The Jamestown Sun, ND
Monday, June 11, 2007
Alma Dorr, 86, Wishek, N.D., formerly of Gackle, N.D., died Saturday, June 9, 2007, at Wishek Community Hospital, Wishek.
Alma Rudolf was born Dec. 14, 1920, on the family farm 17 miles southwest of Wishek in McIntosh County, the daughter of August Rudolf and Maria (Meidinger) Rudolf. She received her elementary education in the local rural school and grew up in the area where she helped on the family farm. She married John A. Dorr on May 22, 1943, at the Army Chapel, San Luis Obispo, Calif. After his discharge they returned to North Dakota and lived on the family farm southwest of Gackle. In 1959 they moved to a farm three and a half miles south of Gackle. After his death on Sept. 11, 1995, she moved to the Wishek Home for the Aged in Wishek. She was a member of First United Church of Christ, Gackle, and the American Legion Post 250 Auxiliary in Gackle. She enjoyed quilting, crocheting and gardening.
She is survived by a son, Douglas, Wishek; a daughter-in-law, Lu Dorr, Milnor, N.D., a brother, Paul (Estella), Wishek; three sisters, Lorene Hochhalter, Wishek, Luella Vilhauer, Vancouver, Wash., and Mable (Richard) Justice, Alexandria, Minn.; a sister-in-law, Priscilla Rudolf, Wishek; a grandchild; four stepgrandchildren; and eight stepgreat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband; a son, Glenn; her parents; two sisters, Esther and Erna; and two brothers, Helmuth and Alvin.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, First United Church of Christ, Gackle, with the Rev. Timothy Blackman officiating.
Visitation: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, Haut Funeral Home, Gackle.
Burial: Gackle City Cemetery, Gackle.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Alma Dorr, 86, Wishek, N.D., formerly of Gackle, N.D., died Saturday, June 9, 2007, at Wishek Community Hospital, Wishek.
Alma Rudolf was born Dec. 14, 1920, on the family farm 17 miles southwest of Wishek in McIntosh County, the daughter of August Rudolf and Maria (Meidinger) Rudolf. She received her elementary education in the local rural school and grew up in the area where she helped on the family farm. She married John A. Dorr on May 22, 1943, at the Army Chapel, San Luis Obispo, Calif. After his discharge they returned to North Dakota and lived on the family farm southwest of Gackle. In 1959 they moved to a farm three and a half miles south of Gackle. After his death on Sept. 11, 1995, she moved to the Wishek Home for the Aged in Wishek. She was a member of First United Church of Christ, Gackle, and the American Legion Post 250 Auxiliary in Gackle. She enjoyed quilting, crocheting and gardening.
She is survived by a son, Douglas, Wishek; a daughter-in-law, Lu Dorr, Milnor, N.D., a brother, Paul (Estella), Wishek; three sisters, Lorene Hochhalter, Wishek, Luella Vilhauer, Vancouver, Wash., and Mable (Richard) Justice, Alexandria, Minn.; a sister-in-law, Priscilla Rudolf, Wishek; a grandchild; four stepgrandchildren; and eight stepgreat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband; a son, Glenn; her parents; two sisters, Esther and Erna; and two brothers, Helmuth and Alvin.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, First United Church of Christ, Gackle, with the Rev. Timothy Blackman officiating.
Visitation: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, Haut Funeral Home, Gackle.
Burial: Gackle City Cemetery, Gackle.
The Jamestown Sun, ND
Monday, June 11, 2007
Alma Dorr, 86, Wishek, N.D., formerly of Gackle, N.D., died Saturday, June 9, 2007, at Wishek Community Hospital, Wishek.
Alma Rudolf was born Dec. 14, 1920, on the family farm 17 miles southwest of Wishek in McIntosh County, the daughter of August Rudolf and Maria (Meidinger) Rudolf. She received her elementary education in the local rural school and grew up in the area where she helped on the family farm. She married John A. Dorr on May 22, 1943, at the Army Chapel, San Luis Obispo, Calif. After his discharge they returned to North Dakota and lived on the family farm southwest of Gackle. In 1959 they moved to a farm three and a half miles south of Gackle. After his death on Sept. 11, 1995, she moved to the Wishek Home for the Aged in Wishek. She was a member of First United Church of Christ, Gackle, and the American Legion Post 250 Auxiliary in Gackle. She enjoyed quilting, crocheting and gardening.
She is survived by a son, Douglas, Wishek; a daughter-in-law, Lu Dorr, Milnor, N.D., a brother, Paul (Estella), Wishek; three sisters, Lorene Hochhalter, Wishek, Luella Vilhauer, Vancouver, Wash., and Mable (Richard) Justice, Alexandria, Minn.; a sister-in-law, Priscilla Rudolf, Wishek; a grandchild; four stepgrandchildren; and eight stepgreat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband; a son, Glenn; her parents; two sisters, Esther and Erna; and two brothers, Helmuth and Alvin.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, First United Church of Christ, Gackle, with the Rev. Timothy Blackman officiating.
Visitation: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, Haut Funeral Home, Gackle.
Burial: Gackle City Cemetery, Gackle.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Alma Dorr, 86, Wishek, N.D., formerly of Gackle, N.D., died Saturday, June 9, 2007, at Wishek Community Hospital, Wishek.
Alma Rudolf was born Dec. 14, 1920, on the family farm 17 miles southwest of Wishek in McIntosh County, the daughter of August Rudolf and Maria (Meidinger) Rudolf. She received her elementary education in the local rural school and grew up in the area where she helped on the family farm. She married John A. Dorr on May 22, 1943, at the Army Chapel, San Luis Obispo, Calif. After his discharge they returned to North Dakota and lived on the family farm southwest of Gackle. In 1959 they moved to a farm three and a half miles south of Gackle. After his death on Sept. 11, 1995, she moved to the Wishek Home for the Aged in Wishek. She was a member of First United Church of Christ, Gackle, and the American Legion Post 250 Auxiliary in Gackle. She enjoyed quilting, crocheting and gardening.
She is survived by a son, Douglas, Wishek; a daughter-in-law, Lu Dorr, Milnor, N.D., a brother, Paul (Estella), Wishek; three sisters, Lorene Hochhalter, Wishek, Luella Vilhauer, Vancouver, Wash., and Mable (Richard) Justice, Alexandria, Minn.; a sister-in-law, Priscilla Rudolf, Wishek; a grandchild; four stepgrandchildren; and eight stepgreat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband; a son, Glenn; her parents; two sisters, Esther and Erna; and two brothers, Helmuth and Alvin.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, First United Church of Christ, Gackle, with the Rev. Timothy Blackman officiating.
Visitation: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, Haut Funeral Home, Gackle.
Burial: Gackle City Cemetery, Gackle.
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