Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Richard Rhode
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Home in 1920: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 1225 West First Street
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Norway
Father's native tongue: Norwegian
Mother's birthplace: Minnesota
Occupation: none
Sibling living at home: Robert (age 6)
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T625_859; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 120; Image: 50
Date: 8 Jan 1920
Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Richard S Rhode
Age: 14
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1930: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 1225 First Street West
Marital status: single
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: Norway
Mother's birthplace: Minnesota
Occupation: attending school
Sibling living at home: Robert B (age 16)
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: 1126; Page: ; Enumeration District: 64; Image: 1124.0
Date: 4 Apr 1930
Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Richard Rhode
Age: 22 [sic]
Estimated birth year: 1918
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1940: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 2109 East Second Street
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: college 2 years [sic]
Living on farm: no
City of residence in 1935: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: clerk
Industry: wholesale and retail auto supplies
Salary or wage worker: wages
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 28
Amount of money wages or salary: $420
Has other income of more than $50: no
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: 54
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1972; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 88-35
Date: 5 Apr 1940
Richard worked for Northern Drug in Duluth on the order desk 1936-1937, and then for S&S Auto Parts in Duluth 1937-42. He was in the U.S. Army from 26 Jan 1942 through Oct 1945, serving in Texas and Puerto Rico, where he was in the Coastal Artillery.
He worked in auto parts sales beginning January 1946 in Riverside, California. The store was originally named Allbright's; in 1962 it changed its name to Car Parts. He rose to be manager of the store.
Richard retired 31 Mar 1978 and he and his wife moved to Victor, Idaho. He moved to Susanville, California in October 1993, following the death of his wife, to be closer to his daughters and their families.
Reminiscences by Richard H Rhode 5 Jun 2008:
I remember in September 1998 Dad and I were in Missoula on a fishing trip, and we were in the 4B's Restaurant across the parking lot from the motel at about nine a.m., when I looked out the window and said, "Gee, that looks like your brother!" Then the man entered the restaurant and and walked around as if looking for someone. I said, "That sure does look like your brother!" Dad looked, and said, "That is my brother!" He was flabbergasted.
I had spoken with my uncle, earlier, advising him of our plans to go fishing, and had urged him to come visit us, but he hadn't said that he would. It was a complete surprise. He had driven from his home in Northern California to Havre, Montana.. From there he had driven to Missoula, where the motel clerk had advised him that we were in the restaurant. If the weather had been clear we would have already left to go fishing. Uncle Dick said that he was prepared to sit in the lobby all day waiting for us.
We didn't go fishing that day. The brothers had a great time seeing each other, and touring Missoula together. It was great. I always enjoyed talking with Uncle Dick. He called me "Hamilton," and I told him jokes. He always said he couldn't get a word in when he was talking with Dad; Dad said the exact same thing about him.
Did you ever hear the car horn story? Dad was visiting Richard years ago, and his brother commented that Dad's car horn was not very loud. They proceeded to drive into the hills, until Dad was directed to stop at a derelict Honda parked in a field. Uncle Dick opened the hood and removed the horn. Just then the property owner happened by, and asked, "What are you doing, Dick?" Uncle Dick explained, and the man said, "Oh, okay then." Uncle Dick installed the horn in Dad's car, and Dad used it for years, even transferring it to his next car.
Obituary from the "News-Tribune" of Duluth, Minnesota dated 10 Jun 2008:
Richard S. Rhode, 92, of San Luis Obispo, Calif., died June 2, 2008 at his daughter's home. He was born in Duluth on Nov. 5, 1915, the son of Sigurd A. and Agnes (Berg) Rhode. He married Virginia Hibbs, a former Duluthian, in 1943. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II. After the service, they resided in California and then retired to their home in Victor, Idaho. Upon the death of Virginia, he moved to Susanville, Calif., and subsequently to San Luis Obispo. He is survived by his daughters, Judith Fritzinger, Templeton, Calif., and Rebecca "Becky'' Simon, Oakhurst, Calif.; and grandchildren, Heather and Michael; and a brother, Robert, Duluth.
He married Virginia Esther Hibbs 9 Jun 1944 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California.
Name: Richard Rhode
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Home in 1920: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 1225 West First Street
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Norway
Father's native tongue: Norwegian
Mother's birthplace: Minnesota
Occupation: none
Sibling living at home: Robert (age 6)
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T625_859; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 120; Image: 50
Date: 8 Jan 1920
Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Richard S Rhode
Age: 14
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1930: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 1225 First Street West
Marital status: single
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: Norway
Mother's birthplace: Minnesota
Occupation: attending school
Sibling living at home: Robert B (age 16)
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: 1126; Page: ; Enumeration District: 64; Image: 1124.0
Date: 4 Apr 1930
Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Richard Rhode
Age: 22 [sic]
Estimated birth year: 1918
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1940: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 2109 East Second Street
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: college 2 years [sic]
Living on farm: no
City of residence in 1935: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: clerk
Industry: wholesale and retail auto supplies
Salary or wage worker: wages
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 28
Amount of money wages or salary: $420
Has other income of more than $50: no
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: 54
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1972; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 88-35
Date: 5 Apr 1940
Richard worked for Northern Drug in Duluth on the order desk 1936-1937, and then for S&S Auto Parts in Duluth 1937-42. He was in the U.S. Army from 26 Jan 1942 through Oct 1945, serving in Texas and Puerto Rico, where he was in the Coastal Artillery.
He worked in auto parts sales beginning January 1946 in Riverside, California. The store was originally named Allbright's; in 1962 it changed its name to Car Parts. He rose to be manager of the store.
Richard retired 31 Mar 1978 and he and his wife moved to Victor, Idaho. He moved to Susanville, California in October 1993, following the death of his wife, to be closer to his daughters and their families.
Reminiscences by Richard H Rhode 5 Jun 2008:
I remember in September 1998 Dad and I were in Missoula on a fishing trip, and we were in the 4B's Restaurant across the parking lot from the motel at about nine a.m., when I looked out the window and said, "Gee, that looks like your brother!" Then the man entered the restaurant and and walked around as if looking for someone. I said, "That sure does look like your brother!" Dad looked, and said, "That is my brother!" He was flabbergasted.
I had spoken with my uncle, earlier, advising him of our plans to go fishing, and had urged him to come visit us, but he hadn't said that he would. It was a complete surprise. He had driven from his home in Northern California to Havre, Montana.. From there he had driven to Missoula, where the motel clerk had advised him that we were in the restaurant. If the weather had been clear we would have already left to go fishing. Uncle Dick said that he was prepared to sit in the lobby all day waiting for us.
We didn't go fishing that day. The brothers had a great time seeing each other, and touring Missoula together. It was great. I always enjoyed talking with Uncle Dick. He called me "Hamilton," and I told him jokes. He always said he couldn't get a word in when he was talking with Dad; Dad said the exact same thing about him.
Did you ever hear the car horn story? Dad was visiting Richard years ago, and his brother commented that Dad's car horn was not very loud. They proceeded to drive into the hills, until Dad was directed to stop at a derelict Honda parked in a field. Uncle Dick opened the hood and removed the horn. Just then the property owner happened by, and asked, "What are you doing, Dick?" Uncle Dick explained, and the man said, "Oh, okay then." Uncle Dick installed the horn in Dad's car, and Dad used it for years, even transferring it to his next car.
Obituary from the "News-Tribune" of Duluth, Minnesota dated 10 Jun 2008:
Richard S. Rhode, 92, of San Luis Obispo, Calif., died June 2, 2008 at his daughter's home. He was born in Duluth on Nov. 5, 1915, the son of Sigurd A. and Agnes (Berg) Rhode. He married Virginia Hibbs, a former Duluthian, in 1943. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II. After the service, they resided in California and then retired to their home in Victor, Idaho. Upon the death of Virginia, he moved to Susanville, Calif., and subsequently to San Luis Obispo. He is survived by his daughters, Judith Fritzinger, Templeton, Calif., and Rebecca "Becky'' Simon, Oakhurst, Calif.; and grandchildren, Heather and Michael; and a brother, Robert, Duluth.
He married Virginia Esther Hibbs 9 Jun 1944 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California.
Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Richard Rhode
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Home in 1920: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 1225 West First Street
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Norway
Father's native tongue: Norwegian
Mother's birthplace: Minnesota
Occupation: none
Sibling living at home: Robert (age 6)
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T625_859; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 120; Image: 50
Date: 8 Jan 1920
Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Richard S Rhode
Age: 14
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1930: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 1225 First Street West
Marital status: single
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: Norway
Mother's birthplace: Minnesota
Occupation: attending school
Sibling living at home: Robert B (age 16)
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: 1126; Page: ; Enumeration District: 64; Image: 1124.0
Date: 4 Apr 1930
Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Richard Rhode
Age: 22 [sic]
Estimated birth year: 1918
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1940: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 2109 East Second Street
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: college 2 years [sic]
Living on farm: no
City of residence in 1935: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: clerk
Industry: wholesale and retail auto supplies
Salary or wage worker: wages
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 28
Amount of money wages or salary: $420
Has other income of more than $50: no
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: 54
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1972; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 88-35
Date: 5 Apr 1940
Richard worked for Northern Drug in Duluth on the order desk 1936-1937, and then for S&S Auto Parts in Duluth 1937-42. He was in the U.S. Army from 26 Jan 1942 through Oct 1945, serving in Texas and Puerto Rico, where he was in the Coastal Artillery.
He worked in auto parts sales beginning January 1946 in Riverside, California. The store was originally named Allbright's; in 1962 it changed its name to Car Parts. He rose to be manager of the store.
Richard retired 31 Mar 1978 and he and his wife moved to Victor, Idaho. He moved to Susanville, California in October 1993, following the death of his wife, to be closer to his daughters and their families.
Reminiscences by Richard H Rhode 5 Jun 2008:
I remember in September 1998 Dad and I were in Missoula on a fishing trip, and we were in the 4B's Restaurant across the parking lot from the motel at about nine a.m., when I looked out the window and said, "Gee, that looks like your brother!" Then the man entered the restaurant and and walked around as if looking for someone. I said, "That sure does look like your brother!" Dad looked, and said, "That is my brother!" He was flabbergasted.
I had spoken with my uncle, earlier, advising him of our plans to go fishing, and had urged him to come visit us, but he hadn't said that he would. It was a complete surprise. He had driven from his home in Northern California to Havre, Montana.. From there he had driven to Missoula, where the motel clerk had advised him that we were in the restaurant. If the weather had been clear we would have already left to go fishing. Uncle Dick said that he was prepared to sit in the lobby all day waiting for us.
We didn't go fishing that day. The brothers had a great time seeing each other, and touring Missoula together. It was great. I always enjoyed talking with Uncle Dick. He called me "Hamilton," and I told him jokes. He always said he couldn't get a word in when he was talking with Dad; Dad said the exact same thing about him.
Did you ever hear the car horn story? Dad was visiting Richard years ago, and his brother commented that Dad's car horn was not very loud. They proceeded to drive into the hills, until Dad was directed to stop at a derelict Honda parked in a field. Uncle Dick opened the hood and removed the horn. Just then the property owner happened by, and asked, "What are you doing, Dick?" Uncle Dick explained, and the man said, "Oh, okay then." Uncle Dick installed the horn in Dad's car, and Dad used it for years, even transferring it to his next car.
Obituary from the "News-Tribune" of Duluth, Minnesota dated 10 Jun 2008:
Richard S. Rhode, 92, of San Luis Obispo, Calif., died June 2, 2008 at his daughter's home. He was born in Duluth on Nov. 5, 1915, the son of Sigurd A. and Agnes (Berg) Rhode. He married Virginia Hibbs, a former Duluthian, in 1943. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II. After the service, they resided in California and then retired to their home in Victor, Idaho. Upon the death of Virginia, he moved to Susanville, Calif., and subsequently to San Luis Obispo. He is survived by his daughters, Judith Fritzinger, Templeton, Calif., and Rebecca "Becky'' Simon, Oakhurst, Calif.; and grandchildren, Heather and Michael; and a brother, Robert, Duluth.
He married Virginia Esther Hibbs 9 Jun 1944 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California.
Name: Richard Rhode
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Home in 1920: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 1225 West First Street
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Norway
Father's native tongue: Norwegian
Mother's birthplace: Minnesota
Occupation: none
Sibling living at home: Robert (age 6)
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T625_859; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 120; Image: 50
Date: 8 Jan 1920
Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Richard S Rhode
Age: 14
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1930: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 1225 First Street West
Marital status: single
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: Norway
Mother's birthplace: Minnesota
Occupation: attending school
Sibling living at home: Robert B (age 16)
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: 1126; Page: ; Enumeration District: 64; Image: 1124.0
Date: 4 Apr 1930
Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Richard Rhode
Age: 22 [sic]
Estimated birth year: 1918
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1940: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 2109 East Second Street
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: college 2 years [sic]
Living on farm: no
City of residence in 1935: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: clerk
Industry: wholesale and retail auto supplies
Salary or wage worker: wages
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 28
Amount of money wages or salary: $420
Has other income of more than $50: no
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: 54
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1972; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 88-35
Date: 5 Apr 1940
Richard worked for Northern Drug in Duluth on the order desk 1936-1937, and then for S&S Auto Parts in Duluth 1937-42. He was in the U.S. Army from 26 Jan 1942 through Oct 1945, serving in Texas and Puerto Rico, where he was in the Coastal Artillery.
He worked in auto parts sales beginning January 1946 in Riverside, California. The store was originally named Allbright's; in 1962 it changed its name to Car Parts. He rose to be manager of the store.
Richard retired 31 Mar 1978 and he and his wife moved to Victor, Idaho. He moved to Susanville, California in October 1993, following the death of his wife, to be closer to his daughters and their families.
Reminiscences by Richard H Rhode 5 Jun 2008:
I remember in September 1998 Dad and I were in Missoula on a fishing trip, and we were in the 4B's Restaurant across the parking lot from the motel at about nine a.m., when I looked out the window and said, "Gee, that looks like your brother!" Then the man entered the restaurant and and walked around as if looking for someone. I said, "That sure does look like your brother!" Dad looked, and said, "That is my brother!" He was flabbergasted.
I had spoken with my uncle, earlier, advising him of our plans to go fishing, and had urged him to come visit us, but he hadn't said that he would. It was a complete surprise. He had driven from his home in Northern California to Havre, Montana.. From there he had driven to Missoula, where the motel clerk had advised him that we were in the restaurant. If the weather had been clear we would have already left to go fishing. Uncle Dick said that he was prepared to sit in the lobby all day waiting for us.
We didn't go fishing that day. The brothers had a great time seeing each other, and touring Missoula together. It was great. I always enjoyed talking with Uncle Dick. He called me "Hamilton," and I told him jokes. He always said he couldn't get a word in when he was talking with Dad; Dad said the exact same thing about him.
Did you ever hear the car horn story? Dad was visiting Richard years ago, and his brother commented that Dad's car horn was not very loud. They proceeded to drive into the hills, until Dad was directed to stop at a derelict Honda parked in a field. Uncle Dick opened the hood and removed the horn. Just then the property owner happened by, and asked, "What are you doing, Dick?" Uncle Dick explained, and the man said, "Oh, okay then." Uncle Dick installed the horn in Dad's car, and Dad used it for years, even transferring it to his next car.
Obituary from the "News-Tribune" of Duluth, Minnesota dated 10 Jun 2008:
Richard S. Rhode, 92, of San Luis Obispo, Calif., died June 2, 2008 at his daughter's home. He was born in Duluth on Nov. 5, 1915, the son of Sigurd A. and Agnes (Berg) Rhode. He married Virginia Hibbs, a former Duluthian, in 1943. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II. After the service, they resided in California and then retired to their home in Victor, Idaho. Upon the death of Virginia, he moved to Susanville, Calif., and subsequently to San Luis Obispo. He is survived by his daughters, Judith Fritzinger, Templeton, Calif., and Rebecca "Becky'' Simon, Oakhurst, Calif.; and grandchildren, Heather and Michael; and a brother, Robert, Duluth.
He married Virginia Esther Hibbs 9 Jun 1944 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California.
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