IN MEMORY OF
Theodore "Ted" Trautman
DATE OF BIRTH
May 9, 1996
DATE OF DEATH
July 1, 1996
TIME AND PLACE OF SERVICE
10:00 A.M., Friday, July 5, 1996
United Church of Christ
Estelline, South Dakota
CLERGY
Rev. Don Davis
ORGANIST
Jan Winkelman
SOLOIST
Marilyn Halse
Abide With Me
Because He Lives
Welcome Home, Children
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS
Lyle Poppen David Linneman
Dan Norman Randy DeVille
Larry Bakke David Nystrom
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
(Remaining Members of the ‘49ers Band)
Merle Knuth Bob Wales
Bob Whittemore Roy Hurd
INTERMENT
Hillcrest Cemetery
Estelline, South Dakota
Geise Funeral Chapel Estelline, S.D.
Funeral Notice
MISS ME BUT LET ME GO
THEODORE "TED" TRAUTMAN, son of Konrad and Katherina (Delzer) Trautman, was born on May 9, 1902, in Artas, South Dakota. He died on Monday, July 1, 1996, at the Estelline Nursing and Care Center in Estelline at the age of 93 years.
Ted attended grade school at Artas and high school at Aberdeen Normal and Industrial School. He continued his education at Normal in Aberdeen and Dakota State at Madison, and the University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
Ted taught rural schools and in Bruce, Leola, Frankfort, Estelline, and Dempster, South Dakota. He was elementary principal at Gregory, Lennox, and Beresford, and was also the band director in all the towns in which he taught. He organized and directed the ‘49ers Band of Estelline, a group of local businessmen interested in promoting the city of Estelline, and was also the director of the city band for many years. Music was a very important part of his life. While in college in Aberdeen, he played in dance bands including Lawrence Welk's first dance band. Ted also was in the grocery business in Estelline for several years, and served as secretary of the Commercial Club.
He was united in marriage to Helia Salmonson on June 18, 1928, in Clark, South Dakota, in a double wedding ceremony with Bertha Rovig, and Roy Gustafson, having now observed 68 years of marriage. In 1971, he retired from teaching and spent his retirement years with his hobby of woodcraft, taking part in arts and crafts festivals until his health failed. Ted spent his final eight years in the Estelline Care Center suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
He is survived by his wife, Helia of Estelline; one son, Larry Trautman of Orlando, Florida; one grandson, Lindsay Trautman of Shreveport, Louisiana; a granddaughter, Liana Smith and her husband Les of Benton, Louisiana; one great-grandson, Jason Smith of Benton, and several nieces and nephews.
Ted was preceded in death by his parents: six brothers, John, Henry, Emil, Emmanuel, Jacob, Conrad, and four sisters, Bertha, Lydia, Emelia, and Christina.
Theodore "Ted" Trautman
DATE OF BIRTH
May 9, 1996
DATE OF DEATH
July 1, 1996
TIME AND PLACE OF SERVICE
10:00 A.M., Friday, July 5, 1996
United Church of Christ
Estelline, South Dakota
CLERGY
Rev. Don Davis
ORGANIST
Jan Winkelman
SOLOIST
Marilyn Halse
Abide With Me
Because He Lives
Welcome Home, Children
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS
Lyle Poppen David Linneman
Dan Norman Randy DeVille
Larry Bakke David Nystrom
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
(Remaining Members of the ‘49ers Band)
Merle Knuth Bob Wales
Bob Whittemore Roy Hurd
INTERMENT
Hillcrest Cemetery
Estelline, South Dakota
Geise Funeral Chapel Estelline, S.D.
Funeral Notice
MISS ME BUT LET ME GO
THEODORE "TED" TRAUTMAN, son of Konrad and Katherina (Delzer) Trautman, was born on May 9, 1902, in Artas, South Dakota. He died on Monday, July 1, 1996, at the Estelline Nursing and Care Center in Estelline at the age of 93 years.
Ted attended grade school at Artas and high school at Aberdeen Normal and Industrial School. He continued his education at Normal in Aberdeen and Dakota State at Madison, and the University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
Ted taught rural schools and in Bruce, Leola, Frankfort, Estelline, and Dempster, South Dakota. He was elementary principal at Gregory, Lennox, and Beresford, and was also the band director in all the towns in which he taught. He organized and directed the ‘49ers Band of Estelline, a group of local businessmen interested in promoting the city of Estelline, and was also the director of the city band for many years. Music was a very important part of his life. While in college in Aberdeen, he played in dance bands including Lawrence Welk's first dance band. Ted also was in the grocery business in Estelline for several years, and served as secretary of the Commercial Club.
He was united in marriage to Helia Salmonson on June 18, 1928, in Clark, South Dakota, in a double wedding ceremony with Bertha Rovig, and Roy Gustafson, having now observed 68 years of marriage. In 1971, he retired from teaching and spent his retirement years with his hobby of woodcraft, taking part in arts and crafts festivals until his health failed. Ted spent his final eight years in the Estelline Care Center suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
He is survived by his wife, Helia of Estelline; one son, Larry Trautman of Orlando, Florida; one grandson, Lindsay Trautman of Shreveport, Louisiana; a granddaughter, Liana Smith and her husband Les of Benton, Louisiana; one great-grandson, Jason Smith of Benton, and several nieces and nephews.
Ted was preceded in death by his parents: six brothers, John, Henry, Emil, Emmanuel, Jacob, Conrad, and four sisters, Bertha, Lydia, Emelia, and Christina.
IN MEMORY OF
Theodore "Ted" Trautman
DATE OF BIRTH
May 9, 1996
DATE OF DEATH
July 1, 1996
TIME AND PLACE OF SERVICE
10:00 A.M., Friday, July 5, 1996
United Church of Christ
Estelline, South Dakota
CLERGY
Rev. Don Davis
ORGANIST
Jan Winkelman
SOLOIST
Marilyn Halse
Abide With Me
Because He Lives
Welcome Home, Children
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS
Lyle Poppen David Linneman
Dan Norman Randy DeVille
Larry Bakke David Nystrom
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
(Remaining Members of the ‘49ers Band)
Merle Knuth Bob Wales
Bob Whittemore Roy Hurd
INTERMENT
Hillcrest Cemetery
Estelline, South Dakota
Geise Funeral Chapel Estelline, S.D.
Funeral Notice
MISS ME BUT LET ME GO
THEODORE "TED" TRAUTMAN, son of Konrad and Katherina (Delzer) Trautman, was born on May 9, 1902, in Artas, South Dakota. He died on Monday, July 1, 1996, at the Estelline Nursing and Care Center in Estelline at the age of 93 years.
Ted attended grade school at Artas and high school at Aberdeen Normal and Industrial School. He continued his education at Normal in Aberdeen and Dakota State at Madison, and the University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
Ted taught rural schools and in Bruce, Leola, Frankfort, Estelline, and Dempster, South Dakota. He was elementary principal at Gregory, Lennox, and Beresford, and was also the band director in all the towns in which he taught. He organized and directed the ‘49ers Band of Estelline, a group of local businessmen interested in promoting the city of Estelline, and was also the director of the city band for many years. Music was a very important part of his life. While in college in Aberdeen, he played in dance bands including Lawrence Welk's first dance band. Ted also was in the grocery business in Estelline for several years, and served as secretary of the Commercial Club.
He was united in marriage to Helia Salmonson on June 18, 1928, in Clark, South Dakota, in a double wedding ceremony with Bertha Rovig, and Roy Gustafson, having now observed 68 years of marriage. In 1971, he retired from teaching and spent his retirement years with his hobby of woodcraft, taking part in arts and crafts festivals until his health failed. Ted spent his final eight years in the Estelline Care Center suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
He is survived by his wife, Helia of Estelline; one son, Larry Trautman of Orlando, Florida; one grandson, Lindsay Trautman of Shreveport, Louisiana; a granddaughter, Liana Smith and her husband Les of Benton, Louisiana; one great-grandson, Jason Smith of Benton, and several nieces and nephews.
Ted was preceded in death by his parents: six brothers, John, Henry, Emil, Emmanuel, Jacob, Conrad, and four sisters, Bertha, Lydia, Emelia, and Christina.
Theodore "Ted" Trautman
DATE OF BIRTH
May 9, 1996
DATE OF DEATH
July 1, 1996
TIME AND PLACE OF SERVICE
10:00 A.M., Friday, July 5, 1996
United Church of Christ
Estelline, South Dakota
CLERGY
Rev. Don Davis
ORGANIST
Jan Winkelman
SOLOIST
Marilyn Halse
Abide With Me
Because He Lives
Welcome Home, Children
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS
Lyle Poppen David Linneman
Dan Norman Randy DeVille
Larry Bakke David Nystrom
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
(Remaining Members of the ‘49ers Band)
Merle Knuth Bob Wales
Bob Whittemore Roy Hurd
INTERMENT
Hillcrest Cemetery
Estelline, South Dakota
Geise Funeral Chapel Estelline, S.D.
Funeral Notice
MISS ME BUT LET ME GO
THEODORE "TED" TRAUTMAN, son of Konrad and Katherina (Delzer) Trautman, was born on May 9, 1902, in Artas, South Dakota. He died on Monday, July 1, 1996, at the Estelline Nursing and Care Center in Estelline at the age of 93 years.
Ted attended grade school at Artas and high school at Aberdeen Normal and Industrial School. He continued his education at Normal in Aberdeen and Dakota State at Madison, and the University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
Ted taught rural schools and in Bruce, Leola, Frankfort, Estelline, and Dempster, South Dakota. He was elementary principal at Gregory, Lennox, and Beresford, and was also the band director in all the towns in which he taught. He organized and directed the ‘49ers Band of Estelline, a group of local businessmen interested in promoting the city of Estelline, and was also the director of the city band for many years. Music was a very important part of his life. While in college in Aberdeen, he played in dance bands including Lawrence Welk's first dance band. Ted also was in the grocery business in Estelline for several years, and served as secretary of the Commercial Club.
He was united in marriage to Helia Salmonson on June 18, 1928, in Clark, South Dakota, in a double wedding ceremony with Bertha Rovig, and Roy Gustafson, having now observed 68 years of marriage. In 1971, he retired from teaching and spent his retirement years with his hobby of woodcraft, taking part in arts and crafts festivals until his health failed. Ted spent his final eight years in the Estelline Care Center suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
He is survived by his wife, Helia of Estelline; one son, Larry Trautman of Orlando, Florida; one grandson, Lindsay Trautman of Shreveport, Louisiana; a granddaughter, Liana Smith and her husband Les of Benton, Louisiana; one great-grandson, Jason Smith of Benton, and several nieces and nephews.
Ted was preceded in death by his parents: six brothers, John, Henry, Emil, Emmanuel, Jacob, Conrad, and four sisters, Bertha, Lydia, Emelia, and Christina.
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