  to  an  Associated  Press  dispatch  said  that 
Sgt.  Erb  is  now  in  a  military  hospital  in  Tokyo  and  is  under  phychiatric  treatment.  He  is 
not  being  held,  according  to  information  received  by  the  family  here.   Sgt.  Erb  called  his 
commanding  officer  immediately  after  the  incident,  according  to  reports  received. 

The  family  here  first  heard  of  the  tragedy  about  midnight  Tuesday  through  news  services. 
An  attempt  was  made  to  reach  official  sources  for  confirmation  through  the  Red  Cross  imm- 
ediately.  On  Tuesday  afternoon  the  Adolph  Erb  family  called  Senator  William  Langer  at 
Washington,  DC,  and  within  a  couple  of  hours  he  relayed  official  information  to  the  fam- 
ily here  through  a  contact  with  the  military  in  Tokyo.   The  official  telegram  reached  the 
families  here  early  Wednesday  evening: 

"It  is  with  deep  regret  that  I  officially  inform  you  of  the  death  of  your  daughter-in- 
law,  Mrs.  Barbara  Lee  Erb,  wife  of  T-Sgt.  Henry  W.  Erb.   She  died  in  Japan  on  3  June,  1959. 
The  Commander  has  requested  that  Sgt.  Erb  be  hospitalized.   Their  children  are  well  and 
are  presently  being  cared  for  by  neighbors  under  the  family  services  program  supervisor." 

Major  Genreal  R.  J.  Reeves 
Director  of  Military  Personnel 
Headquarters,  U.  S.  Air  Force. 

The  family  here  reached  Sgt.  Erb's  commanding  officer  in  Tokyo  by  telephone  late  Wed- 
nesday night.   Lt.  Col.  Abisc  told  them  that  no  one  is  permitted  to  see  Sgt.  Erb,  except 
his  doctor  and  that  the  children,  Deborah,  2,  and  David,  2  months,  are  being  cared  for  by 
neighbors  in  the  military  housing  area  where  Sgt.  and  Mrs.  Erb  lived. 

Mrs.  Erb's  body  will  be  returned  to  Texas  for  burial  and  arrangements  are  now  being  ma 
made  to  return  the  children  to  the  home  of  their  grandparents  in  Texas.   Pat  Lazenby,  sister 
of  the  victim,  recently  returned  from  Tokyo  where  she  had  visited  with  the  Erb  family. 
Miss  Lazenby  has  offered  to  go  to  Tokyo,  if  the  military  approved  and  make  the  necessary 
arrangements.  **********  June  A,  1959 

GUSTAVE  RACKOW  RITES  HELD  HERE 

Funeral  services  for  Gustave  E.  Rackow,  Ik,   who  passed  away  at  Northfield,  MN.,  Fri- 

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day  morning,  were  held  Sunday  afternoon  from  the  Evangelical  and  Reformed  Church  in  Hank- 
inson.  Rev.  F.  Paul,  officiating.   Burial  was  in  the  church  cemetery. 

Gustave  E.  Rackow,  known  to  all  his  friends  as  "Buff,"  was  the  son  of  Emilie  and  Ferd- 
inand Rackow,  born  July  7th,  1885,  in  Richland  County,  ND.   He  attended  school  at  Hankin- 
son  and  the  School  of  Pharmacy  at  Fargo  and  Minneapolis.   He  was  engaged  in  business  at 
Hankinson  and  at  Mantador  for  over  AO  years.   "Buff"  had  a  large  circle  of  friends  and  his 
accommodating  ways  endeared  him  to  all. 

He  was  married  in  1911  to  Theresa  Chinberg  of  Lake  City,  MN.   To  this  union  was  bom 
four  daughters,'  one  died  in  infancy.  Mr.  Rackow  was  in  ill  health  for  the  past  several 
years,  retiring  from  the  pharmacy  business. 

He  leaves  to  mourn  his  passing,  his  wife,  Theresa,  daughters,  Mrs.  Howard  School,  of 
Northfield,  MN.,  Mrs.  G.  A.  Skogland  and  Mrs.  Douglas  E.  Moore,  both  of  Covina,  CA. , 
seven  grandchildren,  also  sisters,  Mrs.  Mathilda  Rahn,  Mrs.  John  Bradford  and  Mrs.  Carl 
Albers,  and  brothers,  Ferdinand  Rackow  and  Bill  Macheel. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  had  charge  of  the  funeral  arrangements. 

**********  June  4,  1959 

MRS.  STEINWEHR  LAID  TO  REST 

Mrs.  Ernest  (Bertha)  Steinwehr,  91,  formerly  a  resident  of  this  community,  died  Sun- 
day afternoon  in  a  Wahpeton  rest  home,  where  she  had  resided  the  past  years. 

The  funeral  was  held  at  2  o'clock  Wednesday,  at  the  Immaneul  Lutheran  Church,  the 
Rev.  Otto  Truog  officiating. 

Mrs.  Steinwehr  was  born  in  Germany,  on  Dec.  22nd,  1867.   She  was  the  daughter  of  Fred- 
erTck  and  Emilia  Hohenstern.   She  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mr.  Ernest  Steinwehr  in  the 
year  1886.  They  then  resided  on'  a  farm  three  miles  north  of  Hankinson  until  1912.   Then 
they  moved  to  Hankinson.   Mr.  Steinwehr  passed  away  in  Dec.  of  1945.   Mrs.  Steinwehr  cont- 
inued to  reside  in  Hankinson  until  1951. 

Surviving  are  only  one  son,  Theodore  Steinwehr,  of  rural  Hankinson,  and  two  sisters, 
Mrs.  Alma  Becker  of  Pasadena,  CA. ,  and  Mrs.  Art  (Martha)  Brosowske  of  Barney.   Also  six 
grandchildren  and  23  great-grandchildren. 

A  daughter,  .Martha  (Mrs.  Erwin  Prochnow)  two  brothers,  five  sisters  and  three  grand- 
children preceded  her  in  death. 

Pallbearers  are:  Elmer  Hohenstern,  Harry  Hohenstern,  Donald  Hohenstern,  Vernon  Brosow- 
ske, John  Pankow  and  Albert  Tiegs.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  arrangements, 

**********  June  11,  1959 

T.  L.  WA1^IG,  96,  RITES  HELD 

Funeral  services  for  Thorn  L.'  Wang,  96,  of  rural  New  Effington,  were  held  Tuesday, 
June  9th,  from  the  farm  home  and  the  Walla  Lutheran  Church,  New  Effington,  Rev.  Robert 
Johnson  officiating.   Interment  was  in  the  church  cemetery.   Mr.  Wang  passed  away  Saturday 
at  St.  Gerard's  Hospital. 

Thorn  L.  Wang  was  born  in  Norway.   He  emraigrated  to  America,  coming  to  Montevideo,  MN., 
later  going  to  Elbow  Lake,  MN.   In  1891  he  married  Olivia  Olson.   They  moved  to  a  farm 

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northwest'  of  New  Effington  in  1895,  taking  up  a  homestead.   He  has  since  resided  on  the 
farm.  His  wife  passed  away  in  19A9. 

He  is  survived  by  a  daughter,  Inga  at  hone.  Mrs.  Clarence  Woldren  of-  Leola,  SD. ,  Mrs. 
Ben  Dela  Barie  of  Bismarck,  Helga  of  Yankton,  SD. ,  sons  Louis  at  home  and  Ole  of  Plenty- 
wood,  MT.   Two  children  preceded  him  in  death.  He  is  also  survived  by  several  grandchildren. 

The  Stenson-Wipperman  Funeral  Home  had  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  June  11,  1959 

DRICKES  FUNERAL  HELD  TUESDAY 

Funeral  services  for  John  Drickes  of  Hankinson  were  held  Tuesday  at  9  AM  from  the  St. 
Philip's  Church,  Msgr.  Bierens  celebrating  the  funeral  mass.  Burial  was  in  Calvary  Cemet- 
ery. Mr.  Drickes  passed  away  Saturday  morning. 

John  Drickes  was  born  March  7th,  1884,  in  Luxemberg.   He  came  to  America,  coming  to 
Wendell,  MN.,  later  to  Hankinson,  where  he  was  employed  on  the  Soo  Line  section.   He  ret- 
ired in  19A0.  He  was  married  to  Katherine  Godfried  in  1913. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  daughters,  Mrs.  Ladus  Mauer  and  Mrs.  John  R.  Scheller  of 
Hankinson,  Mrs.  Margaret  Donovan,  St.  Paul  and  a  son,  Frank  Godfried,  of  Green  Bay,  WI., 
and  grandchildren  and  great-grandchildren. 

The  rosary  was  recited  at  7:30  PM. ,  Monday  evening,  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home. 

**********  June  11,  1959 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS....  Mr.  Oliver  Worner  of  Paynesville,  Mr.  Morris  Werner,  Mrs.  Manville 
Stoltenow  and  Mrs.  Harvey  Thiele,  all  went  to  Bismarck  Thursday  to  attend  the  funeral  of 
their  uncle,  Mr.  Walter  Worner. 

**********  June  11,  1959 

FORMER  RESIDENT  DIES 
Miss  Marie  Rud,  A8,  of  Forman,  ND. ,  died  on  May  16th,  1959,  at  the  hospital  at  Britten, 
SD.   Miss  Rud  made  her  home  for  ten  years  in  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joe  Rassier  at  Fair- 
mount.  Miss  Rud,  after  leaving  Fairmount  had  been  a  patient  fer  18  years  at  San  Haven,  ND. 
She  was  released  recently  and  was  making  her  home  with  her  sister.   Her  two  brothers,  who 
are  in  the  service,  also  came  from  California  for  the  funeral. 

Those  from  'Fairmount  attending  the  funeral,  which  was  held  May  23rd,  at  the  Trinity 
Lutheran  Church  at  Forman,  were  Mrs.  Joe  Rassier,  Mrs.  Jens  Karlsbak  and  Mrs.  Herman  Olig 
who  accompanied  Mrs.  Donald  Sikerski  to  Forman  fer  the  funeral. 

**********  June  11,  1959 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arlie  Schultz,  Mrs.  Ed  Loll  and  Luella  motored  to 

Paynesville,  MN.,  to  attend  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Lell's  sister-in-law. 

**********  June  25,  1959 

MANTADOR  NEWS.... Herb  Goerger,  Mrs.  Chas .  Heitkamp  and  Ed  Goerger  left  on  Sunday  for 
Whittemore,  lA.,  to  attend  funeral  services  for  their  brother- in-law,  Thomas  VJeir,  en  Mon- 
day.  Mr.  Weir  passed  away  at  his  heme  in  Gregory,  SD. ,  and  intermaent  was  made  in  Iowa. 

**********  June  25,  1959 

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FORMER  ELMA  RESIDENT  PASSED  AWAY,  JUNE  24 

Mrs.  Nellie  Sweeney,  a  former  resident  of  Elma  Township,  in  Richland  County,  ND.,  and 
an  early  pioneer,  who  owned  and  operated  a  farm  by  the  North  and  South  Dakota  state  line, 
passed  away  Wednesday,  June  2Ath  at  Tekawitha  Hospital  in  Sisseton,  SD.,  after  being  conf- 
ined there  for  several  months,  at  the  age  of  86. 

She  was  bom  June  2Ath,  1873,  of  Irish-Canadian  parents  in  Renfrew  County,  Ontario, 
Canada,  where  she  lived  till  early  womanhood,  coming  to  this  country  in  1893  and  filing  on 
a  homestead  in  Burke  County,  ND.,  shortly  afterward. 

She  taught  school  for  many  years  both  in  Elma  and  Duerr  Townships  in  North  Dakota  and 
other  townships  and  also  in  Roberts  County,  SD. ,  making  her  home  on  the  Reservation  by  the 
state  line,  southwest  of  Hankinson,  where  she  owned  at  one  time  a  sizable  farm  extending 
both  on  the  North  and  South  side  of  the  state  line,  which  she  operated  for  many  years. 

Mrs.  Sweeney  was  one  of  a  family  of  nine  children  of  whom  only  two  at  present  survive 
her;  Wm.  Baisley  of  Hankinson  and  a  sister,  Mrs.  M.  J.  McParland  of  Vancouver,  BC.   She  is 
survived  by  one  daughter,  Mrs.  Louis  Forsythe,  her  husband  having  passed  away  many  years 
ago.   She  will  be  mourned  by  relatives  and  many  friends  who  knew  and  admired  her  for  her 
courage  in  the  early  pioneer  days  on  the  Sisseton  Reservation  in  meeting  the  challenge  and 
hardship  and  struggles  that  many  of  these  early  settlers  had  to  undergo. 

But  who  by  their  unswerving  fidelity  to  the  purpose  of  making  a  home  for  themselves, 
they  would  not  yield  and  were  finally  triumphant  in  seeing  their  efforts  rewarded  by  fine 
homes  and  farms  that  as  of  today  make  this  section  an  Eden  in  which  they  can  take  a  pardon- 
able pride  and  health,  home,  happiness  provide. 

Funeral  arrangements  were  held  at  Capill  Funeral  Home,  Sisseton,  June  27th,  and  from 
St.  Peter's  Church  at  9  to  10  AM.,  to  the  local  cemetery  in  Sisseton,  SD. 

The  pallbearers  were  Joe  Weber,  L.  Hanish,  Oliver  Tasa,  Bill  Rauchwater,  Leo  Dietz 
and  Mike  Fischer.  **********  juiy  2,  1959 

Mrs.  Alfred  Hoel  left  on  Saturday  to  visit  relatives  in  Kansas,  and  to  attend  the 
funeral  of  a  sister-in-law,  Mrs.  ...olph  Murphy.  Mrs.  Hoel  will  be  gone  about  one  week. 

**********  July  2,  1959 

WANG  PASSED  AWAY,  JUNE  6 

Thron  Larsen  Wang  was  bom  July  30th,  1862,  at  Jerpseth  Vangen  Erdshag,  Norway,  son 
of  Lars  Larsen  and  Ingborg  Berger.  He  was  baptized  in  the  Norwegian  Lutheran  Church  on 
Oct.  19th,  1862,  and  confirmed  Sept.  30th,  1877  at  Erdshag.  He  came  to  Montevidio,  MN., 
in  the  spring  of  1889  and  a  year  later  to  Elbow  Lake,  MN.   He  was  married  on  Aug.  10th, 
1891  to  Olivia  Olsen. 

In  the  spring  of  1897,  he  moved,  with  his  family,  to  his  homestead  in  South  Dakota, 
where  he  resided  until  his  death.   He  had  eight  children.   Two  children,  his  wife,  parents, 
3  brothers,  2  sisters  preceded  him  in  death.   One  sister,  99  years  old,  passed  away  March 
27th,  1959  in  Nor\>?ay. 

His  surviving  children  are:  Louis  and  Inga  at  home,  Mrs.  Clarence  (Emily)  Woldren, 

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Letcher,  SD.,  Ole,  of  Plentywood,  MT. ,  Mrs.  Ben  (Tillie)  Dela  Barre,  Bismarck,  Helga  of 
Yankton,  SD.   He  is  also  survived  by  six  grandchildren. 

In  failing  health  for  7  months,  he  became  a  patient  at  St.  Gerard's  Hospital,  Hankin- 
son,  and  passed  peacefully  away  Saturday,  June  6th,  at  7:15  AM.  He  attained  the  age  of 
95  years,  10  months,  5  days  and  leaves  to  mourn  his  children,  relatives  and  many  friends. 
Mr.  Wang  was  a  loving  and  devoted  father  and  loved  by  all  who  knew  him. 

Funeral  services  were  from  the  home  at  1  o'clock  PM  and  Walla  Lutheran  Church  at  2  PM 
on  June  9th.   Pallbearers  were:  Sam  Edstrom,  Elbow  Lake,  MN. ;  Joe  Walvich,  Elbow  Lake; 
Lawrence  and  Einar  Jerpseth,  Madison,  MN. ;  Gordon  Thompson,  Hankinson  and  Eddie  Nicheson, 
Cayuga,  ND. 

Thron  Larsen  Wang  was  the  grandson  of  General  Thron  Jerpseth  of  Norway,  who  was  a 
General  at  the  time  Norway  and  Sweden  were  at  war. 

Thron  Larsen  changed  his  name  to  Wang  the  first  years  he  was  at  Elbow  Lake,  MN.,  be- 
cause of  the  confusion  cased  by  so  many  named  Larsen.  The  name  came  from  Jerpseth  Wangen 
from  Erdskag,  an  estate  owned  by  his  grandfather.  A  school  master  from  Norway  sent  Thron 
Wang  a  ticket  to  come  to  America. 

During  his  first  years  in  South  Dakota,  he  was  interested  in  an  education  for  his 
children.   He  and  John  L.  Moen  bought  lumber  themselves  and  built  a  school  house.  Mart- 
inek  donated  land  near  the  Wang  farm.   The  school  opened  in  1899  in  Lein  Twsp.,  No.  2., 
Roberts  County.  Mr.  Wang  was  the  first  school  clerk. 

He  was  road  boss  for  a  few  years,  and  worked  hard  for  good  roads,  when  the  railroad 
came  to  New  Effington  he  wanted  to  get  a  Farmer's  Elevator  started.   He  got  neighbors  and 
friends  to  buy  shares  and  they  started  the  Farmer's  Co-operative  Elevator,  New  Effington. 

**********  July  9,  1959 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS....  Mrs.  Robert  Bechtle  received  a  telephone  call  from  Saginaw,  MI., 
early  Monday  morning,  that  her  brother,  Mr.  Larson  passed  away  very  unexpectedly  of  a  heart 
attack,  which  was  a  shock  to  Mrs.  Bechtle.   Rev.  and  Mrs.  R.  Bechtle,  Phyllis  and  Delores, 
left  Monday  for  Michigan  to  attend  the  funeral  on  Thursday.   This  community  extends  a 
heartful  sympathy  to  the  family. 


********** 


July  9,  1959 


MANTADOR  NEWS.... Word  came  on  Sunday  of  the  sudden  death  of  Albert  Duwenhoegger  at 
Veblen.   He  had  been  in  ill  health  for  some  time.   Several  from  here  plan  to  attend  Funeral 
services  at  Veblen  on  Wednesday.    ^^^^^^^^^^  j^^^   g^  ^959 

AUGUST  IWEHLER  DIES  TODAY 

Word  was  just  received  shortly  before  1:00  PM  Thursday,  July  16th  (press  time)  that 
August  Muehler,  longtime  rural  Hankinson  farmer,  passed  away  in  the  St.  Francis  Hospital, 
at  Breckenridge,  MN. 

Muehler  farmed  west  of  Hankinson  in  Brightwood  Township.   A  complete  obituary  will  be 

printed  in  next  week's  paper. 

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93-YEAR-OLD  PIONEER  DIES 

Death  came  to  a  93  year  old  pioneer  of  the  Hankinson  conimunity  on  Sunday  evening, 
July  12th  when  Maria  Arndt  passed  away  at  the  Roberts  County,  SD.,  Community  Hospital  at 
Sisseton,  SD. 

l-Irs.  Arndt  was  born  at  Humboldt,  KS.,  on  May  26th,  1866,  the  daughter  of  Rev.  and  Mrs. 
F.  A.  Lange.   She  spent  her  girlhood  in  Kansas,  Missouri  and  Minnesota.   She  married  Rev. 
August  Arndt  on  April  15th,  1890.   To  this  union  were  born  fourteen  children,  two  of  which, 
died  in  infancy. 

They  first  resided  at  Eden,  MN.,  later  moving  to  Wood  Lake,  MN.  After  Rev.  Amdt's 
resignation  from  the  ministry  the  family  moved  to  St.  Paul  and  later  to  a  farm  in  Richland 
County,  southeast  of  Hankinson.  Mrs.  Arndt  lived  on  the  farm  with  her  children  after  Mr. 
Arndt 's  death  in  1918. 

Twelve  years  ago  she  moved  to  Elma  Twsp.,  with  her  daughters,  Emma  and  Lydia  and  her 
son  Emmanuel.  She  became  ill  with  mild  strokes  on  June  24th,  July  6th  and  on  the  9th  she 
had  a  severe  stroke  which  resulted  in  a  coma,  from  which  she  never  regained  consciousness. 

Surviving  are  the  following  children;  William,  North  Bend,  WA. ;  Mrs.  Wm.  Henke  (Clara) 
New  Effington,  SD.;  Lydia,  Emma,  Emmanuel  at  home,  Mrs.  Edna  Fellbaum,  Sisseton,  SD. ; 
Arthur,  Moorhead,  MI^.;  Henry,  Elma  iTv7sp.  ;  Edwin,  Duerr  Twsp.;  Mrs.  Gertrude  Kutter,  Hank- 
inson; Mrs.  Al  Hagen,  Esther,  Olympia,  WA. ;  and  Rev.  Reinhard  Arndt  of  Vernon  Center,  MN. 

She  is  also  survived  by  23  grandchildren,  14  great-grandchildren,  two  sisters,  Mrs. 
Ernestine  Vonnhoff,  Goodhue,  MN.;  Mrs.  Meta  Neibelscher  of  San  Carlos,  CA. ,  and  one  bro- 
ther, Henry  Lange,  Chicago,  IL.   Six  sisters  and  three  brothers  preceded  her  in  death. 

Services  were  held  Thursday  at  1  PM. ,  from  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  and  2:30  from 
Zion  Lutheran  Church  near  Claire  City,  SD.   Rev.  Otto  Troug  officiated.   Interment:  was  in 
Zion  Lutheran  Cemetery.  **********  July  16,  1959 

FAIRMOUNT  RAILROAD  MAN  DIED  MONDAY 

Ed  Schoeneck  of  Wahpeton,  died  unexpectedly  Monday  morning  when  he  was  stricken  on 
the  Milwaukee  Railroad  motor  car  while  patroling  track  south  of  Fairmount. 

Mr.  Schoeneck  who  is  the  first  man  was  acting  forman  while  the  Forman,  Reinhard  Awe 
of  Fairmount,  was  on  vacation.   Assisting  Mr.  Schoeneck  was  David  Awe,  son  of  Reinhard 
Awe.   He  was  stricken  about  9  o'clock  on  Monday,  July  13th  and  David  Awe  held  him  and  as 
well  as  taking  the  motor  car  back  to  the  Milwaukee  Depot.   The  agent,  Mr.  Birkholz,  called 
the  ambulance  and  he  was  taken  to  the  St.  Francis  Hospital,  where  it  was  reported  he  was 
dead  upon  arrival.  **********  July  16,  1959 

-   FORMER  AGENT  DIES 

Word  has  been  received  here  by  friends  that  Leander  Knudson  of  Duluth,  MN.,  died  Sat- 
urday morning,  July  11th,  1959,   Mr.  Knudson  was  a  former  Soo  Line  agent  at  the  depot  in 
Fairmount  for  about  five  years. 

Mr.  Knudson' s  family  came  to  Fairmount  in  1947  and  built  a  new  home  in  Fairmount  where 
they  resided  until  1952  when  they  moved  to  Duluth  where  he  was  employed  at  the  railroad 

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there.   They  sold  their  home  in  Fainnount  to  Mrs.  Ruby  Schutt.   Mr.  Knudson  is  survivied 
by  his  wife  and  one  daughter,  Dianne  who  reside  in  Duluth. 

**********  July  16 _  1959 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Mrs.  Joe  Rassier  and  Mrs.  Mary  Toms  attended  the  funeral  of  their 

cousin,  Friday  afternoon  at  Wahpeton,  for  Mrs.  Dan  Wright,  98,  of  Ely,  MN.   Schmitt  and 
Poulton  were  in  charge  of  the  burial  at  the  Calvary  Cemetery. 

**********  July  16,  1959 

AUGUST  MUEHLER  RITES  HELD  SUNDAY 

Funeral  services  for  August  W.  Muehler,  lifetime  resident  of  Hankinson,  were  held  Sun- 
day at  2  o'clock  at  the  E  &  R  Church  with  Rev.  F.  Paul  officiating. 

Mr.  Muehler  was  born  on  Aug.  14th,  1896,  at  Fainnount,  ND.    His  parents  were  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Gustave  Muehler.  He  moved  with  his  parents  to  Brightwood  Township  where  he  grew  up 
and  farmed.   In  1917  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Hertha  Roeder,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Frederick  Roeder.   To  this  union,  three  daughters  were  born. 

Mr.  Muehler  served  on  the  church  council  for  many  years  and  held  numerous  school, 
church  and  township  offices. 

Mr.  Muehler  has  been  in  poor  health  for  sometime  and  on  June  20th  he  entered  the  St. 
Francis  Hospital.   On  July  4th,  he  suffered  a  severe  stroke  and  passed  away  Thursday.   He 
leaves  to  mourn  his  sorrowing  wife;  three  daughters,  Ada,  Mrs.  Clarence  Buckhouse,  Park 
River,  ND. ;  Ruth,  Mrs.  Gilbert  Buckhouse,  Hankinson;  and  Janice  at  home.  He  is  also  sur- 
vived by  13  grandchildren,  three  sisters.  Bertha,  Mrs.  Robert  Berg;  Theresa,  Mrs.  Ed.  Wil- 
precht  of  Hankinson,  and  Lena,  Mrs.  Orie  Baker  of  Wahpeton;  one  brother,  Robert,  of  Hankin- 
son, besides  a  host  of  relatives  and  friends.   His  parents,  two  brothers  and  two  sisters 
preceded  him  in  death.   Mr.  Muehler  attained  the  age  of  62  years,  11  months  and  28  days. 

The  following  nephews  were  pallbearers:  Roger  and  Clifford  Roeder,  Elroy  Muehler, 
Walter  Berg,  Lloyd  Wilprecht,  Alvin  Medenwaldt. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  July  23,  1959 

RURAL  MAN  DRIVER  IN  FATAL  ACCIDENT 

Edward  H.  Ewald,  79,  who  lived  in  South  Dakota,  near  Browns  Valley,  MN.,  was  killed 
Sunday  when  he  was  struck  by  a  car  driven  by  a  rural  Hankinson  resident. 

The  driver  was  Martin  J.  Birche,  28,  Roberts  County  Sheriff  Herbert  Mundt  of  Sisseton, 
SD.,  said.   The  Sheriff  said  Ewald  was  walking  along  the  county  road  about  15  miles  east 
of  Sisseton  when  the  accident  happened. 

There  were  five  others  in  the  car,  from  Hankinson,  Lidgerwood  and  Fairmount,  the  Sher- 
iff said.   A  coroner's  inquest  is  being  held. 

**********  July  23,  1959 

MANTADOR  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  Mersch  attended  funeral  services  for  the  latter's 

cousin  at  Kranzburg,  SD.,  on  Friday. 

**********  July  23,  1959 

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RITES  HELD  FOR  PIONEER  WOMAN 

A  pioneer  mother  of  the  Hankinson  community,  passed  away  Thursday  evening  in  the 
death  of  Mrs.  August  (Minnie)  Roeder.   She  had  been  in  failing  health  for  the  past  year. 

Services  were  held  Sunday  afternoon  at  2  PM  from  the  Church.   Rev.  F.  Paul  officiated. 
Tliere  was  a  chapel  service  at  8:30  Saturday  evening  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Hdme.   Inter- 
ment was  beside  her  husband  in  the  Evangelical  and  Reformed  Cemetery. 

Minnie  Berg  was  born  Jan.  14th,  1876,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Julius  Berg,  in  West 
Prussia,  Germany.  At  the  age  of  six,  she  came  to  America  with  her  parents.   She  was  con- 
firmed March  30th,  1890,  by  the  late  Rev.  Hinck.   She  grew  to  womanhood  on  her  parent's 
farm  and  was  married  to  August  Roeder,  Nov.  14th,  1895.   They  made  their  home  on  a  farm  in 
Moran  Twsp.,  until  1945  when  they  moved  to  Hankinson.  Mr.  Roeder  died  on  April  20th,  1953. 

She  is  survived  by  five  sons,  Edwin,  Theodore,  Emil,  Walter  and  Robert,  all  living  in 
the  Hankinson  area,  also  by  two  brothers,  Robert  and  Herman  Berg  of  Hankinson;  two  sisters, 
Mrs.  Emma  Newman  and  Clare  Berg  and  her  parents  preceded  her  in  death.   She  is  also  survived 
by  nine  grandchildren,  two  having  preceded  her  in  death. 

Pallbearers  were  Edward  Roeder,  Walter  Berg,  Elroy  Milbrandt,  Milton  Bladow,  Orin  Ved- 

der  and  Emil  Newman. 

**********  July  30,  1959 

FORMER  PIONEER  DIES  AT  HICKSON 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Mourer,  a  former  Hankinson  pioneer,  died  on  Wednesday  morning,  July  22nd, 
at  the  home  of  her  granddaughter,  Mrs.  Richard  Lockwood,  in  Hickson,  ND. 

She  was  born  Feb.  5th,  1874,  at  Paducah,  KY.,  daughter  of  Capt.  and  Mrs.  R.  A.  Tyson, 
and  came  to  Dakota  Territory  and  homesteaded  10  miles  southwest  of  Hankinson. 

She  was  married  Dec.  30th,  1890,  to  Andrew  Mourer.   He  preceded  her  in  death  on  Sept. 
2nd,  1940.   She  is  survived  by  3  daughters:  Mrs.  Evelyn  Petterson.,  Mrs.  0.  F.  (Hazel) 
Caulkins,  Rosholt,  SD.,  Mrs.  Fred  (Irene)  Miller,  Robinson,  ND.;  two  sons,  A.  R.  Mourer, 
Moorhead,  MN.,  and  C.  N.  Mourer,  Bismarck,  ND.   A  daughter,  Cleo,  and  a  son,  Allen,  preceded 
her  in  death.   She  is  also  survived  by  one  sister,  three  brothers,  17  grandchildren  and 
29  great-grandchildren. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Saturday  July  25th  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
Moorhead,  with  Rev.  W.  James  Henderson  officiating. 

Burial  was  in  the  Tyson  Cemetery,  south  of  Hankinson. 

**********  July  30,  1959 

MANTADOR  NEWS.... Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  M.  Puetz  returned  on  Friday  from  Altura,  MN.,  where 
they  had  attended  funeral  services  for  a  cousin,  Ed  Puetz. 

**********  July  30,  1959 

MANTADOR  NEWS.... The  infant  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arnie  Mauch  passed  away  shortly  after 
birth  on  Saturday  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  in  Breckenridge,  MN. ,  and  was  buried  at  the 
Mantador  Cemetery  on  Monday  morning  with  Rev.  Fr.  Miller  officiating. 

**********  July  30,  1959 

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Grant  Helgeson  went  to  Minneapolis  Friday  evening  and  was  an  overnight  guest  in  the 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Olstad  home.   Saturday  morning,  he  accompanied  the  Olstad's  to  Lanes- 
boro,  MM.,  to  attend  the  funeral  of  Marty  Sorom,  close  friend  and  classmate  of  Messrs. 
Helgeson  and  Olstad,  who  died  suddenly  of  a  heart  attack. 

**********  July  30,  1959 

BRIGHTWOOD  NEWS.... The  community  extends  their  sympathies  to  the  families  of  Grandma 
Roeder,  who  passed  away  Thursday  evening.  Those  from  out  of  town  who  attended  the  funeral 
were:  Mrs.  Lowell  Johnson,  Mrs.  Leon  Johnson,  Mrs.  Bob  Nelson,  Mrs.  Helene  Medenwaldt  and 
Mrs.  Roger  Johnson  of  Wheaton,  Mrs.  Rose  Godijohn  of  Fergus  Falls,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herman 
Roeder  of  Wahpeton  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eddie  Coppin  of  Erhart,  MN. 

**********  July  30,  1959 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin  Moeller  attended  the  funeral  Monday,  July  27th, 

of  his  uncle,  August  ...tjen  at  Dumont,  MN. 

**********  July  30,  1959 

B.  W.  LAUGHLIN  DIES  WEDNESDAY 
Word  was  received  here  of  the  death  of  B.  W.  Laughlin,  72,  of  Detroit  Lakes,  MN.  He 
passed  away  Wednesday  evening  at  his  home. 

Mr.  Laughlin,  a  former  Hankinson  resident,  had  been  in  failing  health  for  some  time. 
Funeral  arrangements  had  not  been  completed  at  press  time  today. 

**********  August  6,  1959 

George  Schuett  received  word  that  his  brother-in-law,  J.  E.  Ostline  of  Chicago,  passed 
aw^  Friday.   The  funeral  services  were  held  Monday. 

**********  August  6,  1959 

WILLIAM  TRAFFORD 

William  Trafford  was  born  Oct.  15th,  1871,  at  Iron  Mountain,  MI.   He  grew  up  and 
attended  schools  in  LeMars,  lA.   In  1901  he  moved  to  Bemidji,  MN.,  where  he  spent  several 
years  working  in  the  lumber  mills.   In  1906  he  came  to  the  Fairmount  vicinity  and  purchased 
a  farm  in  LaMars  Township. 

Mr.  Trafford  never  married  but  he  raised  the  Grimes  children  and  in  later  years  he  has 
made  his  home  with  them.  He  has  been  in  failing  health  the  past  five  years  and  passed  away 
at  3  AM  Monday,  Aug.  3rd.,  at  the  Roy  Grimes  home  in  LaMars.  He  was  a  kind  and  good  friend 
to  all  who  knew  him. 

Survivors  are:  one  sister,  Edithe  Trohela,  Bozeman,  MT.;  one  brother,  Charles,  of  Le- 
Mars, lA.;  Roy  Grimes,  Elwood  Grimes  and  Mrs.  Melvin  Field  (May)  all  of  Fairmount;  Mrs. 
David  Bruce  (Ada)  of  Wheaton. 

Funeral  services  were  held  at  Bethany  Methodist  Church  in  La  Mars  Wednesday  afternoon, 
Aug.  5th,  with  the  Rev.  Charles  Bryan  officiating. 

Honorary  pallbearers  were:  Fred  Snyder,  Sr.,  Tom  Green,  Otto  Radde,  George  Osborn,  Wm. 
Rosenkranz  and  Glen  Willis.   Active  pallbearers  were:  Geo.  Bickerdike,  B.  E.  Chapman, 
Clarence  Schutt,  Lloyd  Fleischauer,  Kenneth  Sander,  and  Paul  Walter. 

**********  August  6,  1959 

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MANTADOR  NEWS.... Fred  Mauch,  Jack  and  Florence,  returned  on  Tuesday  evening  from 

Pipestone,  MN.,  where  they  had  attended  the  funeral  services  for  his  sister-in-law,  Mrs. 

Jack  Kohen.  ^  ^  , 

**********  August  13,  1959 

NATHAN  E.  MANOCK  DIES  IN  EAST 

Nathan  E.  Manock,  40,  native  of  Fairmount,  who  moved  to  Syracuse,  NY.,  in  195A,  died 
July  25th  in  a  Veteran's  Hospital  in  Syracuse,  after  a  long  illness.   The  funeral  was  held 
Friday,  July  31st,  in  the  Fairmount  Methodist  Church,  the  Rev.  B.  B.  Curtis  officiating. 
The  Fairmount  Legion  had  charge  of  the  military  services.  Milton  Sletten  sang,  with  Mrs. 
Bryan  accompanying. 

Mr.  Manock  was  born  Sept.  16th,  1918,  the  son  of  Mrs.  Loren  Manock  and  the  late  Mr. 
Manock.   He  served  in  the  Army  in  World  War  II  and  married  Agnes  May  Crome  in  Belfast, 
Ireland,  in  1943. 

They  returned  to  Fairmount  after  his  discharge  and  farmed  there  until  going  to  Syracuse, 
Besides  his  wife,  he  leaves  three  sons  and  two  daughters,  Louise,  James,  Cecelia,  Daniel 
and  Bernard;  his  mother,  Mrs.  Loren  (Elsie)  Manock,  Fairmount;  three  brothers,  Lloyd,  Mar- 
vin and  Melvin  all  of  Wahpeton. 

Four  sisters:  Mrs.  Daniel  (Mary)  Gill,  Wahpeton;  Mrs.  Lawrence  (Lucille)  Miranowski, 
Breckenridge;  Mrs.  Charles  (Alice)  Buckholz,  and  Mrs.  Alfred  (Elaine)  Hubrig,  both  of  Fair- 
mount;  a  half  brother,  Arthur  Manock,  in  Wisconsin  and  a  half  sister,  Mrs.  Elmer  (Viola) 
Miles  in  Illinois.  He  was  preceded  in  death  by  his  father,  brother  and  sister. 

Pallbearers  were:  George  Mahler,  Arthur  Mahler,  Leroy  Berg,  Bemie  Hough,  Cyril 
Meyer,  and  James  Meyer.  ******^**^  August  13,  1959 

JOHN  E.  OSTLINE 

John  E.  Ostline  passed  away  suddenly  at  his  home  in  Chicago,  IL.,  on  Friday,  July 
31st,  from  a  heart  attack  according  to  word  received  here  by  George  Schuett.   Funeral  ser- 
vices were  conducted  for  the  deceased  on  last  Monday  by  the  Masonic  and  Shrine  Bodies  of 
which  he  was  a  member. 

Mr.  Ostline  was  well  known  in  Hankinson  having  visited  friends  here  on  many  occasions. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Research  staff  of  the  Automatic  Electric  Co.,  of  Chicago,  who  were 
originators  and  developers  of  the  automatic  dial  systems  for  telephones.  He  traveled  ex- 
tensively in  connection  with  his  work,  going  to  England  and  other  countries. 

Mr.  Ostline  is  survived  by  his  wife,  who  is  a  sister  of  George  Schuett,  one  foster 
daughter  and  several  grandchildren.   One  son  preceded  him  in  death  a  number  of  years  ago. 

**********  August  20,  1950 

RELATIVE  OF  LOCAL  PEOPLE  KILLED 

Herbert  J.  Lehrke,  28,  son-in-law  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Boldt  of  Hankinson,  was 
killed  in  a  car-truck  crash  Tuesday  at  the  port  of  entry  station  near  Junction  City  in 
southeastern  South  Dakota.   Lehrke 's  home  is  in  So.  St.  Paul. 

Mrs.  Lehrke  is  the  former  Marjorie  Boldt  of  Hankinson.   Mr.  and  Mrs.  Boldt  left  Wed- 
nesday of  this  week  for  South  St.  Paul  to  be  with  their  daughter  and  attend  the  funeral  on 
Saturday. 

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Also  attending  the  funeral  from  here  will  be  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  Krump  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Vernon  Meyer. 

The  State  Motor  Patrol  said  Lehrke's  auto  and  a  truck  driven  by  Francis  W.  Logue,  A3, 
Mission  Hill,  SD. ,  collided  head-on.  Logue  and  a  passenger  in  Lehrke's  car,  George  Ackerly, 
29  White  Bear  Lake,  MN.,  were  injured,  the  patrol  said. 

**********  August  20,  1959 

SEVERAL  from  here  attend  BUNDE  RITES 
Among  those  attending  the  funeral  for  Mrs.  Henry  Bunde  at  Good  Thunder,  MN. ,  last  Thurs- 
day were:  her  brothers,  Henry,  Edwin,  Gerhardt  Medenwaldt  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin  Meden- 
waldt,  her  uncles,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  August  Medenwaldt  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gust  Medenwaldt  and 
her  cousins,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  Medenwaldt  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Muehler. 

**********  August  27,  1959 

EFFINGTON  MAN  BURIED  WEDNESDAY 
Funeral  services  were  held  on  Wednesday  afternoon  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  in 
New  Effington  for  Alvin  Markham,  84,  who  passed  away  at  Minneapolis  on  Saturday. 

Mr.  Markham  had  been  a  resident  of  New  Effington  community  for  many  years.  He  is 
survived  by  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Andrew  Monson,  two  sons,  Clifford  of  Minneapolis,  MN.,  and 
James  of  Chicago,  IL. 

Interment  was  in  the  family  lot  at  New  Effington,  SD. 

**********  August  27,  1959 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Scheller  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  August  Pankow  attended  the  funeral  of 
Walter  Wedell  at  Ellendale  on  Saturday.  Mr.  Wedell  was  the  ladies  cousin. 

**********  August  27,  1959 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ben  Loll  received  word  from  Dumont,  lA. ,  Monday 

afternoon  that  her  father,  Mr.  Louis  Buss  had  passed  away.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Loll  left  Tues- 
day to  attend  the  funeral. 

**********  August  27,  1959 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Parker  of  Owatonna,  MN. ,  and  Jeffrey,  motored  to  Devils  Lake  to 
attend  the  funeral  of  his  uncle.    Jeff  stayed  with  his  grandparents  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ewald 
Gheler  on  Sunday  during  the  services. 

**********  August  27,  1959 

MANTADOR  NEWS . . . .V/ord  came  of  the  death  of  Leo  Puetz  at  Wahpeton  Sunday.   He  was  a 
former  resident  of  this  community. 

**********  August  27,  1959 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS.... Mrs.  Goldie  Leathart  received  word  Monday  evening  stating  her  sis- 
ter-in-law, Mrs.  D.  Johnson  of  Spokane,  WA. ,  had  died  the  same  evening.   The  Johnsons 
were  former  residents  of  Fairmount. 

**********  August  27,  1959 


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WILLIAM  BAGUS  KILLED  IN  PLANE  CRASH  WEDNESDAY 

The  Hankinson  connnunity  was  shocked  to  hear  of  the  tragedy"  and  death  of  William 
Bagus,  36,  of  San  Antonio,  TX. ,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herman  Bagus  of  rural  Hankinson. 
Bagus  was  killed  while  piloting  a  plane  for  a  San  Antonio  commercial  freight  air  line 
service  which  crashed  Wednesday,  Sept.  2nd. 

William  was  well  known  in  the  Hankinson  vicinity  as  he  was  born  and  raised  here. 
During  World  War  II,  he  flew  bombers  for  the  Air  Force. 

Bagus  is  survived  by  his  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herman  Bagus,  his  sister,  Helen  Mae, 
R.  N.,  and  by  his  wife  and  a  iJj  year  old  boy. 

Although  information  is  very  meager  at  this  time,  concerning  the  accident,  complete 
details  will  follow  as  soon  as  the  News  receives  them. 

**********  September  3,  1959 

JESSE  Mc  CONN  DIES 

Jesse  Mc  Conn  was  buried  on  Saturday  from  the  Fairmount  Methodist  Church,  Rev.  Char- 
les Bryan  officiating.    Mr.  Mc  Conn  died  Wednesday  at  a  Rest  Home  in  Rutland  where  he  has 
resided  the  past  18  months. 

He  was  born  at  Campbell,  MN.,  on  Oct.  9th,  1887,  the  son  of  Martha  and  Michael  Mc  Conn. 
He  came  to  the  Fairmount  vicinity  as  a  young  man  working  as  a  carpenter  and  later  ran  a 
dray  line. 

He  leaves  his  wife,  Martha,  seven  sons,  Louis,  Lester,  Archie  and  Martin,  all  of  Fair- 
mount,  Robert  and  John  of  Minneapolis  and  Earl  of  Las  Vegas;  four  daughters,  Mrs.  Lawrence 
Peters  (Lucille),  and  Mrs.  Floyd  Bulton  (Evelyn),  both  of  Minneapolis  and  Mrs.  Jo  Ann 
Eckhoff  of  Fairmount;  two  brothers,  Al  of  Moorhead  and  Oscar  of  Terre  Haute,  IN.;  two  sis- 
ters, Mrs.  Sid  Fish  of  Fargo,  ND.  ,  and  Mrs.  Frank  Smith  of  Fargo..   His  parents  and  two  bro- 
thers preceded  him  in  death. 

He  was  buried  in  the  family  plot,  south  of  town.  Pallbearers  were  Roy  Branson,  Clar- 
ence Swanson,  John  Shaw,  Charles  Tracy,  Julius  Burquist  and  Charles  Templeton. 

Relatives  and  friends  from  a  distance  attending  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Mc  Conn,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Robert  Mc  Conn,   Mrs.  Floyd  Bolton,  all  of  Minneapolis,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lawrence 
Peters  and  family.   Mrs.  Frank  Smith  and  daughter  of  Fargo,  Mrs.  Sid  Fish  and  daughter  of 
Ayr,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Abbin  Schriben,  Wahpeton  and  Julius  Burquist  of  Campbell. 

**********  September  3,  1959 

HERBERT  NEPPER 

Funeral  Mass  was  held  Monday  morning  at  St.  Peter  and  Paul's  Catholic  Church  at  Man- 
tador  for  Herbert  J.  Nepper,  63,  of  that  community,  who  died  Thursday  in  Arvilla  Township 
near  Larimore.   Mr.  Nepper  had  been  working  in  that  community  recently. 

Rev.  George  Miller  was  celebrant  at  the  Mass  with  Vertin  Funeral  Home  of  Wahpeton 
handling  arrangements.   Interment  was  in  Calvary  Cemetery  there.  Military  rites  were 
conducted  by  the  Mantador  American  Legion  Post. 

He  was  born  at  Minneiski,  MN.,  Oct.  18th,  1895,  where  he  attended  schools  and  grew  to 
Manhood.   He  enlisted  in  the  U.  S.  Army  during  World  War  I  receiving  his  discharge  at  Camp 

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Forrest,  GA.,  Dec.  26th,  1918.   After  release  from  the  Army  he  came  to  Richland  County  to 
live  in  the  Mantador  community.   He  married  Magdalene  Puetz  and  they  continued  to 

reside  in  the  Mantador  community.   They  farmed  there  for  six  years  and  later  moved  into 
Mantador  where  he  worked  as  a  carpenter  and  mechanic. 

Surviving  are  his  wife,  a  daughter  and  3  sons. 

**********  September  10,  1959 

WILLIAM  J.  BAGUS 

William  Joseph  Bagus,  a  native  of  Hankinson,  ND. ,  was  born  on  March  5th,  1923,  at 
Hankinson.  He  was  baptized  and  made  his  first  communion  and  was  confirmed  at  St.  Philip's 
Church.   Mr.  Bagus  graduated  from  St.  Francis  Academy  at  Hankinson  and  attended  the  State 
School  of  Science  at  Wahpeton,  until  his  enlistment  and  call  to  active  duty  in  the  United 
States  Air  Force  in  August,  1942.  He  flew  combat  missions  with  the  8th  Air  Force  over 
Europe  from  England  and  was  awarded  the  Distinguished  Flying  Cross,  Air  Medal  with  three 
Oak  Leaf  Clusters  and  the  Presidential  Unit  Citation.  Mr.  Bagus  was  released  from  active 
duty  with  the  Air  Force  in  1946. 

After  his  discharge,  William  attended  Oklahoma  City  University,  North  Dakota  Agri- 
cultural College  and  was  graduated  from  the  Univ.  of  North  Dakota,  College  of  Business  Admin- 
istration x;ith  a  Bachelor  of  Arts  degree  in  February,  1951.   He  was  attending  the  Univ.  of 
North  Dakota  School  of  Law  when  his  recall  to  active  duty  with  the  United  States  Air  Force 
arrived  in  March  of  1951  for  the  Korean  War.  Mr.  Bagus  was  released  from  active  duty  as  a 
Major  in  1954  and  then  flew  as  captain  pilot  for  AAXICO  Air  Lines,  a  concern  vjhich  flies 
serial  freight,  until  his  death  in  an  airplane  crash  on  Sept.  2nd,  1959,  at  Dyess  Air 
Force  Base,  Abilene,  TX. 

Mr.  Bagus  was  married  to  Miss  Charlotte  Lummus,  a  native  of  Palestine,  TX.,  April 
14th,  1956,  at  Our  Lady  of  Grace  Church,  San  Antonio,  TX;  of  this  union  a  son,  William 
J.  Bagus,  Jr.,  was  born  on  June  3rd,  1958. 

The  remains  of  Mr.  Bagus,  accompanied  by  Captain  Pilot  Carroll  Jarnigan,  was  flown 
home  by  a  plane  of  AAXICO  Air  Lines. 

Funeral  services  were  held  at  St.  Philip's  Catholic  Church  at  10  o'clock  AM.,  Sept. 
7,  1959,  Rev.  Fr..L.  V.  Studzinski,  officiating  and  interment  was  at  Calvary  Cemetery, 
with  military  vites  being  conducted  by  Eberhard  Post  No.  88  of  Hankinson  American  Legion. 
Mr.  Bagus   is  survived  by  his  wife,  Charlotte  and  son,  William  J.  Bagus,  Jr.,  of  San  Anto- 
nio, TX.  ;  his  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herman  Bagus  of  Hankinson;  his  sister.  Miss  Helen 
Bagus  of  Fargo  and  an  uncle,  Leo  J.  Bagus  of  Hankinson. 

Attending  the  funeral  were  the  following  pilots  who  had  flown  with  Mr.  Bagus;  Carroll 
Jarnigan  (Captain)  of  Oklahoma  Cify,  OK.;  L.  J.  Smith  (Captain)  of  Detroit,  MI.;  Mel 
Abraham,  (former  USAAF)  of  Excelsior,  MN.;  Captain  Ed  Gorkowski  USAAF  of  Rintoul,  IL. ;  and 
E.  C.  Goutier  (Captain)  of  Dearborn,  MI. 

Pallbearers  were  James  Kentz,  Carroll  Jarnigan,  L.  J.  Smith,  E.  C.  Goutier,  Ed  Gork- 
owski, and  Mel  Abraham.  Honorary  pallbearers  were  George  Brackin,  Lawrence  Leinen,  Maur- 
ice Lenzen,  Larry  Kinn,  Elroy  Kinn,  Leo  Kinn  and  Math  Klnn. 

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Relatives  and  friends  attending  the  funeral  from  a  distance  were:  Mr.  Vincent  A. 
LaQua,  Fessenden,  ND.;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  F.  LaQua,  Langdon,  ND.;  Mrs.  Ralph  Holland, 
Abilene,  TX. ;  Mrs.  Sabina  Kinn,  Wahpeton;  Mr.  Joe  Scheidler,  Ann  Helms,  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Pianka,  Myrtle,  Saf,  Fargo;  Mr.  and  Mrs,  Dan  Maack,  Mrs.  Rose  Mack,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dan 
Riley  of  Lidgerwood;  Mr.  Harris  Kenner,  Minot,  ND.;  Mrs.  Mel  Abraham,  Mrs.  Orville  Fenske, 
Betty  Lou  Reinke  of  Minneapolis,  MN.;  George  Biggs,  Jr.,  of  Pierre,  SD. ;  Paul  Biggs  of 
Grand  Forks,  ND.;  Mrs.  Evelyn  Smith,  Dearborn,  MI.;  Mrs.  Ed.  Gorkowski,  Rantoul,  XL.; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Larry  Kinn,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  August  Lenz,  Wahpeton;  Mrs.  Clarence  J.  Moore,  Wah- 
peton; Mrs.  Bernard  T.  Schmanski,  Madison,  SD.;  Mr.  Lawrence  Bimbaum  of  Browns  Valley,  MN.; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louis  Kruse,  Fargo;  Mrs.  M.  J.  Breker,  Cayuga;  and  Mrs.  Arnold  Banish  of  Rut- 
land . 

**********  September  10,  1959 

MRS.  LEATHART  DIES 

Mrs.  Stanley  Leathart  of  Fairmount  died  Friday  evening  in  a  Fargo  hospital  where  she 
had  been  a  patient  for  four  weeks. 

Mrs.  Leathart  was  born  near  Fairmount  on  July  3rd,  1886,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Nick  Reubish.   She  was  married  to  Stanley  Leathart  on  Nov.  25th,  1905.  Mr.  Leathart  died 
on  August.  15th,  1955 

She  has  been  staying  in  the  home  of  her  daughter  in  Fargo  the  past  several  months.  She 
leaves  her  daughter,  Gladys,  Mrs.  Henry  Kuddes;  four  brothers,  Rudolph  Reubish  of  Detroit, 
MI.;  Elmer  of  Minneapolis,  Henry  of  Portland,  OR.;  Edward  of  Dayton,  OH.;  two  sisters, 
Mrs.  H.  E.  Seavers  of  Fergus  Falls  and  Mrs.  Eddie  Coyne  of  Huntington,  CA. ,  and  two  grand- 
sons, James  and  Thomas  Kuddes  of  Fargo.   She  was  buried  from  the  Methodist  Church  on  Mon- 
day at  2  PM.   Rev.  Charles  Bryan  officiated.   Pallbearers  were:  H.  R.  Swanson,  C.  R.  Swan- 
son,  Walfred  Larson,  Donald  Wetherbee  and  Daryl  Thompson. 

She  was  a  member  of  the  Fairmount  Methodist  Church,  the  W.  S.  C.  S  and  the  Order  of 
Eastern  Stars.  **********  September  10,  1959 

JOSEPH  GRUBA  RITES  10  AM  SATURDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Joseph  A.  Gruba  will  be  held  at  St.  Philip's  Church  at  10  AM 
Saturday,  Sept.  19th.   Father  Studzinski  v/ill  officiate. 

Mr.  Gruba,  91,  passed  away  early  this  Thursday  morning,  Sept.  17th  at  Tekakwitha 
Nursing  Home  at  Sisseton,  SD. 

He  is  survived  by  one  daughter,  Mrs.  Huber  E.  Miller,  Hankinson;  one  son,  Jack,  So. 
St.  Paul,  MN. 

Friends  may  call  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  after  3  PM  Friday.   Rosary  will  be 
said  at  8  PM  Friday  evening.     -  **********  September  17,  1959 

MURPHY,  FAIRMOUNT  FUNERAL  SATURDAY 

Funeral  services  for  Charles  Murphy,  Fairmount,  who  passed  away  recently  at  a  Veterans 
Hospital,  will  be  held  Saturday,  Sept.  21st,  at  9  AM  from  St.  Anthony's  Church,  Fairmount. 

**********  September  17,  1959 


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GREAT  BEND  NEWS ... .Funeral  services  were  held  for  Mrs.  Anna  Muehler  on  Saturday 
afternoon  from  the  Trinity  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church  at  Great  Bend  at  2  o'clock.   Bur- 
ial was  in  the  Lutheran  Cemetery,  south  of  Great  Bend.   The  services  were  in  charge  of 
Pastor  Richard  Teuscher.   Mrs.  Muehler  had  passed  on  to  her  eteranl  reward  on  Tuesday, 
Sept.  1st,  1959,  falling  asleep  at  the  Wahpeton  Rehabilitation  Center  where  she  made  her 
home  since  March.   She  had  been  in  failing  health  for  several  months. 

Mrs.  Muehler  was  born  Nov.  11th,  1881  in  Germany  and  came  with  her  parents  to  settle 
on  a  farm  near  Hankinson  when  11  years  old. 

On  March  27th,  1902,  she  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mr.  Henry  Muehler  at  Great  Bend 
and  they  farmed  northwest  of  Great  Bend  until  1919  when  they  moved  to  a  farm  northeast  of 
Mooreton.   Mr.  Muehler  died  Dec.  31st,  1955.   Since  his  death  she  continued  to  live  on  the 
farm  until  last  March  when  she  moved  to  Wahpeton.   She  was  a  faithful  member  of  Trinity 
Lutheran  Church. 

Surviving  are  six  sons,  Herman  of  Fairmount,  Richard  and  Edward  of  rural  Wahpeton, 
Arthur,  Alvin  and  Ewald  of  Mooreton;  one  daughter,  Mrs.  Orville  (Luella)  Wefel  of  Wahpeton; 
one  sister,  Mrs.  Pauline  Seefeldt  of  Victor,  SD, ;  16  grandchildren  and  four  great-grand- 
children. 

Pallbearers  at  the  funeral  were  six  nephews,  Reuben,  Reinhart  and  Arnie  Laboda,  Albert 
and  Clarence  Stoltenow  and  Richard  Bohn.   Schmitt  &  Poulton  Funeral  Home  were  in  charge 
of  arrangements.  **********  September  17,  1959 

CLARENCE  PARKILL  DIED  IN  WISCONSIN 

Funeral  services  for  Clarence  Parkill  were  held  at  St.  John's  Church  in  New 

London,  WI.,  on  Thursday,  October  10,  1959. 

Clarence  Parkill  was  born  on   9th,  1889  at  Stevens  Point,  WI .   He  was  the 

last  of  a  family  of  twelve.   His  parents,  seven  brothers  and  sisters  preceded  him  in  death. 
He  had  been  a  hotel  clerk  fifty  four  years,  eight  years  at  the  Hotel  Elwood  and  before 
that  at  the  Murdock  at  Shawano,  WI.   As  a  young  man  he  clerked  in  his  brother's  store  in 
Fairmount . 

Those  attending  his  funeral  were  a  sister-in-law,  Mrs.  Besie  Parkill  of  Fairmount; 
two  nieces,  Mrs.  Gerald  Meyer  of  Wahpeton  and  Mrs.  Dean  Cox  of  Fargo,  ND.  a  grand-nephew, 
John  San of  Friendship,  WI . 

He  was  laid  to  rest  in  Wood Cemetery  in  Shawano,  WI. 

**********  September  17,  1959 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Charles  Murphy  died  Tuesday,  Sept.  15th,  at  the  Veteran's  Hospital 

where  he  has  been  a  patient  since  Saturday. 

**********  September  17,  1959 

MRS.  KRAUSE,  56.  of  FAIRMOUNT  DIES 
Mrs.  William  Krause,  56,  Fairmount  resident,  died  Tuesday  evening  at  the  St.  Francis 
Hospital  in  Breckenridge.   She  is  survived  by  her  husband,  three  sons  and  one  daughter. 
Funeral  services  will  be  held  Saturday,  Sept.  26th,  from  St.  Anthony's  Church  in 

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Fairmount  at  9  AM.   Rev.  Fr.  J.  Stempel  will  officiate.   Friends  may  call  at  the  Vertin 
Funeral  Home  in  Wahpeton  Friday  evening. 

**********  September  24,  1959 

JOSEPH  A.  GRUBA 

Funeral  services  for  Joseph  A.  Gruba  were  held  at  10  AM,  Sept.  19th,  from  St.  Philips 
Church,  Father  L.  V.  Studzinski  celebrating  the  funeral  mass.   Interment  was  made  beside 
his  wife  in  Calvary  Cemetery.   Mr.  Gruba  passed  away  Thursday  morning,  Sept.  17th. 

Joseph  A.  Gruba  was  born  on  Sept.  8th,  1868  in  Danzig,  Germany.  He  came  to  America 
taking  a  homestead  in  Day  County,  SD. ,  coming  to  Hankinson  in  1908  where  he  has  since  made 
his  home. 

He  was  united  in  marriage  to  Elizabeth  M.  Jereszek  and  to  this  union  four  children 
were  bom.  He  is  survived  by  one  daughter,  Mrs.  Huber  E.  Miller  (Elizabeth  M.);  his  son 
Joseph  J.  Gruba,  So.  St.  Paul,  MN.;  and  Rose  Gruba,  Minneapolis,  MN. ;  one  brother  Jacob 
Gruba,  Grenville,  SD.  He  is  also  survived  by  six  grandchildren  and  12  great-grandchildren. 

Pallbearers  were  Frank  Althoff,  Joseph  A.  Reinke,  Nick  Benroth,  Nick  Meyer,  John  Wolfe 
and  John  Hentz.   The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  September  24,  1959 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS: Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chelsey  Ramsey  left  for  Beloit,  WI.,  Monday,  Sept. 

7th,  to  attend  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Ramsey's  stepmother,  who  passed  away  Saturday,  Sept.  5th. 
Funeral  services  were  held  on  Wednesday  afternoon. 

**********  September  24,  1959 

-  GREAT  BEND  NEWS:... Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adolph  Ziegelman  received  word  Sunday  afternoon  that 
their  nephew  Elmer  Ziegelman  passed  away  very  suddenly  Sunday  morning  at  his  home  in  Gar- 
field, MN.   They  called  him  for  breakfast  and  found  him  dead  in  bed.   Funeral  services 
will  be  held  Wednesday  at  Garfield,  MN.,  at  the  Lutheran  Church. 

**********  September  24,  1959 

CHARLES  WHITEHEAD  RITES  MONDAY  IN  FAIRMOUNT 

Funeral  services  were  conducted  Monday  afternoon  in  the  Fairmount  Methodist  Church, 
for  Charles  l^itehead,  86,  resident  of  the  Fairmount  community  for  more  than  50  years.   Mr. 
Whitehead  died  Friday  in  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  where  he  had  been  a  patient  for  two  days. 

Rev.  Charles  Bryan  officiated  at  the  service  and  the  Fairmount  Masonic  Lodge  No.  37, 
conducted  graveside  rites.   Vertin  Funeral  Home  of  Wahpeton  had  charge  of  the  arrangements. 
Pallbearers  were  Glen  and  Dorrence  Swanson,  Clarence  Christensen,  Elmer  Johnson,  Fred  Buck 
and  Edwin  Moon. 

Charles  Whitehead  was  born  near  Cambridge,  England,  on  April  3rd,  1873,  and  came  to 
the  U.  S.  in  1891,  to  Chicago,  and  to  North  Dakota  in  1893. 

He  worked  near  Hope  and  Colgate,  ND. ,  and  married  Anna  Martha  Gibson  in  Chicago  in  1902. 
They  came  to  Fairmount  community  in  1907  where  he  was  agent  for  the  Cargill  Elevator  Co., 
at  the  DeVillo  station  until  1932,  when  they  moved  into  Fairmount.   Mrs.  Whitehead  died  in 
1952. 

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Active  and  well  known  in  the  Fairmount  community,  Mr.  Whitehead  was  a  meirber  of  the 
Fairmount  Methodist  Church  and  the  Fairmount  Masonic  Lodge.  He  was  an  ardent  gardner. 

Surviving  are  10  children:  Miss  Stella  Whitehead  of  Fairmount;  Robert  of  Fairmount; 
Mrs.  Holger  (Marion)  Bertelsen  of  Fairmount;  J.  Edwin  Whitehead  of  Moorhead;  Miss  Mabel 
Whitehead  of  St.  Peter,  MN.;  Mrs.  Donald  (Laura)  Anderson  of  Hudson,  WI, ;  Mrs.  Paul  (Helen) 
Schwalen  of  Breckenridge;  Mrs.  Ruth  Halberg  of  Breckenridge  and  Mrs.  Daniel  (Mildred)  Miller 
also  of  Breckenridge. 

Also  surviving  are  a  brother,  Jack  of  Chicago,  IL.,  27  grandchildren  and  six  great- 
grandchildren. **********  September  24,  1959 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS ... .Funeral  services  were  conducted  Thursday  afternoon  in  St.  John's 
Lutheran  Church  in  Garfield,  MN.,  for  Elmer  H.  Ziegelman,  A6,  who  died  Sunday  morning  at 
his  home.   Rev.  0.  R.  Graupner  officiated.   The  Anderson  Funeral  Home  of  Alexandria  hand- 
led the  arrangements.   Interment  was  in  St.  John's  Cemetery. 

Pallbearers  were  Waldemar  Brede,  Rudolph  Kloehn,  Louis  Grosenick,  Reuben  Wittnebel, 
Hugo  Schultz,  Marvin  Nor ling. 

Mr.  Ziegelmann  died  of  a  heart  attack.   He  went  to  bed  on  Saturday  night  and  Sunday 
morning  when  he  was  called  for  breakfast,  the  found  him  dea,d. 

Born  on  Aug.  31st,  1913,  in  Douglas  County,  he  attended  schools  in  Garfield.   He  was 
baptized  and  confirmed  in  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church  and  was  a  life  long  member.   He  lived 
on  the  farm  all  his  life.  When  his  parents  passed  away,  he  took  over  the  farm  work.  He 
was  unmarried. 

He  leaves  to  mourn  eight  brothers:  Rudolph  of  Parkers  Prairie,  MN.;  William,  Melvin, 
Olaf  and  Clarence  of  Alexandria,  MN.;  Herbert,  Harry  and  George,  Garfield;  four  sisters; 
Mrs.  Walter  (Sophie)  Nack,  Alexandria;  Mrs.  Otto  (Hermina)  Giese;  Osakias,  MN.;  Mrs.  Rud- 
olaph  (Linda)  Medenwaldt,  Alexandria,  MN.;  Mrs.  Henry  (Irene)  Betterman,  Farfield,  MN. 

The  relatives  attending  the  funeral  from  the  Great  Bend  area  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adolph 
Ziegelmann,  Howard,  Marvin,  Raymond  Ziegelmann,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  August  Ziegelmann,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ewald  Bohn,Ewald  and  Elfrieda  Hingst,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leonard  Prochnow,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred 
Medenwaldt,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Muehler,  Mary  Sander,  Mrs.  Clemens  Buck  and  Gust  Muehler. 

**********  October  1,  1959 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS H.  A.  Deike  and  Evelyn  left  for  Plainfield,  lA. ,  Tuesday  to  attend 

the  funeral  of  Mr.  Deikes  brother  who  died  suddenly.   The  funeral  services  were  held  on 
Wednesday.  **********  October  1,  1959 

Thursday  and  Friday  houseguests  in  the  Oscar  Oliver  home  were.  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Wm. 
Osborne  of  St.  Peter,  MN.   They  had  been  to  Aberdeen,  SD. ,  to  attend  the  funeral  of  her 
sister.  **********  October  1,  1959 

SONORA  NEWS:...  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bob  Anderson  and  son  left  Tuesday  morning  for  Tracy, 
MN.,  to  attend  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Roy  Steven.   Mrs.  Steven  is  a  sister  of  Mr.  Anderson.. 

**********  October  1,  1959 


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MRS.  KRAUSE,  56,  PASSES  AWAY 

Mrs.  William  (Helen)  Krause,  56,  of  Fairmount,  died  Tuesday,  Sept.  22,  1959,  at  the 
St.  Francis  Hospital  in  Breckenridge,  where  she  had  been  a  patient  two  weeks. 

Requiem  Mass  was  held  at  9  AM,  Saturday,  Sept.  26th,  at  St.  Anthony's  Catholic  Church 
in  Fairmount,  with  Rev.  John  Stempel,  celebrant.   Interment  will  be  in  St.  Anthony  Cemetery 
with  Vertin  Funeral  Home  of  Wahpeton  in  charge.   The  rosary  was  recited  Friday  at  8  PM  at 
Vertin  Funeral  Home  in  Wahpeton.  Pallbearers  were:  Fritz,  Leo,  Cyril,  James,  Bud  and  Elroy 
Meyer. 

Helen  Meyer  was  born  March  12th,  1903,  in  DeVillo  Township,  daughter  of  Hubert  and 
Gertrude  Meyer.   She  grew  up  and  attended  the  school  in  that  community  and  married  Mr. 
Krause  at  Fairmount  on  Nov.  27th,  1924.   The  couple  lived  on  a  farm  In  Wilkin  County  near 
Fairmount  until  1955  when  they  moved  into  Fairmount. 

She  was  a  member  of  St.  Anthony's  Church,  St.  Ann's  Altar  Society,  the  Kutzer  Home- 
maker  Club  and  served  as  clerk  on  the  school  board  for  several  years.   She  had  been  in  fail- 
ing health  the  past  few  years. 

Survivors  include  her  husband;  three  sons,  Sylvester,  of  Minneapolis,  Lester  of  Fair- 
mount,  and  Harold  of  Anoka,  MN.;  one  daughter:  Mrs.  John  (Dorothy)  Mc  Conn  of  Minneapolis; 
three  sisters:  Mrs.  Frank  Rehm  and  Mrs.  Mary  Romerein,  both  of  Wahpeton  and  Mrs.  Frank  Bur- 
vee  of  Fairmount;  6  brothers,  Jacob,  Frank  and  Edward  Meyer  of  Wahpeton,  Herbert  of  Breck- 
enridge, Math  of  Fairmount  and  Henry  of  Lidgerwood;  and  10  grandchildren. 

Preceding  her  in  death  were:  her  parents  and  a  brother,  George. 

**********  October  1,  1959 

BOMMERSBACH  FUNERAL  SATURDAY 

Mrs.  Martin  (Caroline)  Bommersbach  passed  away  Wednesday  morning,  after  a  lingering 
illness . 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Saturday  at  10  AM  from  the  St.  Philip's  Church,  Hankin- 
son,   Rev.  Fr.  Studzinski  celebrating  the  funeral  mass. 

Friends  may  call  after  3  PM  Friday  and  Rosary  will  be  recited  at  8  PM  Friday  at  the 
Wipperman  Funeral  Home. 

A  complete  -obituary  will  be  in  The  Hankinson  News  next  week. 

**********  October  8,  1959 

R.  MICHALEK,  54,  DIES  at  ST.  FRANCIS 

Ralph  Michalek,  54  passed  away  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  early  Thursday  morning  after 
a  lingering  illness.  He  had  been  in  ill  health  for  several  years  and  had  entered  the  Breck- 
enridge Hospital  last  Sunday. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  at  the  Congregational  Church  here  Saturday,  Oct.  10th,  at 
10:30  AM  with  the  pastor.  Rev.  Frank  Hirons  officiating. 

Mr.  Michalek  was  born  at  Lidgerwood,  ND.,  Dec.  17th,  1901.   He  operated  a  bakery  here 
a  few  years  ago. 

The  Schmitt-Poulton  Funeral  Home  of  Wahpeton  is  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

A  complete  obituary  will  be  published  in  next  week's  News. 

**********  October  8,  1959 

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RITES  for  FORMER  STATE  SENATOR  SET  for  FRIDAY 

Joseph  A.  Reinke,  prominent  Hankinson  citizen  and  former  member  of  the  N.  D.  Senate 
passed  away  suddenly  Tuesday,  near  Mooreton,  ND.  He  was  71  years  old. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reinke  motored  to  Mooreton  Tuesday  morning  where  he  transacted  business 
at  an  elevator  there.   On  the  return  trip  and  feeling  ill,  he  stopped  at  the  intersection 
of  Highway  13  and  County  Highway  1,  where  he  was  stricken  with  what  is  presumed  to  have 
been  a  heart  attack.  Mr.  Reinke  had  been  under  treatment  for  a  heart  ailment. 

Requiem  Mass  had  been  set  for  10  AM  Friday,  Oct.  9th,  at  St.  Philip's  Church  here, 
the  Rev.  L.  V.  Studzinski  officiating.   The  rosary  will  be  recited  Thursday  evening  at  8  PM., 
at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home. 

Mr.  Reinke  had  served  in  the  North  Dakota  Senate  from  the  37th  District  from  1945  thru 
1951.  He  was  in  the  insurance  business  here.  He  also  had  been  a  hail  adjuster,  a  director 
of  the  former  Hankinson  State  Bank  and  secretary  of  the  Richland  County  Fair  Association. 

The  deceased  was  born  at  Breckenridge,  MN. ,  Jan.  20th,  1888,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank 
Reinke.   All  of  his  life  was  spent  in  Richland  County  and  Brandenburg  Township  where  he 
attended  school.  After  his  marriage  to  Margaret  Braun  of  Fairmount,  MN. ,  June  23rd,  1923, 
the  couple  lived  on  a  farm  in  Mooreton  Township  until  17  years  ago  when  they  moved  to  Hank- 
inson.  They  have  resided  here  since. 

Mr.  Reinke  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Margaret;  a  daughter,  Mary  Theresa  (Mrs.  Milton 
Stein)  and  three  grandchildren.   Also  surviving  are  five  brothers  and  five  sisters.   They 
are:  Mrs.  Ernest  (Helen)  Ambach,  Hankinson;  Mrs.  Louis  (Elsie)  Kruse,  Fargo;  Jean  Reinke, 
Towner,  ND.;  Mrs.  Mildred  Early,  Breckenridge,  MN. ;  Mrs.  Michael  O'Donell  (Elizabeth), 
Glenco,  MN.;  Math,  Edward  and  Leonard  of  Hankinson  and  Raymond  of  Moorhead  and  Louis 
Ginsbach,  Hankinson.   Another  brother,  Arnold,  preceded  him  in  death  five  years  ago. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  is  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  October  8,  1959 

LA  MARS  NEWS:  ...  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  Biggs  motored  to  Sioux  Falls,  SD.,  Friday  to 
attend  the  funeral  of  a  cousin,  Mr.  Harry  Stern. 

**********  October  8,  1959 

Mrs.  George  Schuett  and  Mrs.  M.  A.  Wipperman  attended  the  funeral  for  Rev.  Aasen  at 
Elbow  Lake,  MN.,  Monday  afternoon. 

**********  October  8,  1959 

MANTADOR  NEWS:  ...  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  M.  Puetz  left  on  Monday  for  St.  Paul  to  attend 
funeral  services  for  her  cousin.  Earl  Aitken. 

A*********  October  8,  1959 

RALPH  MICHALEK 
Funeral  services  were  held  for  Ralph  Michalek,  Saturday  morning  from  the  Congregat- 
ional Church,  Rev.  Frank  Hirons  officiating.   Mr.  Michalek  passed  away  after  a  lingering 
illness,  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  in  Breckenridge,  MN.,  Oct.  8th. 

He  was  born  Dec.  17th,  1901,  at  Lidgerwood,  ND. .   He  married  Vivian  Nulph  Oct.  12th, 

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1928,  at  Hankinson,  ND. 

Mr.  Michalek  attended  schools  in  Lidgerwood,  was  employed  as  a  baker  in  that  city. 
After  his  marriage  they  moved  to  Wahpeton  in  1933  and  he  was  employed  by  Hank  Krocker.   In 
1952  they  moved  to  Tuscon,  AZ.,  and  back  to  Hankinson  in  1955. 

Surviving  are  his  wife,  one  daughter,  Mrs.  Gayle  Olson  of  Thief  River  Falls,  MN.,  and 
one  sister,  Irene  Daniels  of  Minneapolis. 

**********  October  15,  1959 

K.  BOMMERSBACH 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Saturday  morning  at  10  AM.,  from  St.  Philips  Church 
at  Hankinson  for  Mrs.  Martin  (Karoline)  Bommersbach,  daughter  of  the  late  Anton  and  Mar- 
garet Hipp,  who  passed  away  Wednesday  morning  after  a  lingering  illness.   Father  Lambert 
Studzinski  celebrated  the  funeral  mass. 

Karoline  Hipp-Bommersbach,  was  born  June  ..  ,  1883,  at  Bruckinthal,  Germany.   She 
was  married  to  Martin  Bommersbach  in  Austria  on  July  7th,  1901.   They  came  to  America  in 
1903,  settling  at  Hankinson  where  she  has  since  resided.  To  this  union  13  children  were 
born. .. .seven  sons  and  six  daughters. 

She  is  survived  by  her  husband,  Martin  and  sons,  John,  Frank,  Anton  and  Joe  of  Hank- 
inson; Ralph  of  Moorhead  and  Adam  of  Fargo;  Anna  (Mrs.  Howard  Miche) ,  Betty  (Mrs.  Amos 
Meland)  and  Rosalie  (Mrs.  Charles  Dorner) ,  all  of  Chicago;  Catherine  (Mrs.  Ben  Herding), 

Wahpeton,   Three  children  preceded  her  in  death. Mrs.  Carl  Rettig,  Margaret  and  Peter. 

Also  surviving  is  one  brother,  Mike  Hipp,  Cayuga,  a  brother  Nick  in  Germany  and  Katherine 
Arnold,  also  Germany.   There  are  32  grandchildren  and  12  great-grandchildren. 

Six  grandsons  were  pallbearers:  Paul  and  Donald  Herding,  Joe  Rettig,  David,  Allen 
and  Roger  Bommersbach. 


********** 


October  15,  1959 


BAISLEY,  92,  DIES  at  DUNSEITH,  ND. 

Funeral  services  for  William  Baisley,  92,  formerly  of  Hankinson,  were  held  Thursday 
morning,  Oct.  15th,  from  St.  Philips  Church  in  Hankinson.   Rev.  Lambert  Studzinski  offic- 
iated at  the  Mass.   Mr.  Baisley  passed  away  Sunday,  Oct.  11th.  at  the  Sanitarium  at  Duns- 
eith,  ND.   Burial  was  in  Calvary  Cemetery. 

William  Baisley  was  born  at  Penbroke,  Canada,  located  in  the  Chalk  River  County  on 
Dec.  19th,  1867.   He  was  the  son  of  Julia  and  Martin  Baisley,  one  of  a  family  of  nine 
children.   The  only  survivor  is  a  sister  in  Canada. 

He  taught  school  in  Canada,  later  coming  to  the  United  States.   Mr.  Baisley  homesteaded 
in  Elma  Township  where  he  farmed  for  AO  years.   Later  he  taught  school.   At  one  time  or 
another  he  held  all  township  offices. 

While  Mr.  Baisley  was  teaching  near  Christine,  ND.,  he  met  and  married  Jennie  Paulson. 
Nine  children  were  born  to  this  union,  one  passing  away  in  infancy. 

Surviving  are:  Martin  Baisley,  Wauna,  OR.;  Cecil  Baisley,  Piqus,  OH.;  Jewel  St.  Peirre, 
Flaxton,  ND.;  Margaret  Klar,  West  Allis,  WI . ;  Ralph  and  Howard  Baisley,  West  Allis,  WI.; 
Courtney  Baisley,  St.  Paul.   He  is  also  survived  by  14  grandchildren  and  six  great-grand- 
children. ^^^3) 


After  celebrating  their  50th  Wedding  Anniversary,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baisley  took  a  trip 
to  Canada  and  Oregon  where  they  visited  relatives.   After  retirement  the  Baisley  moved  to 
Hankinson,  living  here  for  eight  years.   After  the  death  of  his  wife  two  years  ago,  he 
lived  with  his  daughter,  Margaret.   This  last  June  he  returned  to  Hankinson  and  Flaxton  to 
visit  and  attend  the  funeral  of  his  sister,  Mrs.  Sweeney  at  Sisseton,  SD. 

Mr.  Baisley  was  a  life-long  member  of  St.  Philips  Church  here.   The  Wipperman  Funeral 
Home  was  in  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  October  15,  1959 

Mrs.  George  Schuett  returned  from  Crookston,  MN.,  on  Sunday  evening  where  she  attended 
the  funeral  of  her  brother,  John  Hammerlik.  He  passed  away  very  suddenly  from  a  heart  att- 
ack. **********  October  15,  1959 

KLUGE  RITES  HELD  AT  E  &  R  CHURCH 

Funeral  services  were  held  Monday,  Oct.  19th,  at  the  Evangelical  and  Reformed  Church 
of  Hankinson  for  Charles  Kluge,  Rev.  F.  W.  Paul  was  in  charge  of  the  services. 

Charles  Kluge  passed  away  peacefully  in  his  sleep  Friday  morning,  Oct.  16th,  at  his 
farm  home  in  Duerr  Township.   He  was  born  Nov.  9th,  1883,  in  Richland  County.   The  son  of 
Paul  and  Christine  Kluge.   Brother  Fred  Kluge  and  sister.  Bertha,  nee  Berndt,  preceded 
him  in  death  He  was  baptized  and  confirmed  in  the  Christian  faith. 

Charles  Kluge  was  united  in  marriage  to  Martha  (nee  Ackerman)  June  6th,  1912.   The 
newlywed  couple  moved  to  a  farm  southwest  of  Hankinson,  where  he  resided  until  the  time 
of  his  death.   His  wife  preceded  him  in  death  in  1953. 

His  sudden  passing  is  mourned  by  daughters  Alice  (Mrs.  Orville  Erickson)  and  Lorraine, 
both  of  Minneapolis.   His  sons,  Lorenz  and  Harry,  of  New  Effington,  SD.,  Erwin  of  Ronan, 
MT.,  his  six  grandchildren.  One  grandchild  preceded  him  in  death  in  Nov.  1958,  Calvin  Earl 
son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwin  Kluge. 

Honorary  pallbearers  were:  Max  Berner,  Harry  Kutter,  Louie  Kutter,  Peter  Kutter,  Will- 
iam Meyer,  Herman  Prochnow,  Sr.   Active  pallbearers  were:  Henry  Amdt,  Emmanuel  Arndt, 
Rhinehart  Franz,  John  Kutter,  Eddie  Marohl,  Edgar  Quam. 

Burial  was  in  the  E.  &  R.  Cemetery  here  with  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  in  charge. 

**********  October  22,  1959 

MRS.  M.  SADLICKI 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Michael  (Stella)  Sadlicka  of  Hankinson,  were  held  Wednesday 
morning,  Oct.  21st,  from  St.  Philips  Church.   Father  L.  V.  Studzinski  offered  the  Mass. 

Stella  Sadlicki  was  born  at  Galacia,  Austria,  May  15th,  1895,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Joseph  Ruber t.   At  the  age  of  six  she  left  her  native  country,  coming  to  America  in 
1901.   She  was  married  in  New  York  City,  Nov.  11th,  1910,  to  Michael  Sadlicki.   They  lived 
there  for  one  year,  moving  to  Chicago  in  1911.   They  moved  to  Hankinson  in  1936  and  have 
resided  here  since. 

She  is  survived  by  her  husband,  daughters,  (Margrite)  Mrs.  Earl  Krause  of  Decater,  IL., 
(Gertrude)  Mrs.  Louis  Ginsbach  of  rural  Hankinson;  sons,  Michael,  Jr.,  and  Gregory  of 
Chicago.    One  child  died  in  infancy. 

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The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  had  charge  of  arrangements. 

**********  October  22,  1959 

MASS  of  ANGELS  for  ZENTNER  GIRL 
The  community  was  saddened  by  the  news  that  little  Connie  Zentner,  six  months  old, 
died  suddenly  Tuesday  morning  at  her  So.  St.  Paul,  MN.,  home 

The  Mass  of  the  Angels  will  be  celebrated  at  9  AM  Friday,  Oct.  23rd,  at  St.  Philip's 
Church  by  Father  L.  V.  Studzinski.   Interment  will  be  in  Calvary  Cemetery  here. 

Friends  may  call  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  Friday  morning  until  8:45  AM. 
The  little  girl  is  survived  by  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lowell  Zentner,  brothers, 
Michael  and  Donald  and  also  by  her  grandparents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Killion  Zentner. 

**********  October  22,  1959 

TISCHER  INFANT  COMMITTAL  RITES  HELD 
The  baby  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dennis  Tischer,  bom  Oct.  26th,  passed  away  Oct. 
27th,  living  but  a  few  hours. 

Interment  was  Wednesday  afternoon  at  the  Immanuel  Lutheran  Cemetery,  with  the  Rev. 
Otto  Truog  in  charge  of  the  committal  service. 

**********  October  29,  1959 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS Mr.  H.  A.  Deike  received  word  Saturday  night,  that  John  Hairanel  had 

passed  away,  he  was  from  Iowa. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Tuesday  afternoon  at  Clarksville,  lA.   Those  attending 
the  funeral  from  here  were:  Mr.  H.  A.  Deike  and  Evelyn,  Mrs.  Marvin  Hoeft  and  Dale  Deike. 

**********  October  29,  1959 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS:  ...  Mrs.  Emelia  Koppleman,  formerly  of  Great  Bend,  passed  away  Sun- 
day afternoon  at  5:20  at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Herbert  Johnson  of  Breckenridge. 
Funeral  services  will  be  Wednesday  PM  at  the  Trinity  Lutheran  Church  in  Great  Bend. 

**********  October  29,  1959 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS:  ...  Mrs.  Ben  Loll  received  word  from  Iowa  that  her  aunt,  Mrs.  Henry 
Buss  passed  away.  The  funeral  was  held  there  Thursday. 

**********  October  29,  1959 

BRIGHTWOOD  NEWS:  ...  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barnett  Boomhauer  were  overnite  guests  at  the  Kr.  R. 
Zentner  home.   They  were  here  to  attend  the  funeral  of  their  granddaughter,  Connie  Zentner. 

**********  October  29,  1959 

PIONEER  MERCHANT  RITES  HELD  THURSDAY 

Funeral  services  were  held  today,  Nov.  5th,  for  a  Hankinson  pioneer  businessman,  Her- 
man Brandt,  who  passed  away  at  St.  Gerard's  Hospital  here  Monday  morning. 

Brandt  entered  the  hospital  about  two  weeks  ago  and  was  getting  along  quite  well,  his 
death  coming  suddenly  Monday. 

Funeral  services  were  held  at  2  PM  from  the  Evangelical  and  Reformed  Church,  with  the 
Rev.  F.  W.  Paul  officiating. 

Herman  Brandt  was  born  at  Iron  Ridge,  WI.,  Jan.  4th,  1876,  the  son  of  Herman  and  Amelia 

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Griep  Brandt.  He  was  baptized  and  confirmed  in  the  Lutheran  faith.   He  came  to  North 
Dakota  in  189A,  settling  in  the  Great  Bend  area  where  he  worked  as  a  painter  and  carpenter. 
He  was  married  to  Anna  Ziegelman  in  1900.  After  working  for  Movius  Lumber  and  Implement  Co. 
in  Lidgerwood  for  a  year,  he  operated  a  hotel  in  Great  Bend  for  a  year,  moving  to  Hankinson 
in  1902.   Brandt  purchased  the  Pasbrig  Harness  Shop  and  formed  a  partnership  with  his  bro- 
ther Frank.   They  added  the  hardware  line  to  this  business  and  operated  as  partners  until 
191A  when  Frank  Brandt  passed  away. 

A  son,  Donald,  went  to  work  for  him  at  that  time.   In  1925,  they  moved  to  their  present 
Main  street  location,  formerly  the  Lindeke  Kjelstrup  building  and  then  the  firm  was  known  as 
Herman  Brandt  &  Son.   In  1916  he  started  a  shoe  repair  business  vjhich  he  carried  on  until 
he  became  ill  a  few  weeks  ago.   He  sold  the  hardware  business  to  his  son,  Donald,  in  1953 
and  retained  only  the  shoe  repair  business.  Another  son,  Roy,  is  employed  in  the  hardware 
store. 

The  late  Mr.  Brandt  was  a  member  of  the  Evangelical  &  Reformed  Church,  a  15  year  member 
of  the  Hankinson  Volunteer  Fire  Dept.,  alderman  for  the  city  for  several  years  and  a  member 
of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.   Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brandt  observed  their  Golden  Wedding  Anni- 
versary here  in  1950. 

He  is  survived  by  four  sons;  Donald  and  Roy  of  Hankinson;  Roger  of  Louisville,  KY.; 
and  Victor  of  Miami,  FL. ;  also  five  grandchildren,  Donald  Jr.,  Los  Angeles,  CA. ;  Carydon, 
Fargo;  Patricia,  St.  Paul;  Roger,  Tokyo,  Japan;  and  Gail  Brandt,  Louisville,  KY.   Also 
surviving  are  two  sisters  and  one  brother,  Sadie  Brandt  and  Minnie  Witham  of  Sedro  Wolley, 
WA. ;  and  Ed  Brandt,  Everett,  WA.   One  brother  and  seven  sisters  are  deceased. 

Hankinson  stores  were  closed  during  the  funeral. 

**********  November  5,  1959 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS Funeral  services  were  conducted  Wednesday  afternoon  at  the  Trinity 

Lutheran  Church  in  Great  Bend  for  Mrs.  Emelia  Koppelmann,  89,  who  passed  away  Sunday  even- 
ing, Oct.  25th,  at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Herbert  Johnson  at  Breckenridge.  Pastor 
R.  Teuscher  and  Pastor  W.  Cordts  conducted  the  service,  with  Vertin's  Funeral  Home  of  Wah- 
peton  handling  the  arrangements.   Interment  was  in  Trinity  Lutheran  Cemetery. 

She  was  born  Nov.  30th,  1869,  in  Germany,  the  former  Emelia  Neitzel.   She  came  to  the 
United  States  with  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carl  Neitzel.  After  living  at  I-linnesota  Lake, 
MN.   a  short  time,  the  family  came  to  the  Great  Bend  vicinity.   She  was  married  to  Henry 
Koppelmann,  Oct.  2nd,  1890,  and  farmed  near  Great  Bend  until  1921  when  they  retired  and 
moved  to  town. 

Mrs.  Koppelman  was  a  faithful  member  of  the  Trinity  Lutheran  Church  and  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  the  Trinity  Ladies  Aid.   Her  husband  preceded  her  in  death  on  Feb.  1939.   Mrs.  Koppel- 
mann had  made  her  home  in  Mooreton  for  some  time  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Robert   Krause,  and 
then  later  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Johnson. 

She  leaves  to  mourn  ten  children:  4  sons  and  6  daughters;  Alfred,  Theodore,  Mrs.  Herb- 
ert (Martha)  Johnson,  all  of  Breckenridge,  Carl  of  Wahpeton,  Henry  of  Laurel,  MT.,  Mrs. 
Robert  (Elsie)  Krause  of  Mooreton,  Mrs.  Henrietta  Brown  of  Jamestown,  Mrs.  William 

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(Minnie)  Grager,  Valley  City,  Mrs.  John  (Bertha)  Utz  of  Yuma,  CO.;  Mrs.  Otto  (Gertrude) 
Overboe,  Pasadena,  CA.   One  sister,  Mrs.  Anna  Witt  of  Hankinson. 

**********  November  5,  1959 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reuben  Stoltenow,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Anton  Griepentrog  and 

Mrs.  George  Schultz,  all  motored  to  Pajmesville,  on  Saturday  morning  to  visit  their  sister 
Mrs.  Emmet  Glenz,  who  had  been  very  ill.  They  came  home  the  same  evening,  and  about  8  o' 
clock  they  received  word  that  Mrs.  Glenz  had  passed  away.   Funeral  services  will  be  Tues- 
day afternoon  at  Paynesville. 

**********  November  5,  1959 

MACHEEL  FUNERAL  HELD  SUNDAY 

Funeral  services  for  William  Macheel  were  held  Sunday  afternoon  from  the  Wipperman 
Funeral  Home  with  Rev.  F.  W.  Paul  officiating.  Interment  was  in  the  Evangelical  and  Ref- 
ormed Cemetery.  Mr.  Macheel  passed  away  Nov.  5th,  at  the  Veterans  Hospital  at  Fargo. 

William  Macheel  was  born  on  April  3rd,  1891,  at  Hankinson  the  son  of  George  Macheel 
and  Amelia  Rosenen.  He  attended  the  public  school  and  was  employed  for  many  years  at  the 
Hankinson  Nursery,  the  later  years  by  the  City  of  Hankinson  as  scalemaster.  He  has  been 
in  poor  health  for  the  past  months  and  was  hospitalized  several  times. 

He  is  survived  by  sisters,  Mrs.  John  Rahn,  Mrs.  John  Bradford,  of  Hankinson,  and  Mrs. 
Carl  Albers  of  Lidgerwood  and  one  brother,  Ferdinand,  of  Hankinson. 

He  was  preceded  in  death  by  his  parents,  two  brothers  and  a  sister.   He  was  baptized 
and  confirmed  at  the  Evangelical  and  Reformed  Church  here. 

**********  November  12,  1959 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Art  Paulson,  Monica  and  Leroy  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  J.  Paulson  of  Lidger- 
wood, attended  funeral  services  for  their  father,  Mr.  Paulson  of  Niagara,  ND. ,  on  Friday. 

**********  November  12,  1959 

HEART  ATTACK  FATAL  TO  L.  GABBERT 

Lawrence  W.  Gabbert,  A7,  of  Drayton,  ND.,  died  after  suffering  a  heart  attack  while 
deer  hunting  with  his  son,  Gordon,  near  Fordville,  ND.,  Friday  afternoon,  the  first  day  of 
the  hunting  season. 

Mr.  Gabbert  was  born  at  Hankinson  on  Jan.  14th,  1912.   He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  William  Gabbert,  now  residents  of  this  city. 

He  was  married  at  Hankinson  on  Dec.  22,  1938,  to  Verna  Feldman  of  Grafton.   They  resided 
on  a  farm  southwest  of  here  until  the  fall  of  1950  when  they  moved  on  a  farm  they  purchased 
east  of  Grafton.   The  past  three  years  they  spent  the  winter  months  in  Drayton. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Verna  and  five  children,  Gordon,  Yvonne,  Valeda,  Harvey 
and  Joyce,  all  are  at  home  except  Yvonne,  who  is  attending  a  medical  technician  school  in 
Minneapolis. 

Also  surviving  are  two  brothers,  Louis  and  Warren  of  Hankinson,  one  sister,  lone 
(Mrs.  A.  C.  Helmbrecht)  of  Billings,  MT. ,  his  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Gabbert.   One 
brother,  David,  preceded  him  in  death  in  1946  at  the  age  of  17  years. 

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Funeral  services  were  held  on  Monday  afternoon,  Nov.  16th,  at  2:30  PM  at  Zion  English 
Lutheran  Church  at  Grafton  of  which  he  was  a  member.  Interment  was  in  the  church  cemetery 
in  Acton  Twsp.   The  Rev.  H.  F.  Niemen  officiated. 

Pallbearers  were  Daniel  Wienleader,  Walter  Vollmers,  Earl  Schultz,  Arnet  Weinleader, 
Merlin  Schultz  and  Allan  Kirkeby. 

Those  attending  the  funeral  from  here  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  Gabber t,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Louis  Gabbert,  Norma  and  Gary,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Gabbert,  Sr. ,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Gabbert 
Jr.,  Howard  Gabbert,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Schultz  and  Allen,  all  of  Hankinson.   Mr,  and  Mrs. 
Ben  Feldman  and  Sylvia  of  Wahpeton,  Charles  Gabbert  of  Moorhead,  MN. 

**********  November  19,  1959 

FORMER  LOCAL  MECHANIC  IS  VICTIM  OF  EXPOSURE 

A  former  Hankinson  automobile  mechanic. .. Ralph  Wright,  2A,  of  Williston,  ....was  found 
dead,  apparently  of  exposure  in  the  wilds  near  the  Little  Missouri  River,  southwest  of  Wat- 
ford City,  Tuesday. 

Mr.  Wright  worked  as  a  mechanic  for  the  Hankinson  Auto  Co.,  here  from  June  of  1956 
to  August  of  1957  and  resided  in  an  apartment  in  the  T.  W.  Robey  home.   He  left  here  to 
work  in  Minnesota  and  apparently  left  there  a  short  time  later  and  has  since  been  employed 
in  Williston. 

Missing  since  late  Sunday,  he  apparently  had  frozen  to  death  late  Monday  or  early  Tues- 
day, McKenzie  County  officials  said.   Area  ranchers  had  tracked  Wright  for  about  10  miles 
in  some  of  the  roughest  terrain  in  North  Dakota  Monday  and  again  Tuesday,  before  men  in  an 
Air  National  Guard  helicopter  from  Bismarck  circled  the  immediate  area  and  located  the  body. 

Watford  City  is  25  miles  south  and  20  miles  east  of  Williston  in  the  northwestern  part 
of  the  state.   McKenzie  County  Sheriff  Joe  Zitek,  who  directed  the  overall  search,  gave 
credit  to  two  ranchers,  John  Trotters  and  Odin  Johnson,  for  leading  the  tracking  party 
through  canyon  gutted  wilderness  to  within  a  quarer  mile  of  where  the  body  was  located  near 
a  bluff.   Another  searcher.  Game  Warden  Robert  Borden  of  Watford  City,  said,  "It  was  prob- 
ably the  best  job  of  tracking  I  have  ever  heard  of."  "Ironically,"  he  said,  "the  body  was 
found  only  about  one  half  mile  from  the  ranch  home  of  Duke  Trotters." 

Signs  indicated  Wright  had  tried  to  start  a  fire  where  he  died.   He  had  lost  his  rifle. 
Stephen  H.  Richards  of  Fargo,  a  Game  and  Fish  Dept.  employee  who  aided  in  the  search,  des- 
cribed the  terrain  "as  extremely  rough.   There  are  canyons  and  breaks  300  to  500  feet  high 
and  Wright  had  climbed  over  some.   That  used  up  a  great  deal  of  his  strength." 

Wright  had  been  missing  since  becoming  separated  from  two  companions,  Fred  Basma  and 
William  Bowen,  both  of  Williston.   The  other  two  arrived  at  the  John  Trotters  ranch,  about 
40  air  miles  southwest  of  Watforcf  City  about  11  PH.,  Sunday  and  asked  for  help  in  finding 
Wright. 

Several  cars  were  taken  to  the  area  where  he  was  last  seen  and  lights  were  shined  in 
a  large  circle  until  about  3  AM.   Wright  leaves  a  wife  and  two  children.   He  had  been  in 
Williston  about  two  years,  employed  by  a  motor  parts  firm. 

**********  November  19,  1959 

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BRUMMOND's  SISTER  DIES  at  BRAINARD 
John  Bruinmond  received  word  that  his  sister,  Mrs.  Amanda  Baribeau,  of  Brainard,  MN., 
passed  away  in  a  hospital  in  Minneapolis,  MN.,  Sunday.   She  suffered  a  paraletic  stroke. 

Surviving  are  two  daughters,  Gail  and  Joselyn  of  Seattle,  WA. ,  a  son  Eugene  of  Minn- 
eapolis.  Two  brothers,  John  and  Herman  of  Hankinson,  two  sisters,  Mrs.  Art  Thorson  of 
Pollock,  SD.,  and  Mrs.  Delia  Tucker  of  Minneapolis. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Brummond  accompanied  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Art  Thorson  to  Brainard  to  attend 
the  funeral  that  was  held  Wednesday  in  the  Lutheran  Church. 

**********  December  3,  1959 

PURDY  FUNERAL  HELD  at  ABERDEEN 
Services  for  Leo  Purdy,  65,  of  Aberdeen,  SD. ,  were  held  Saturday  at  the  Evangelical 
United  Brethren  Church  with  the  Rev.  S.  E.  Graf  officiating. 

The  deceased  is  a  brother-in-law  of  Simon  Dosch.  He  attended  the  funeral.   Mr.  Purdy 
was  born  Feb.  23rd,  189A  at  Britton,  SD  and  attended  school  at  Kidder.   He  married  Lovina 
Dosch  on  Sept.  20,  1917,  at  Great  Bend,  ND.   They  established  their  first  home  on  a  farm 
near  Britton.   They  moved  to  Aberdeen  in  1929  and  Mr.  Purdy  was  engaged  as  a  custodian 
at  several  business  establishments.   He  retired  a  year  and  a  half  ago.   He  was  a  member 
of  the  Evangelical  United  Brethern  Church. 

**********  December  3,  1959 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS Mrs.  Ida  Kbhlhoff,  85,  of  Paynesville,  Ml^.,  who  has  been  visiting 

with  Mrs.  Ed  Loll  and  Luella  at  Great  Bend,  got  suddenly  ill  with  a  stroke  Thursday  after- 
noon and  was  unconscious.   She  was  rushed  to  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  at  Breckenridge  with 
Vertins  ambulance.   Her  daughter,  Mrs.  Lillian  Nelson  at  Paynesville,  MN. ,  was  notified  and 
her  son,  Theodore,  who  had  just  left  on  a  trip  to  Florida,  also  her  son,  Ervin. 

Mrs._Kohlhoff  passed  away  Sunday  afternoon  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital,  "Her  body  was 
taken  to  Pajmesville  for  burial.   At  this  writing  no  date  had  been  set.   She  has  many  rela- 
tives and  friends  in  this  area. 

**********  December  3,  1959 

Mrs.  Frank  LaQua  and  Mr.  Elroy  Kinn  attended  the  funeral  of  their  cousin,  Mrs.  Wm. 

Safferath,  at  Steward,  MH.,  Thursday. 

**********  December  3,  1959 

On  Tuesday,  Mrs.  Erling  Haukness  attended  the  funeral  of  her  brother-in-law,  Mr.  Reu- 
ben Luibahl.   Mr.  Luibahl  had  been  ill  for  some  time. 

********'**  December  3,  1959 

LAMARS  NEWS.... Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ray  Peters  left  Monday  to  attend  the  funeral  of  an  aunt, 
in  Iowa  **********  December  3,  1959 

ATTENDS  FUNERAL 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harvey  Leathart,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Newll  Hardie,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roy  Branson,  of 

Fairmount  and  Mrs.  Branson's  sister,  Mrs.  Ida  Sw of  Fargo,  attended  the  funeral  of 

their  cousin,  Dennis  who  was  killed  recently  in  an  accident.   The  funeral  was  held 

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at  the  United  Church  of  Christ  at  BarnesviHe  on  November  25th. 

**********  December  3,  1959 

Mrs.  Donald  Sikorski  attended  the  funeral  Friday  at  Campbell  for  Lloyd  Dawson,  who  was 
a  roommate  of  Mrs.  Sikorski's  father,  Ed  Nelson  at  the  Wahpeton  Rehabilitation  Center. 

**********  December  3,  1959 

MRS.  WAWERS  RITES  HELD  HERE 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Jake  (Hattie)  Wawers  of  Bellingham,  MN. ,  were  held  Monday 
morning  at  St.  Philip's  Church  in  Hankinson,  Fr.  Studzinski  celebrating  the  funeral  Mass. 
Interment  was  in  Calvary  Cemetery,  Hankinson.   Rosary  was  recited  Sunday  evening  at  the 
Wipperman  Funeral  Home. 

Hattie  Schmidt  was  born  at  Hankinson  on  Aug.  lAth,  1902,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Aug.  Schmidt.   She  grew  to  womanhood  in  the  Hankinson  vicinity,  attending  the  rural  school. 
On  Oct.  20th,  1920,  she  was  married  to  Jacob  Wawers.   They  resided  in  the  Fairmount  vicinity 
until  several  years  ago  when  they  moved  to  Bellingham,  MN. 

She  passed  away  at  the  hospital  at  Madison,  MN.   She  is  survived  by  her  husband;  dau- 
ghters, Loretta,  (Mrs.  Ray  Holtz,)  Rosholt,  SD,  Viola,  (Mrs.  Clem  Sikorski)  Tenny,  MN. ; 
sons,  August,  Walter  of  Quincy,  WA.  Jacob,  Bellingham,  Elmer,  Jamestown,  ND.;  sister,  Mrs. 
Helen  Larson,  brothers,  Elmer,  Gilbert  all  of  Seattle. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  was  in  charge  of  the  funeral  arrangements. 

**********  December  10,  1959 

PETER  DEFEA,  95,  DIES  AT  HOSPITAL 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Friday  morning  at  9:30  at  the  St.  Philip's  Church  here, 
for   Peter  DeFea,  95,  a  pioneer  of  the  Hankinson  community.   DeFea  passed  away  at  the  St. 
Gerard's  Community  Hospital  here  after  several  weeks  of  illness.   Interment  will  be  in  Cal- 
vary Cemetery. 

Peter  DeFea  was  born  in  Austria,  Jan.  23rd,  1867,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adam  DeFea.   Mr. 
and  Mrs.  DeFea  and  family  emigrated  to  America  in  1903,  coming  directly  to  Hankinson.   He 
was  employed  by  the  Soo  Line  Railroad  until  his  retirement.   After  his  wife's  death  he  made 
his  home  at  the  Kent  Rest  Home  in  Hankinson. 

The  deceased  is  survived  by  daughters.  Rose  and  Mary  (Mrs.  Ray  Morgan)  of  Minneapolis, 
Mrs.  John  (Marguerite)  Zimbrick,  Killdeer;  (Catherine)  Prall,  San  Leandro,  CA.  ;  sons,  Adam, 
of  San  Francisco,  CA. ;  John  of  Oakland,  CA. ;  Jack,  Sonora,  CA. ;  Joe,  Thousand  Palms,  CA. , 
Frank,  Dickinson;  Mike  and  Meter  of  Milbank,  SD. 

Rosary  will  be  recited  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  at  8  PM,  Thursday,  Dec.  10th. 

Pallbearers  will  be  Nick  Benroth,  John  A.  Hentz,  Michael  Scheller,  M.  S.  Aker,  John  A. 

Roth  and  Frank  LaQua.  j.j.jj.j.j.j.j.j,,  „     ,    ,„,ni-r, 

^  **********  December  10,  1959 

FUNERAL  FOR  MRS.  MEYER  SATURDAY 

Mrs.  John  Meyer,  who  resides  east  of  Hankinson,  passed  away  Wednesday  evening  at  the 

St.  Gerard's  Community  Hospital  here.    She  had  been  a  patient  for  the  past  week.   Mrs. 

Meyer  had  been  in  failing  health  for  the  past  two  years. 

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Funeral  services  will  be  held  at  St.  Philip's  Church  here  Saturday,  Dec.  12th,  at 
10  AM.   The  Rev.  Fr.  Lambert  Studzinski  will  officiate.   Rosary  will  be  recited  at  8  PM 
Friday,  Dec.  11th,  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home. 

A  complete  obituary  will  be  published  in  the  News  next  week. 

**********  December  10,  1959 

LAMARS  NEWS Mrs.  Ralph  Bonine  left  by  plane  over  the  weekend  to  attend  the  funeral 

of  her  brother-in-law,  at  Seattle,  WA. 

**********  December  10,  1959 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Art  Weber  and  daughter,  Mary,  Mrs.  Howard  Cox,  Mrs.  Ervin  Falk  and  Mrs. 
Otto  Klawitter  went  to  Minneapolis  on  Saturday.  Mr.  Weber,  Mrs.  Falk  and  Mrs.  Klawitter 
attended  the  funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Wm.  Siegman,  a  former  Mantador  resident. 

**********  December  10,  1959 

GREAT  BEND  NEWS Mr.  and  Mss.  Arlie  Schultz,  Mrs.  Ed  Loll,  Sr.,  and  Luella,  motored 

to  Paynesville,  MN.,  Monday  to  attend  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Ed  Miller.   She  is  a  sister-in-. 
law  of  Mrs.  Loll  and  Aunt  of  Mr.  Schultz. 

**********  December  10,  1959 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS Mrs.  Jake  Meyer's  name  was  unintentionally  omitted  from  last  week's 

news  item  in  that  she  was  also  among  the  relatives  attending  the  funeral  of  her  cousin, 
Dennis  Olds,  at  Barnesville,  MN.,  who  was  killed  recently  in  a  car  accident. 

**********  December  10,  1959 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Art  Weber  and  Mary,  Mrs.  Ervin  Falk,  Mrs.  Ella  Cox  and  Mrs.  Otto  Klawitter 
motored  to  Minneapolis  on  Saturday  morning  to  attend  the  funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Wm. 
Siegman  who  passed  away  on  Thursday.   Mrs.  Siegman  was  the  former  Berd'ine  Witt  of  this  vic- 
inity. **********  December  10,  1959 

MRS.  W.  H.  CORDIS  DIES  SUDDENLY 

Mrs.  W.  H.  Cordts,  wife  of  Rev.  W'.  H.  Cordts,  passed  away  unexpectedly  at  her  home 
Wednesday  evening  about  9:20.   Funeral  services  have  been  set  tentatively  for  Sunday  after- 
noon at  2  PM.   Visitation  will  be  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  after  3  PM. ,  Saturday. 
A  Devotional  Service  will  be  held  at  the  Funeral  Home  at  8  PM. ,  Saturday  evening. 

Mrs.  Cordts  leaves  her  husband,  one  son  and  two  daughters  to  mourn  her  sudden  passing. 
A  complete  obituary  will  appear  in  next  week's  News. 

There  will  be  no  Christmas  practice  on  Saturday  but  Monday  morning  instead.   No  church 
services  will  be  held  at  St.  Johns  at  Belford  on  Sunday  morning. 

.  **********  December  17,  1959 

C.  LILJA  RITES  HEDL  AT  FORMAN 

Funeral  services  for  the  late  Carl  F.  Lilja,  78,  retired  State  Highway  Department  emp- 
loyee, were  held  at  the  Trinity  Lutheran  Church,  Forman,  Monday,  Dec.  15th.   Last  rites 
were  held  from  Trinity  Lutheran  Church,  the  Rev.  John  P.  Rotto  officiating.   Burial  was  in. 
North  Trinity  Cemetery,  Forman. 

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Mr.  Lilja  died  Saturday  evening  at  St.  Francis  Hospital,  Breckenridge.   He  was  born  in 
Sweden  on  Sept.  7th,  1881,  and  came  to  Sargent  County  when  he  was  lA. 

Mr.  Lilja  has  resided  in  Hankinson  for  the  past  15  years.   He  had  been  Clerk  of  Court 
in  Sargent  County  for  a  time  and  later  worked  for  the  Highway  Department. 

He  married  Mrs.  Mary  Christianson  Lindberg  in  1902.   She  preceded  him  in  death.   He 
leaves  two  sons,  Wilmar  of  Portland,  OR.,  and  Robert  of  Los  Angeles;  a  stepson,  Edward 
Lindberg  of  Minneapolis;  three  daughters,  Mrs.  Annie  Brown  and  Mrs.  Elsie  Brown,  both  of 
Portland;  Mrs.  Walter  (Selma)  Wilkie,  Oakes;  and  a  sister,  Mrs.  D.  C.  Nundahl,  Mankato,  MN. 

Honorary  pallbearers  from  Hankinson  were  Harold  McGray,  Sam  and  Charlie  Marvin  and 
Wilbur  Chap in.  **********  December  17,  1959 

ATTENDS  FUNERAL 

Mrs.  Ethel  Zillgitt  and  daughter,  Kahtleen,  and  Mrs.  Rollie  Allen  left  Monday  for  Chi- 
cago, IL.,  to  attend  the  funeral  of  their  brother-in-law,  William  Mester,  who  died  unexpect- 
edly on  Sunday,  Dec.  6th.  **********  December  17,  1959 

SERVICES  HELD  FOR  FERD.  RACKOW 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Sunday  afternoon  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  for  Ferd- 
inand Rackow,  81,  who  passed  away  Thursday  evening  at  the  St.  Gerard  Hospital  from  a  ling- 
ering illness.   Rev.  F.  W.  Paul  officiated  at  the  funeral  and  interment  was  in  the  Evan- 
gelical and  Reformed  Cemetery. 

Ferdinand  Rackow  was  born  in  Germany,  Nov.  30th,  1876.   He  came  to  America  with  his 
parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ferdinand  Rackow,  coming  to  Hankinson.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
and  was  employed  by  the  Hankinson  Nursery  Co.,  for  the  past  45  years.   He  was  a  life  member 
of  the  Hankinson  fire  department  and  they  served  as  honorary  and  active  pallbearers. 

He  is  survived  by  three  sisters,  Mrs.  Mathilda  Rahn  and  Mrs.  John  Bradford  of  Hankinson 
and  Mrs.  Carl  Albers  of  Lidgerwood,  ND.   Two  other  brothers  passed  away  in  the  past  six 
months  and  also  a  sister,  Mrs.  Keenert  preceded  him  in  death. 

**********  December  24,  1959 

SCHEIDEGGER  RITES  SET  FOR  SATURDAY  AT  WAHPETON 

Funeral  services  for  Alfred  Scheidegger,  pioneer  of  the  Fairmount  area,  will  be  held 
Saturday,  Dec.  26th,  from  Schmitt  &  Poulton  Funeral  Home,  Wahpeton.   The  Rev.  Elton  Temme , 
pastor  of  the  First  English  Lutheran  Church,  Fairmount,  will  officiate  at  the  last  rites 
at  2  PM. 

Mr.  Scheidegger,  about  78,  passed  away  at  the  St.  Francis  Hospital,  Breckenridge, 
Tuesday  morning.  **********  December  24,  1959 

JOHN  R.  SCHELLER  RITES  HELD  TODAY 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  today  (Thursday  morning)  at  10  AM  at  the  St.  Philip's 
Catholic  Church  for  John  R.  Scheller,  75,  who  passed  away  Tuesday  morning,  Dec.  22nd,  at 
St.  Gerard's  Hospital,  after  a  lingering  illness.   Burial  will  be  at  Calvary  Cemetery. 

Rosary  will  be  held  at  the  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  on  Wednesday  at  8  PM. 

**********  December  24,  1959 

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CORDTS  FUNERAL  SERVICES  HELD 

Funeral  services  for  Mrs.  Rose  Cordts  were  held  Sunday  afternoon  from  St.  John's  Luth- 
eran Church  in  Belford  Township.   The  church  that  her  husband.  Rev.  Walter  Cordts  has  been 
Pastor  of  for  almost  30  years. 

Rev.  Henry  Fry  of  Wahpeton  conducted  the  services  at  the  church.   Rev.  Dierks  of  Bar- 
ney had  the  services  at  the  home  prior  to  the  services  at  the  church.   Rev.  Mueller  of  Lid- 
gerwood  had  the  commital  services  at  the  St.  John's  Lutheran  Cemetery. 

Rose  Margaret  Volberding,  daughter  of  Fred  Volberding  and  Elizabeth,  nee  Nuerberger, 
was  born  at  Buckley,  IL.,  Oct.  4th,  1892.   She  was  only  a  few  years  old  when  her  parents 
moved  to  Nebraska  where  Mr.  Volberding  engaged  in  business  at  Stanton  and  later  at  Wisner. 
At  the  latter  place  she  attended  public  school  and  in  1906  she  was  confirmed  in  the  Lutheran 
faith.   When  the  Volberdings  moved  to  a  farm  south  of  Wisner,  Rose  spent  a  number  of  years 
with  her  maternal  grandmother  in  town,  while  going  to  school.   She  then  worked  in  the  gen- 
eral store  at  Bazile  Mills,  but  when  the  family  moved  to  a  farm  near  Jamison,  Keha  Paha 
County,  Nebraska,  in  1914,  she  went  along  and  soon  after  kept  house  for  her  older  brother, 
who  had  rented  a  farm  for  himself. 

At  a  country  school  house  near  Jamison  she  met  the  Rev.  Walter  H.  Cordts  who  was  pastor 
of  a  parish  that  was  scattered  into  three  counties.  They  were  married  at  home  on  Nov.  19th. 
1917,  by  Pastor  August  Engelhard  of  Colome,  SD.,  who  later  married  a  sister  of  the  groom. 

Many  times  in  later  years.  Pastor  Cordts  and  his  wife  recalled  those  early  days...", 
how  often  she  accompanied  him  as  he  served  his  parish  and  vacancies  at  Buttee,  NE.,  and 
Fairfax,  SD.   They  often  drove  forty  and  fifty  miles  in  all  sorts  of  weather  and  arriving 
home,  how  she  would  unhitch  and  unharness  one  horse  as  quickly  as  her  husband  did  the  other. 
And  during  the  winter  of  the  terrible  influenze  epidemic  when  the  pastor  was  on  the  road 
literally  day  and  night,  there  was  always  a  warm  house  and  a  hot  meal  awaiting  him. 

In  the  parsonage  near  Naper,  NE.,  located  11  miles  from  the  railroad,  two  children 
were  born  during  those  years.   Howard  in  1919  and  Irma  in  1923. 

In  Feb.  of  1925,  the  pastor  having  accepted  a  call  to  St.  John's  Church  north  of  Hank- 
inson,  the  family  moved  into  this  area.   Here  the  deceased  spent  the  remainder  of  her  life, 
almost  35  years.  -Here  a  third  member  was  added  to  the  familv,  Patricia,  who  was  born  July 
10th,  1934. 

For  many  years  Mrs.  Cordts  enjoyed  very  good  health,  but  in  1949,  major  surgery  was  nec- 
essary.  Five  years  later  she  again  entered  the  hospital  for  surgery,  as  well  as  x-ray 
therapy.   Frequent  check-ups  seemed  to  indicate  that  the  progress  of  the  disease  had  been 
arrested;  but  in  December  of  1956,  examination  showed  that  the  malignancy  had  entered  the 
lungs,  and  is  was  evident  that  there  was  slight  hope  for  recovery.   In  spite  of  this  Mrs. 
Cordts  went  about  her  work  uncomplainingly  and  met  each  day  with  new  faith  and  courage.  Her 
constant  prayer  that  she  would  not  have  to  linger  long  and  painfully  was  answered  beyond 
all  expectations.   She  had  taken  an  interested  part  in  all  the  preparations  for  Christmas; 
but  the  Lord  willed  that  she  should  spend  it  with  Him  in  Heaven. 

Wednesday  evening  at  9:20   she  quietly  passed  from  this  life  into  eternal  rest  and 

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glory.   She  had  reached  the  age  of  67  years  2  months  and  12  days. 

She  leaves  to  mourn  her:  the  husband;  one  son,  Howard,  of  Bay  City,  MI.,  two  daughters 
Irma  (Mrs.  B.  J.  Pankow)  of  Northville,  MI.,  and  Patricia  (Mrs.  Urban  Trittin)  of  Lidger- 
wood,  ND.;  seven  grandchildren;  one  sister,  Eunice  (Mrs.  Verner _ Fransen)  of  Burke,  SD,; 
and  two  brothers,  Fred  Volberding  of  Omaha,  NE.,  and  Ray  Volberding  of  Norfolk,  NE. 

The  Wipperman  Funeral  Home  had  charge  of  the  funeral  arrangements. 

**********  December  26,  1959 

MEYER  SERVICES  HELD  DECEMBER  12 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Saturday,  Dec.  12th,  at  St.  Philips  Church,  for  Mrs. 
John  (Mary)  Meyer,  who  died  at  St.  Gerard's  Hospital,  Dec.  10th. 

Rev.  Fr.  Studzinski  celebrated  the  funeral  Mass  and  interment  was  in  Calvary  Cemetery 
beside  her  husband  and  son,  Mike,  and  two  daughters,  who  preceded  her  in  death. 

Mary  Ennen  was  born  at  Ashpenning,  MI.,  on  July  31st,  1876,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Nicholas  Ennen.   At  the  age  of  8,  she  came  with  her  parents  to  Dakota  Territory,  settling 
on  a  farm  three  miles  east  of  Hankinson  which  was  her  parents  homestead.   She  grew  to  woman- 
hood and  attended  the  rural  school  in  Waldo  Township. 

Mrs.  Meyer  was  a  true  pioneer  in  this  territory.   This  was  before  the  icailroads  and  the 
the  town  of  Hankinson  was  established.   Indians  and  herds  of  buffaloes  were  common  sights 
in  those  days. 

She  married  John  Meyer  in  189A,  continuing  to  live  on  this  same  farm  until  her  death. 
She  is  survived  by  five  sons,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pete  Meyer,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tony  Meyer,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Nick  Meyer,  John  Meyer,  and  Mrs.  and  Mrs.  Math  Meyer  of  Hopkins,  MN.,  and  four  daughters 
Mrs.  B.  Gosman,  Kenmare;  Mrs.  Catherine  Geilespie,  Mrs.  M.  C.  Linoweaver,  Clearwater,  MN., 
and  Mrs.  Fred  Schwandt,  Battle  Lake,  MN. ;  27  grandchildren,  52  great-grandchildren  and 
one  great-great-grandchild  also  mourn  her  death. 

Many  friends  and  relatives  from  out  of  town  attended  the  funeral. 

***********  December  24,  1959 

FORMER  MANTADOR  PRIEST  SUCCUMBS 

Funeral  services  were  conducted  Wednesday,  Dec.  23rd,  for  the  Rev.  James  A.  Thiel, 
retired  priest  in  the  Fargo  diocese  and  former  priest  at  St.  Peter  and  Paul's  Church  in 
Mantador,  who  died  Sunday  at  Trinity  Hospital,  Jamestown,  ND. 

Solemn  Ponifical  Mass  was  recited  in  St.  Peter  and  Paul's  Church,  Mantador.   Born  in 
Iowa  in  Nov.  of  1888,  Father  Thiel  studied  at  Richardton,  ND. ,  and  in  St.  Paul  Seminary 
and  was  ordained  in  Fargo,  June  4th,  1914,  by  Bishop  James  O'Reilly. 

After  a  year  as  assistant  pastor  at  Langdon,  he  became  pastor   at  Rugby.   From  1924 
to  1931  he  was  pastor  of  St.  John's  Church  at  Wahpeton  and  then  was  pastor  of  St.  Boniface 
Church,  Wimbledon  until  his  reirement  in  1946  because  of  ailing  health. 

He  has  resided  in  Wimbledon  since.   Father  Thiel  had  been  blind  a  number  of  years. 
He  leaves  four  brothers  and  two  sisters,  John  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Reiland,  both  of  Mantador; 
Peter  and  Mrs.  Margaret  Blonigan,  both  of  Douglas,  ND.;  Nicholas  of  Wahpeton  and  Alls  of 
Bismarck.  **********  December  24,  1959 

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MANTADOR  NEWS ... .Word  came  on  Monday  morning  of  the  death  of  Rev.  Fr.  Miller  at 

Wimbledon,  ND. .   Burial  was  at  Mantador  on  Wednesday  morning.  John  and  Wilbert  Thiel 
and  Mrs.  Albert  Reiland  had  been  to  visit  him  this  past  week. 

**********  December  24,  1959 

MANTADOR  NEWS Ed  Goerger  and  Mrs.  C.  M  Puetz  motored  to  Morril,  MN.,  on  Tuesday  to 

attend  funeral  services  for  a  cousin,  George  Scheuller. 

**********  December  24,  1959 

FAIRMOUNT  NEWS ATTENDS  FUNERAL Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Lindahl  spent  Wednesday  at  :' 

Stranburg,  SD.,  where  they  attended  the  funeral  of  his  sister,  Clara  Lindahl,  who  died 

unexpectedly  on  Sunday,  Dec.  6th,  following  a  heart  attack.   Funeral  services  were  held 

on  Wednesday,  Dec.  9  th.  j.^^.^.^^^^^^  ,    „,,„,„ 

•"  **********  December  24,  1959 

FORMER  RESIDENT  PASSED  AWAY, 
Herbert  A.  Merrifield,  former  Hankinson  businessman,   passed  away  suddenly  Chirstmas 
Eve  at  Gulf  Winds,  FL. 

Merrifield,  74,  was  stricken  with  a  cerebral  hemmorhage  at  his  Florida  home  near  Tampa 
where  he  and  his  wife  had  spent  the  winters  for  the  past  several  years.   They  reside  in 
Milwaukee,  WI. 

Mr.  Merrifield  was  president  of  the  former  First  National  Bank  here  and  left  Hankin- 
son in  1931.   He  is  survived  by  his  wife;  one  daughter,  Mrs.  Arnold  Maas  and  a  brother, 
Weston  Merrifield,  both  of  Hankinson. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Tuesday  afternoon  from  the  Masonic  Temple  in  Milwaukee. 
Mrs.  Maas  left  for  Milwaukee  Saturday  morning. 

A  complete  obituary  will  be  published  next  week. 

**********  December  31,  1959 

SCHUETT  FUNERAL  SET  FOR  FRIDAY 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Schuett  of  Hankinson  received  word  that  Mr.  Schuett's  brother. 
Bill,  passed  away  Saturday  evening  at  Long  Beach,  CA.,  where  the  Schuetts  were  spending 
the  winter  months. 

Mr.  Schuett  will  be  returned  to  his  home  at  Wiebaux,  MT.,  for  funeral  services  and 
burial.   George  Schuett,  Jr.,  of  Long  Beach,  will  accompany  Mrs.  Schuett  and  her  husband's 
body  to  Wiebaux. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Schuett  and  Warren  Schuett  of  Wahpeton,  will  leave  for  Wiebaux  on 
Thursday  morning  to  attend  funeral  services,  which  will  be  held  Friday. 

**********  December  31,  1959 

FUNERAL 'services  HELD  FOR  RADLOFF  INFANT 
Funeral  services  were  held  for  the  infant  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Radloff  at  the 
Wipperman  Funeral  Home,  Saturday  afternoon.   Rev.  Otto  Truog  conducted  the  service  and 
burial  was  at  Immanuel  Lutheran  Cemetery  following  the  service. 

**********  December  31,  1959 


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HANKINSON  NEWS 
Deaths 


Jan.  3,  1957  - 
Dec.  31,  1959 


Aarstad  82 

Aasen  142 

Aasness  17 

Ackerman  144 

Adamson  61 

Ahrens  16 

Altken  142 

Aker  35,72 

Albers  125,147,152 

Albert  118 

Albright  67,72 

Allen  51,62,152 

Althoff 49,66 

Ambach  142 

Ambrosich  14 

Anderson  5,62,113,140 

Armstrong  105 

Arndt  129 

Arnold  143 

Augdahl  51.117 

Avery  97 

Awe  70 

Bach  49 

Bagus  90,122,135,136 

Baier  89 

Baisley ;32,127,143 

Baker  41,63,95,108,109,130 

Baldner  46,111,120 

Ball  119,120 

Ballard  52,54 

Bangle  24 

Barforth 110 

Baribeau  149 

Barner  60 

Barringer  123 

Barton  59 


Bauer  . . 
Beard  . . 
Beatty  . 
Bee  . . . . 
Bechard 
Bechtle 


,.28 
..58 
,.65 
,.17 
,.75 
,128 


Becker  34,125 

Beigel  47 

Bellin  80,85 

Bellows  44 

Berchler  122 

Berg 29,32,33,41,63 

95,116,117,130,131 

•Berger  127 

Berglin  82,84 

Bernard  27,56,82 

Berndt   113,119,144 

Berner  106 

Bertelson  140 

Betterman  20,140 

Biegel  70 

Biggs  15,87,142 

Birchem  98,101 

Birdzell  34 

Bimbaum 56 

Bisek 18,51 

Bladow  4,10,15,25 

50,53,81,131 

Blake  52,70 

Blomberg  83 

Blonigan  22,154 

Bloomdale  89 

Boatman  48 

Boe  89 

Boehning  33 

Boelke  51.77 

Boesen  1^ 


Boettcher  56 

Bohn  ..17,53,58,59,61,75,77, 
88,101,106,108,116,117,140.. 

Bohnenstingle  39 

Bohnstingle  8 

Boldt  4,16,22,23,42,108,133 

Boll  33 

Bommersbach  ..19,21,39,48,51 
81,105,106,107,118,141,143.. 

Bonine  151 

Boomhauer  145 

Bostrom  86 ,  89 

Bowder  102 

Brackin  12,15,90 

Bradford  125,147,152 

Bradley  44 

Brady  109 

Brandel  23 

Brandt  145 

Branson  27,113,121,149 

Brassfield  59 

Braun  16,142 

Bresnahan  39,42 

Breuske  20 

Brickner 19 

Brickzen  69 

Brosowske  125 

Brown  49,67,94,95 

96,124,146,152 

Bruce  132 

Brummond  39,56,149 

Brunkhorst  81 

Buche  59 

Buck  ..19,73,104,105,106,140 

Buckhaus  116 

Buckholz  109,133 


(156) 


Buckhouse 28,30,31,89 

120,130 

Budde  35,72 

Budke  27 

Buechler  55 

Bulton  135 

Bunde  73,91,134 

Burcham  114 

Burf lend  10 

Burgeson  6 

Burlison  120 

Buscher  110 

Busher  24 

Burvee  141 

Buse  134,145 

Busta  56 

Cady  Ill 

Calloway  16 

Case  29 

Cassette  7 

Caulkins  17,131 

Champion  54 

Chezik  115 

Chinberg  125 

Christensen  31 

Christiansen  ..73,115,152 

Christie  114 

Clarey  62,87,88 

Clark  -..100,120 

Clary  104 

Cleveland  91 

Cohen  56 

Collins 4 

Condreal  124 

Cooper  60 

Coppin  44,59,63 

95,101,102,132 

Cordell  12 

Cordts  151,153 

Cothe  47 


Cousins  53 

Cox 54,60,94,138,151 

Coyne  137 

Crawford 24,41,45 

Cressey 51,105,107 

Crome  133 

Crooks  18 

Cunningham  17 

Dahl  29,78 

Dahlen  52,54 

Dahlquist  69 

Damkoehler  72 

Damon  108 

Danz  73 

Darner  107 

Davis  121 

Dawson  150 

Deason  16 

Deaton  4 

Decker  47 

Defea  150 

Deforest  96 

Deike  44,140,145 

Dela  Barie/re 126,128 

De  Silva  56,57 

Dibbert  53 

Differding  49 

Dixon  38 

Dohlstrara  82 

Donovan  126 

Dorner  143 

Dosch  92,149 

Draeger  81 

Dretsch 47 

Drickes  126 

Driesen , 10 

Duenow  92 

Duffing  24 

Duf resno  72 

Durkee  28,29 

(157) 


Duwenhoegger  ,  .  128 

Dwyer  28 

Dyke  84,92 

Early  142 

Ecker  94 

Eckhoff  135 

Ehlers  14,106 

Ehrens  121 

Eichhorn  33 

Eickler  80 

Ellingson  64 

Ellis  17 

Ellsworth  102 

Elstad  87 

Endicott  27 

Engebretson  36,68,110 

Ennen  154 

Erb  19,124 

Erickson  39,53,112,144 

Ernest  50 

Evenson  69 

Ewald  130 

Faber  1 

Falk  4,40,96,151 

Farup  18 

Feldman  44 ,  147 

Fellbaum  129 

Fenske  35,56 

Ferber  67 

Fettes  47 

Field  132 

Fink  80 

Fischer  110,116 

Fish  135 

Fleenor  33 

Fleming  86 

Flock  93 

Foeltz  4,23,63 

Foertsch  46 


Fogarty  87,88 

Foley  6,62 

Ford  12 

Forness  42 

Foster  44 

Forsythe  127 

Fournines  8 

Fox  57 

Frandsen  115 

Fransen  154 

Franz  44 

Fredricks  9 

Frenzel  47 

Freye  83 

Frlef eme  84 

Froet  57 

Front  44 

Fry  49 

Fugene  2 

Fuglem  38 

Gabbert  43,147 

Gabel 65,102 

Gaedcke  50,120 

Gainer  29 

Garrison  76 

Garvey  Ill 

Cast  63 

Gaul  66 

Gebhart  ; 14 

Gehler  66,75,134 

Geilespie  154 

Gerezek  74 

Gibson  139 

Giese  10,140 

Gieser  55 

Gill  133 

Gillispie  120 

Gingerich  60 

Ginsbach  142,144 


Glassel  80 

Glenz  147 

Glock  48 

Godijohn  132' 

Godfried  126 

Goerger  19,21,31,71 

126,155 

Gollnick  57 

Goltz 19 

Gordon  79 

Gosman  154 

Gowin  104 

Grady  11,58 

Grager  88,147 

Granell  21 

Gray  67,68 

Grede  100 

Green  34,72,96 

Grese  83 

Greske  68 

Grettum  25 

Griep  146 

Griepentrog  59,61,147 

Griggs  32 

Grimes  132 

Grob  113 

Grohnke  26,119 

Grosza  55 

Gruba  137,139 

Gruetzmacher  79 

Grundyson  35,36 

Gutzmer  66,79 

Haeger  7,19 

Hafner  Ill 

Hagen  129 

Hajak  60 

Hakseth  43 

Halberg  99,140 

Haley  102 


Halpus  93 

Halson  114 

Halvorson  100 

Hamerlik  82 ,  144 

Hammel  145 

Haimnerschmidt  47 

Hample  59,115 

Hanlon  88 

Hansen  7 

Hanson  23,33,60,105,123 

Hardie  27,149 

Hardt 123 

Harkens 123 

Harn 41 

Harrel  106 

Hartleben  69,117 

Harvey  67,70 

Hasse  74 

Haukness  149 

Haus  80 

Hayard  31 

Heck  122 

Hedrick  53 

Hedtke  70 

Heesch  43 

Heger  21 

Heiman  70 

Hein  75,90 

Heitkamp  126 

Heley  10,80 

Hell  .44 

Helmbrecht  147 

Helseth  16 

Hemmerling 48 

Hendricks  100,102 

Henke  129 

Hentz  43,44,66,77,94,95,122 

Herding  49,107,143 

Hermes  19,20,47,77 

Heyen  42 


(158) 


Highman  44 

Hines  39 

Hingst  113,140 

Hipp  19,20,21,118,143 

Hoef  65 

Hoefs  14,23,29,61,62 

63,64,95 

Hoeft  44,12,145 

Hoel  127 

Hoffman  17,22,83 

Hohenstern  50,125 

Hoines  77 

Hokanson  39 

Holden  120 

Holmes  82 

Hoist  50,51,105,107 

Holzhauer  59 

Hoyem  66 

Hrdlicka  116,117 

Hruby  117 

Hubrig  34,133 

Hughes  35,72 

Hull  . 102 

Humble  99 

Hunziker  73 

Huse  24 

lilies  69 

Ingstad  44 

Irish  65 

Jackman  41 

Jackson  62 

Jacobson  18,123 

Jaeger  100,112,119 

Jahn  58 

Janke  94 

Janz  48 

Jarl  120 

Jarske  100,110 

Jarski  9 


Jarvis  106 

Jasmer  120 

Jensen  31,115 

Jentz  .9 

Jereszek  139 

Jerpseth  128 

Johnke  81 

Johnson  ..33,40,41,45,49,63 
76,92,113,121,132,134,145,, 

146 

Jones  12,44,91,118 

Jorgensen  31 

Joubest  113 

Kackman  106 

Kaeding  23 

Kahl  100 

Kahn  47 

Kaiser  106 

Kakaska  100 

Kannera  28 

Kapoun  45 

Karls  86 

Karlsbach  114,115 

Kath  26,63,64,65,89,123 

Kay  52 

Keenan  66 

Keenert  152 

Keeney  120 

Kelley  88 

Kelly  84 

Kemper  6 

Kempf  12 

Kiedel  62 

Kinemert  57 

King  38,68 

Kinn  17,19,48,77,90,149 

Kinnaw  87 

Kissner  60 

Kittleland  79 

Kjelstrup    28,93 

(159) 


Klar  32,143 

Klawitter 66,80,116,151 

Klimek 11,14,56 

Kluge  144 

Klund  94,99 

Knaack  42 

Knudson  129 

Knuepple  116 

Kobetich  36 

Koch  65 

Koehler  38,68 

Kohen  133 

Kohlof f  149 

Koltman  123 

Koppelman 60,106,145,146 

Kosterman  71 

Kratzer  1 

Krause  ....32,34,40,47,66,74 
75,77,80,88,100,105,138,141, 

144,146 

Krebsbach  64 

Kristofitz  93 

Krienke  46 

Krietlow  24 

Kronebusch  92 

Krueger  10,32,108 

Krump  ..31,32,46,111,120,134 

Kruse  142 

Kuah  ' 36 

Kube  106 

Kuddes  137 

Kuehl  15,121 

Kuehn  18,83,106 

Kulberg  53 

Kunkle  53 

Kunz  36 

Kutter  94,110,129 

Kutzer  65 

Kuzel  119 

Kysilka  HI 


Laboda  79 

Lacky  11 

Laf ranz  25 

Lahren  7 

Lalng  80 

Lamberly  120 

Lambertz  92 

Lange  71,87,129 

Langeberg  41 

Langenwalter  83 

Langstaf f  39 

La  Qua  86,90,93,149 

Larson  6,25,60,65,80,89, 
99,114,123,127,128,150... 

Laske  87 

Laughlin  132 

Lawson  120 

Lazenby  124 

Leathart  27,113,121 

134,137,149 

Leavitt  86 

Le  Clair  45,48 

L^e 31,82 

Lehrke  133 

Lein  120 

Leinen  49,70,90 

Lentz  84 

Lenz  42,45,68,81 

Lenzen  122 

Lewis  ..26,44,101 

Lien  119 

Lilja  151 

Lindahl  155 

Lindberg  10,152 

Lingen  31,66 

Linoweaver  154 

Litzau  36,73 

Lobin  87 

Lockwood  131 

Loessin  80 

Loff  8 


Lohr  112 

Loll  50,79,88,126 

134,145,149,151 

Lopp  48 

Lorenz  lo 

Lower  14 

Lubenow  51 

Lueck  12,106 

Luethy  73 

Luibahl  149 

Luick 65,120 

Lummus  136 

Lund  36,37,56 

Maack  77 

Maas  155 

Mac  Grady  67 

Macheel  125,147 

Maethner  ..25,111,113,114 

Magill  53 

Mahler  61 

Mann  100 

Manock  133 

Manske  23,109 

Markham  134 

Marks  26,116 

Marohl  23,118,119 

Marquardt  110 

Marsh  17 

Martin  20,49,76 

Martinek  7 

Martinson  23,33 

Matheson  123 

Mathias  27 

Matteson  29 

Matthews  37 

Mauch  ...67,80,84,131,133 

Mauer 19,21,61,62,74, 

76,122,126 

Mayer  57 


Mc  Conn  38,101,102,135,141 

Mc  llwain  8,9,11,60 

Mc  Keith  91 

Mc  Morrow 16,39,42 

Mc  Parland  127 

Mead  102 

Medenwald/t 17,19,20,68 

73,91,104,107,118,130,132, 

134,140 

Meide  29 

Meidinger  55 

Meland  107,143 

Melcher  46 

Melchert  22 

Melquist  47 

Menke  88 

Mergens  87 

Merrif ield  155 

Mersch  94,130 

Merschman 69 

Mertes  1,5,6,12 

Mester  65,152 

Meyer  27,33,61,108,109,113 
116,134,138,141,150,151,154 

Michalek 141,142 

Michelson  51 

Michie  107,143 

Miesen  28 

Mihaleck ". 22 

Milbrandt89,116,117,120,131 

Miles  133 

Miller  ...17,36,38,44,52,55 
66,67,70,82,100,102,107,131 

137,139,140,151,155 

Minnehan  47 

Miranowski  33 

Mitchell  7,19,21 

Mitzell  91,113 

Moeller  63,132 

Moen  16,93 

Mohr  28 


(160) 


Mohs  61 

Mongoven  47 

Ilonson  134 

Moore  56,58,60,125 

Morgan  150 

Morse  41 

Mosey  25 

Motis  101,102,112 

Mourer  131 

Muehler  19,33,41,46,62,89 
95,104,128,130,134,138,140 

Muellenbauch  37 , 73 

Mueller  121 

Murack  56 

Murphy  ..6,61,127,137,138 

Hack  20,140 

Nathe  69 

Neeley  84 

Neibelscher  129 

Neisch  37 

Neitzel  88,146 

Nellermoe  121 

Nels  93 

Nelson  ...3,5,28,29,40,85 
100,103,109,110,149,150.. 

Nepper  12,135 

Nemann  63 

Neuman  3,5 

Newman  131 

Norman  90 

Northrup  91 

Novotny  122 

Nuerberger  153 

Nulph  62,142 

Nundahl  152 

Oberg  49 

Odenbreth  - 69  • 

O'Donell  142 

Ohlrich  103 


Ohm  10 

Olds  151 

dig  25 

Oliver  92,114 

Olsen  127 

Olson 23,47,125,143 

O'Meara  67 

O'Neill  86 

Orth  119 

Osborn/e 76,106,140 

Ostby  38 

Ostline  132,133 

Overboe  147 

Palmquist  50 

Pankow  34,73,91 

106,134,154 

Paquin  56 

Parker  72,134 

Parkill  138 

Parks  89 

Pasbrig  59,61 

Pasch  92 

Passenheim  20,  76 

Paterson  97 

Patrick  63 

Pauling  56 

Paulson  31,32,37 

60,143,147 

Pautze  4 

Payne  110 

Pearson  27,60 

Pechak  14 

Pedrett  32 

Pelvit  29 

Pelzel  62 

Perry  29 

Peters  135,149 

Petrick  81,111 

Patterson  89,131 

Pettlt  31 

(161) 


Pfahl  113,114 

Phares  Ill 

Philiamlee  61 

Pierson  92 

Piggott  30 

Pinkowski  14 

Piontkowski 84 

Pirmantgen  63 

Place  23,61,62,63 

Plaster  22,23 

Poe  71 

Polda  88 

Polf uss  4 

Pooch  22 

Popp/e  61,92,105 

Poppler  34 

Poster  17 

Prall  150 

Prchal  122 

Prebble  25 

Pribbernow  8,32,87 

Priesema  92 

Primising  91 

Prinz  38 

Prochnow  49,50,77 

118,125,140 

Propp  35,110 

Puetz  92,114,131 

134,136,142,155 ". 

Pugh  73 

Purdy  149 

Quam  66,92 

Quick  84 

Raaen  119 

Rackow  124,125,152 

Radig  35 

Radke  70,101 

Radloff  47,155 

Rahn  .125,147,152 


Ramsey  28,139 

Raobin  55 

Rassier  126,130 

Rattunde  24,78 

Rector  51 

Reed  50 

Rehm  lAl 

Reiland  80,154,155 

Reinke  16,45,107,122,141 

Renegar  43 

Renfrew  11 

Rettig  107,143 

Reubisch  137 

Reynolds  40,77 

Rich  68 

Richards  102 

Richardson  62 

Riggle  120 

Ripley  78 

Ritchie  98 

Roberts  4,10,122 

Robinson  84,36 

Robison  24 

Roeder  ...119,130,131,132 

Rohl  82 

Romerein  141 

Ronice  40 

Rorvig  22 

Roscoe  61 

Rosenen  " 147 

Rosenkranz  84,118,120 

Rossow  10,26,92,116 

Roth  51,93 

Rubert  144 

Rud  126 

Rundgren  24 

Sadlicki  144 

Safferath  149 

Salmor  29 


Salsrude  44 

Sampson  19 

Sand  5,40 

Sander /s  19,82,140 

Sater  53 

Sauter  27 

Schiedegger  ..37,70,72,152 

Scheller  126,134,152 

Scheuller  155 

Schieb  86 

Schiltz  28,32 

Schley  49 

Schlinder  75 

Schmaing  57 

Schmidt  150 

Schmier  55 

Schmit  25,65,82 

SchmitE  10,89,93 

Schneider  53 

Schock  38 

Schoenek  129 

School  125 

Schouweiler  96,98,124 

Schram  7,3,53 

Schreiber  49 

Schroeder  28,30,31 

41,43,107,123 

Schuett  62,82,132 

133,144,155 

Schultz  11,12,34,44,56 

79,121,122,126,147,151 

Schulz  55,108 

Schuschka  119 

Schurian  59 

Schutt  12,74 

Schwalen  140 

Schwandt  154 

Schwankel  10,109 

Seavers  137 

Sedler  121 


Seefelt  45,133 

Seegebarth  10 

Seeley  68 

Seivert  1 

Sellers  53 

Sethre  37,73 

Shapiro  53 

Shaw  50 

Shea  96 

Shebeck  81 

Sheets  83 

Shelley  7 

Shewebach  95 

Shornak  112 

Siegman  151 

Siesco  57 

Sikorski  29,38,70,150 

Silingson  65 

Simon  100 

Simonson  114 

Sinner  25,40 

Sister  Pamelia  8 

Skogland  125 

Slattery 88 

Sleeten  83 

Sletting  ..15,17,89,114,123 

Sloan  59 

Slocum  18 

Smith  8,19,45,48,102 

111,119,123,135 

Snell  27,113 

Snyder  87 

Sonnenstuhl  29 

Sorenson  57,79 

Sorum  132 

South  48 

Spaeth  64 

Speak  60 

Spear  59,87,115,121 

Squires  19 


(162) 


Stack  7,50,81,116 

Seal  110 

Stanley  18 

Staugh  67 

Stave  80 

Steele  55 

Steigerwald  100 

Stein  34,77,142 

Steiner  60 

Steinhorst  22,23 

Steinwehr  49,125 

Stern  142 

Stevens  140 

Stevenson  28,29 

Stiner  118 

Stoltenow  61,63,66 

79,121,147 

St.  Pierre  64,143 

Strainer  16 

Strait  67 

Straus  62 

Strege  32,116 

"Strobusch  1 

Stroehl  79 

Strub  37 

Strubel  87 

Studnicka  86,93 

Suess  112 

Sukow  80 

Sullivan 88 

Summerville  94 

Sund/e  36,43 

Sveiven  14,16 

Swain  42 

Swanson  44 

Sweeney  127, 144 

Swigart  27 

Tallman  100 

Tannas  86 


Tayton  60 

Teare  78 

Tellers  70 

Tennery  Ill 

Terwilleger  28 

Thayer  114 

Theede  6,48 

Theis  25,119 

Theus  73 

Thiel/e  .25,53,126,154,155 

Thomas  1 

Thompson. ..24,27,69,78,103 

Thorson  149 

Tiegs  16,120 

Tischer  34,145 

Tivescar  92 

Tofte  92 

Tohm  103 

Toms  130 

Tracy  100 

Trafford  132 

Trapp  15 

Triba  48 

Trlttin  25,116,119,154 

Trohela  132 

Trom  7 

Tucker  149 

Tulloch  97 

Turbak  48 

Tveter  36 

Tvidtan  86 

Tweeter  55 

Twite  23 

Tyson  131 

Umbreit  60,61 

Upkes  58 

Utecht  44 

Utz  147 


Van  der  Werff  112 

Van  Walker  54 

Vaplon  12 

Vedder  36,42,107,131 

Vetter  12 

Vig  80 

Vinje  52,54 

Voeltz  59 

Volberding  153 

Von  der  Harr  57 

Vonnhoff  129 

Waite  62 

Wall  69 

Walker  11,53 

Wallock  69 

Wallman  52 

Walters  59 

Wang  125,127,128 

Warkentin  85 

Watson  97 

Wawers  28,46,56,82,150 

Wear  78 

Weber  36,40,60 

73,91,107,151 

Wedell  134 

Wefel  138 

Weige  37 

Weinkauf  35,43  ,'94  ,  110 

Weir  126 

Weiss  29,63 

Welch  105 

Welk  80 

Well  82 

Wendt  40,75 

Wertz  53 

Werre  63 

West  92 

Wetherbee  16,18,27 

White  41,58,110 


(163) 


Whitehead  139 

l^itham  146 

Whiting  83 

Wiebusch  81 

Wilkie  152 

Willard  41 

Willert  94 

Williams  1,24,87 

Wills  86 

Wilm  17 

Wilprecht  41,63,95 

106,130 

Wilson  57 

Winefeldt  103 

Winthers  84 

Wipperman  78 

Witt  ...9,11,26,85,147,151 

Witte  26 

Wittikko  21 

Woiwode  93 

Woldren  126,127 

Wojfer  .15 

Wolff  43 

V/olk  24 

Wolter  110 

Womack  72 

Worner   28,101,112,113,126 

Wrege  69 

Wright  130,148 

Wurl  43,111 

Wurst  48 


Yakas  30,31 

Young  45 


Zachary  54 

Zajac  Ill 

Zastrow  116 

Zatechka  94 

Zentgraf  47 

Zentner  145 

Ziegelman/n  ..19,44,46,52 
53,61,63,75,76,105,106, 
139,146 


(164)