CONRAD SUNDING
Conrad was the youngest of the Sunding children that immigrated with August and Augusta. It was told that when the family immigrated they crossed the Atlantic on a ship that allowed the passengers to sit out on the deck and enjoy the fresh air. Maybe all the ships that crossed from Europe had this luxury of sitting out on deck with their children. The children were able to roam the ship. Conrad was only two years old when they came to America.
This luxury almost cost Conrad his life because he was entertained by others in the family by tieing a string around a bottle then letting it down to the ocean water. The bottle was then retrieved and the contents emptied, making the bottle ready for another round trip to retrieve more ocean water. It is easy to imagine how a child would become engrossed in this activity and spend hours performing this round trip with the bottle to the ocean.
During this activity Conrad became so engrossed in this fun activity that he came too close to the edge of the deck. Any small jolt from a wave or other surrounding activity could have caused Connie to fall overboard into the cold Atlantic Ocean. It would have been impossible for any one of the passengers or crew from the ship to retrieve Connie from the frigid water.
Luckily Connie did not fall overboard but the incident certainly did cause everyone to be more careful when on deck looking out at the beautiful and dangerous ocean.
Conrad was married to Myrtle and raised five children. The are Herbert, Velma, Ersel, Welcome and Lorna. Lorna married J.C. Penny and lives in Skokie, Illinois, hear Chicago. They owned and operated a Hallmark greeting card store.
Conrad owned a grocery store in Highmore in the 1930-1948 era. Connie was a good hearted grocer and extended credit to a lot of the customers he had during this depression era.
Connie experienced the economic reality of that era. When money was available to some of Connie's customers the grocery bill was put on the low priority of things these customers would pay back. Connie had to go out of business because some of the people did not pay back the bill they accrued when they did not have the money to buy groceries. Unfortunately for Conrad he had to make good to his suppliers and pay his bills but could not stand the load of furnishing groceries for others. He could not be as good hearted as he was and stay in business. Conrad had to find some other form of employment so he could earn enough money so he could pay his bills.
Conrad became the janitor of the High School. He was known by everyone in Highmore High School during the 1948 era.
Taken from the memoirs of Loren N. Sunding July 11, 1992.
OBITUARY
Conrad Leonard Sunding was born in Jankjoping, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, on June 23, 1880. He died October 26, 1958 at the age of 78 in the Redfield Memorial Hospital. His parents August and Augusta Sunding came to America when he was one year old and settled in Rochelle, Illinois.
When homesteading became the challenge of the day, the family moved west to South Dakota and held down a claim in Douglas Township, Hyde County. There he was raised and received his elementary education. He was baptized in the Swedish Lutheran Church in Sweden. He was the last surviving member of a family of seven children.
He was married to Myrtle June Foster on October 22, 1903 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota where they lived for a year. They returned to Highmore where he was in the grocery business for the most of his adult life. His wife died in 1946. He is survived by their five children, two sons Herbert A. of Rapid City and Welcome A. of Minneapolis, and three daughters, Velma Heckenliable , Ercel DeWolf both of Highmore and Lorna Penny of Skokie, Illinois. Also ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren as well as several nieces and nephews who are well known in the Highmore area.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church Thursday afternoon with the Rev. Stanley Mueller in charge.
Pallbearers were J. F. Hamlin, Frank Hawkins, Claus Lukens, Carl Christensen, Fred Winans, and H. B. Lee. Mrs Wesley Walker and Mrs. Sam Wharton sang, accompanied by A. A. Kaye
Relatives from away attending included Mrs. John Penny, Skokie, Illinois; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sunding and Judy Ann, Rapid City and Welcome Sunding, Minneapolis.
FUNERAL SERVICES SCHEDULED THURSDAY FOR C. SUNDING
Highmore- Conrad L. Sunding, Highmore, died Sunday in the Redfield Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services are scheduled at 2 P.M. Thursday in the Methodist Church. The Rev. Stanley Mueller will officiate.
Sunding was born June 23, 1880, in Stockholm, Sweden. He came to the United States with his family to Illinois. They moved to a claim in northern Hyde County where he grew up. He was married to Myrtle June Foster, Oct. 22, 1903. She preceded him in death in March of 1946.
Survivors include two sons, Herbert, Rapid City; Welcome, Richfield, Minn.; three daughters, Velma Heckenliable, Highmore; Mrs. Lorna Penny, Skoki, Illinois; Mrs. Ercel De Wolf, Highmore.
The Hurd Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
THANK YOU
We wish to thank everyone who has been so kind and thoughtful during the extended illness and death of our beloved father. Many, many thanks to those for their thoughtfulness and assistance in providing transportation for our sister, Mrs. Ercel DeWolf, to look after him; to the WSCS for the family dinner; to the Inspiration Circle for the lunch; to the many neighbors and friends who assisted; to the ones that provided the music and the pallbearers; also to anyone else that we have unintentionally missed.
Special thanks to Rev. Stanley Mueller for his kind and comforting words.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Sunding and family
Mrs. Velma Heckenlaible and family
Mr. and Mrs. John Penny
Mrs. Ercel DeWolf and Randy
Mr. and Mrs. Welcome A. Sunding and family
All the above taken from an obituary of the newspaper.
Conrad was the youngest of the Sunding children that immigrated with August and Augusta. It was told that when the family immigrated they crossed the Atlantic on a ship that allowed the passengers to sit out on the deck and enjoy the fresh air. Maybe all the ships that crossed from Europe had this luxury of sitting out on deck with their children. The children were able to roam the ship. Conrad was only two years old when they came to America.
This luxury almost cost Conrad his life because he was entertained by others in the family by tieing a string around a bottle then letting it down to the ocean water. The bottle was then retrieved and the contents emptied, making the bottle ready for another round trip to retrieve more ocean water. It is easy to imagine how a child would become engrossed in this activity and spend hours performing this round trip with the bottle to the ocean.
During this activity Conrad became so engrossed in this fun activity that he came too close to the edge of the deck. Any small jolt from a wave or other surrounding activity could have caused Connie to fall overboard into the cold Atlantic Ocean. It would have been impossible for any one of the passengers or crew from the ship to retrieve Connie from the frigid water.
Luckily Connie did not fall overboard but the incident certainly did cause everyone to be more careful when on deck looking out at the beautiful and dangerous ocean.
Conrad was married to Myrtle and raised five children. The are Herbert, Velma, Ersel, Welcome and Lorna. Lorna married J.C. Penny and lives in Skokie, Illinois, hear Chicago. They owned and operated a Hallmark greeting card store.
Conrad owned a grocery store in Highmore in the 1930-1948 era. Connie was a good hearted grocer and extended credit to a lot of the customers he had during this depression era.
Connie experienced the economic reality of that era. When money was available to some of Connie's customers the grocery bill was put on the low priority of things these customers would pay back. Connie had to go out of business because some of the people did not pay back the bill they accrued when they did not have the money to buy groceries. Unfortunately for Conrad he had to make good to his suppliers and pay his bills but could not stand the load of furnishing groceries for others. He could not be as good hearted as he was and stay in business. Conrad had to find some other form of employment so he could earn enough money so he could pay his bills.
Conrad became the janitor of the High School. He was known by everyone in Highmore High School during the 1948 era.
Taken from the memoirs of Loren N. Sunding July 11, 1992.
OBITUARY
Conrad Leonard Sunding was born in Jankjoping, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, on June 23, 1880. He died October 26, 1958 at the age of 78 in the Redfield Memorial Hospital. His parents August and Augusta Sunding came to America when he was one year old and settled in Rochelle, Illinois.
When homesteading became the challenge of the day, the family moved west to South Dakota and held down a claim in Douglas Township, Hyde County. There he was raised and received his elementary education. He was baptized in the Swedish Lutheran Church in Sweden. He was the last surviving member of a family of seven children.
He was married to Myrtle June Foster on October 22, 1903 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota where they lived for a year. They returned to Highmore where he was in the grocery business for the most of his adult life. His wife died in 1946. He is survived by their five children, two sons Herbert A. of Rapid City and Welcome A. of Minneapolis, and three daughters, Velma Heckenliable , Ercel DeWolf both of Highmore and Lorna Penny of Skokie, Illinois. Also ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren as well as several nieces and nephews who are well known in the Highmore area.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church Thursday afternoon with the Rev. Stanley Mueller in charge.
Pallbearers were J. F. Hamlin, Frank Hawkins, Claus Lukens, Carl Christensen, Fred Winans, and H. B. Lee. Mrs Wesley Walker and Mrs. Sam Wharton sang, accompanied by A. A. Kaye
Relatives from away attending included Mrs. John Penny, Skokie, Illinois; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sunding and Judy Ann, Rapid City and Welcome Sunding, Minneapolis.
FUNERAL SERVICES SCHEDULED THURSDAY FOR C. SUNDING
Highmore- Conrad L. Sunding, Highmore, died Sunday in the Redfield Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services are scheduled at 2 P.M. Thursday in the Methodist Church. The Rev. Stanley Mueller will officiate.
Sunding was born June 23, 1880, in Stockholm, Sweden. He came to the United States with his family to Illinois. They moved to a claim in northern Hyde County where he grew up. He was married to Myrtle June Foster, Oct. 22, 1903. She preceded him in death in March of 1946.
Survivors include two sons, Herbert, Rapid City; Welcome, Richfield, Minn.; three daughters, Velma Heckenliable, Highmore; Mrs. Lorna Penny, Skoki, Illinois; Mrs. Ercel De Wolf, Highmore.
The Hurd Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
THANK YOU
We wish to thank everyone who has been so kind and thoughtful during the extended illness and death of our beloved father. Many, many thanks to those for their thoughtfulness and assistance in providing transportation for our sister, Mrs. Ercel DeWolf, to look after him; to the WSCS for the family dinner; to the Inspiration Circle for the lunch; to the many neighbors and friends who assisted; to the ones that provided the music and the pallbearers; also to anyone else that we have unintentionally missed.
Special thanks to Rev. Stanley Mueller for his kind and comforting words.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Sunding and family
Mrs. Velma Heckenlaible and family
Mr. and Mrs. John Penny
Mrs. Ercel DeWolf and Randy
Mr. and Mrs. Welcome A. Sunding and family
All the above taken from an obituary of the newspaper.
CONRAD SUNDING
Conrad was the youngest of the Sunding children that immigrated with August and Augusta. It was told that when the family immigrated they crossed the Atlantic on a ship that allowed the passengers to sit out on the deck and enjoy the fresh air. Maybe all the ships that crossed from Europe had this luxury of sitting out on deck with their children. The children were able to roam the ship. Conrad was only two years old when they came to America.
This luxury almost cost Conrad his life because he was entertained by others in the family by tieing a string around a bottle then letting it down to the ocean water. The bottle was then retrieved and the contents emptied, making the bottle ready for another round trip to retrieve more ocean water. It is easy to imagine how a child would become engrossed in this activity and spend hours performing this round trip with the bottle to the ocean.
During this activity Conrad became so engrossed in this fun activity that he came too close to the edge of the deck. Any small jolt from a wave or other surrounding activity could have caused Connie to fall overboard into the cold Atlantic Ocean. It would have been impossible for any one of the passengers or crew from the ship to retrieve Connie from the frigid water.
Luckily Connie did not fall overboard but the incident certainly did cause everyone to be more careful when on deck looking out at the beautiful and dangerous ocean.
Conrad was married to Myrtle and raised five children. The are Herbert, Velma, Ersel, Welcome and Lorna. Lorna married J.C. Penny and lives in Skokie, Illinois, hear Chicago. They owned and operated a Hallmark greeting card store.
Conrad owned a grocery store in Highmore in the 1930-1948 era. Connie was a good hearted grocer and extended credit to a lot of the customers he had during this depression era.
Connie experienced the economic reality of that era. When money was available to some of Connie's customers the grocery bill was put on the low priority of things these customers would pay back. Connie had to go out of business because some of the people did not pay back the bill they accrued when they did not have the money to buy groceries. Unfortunately for Conrad he had to make good to his suppliers and pay his bills but could not stand the load of furnishing groceries for others. He could not be as good hearted as he was and stay in business. Conrad had to find some other form of employment so he could earn enough money so he could pay his bills.
Conrad became the janitor of the High School. He was known by everyone in Highmore High School during the 1948 era.
Taken from the memoirs of Loren N. Sunding July 11, 1992.
OBITUARY
Conrad Leonard Sunding was born in Jankjoping, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, on June 23, 1880. He died October 26, 1958 at the age of 78 in the Redfield Memorial Hospital. His parents August and Augusta Sunding came to America when he was one year old and settled in Rochelle, Illinois.
When homesteading became the challenge of the day, the family moved west to South Dakota and held down a claim in Douglas Township, Hyde County. There he was raised and received his elementary education. He was baptized in the Swedish Lutheran Church in Sweden. He was the last surviving member of a family of seven children.
He was married to Myrtle June Foster on October 22, 1903 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota where they lived for a year. They returned to Highmore where he was in the grocery business for the most of his adult life. His wife died in 1946. He is survived by their five children, two sons Herbert A. of Rapid City and Welcome A. of Minneapolis, and three daughters, Velma Heckenliable , Ercel DeWolf both of Highmore and Lorna Penny of Skokie, Illinois. Also ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren as well as several nieces and nephews who are well known in the Highmore area.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church Thursday afternoon with the Rev. Stanley Mueller in charge.
Pallbearers were J. F. Hamlin, Frank Hawkins, Claus Lukens, Carl Christensen, Fred Winans, and H. B. Lee. Mrs Wesley Walker and Mrs. Sam Wharton sang, accompanied by A. A. Kaye
Relatives from away attending included Mrs. John Penny, Skokie, Illinois; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sunding and Judy Ann, Rapid City and Welcome Sunding, Minneapolis.
FUNERAL SERVICES SCHEDULED THURSDAY FOR C. SUNDING
Highmore- Conrad L. Sunding, Highmore, died Sunday in the Redfield Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services are scheduled at 2 P.M. Thursday in the Methodist Church. The Rev. Stanley Mueller will officiate.
Sunding was born June 23, 1880, in Stockholm, Sweden. He came to the United States with his family to Illinois. They moved to a claim in northern Hyde County where he grew up. He was married to Myrtle June Foster, Oct. 22, 1903. She preceded him in death in March of 1946.
Survivors include two sons, Herbert, Rapid City; Welcome, Richfield, Minn.; three daughters, Velma Heckenliable, Highmore; Mrs. Lorna Penny, Skoki, Illinois; Mrs. Ercel De Wolf, Highmore.
The Hurd Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
THANK YOU
We wish to thank everyone who has been so kind and thoughtful during the extended illness and death of our beloved father. Many, many thanks to those for their thoughtfulness and assistance in providing transportation for our sister, Mrs. Ercel DeWolf, to look after him; to the WSCS for the family dinner; to the Inspiration Circle for the lunch; to the many neighbors and friends who assisted; to the ones that provided the music and the pallbearers; also to anyone else that we have unintentionally missed.
Special thanks to Rev. Stanley Mueller for his kind and comforting words.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Sunding and family
Mrs. Velma Heckenlaible and family
Mr. and Mrs. John Penny
Mrs. Ercel DeWolf and Randy
Mr. and Mrs. Welcome A. Sunding and family
All the above taken from an obituary of the newspaper.
Conrad was the youngest of the Sunding children that immigrated with August and Augusta. It was told that when the family immigrated they crossed the Atlantic on a ship that allowed the passengers to sit out on the deck and enjoy the fresh air. Maybe all the ships that crossed from Europe had this luxury of sitting out on deck with their children. The children were able to roam the ship. Conrad was only two years old when they came to America.
This luxury almost cost Conrad his life because he was entertained by others in the family by tieing a string around a bottle then letting it down to the ocean water. The bottle was then retrieved and the contents emptied, making the bottle ready for another round trip to retrieve more ocean water. It is easy to imagine how a child would become engrossed in this activity and spend hours performing this round trip with the bottle to the ocean.
During this activity Conrad became so engrossed in this fun activity that he came too close to the edge of the deck. Any small jolt from a wave or other surrounding activity could have caused Connie to fall overboard into the cold Atlantic Ocean. It would have been impossible for any one of the passengers or crew from the ship to retrieve Connie from the frigid water.
Luckily Connie did not fall overboard but the incident certainly did cause everyone to be more careful when on deck looking out at the beautiful and dangerous ocean.
Conrad was married to Myrtle and raised five children. The are Herbert, Velma, Ersel, Welcome and Lorna. Lorna married J.C. Penny and lives in Skokie, Illinois, hear Chicago. They owned and operated a Hallmark greeting card store.
Conrad owned a grocery store in Highmore in the 1930-1948 era. Connie was a good hearted grocer and extended credit to a lot of the customers he had during this depression era.
Connie experienced the economic reality of that era. When money was available to some of Connie's customers the grocery bill was put on the low priority of things these customers would pay back. Connie had to go out of business because some of the people did not pay back the bill they accrued when they did not have the money to buy groceries. Unfortunately for Conrad he had to make good to his suppliers and pay his bills but could not stand the load of furnishing groceries for others. He could not be as good hearted as he was and stay in business. Conrad had to find some other form of employment so he could earn enough money so he could pay his bills.
Conrad became the janitor of the High School. He was known by everyone in Highmore High School during the 1948 era.
Taken from the memoirs of Loren N. Sunding July 11, 1992.
OBITUARY
Conrad Leonard Sunding was born in Jankjoping, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, on June 23, 1880. He died October 26, 1958 at the age of 78 in the Redfield Memorial Hospital. His parents August and Augusta Sunding came to America when he was one year old and settled in Rochelle, Illinois.
When homesteading became the challenge of the day, the family moved west to South Dakota and held down a claim in Douglas Township, Hyde County. There he was raised and received his elementary education. He was baptized in the Swedish Lutheran Church in Sweden. He was the last surviving member of a family of seven children.
He was married to Myrtle June Foster on October 22, 1903 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota where they lived for a year. They returned to Highmore where he was in the grocery business for the most of his adult life. His wife died in 1946. He is survived by their five children, two sons Herbert A. of Rapid City and Welcome A. of Minneapolis, and three daughters, Velma Heckenliable , Ercel DeWolf both of Highmore and Lorna Penny of Skokie, Illinois. Also ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren as well as several nieces and nephews who are well known in the Highmore area.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church Thursday afternoon with the Rev. Stanley Mueller in charge.
Pallbearers were J. F. Hamlin, Frank Hawkins, Claus Lukens, Carl Christensen, Fred Winans, and H. B. Lee. Mrs Wesley Walker and Mrs. Sam Wharton sang, accompanied by A. A. Kaye
Relatives from away attending included Mrs. John Penny, Skokie, Illinois; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sunding and Judy Ann, Rapid City and Welcome Sunding, Minneapolis.
FUNERAL SERVICES SCHEDULED THURSDAY FOR C. SUNDING
Highmore- Conrad L. Sunding, Highmore, died Sunday in the Redfield Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services are scheduled at 2 P.M. Thursday in the Methodist Church. The Rev. Stanley Mueller will officiate.
Sunding was born June 23, 1880, in Stockholm, Sweden. He came to the United States with his family to Illinois. They moved to a claim in northern Hyde County where he grew up. He was married to Myrtle June Foster, Oct. 22, 1903. She preceded him in death in March of 1946.
Survivors include two sons, Herbert, Rapid City; Welcome, Richfield, Minn.; three daughters, Velma Heckenliable, Highmore; Mrs. Lorna Penny, Skoki, Illinois; Mrs. Ercel De Wolf, Highmore.
The Hurd Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
THANK YOU
We wish to thank everyone who has been so kind and thoughtful during the extended illness and death of our beloved father. Many, many thanks to those for their thoughtfulness and assistance in providing transportation for our sister, Mrs. Ercel DeWolf, to look after him; to the WSCS for the family dinner; to the Inspiration Circle for the lunch; to the many neighbors and friends who assisted; to the ones that provided the music and the pallbearers; also to anyone else that we have unintentionally missed.
Special thanks to Rev. Stanley Mueller for his kind and comforting words.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Sunding and family
Mrs. Velma Heckenlaible and family
Mr. and Mrs. John Penny
Mrs. Ercel DeWolf and Randy
Mr. and Mrs. Welcome A. Sunding and family
All the above taken from an obituary of the newspaper.
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