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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 03099
Title: Elmer Albrecht
Date: 1925 - 2005
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 9/14/1925
Summary: Elmer Albrecht, 80, died November 4, 2005 in a Mandan care center. Services were held Tuesday, November 8 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Steele, with the Rev. Paul Tjostem officiating. Burial was at Woodlawn Cemetery, Steele. Elmer was born September 14, 1925 in Logan County, the son of Jacob and Pauline (Hagel) Albrecht. He grew up on the family farm and attended school nearby. Elmer farmed for a time and then worked as a mechanic for John Deere. He then served as Chief of Police and City Maintenance Engineer for Steele and part time Deputy Sheriff for Kidder County. On September 13, 1956, he married Louise Stein in Beulah. Elmer enjoyed playing cards, serving on the fire department, and farming. Elmer is survived by his wife, Louise; and his son, Jim, both of Steele, ND; one son-in-law, Kelly Walstad and his wife, Karis; and his grandson, Samuel Walstad, all of Moorhead, MN; his sisters and brother-in-law Martha Freier and Ramona and Ervin Wanner, all of Bismarck, ND; his brothers and sisters-in-law, Walter, Mandan, ND, Raymond and Fern, Bismarck, ND, Reinhold and Deloris, California, and Emil, Utah; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Lottie; two sisters, Anna Kienzle and Esther Thorsness; and four brothers, Albert, Gideon, Julius, and Milbert.
Red ID: FND_I_61927 Image ID: 513871 Image Notes: FND001 03099

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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