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Katherina <I>Grenz</I> Rivinius

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Katherina Grenz Rivinius

Birth
Russia
Death
31 May 1969 (aged 85)
Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota, USA
Burial
Streeter, Stutsman County, North Dakota, USA Add to Map
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Gackle Tri-County News, ND, June 5, 1969
RIVINIUS SERVICE HELD WEDNESDAY

Mrs. Katherina Rivinius, 85, pioneer and longtime resident of the Streeter, N.D., community died late Saturday evening, May 31, 1969 at the Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home in Jamestown, N.D., where she had resided for about nine months.

Katherina Grenz was born October 15, 1883 in South Russia, the daughter of Gottfried Grenz and Katherine Haverly Grenz. She attended school in her native land and came to the United States with her parents in the year 1894, when they settled near Venturia, N.D., where she grew to womanhood. The family moved to a farm seven miles northwest of Gackle in Stutsman County in 1906.

On March 4, 1907, she and Conrad Rivinius were married at Napoleon, N.D. They lived on the family homestead twelve miles northwest of Streeter in Tanner Township for about fourteen months and then moved to a farm five miles southeast of Streeter, where they farmed until 1920 when they moved into Streeter. In Streeter her husband operated the Streeter Light Plant until he became engaged in the pool hall business, which he operated until 1942 when he retired. Following the death of her husband on April 10, 1947, she continued to live in Streeter. Due to chronic illness she was hospitalized September 12, 1967 at the Gackle Hospital, where she remained until September 12, 1968 when she entered the Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home in Jamestown.

Surviving are five children: Gust Rivinius of Lockeford, Calif.; Matilda (Mrs. Walter Enzminger) of Lodi, Calif.; Otilda (Mrs. Wayne Noyes) of Mandan, N.D.; Leona (Mrs. Milton Schwartzwalter) of Minneapolis, Minn.; Alice (Mrs. Alvin Dewald) of Streeter, N.D.; seven children, seven great-grandchildren, one brother, Ausef Grenz of Lockeford, Calif.

She was preceded in death by her parents , her husband, one son, Arthur in 1931, four brothers and one sister. (A brother Ferdinand Grenz died May 24, 1969).

The funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, 1969 at the United Methodist Church in Streeter with Rev. R. C. Stading, pastor of the Grace Baptist Church in Gackle officiating. Burial was in the Streeter Cemetery at Streeter. Haut Funeral Home in Gackle was in charge of arrangements.
Gackle Tri-County News, ND, June 5, 1969
RIVINIUS SERVICE HELD WEDNESDAY

Mrs. Katherina Rivinius, 85, pioneer and longtime resident of the Streeter, N.D., community died late Saturday evening, May 31, 1969 at the Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home in Jamestown, N.D., where she had resided for about nine months.

Katherina Grenz was born October 15, 1883 in South Russia, the daughter of Gottfried Grenz and Katherine Haverly Grenz. She attended school in her native land and came to the United States with her parents in the year 1894, when they settled near Venturia, N.D., where she grew to womanhood. The family moved to a farm seven miles northwest of Gackle in Stutsman County in 1906.

On March 4, 1907, she and Conrad Rivinius were married at Napoleon, N.D. They lived on the family homestead twelve miles northwest of Streeter in Tanner Township for about fourteen months and then moved to a farm five miles southeast of Streeter, where they farmed until 1920 when they moved into Streeter. In Streeter her husband operated the Streeter Light Plant until he became engaged in the pool hall business, which he operated until 1942 when he retired. Following the death of her husband on April 10, 1947, she continued to live in Streeter. Due to chronic illness she was hospitalized September 12, 1967 at the Gackle Hospital, where she remained until September 12, 1968 when she entered the Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home in Jamestown.

Surviving are five children: Gust Rivinius of Lockeford, Calif.; Matilda (Mrs. Walter Enzminger) of Lodi, Calif.; Otilda (Mrs. Wayne Noyes) of Mandan, N.D.; Leona (Mrs. Milton Schwartzwalter) of Minneapolis, Minn.; Alice (Mrs. Alvin Dewald) of Streeter, N.D.; seven children, seven great-grandchildren, one brother, Ausef Grenz of Lockeford, Calif.

She was preceded in death by her parents , her husband, one son, Arthur in 1931, four brothers and one sister. (A brother Ferdinand Grenz died May 24, 1969).

The funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, 1969 at the United Methodist Church in Streeter with Rev. R. C. Stading, pastor of the Grace Baptist Church in Gackle officiating. Burial was in the Streeter Cemetery at Streeter. Haut Funeral Home in Gackle was in charge of arrangements.


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