PORTLAND - N.D. Alfred Domier, 87, former Portland mayor and theater operator, died Tuesday at Union Hospital in Mayville, N.D. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Bruflat Lutheran Church, Portland, with burial in the church cemetery.
Mr. Domier was born January 7, 1893, near Portland, the son of John and Britta Anderson Domier. At a young age he worked for neighbors on farms and was a steam engine fireman. In 1912, he and Ole and Julius Gullickson went to Canada and filed homestead claims. He built a shack on his homestead and worked in the lumber camp in the winter. He built a barn in 1913 and bought 3 horses and farmed on a small scale. Albert was the first councillor in the Livingstone Municipality, a job he held until he quit farming in 1916 and worked for other farmers until 1917. He being a Canandian citizen, was put into the Canadian Army. He went overseas and joined the First Canadian Mounted Rifles. In France he fought in several battles and was shot in the chest on August 8, 1918. After being in a hospital in England for several months, he was sent back to Canada in February of 1919.
In 1920 he returned to North Dakota to farm on a rather large scale. He had his ups and downs with farming, and finally had a sale and quit farming.
Alfred married Arlina Arnold Kittleson on September 3, 1930 in St. James, Minnesota. They had one daughter, Patricia, who died in infancy. They lived in the Mayville and Portland area where he built and operated a bowling alley, made cemnt blocks for a time and owned and operated a theatre for many years in Portland. He also served as mayor of Portland for several years.
Alfred died November 18, 1980 at the age of 87. Survivors include his wife, Arlina; three step-daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Sothard, Mrs. Phyllis LaLonde and Mrs. Elaine McCelland, all of Seattle; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; two brothers, Joseph of Blanchard, N.D., Helmer of Norquay, Saskatchewan, and one sister, Mrs. Olga Anderson of Portland.
Mr. Domier was born January 7, 1893, near Portland, the son of John and Britta Anderson Domier. At a young age he worked for neighbors on farms and was a steam engine fireman. In 1912, he and Ole and Julius Gullickson went to Canada and filed homestead claims. He built a shack on his homestead and worked in the lumber camp in the winter. He built a barn in 1913 and bought 3 horses and farmed on a small scale. Albert was the first councillor in the Livingstone Municipality, a job he held until he quit farming in 1916 and worked for other farmers until 1917. He being a Canandian citizen, was put into the Canadian Army. He went overseas and joined the First Canadian Mounted Rifles. In France he fought in several battles and was shot in the chest on August 8, 1918. After being in a hospital in England for several months, he was sent back to Canada in February of 1919.
In 1920 he returned to North Dakota to farm on a rather large scale. He had his ups and downs with farming, and finally had a sale and quit farming.
Alfred married Arlina Arnold Kittleson on September 3, 1930 in St. James, Minnesota. They had one daughter, Patricia, who died in infancy. They lived in the Mayville and Portland area where he built and operated a bowling alley, made cemnt blocks for a time and owned and operated a theatre for many years in Portland. He also served as mayor of Portland for several years.
Alfred died November 18, 1980 at the age of 87. Survivors include his wife, Arlina; three step-daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Sothard, Mrs. Phyllis LaLonde and Mrs. Elaine McCelland, all of Seattle; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; two brothers, Joseph of Blanchard, N.D., Helmer of Norquay, Saskatchewan, and one sister, Mrs. Olga Anderson of Portland.
PORTLAND - N.D. Alfred Domier, 87, former Portland mayor and theater operator, died Tuesday at Union Hospital in Mayville, N.D. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Bruflat Lutheran Church, Portland, with burial in the church cemetery.
Mr. Domier was born January 7, 1893, near Portland, the son of John and Britta Anderson Domier. At a young age he worked for neighbors on farms and was a steam engine fireman. In 1912, he and Ole and Julius Gullickson went to Canada and filed homestead claims. He built a shack on his homestead and worked in the lumber camp in the winter. He built a barn in 1913 and bought 3 horses and farmed on a small scale. Albert was the first councillor in the Livingstone Municipality, a job he held until he quit farming in 1916 and worked for other farmers until 1917. He being a Canandian citizen, was put into the Canadian Army. He went overseas and joined the First Canadian Mounted Rifles. In France he fought in several battles and was shot in the chest on August 8, 1918. After being in a hospital in England for several months, he was sent back to Canada in February of 1919.
In 1920 he returned to North Dakota to farm on a rather large scale. He had his ups and downs with farming, and finally had a sale and quit farming.
Alfred married Arlina Arnold Kittleson on September 3, 1930 in St. James, Minnesota. They had one daughter, Patricia, who died in infancy. They lived in the Mayville and Portland area where he built and operated a bowling alley, made cemnt blocks for a time and owned and operated a theatre for many years in Portland. He also served as mayor of Portland for several years.
Alfred died November 18, 1980 at the age of 87. Survivors include his wife, Arlina; three step-daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Sothard, Mrs. Phyllis LaLonde and Mrs. Elaine McCelland, all of Seattle; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; two brothers, Joseph of Blanchard, N.D., Helmer of Norquay, Saskatchewan, and one sister, Mrs. Olga Anderson of Portland.
Mr. Domier was born January 7, 1893, near Portland, the son of John and Britta Anderson Domier. At a young age he worked for neighbors on farms and was a steam engine fireman. In 1912, he and Ole and Julius Gullickson went to Canada and filed homestead claims. He built a shack on his homestead and worked in the lumber camp in the winter. He built a barn in 1913 and bought 3 horses and farmed on a small scale. Albert was the first councillor in the Livingstone Municipality, a job he held until he quit farming in 1916 and worked for other farmers until 1917. He being a Canandian citizen, was put into the Canadian Army. He went overseas and joined the First Canadian Mounted Rifles. In France he fought in several battles and was shot in the chest on August 8, 1918. After being in a hospital in England for several months, he was sent back to Canada in February of 1919.
In 1920 he returned to North Dakota to farm on a rather large scale. He had his ups and downs with farming, and finally had a sale and quit farming.
Alfred married Arlina Arnold Kittleson on September 3, 1930 in St. James, Minnesota. They had one daughter, Patricia, who died in infancy. They lived in the Mayville and Portland area where he built and operated a bowling alley, made cemnt blocks for a time and owned and operated a theatre for many years in Portland. He also served as mayor of Portland for several years.
Alfred died November 18, 1980 at the age of 87. Survivors include his wife, Arlina; three step-daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Sothard, Mrs. Phyllis LaLonde and Mrs. Elaine McCelland, all of Seattle; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; two brothers, Joseph of Blanchard, N.D., Helmer of Norquay, Saskatchewan, and one sister, Mrs. Olga Anderson of Portland.
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