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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 22417
Title: Ralph S. Meidinger
Date: 6/20/1929-8/2/2016
Inscription/Marks: 6/20/1929
Summary: Ralph Stanley Meidinger, 87, Elgin, ND, passed away August 2, 2016 at the Jacobsen Memorial Hospital in Elgin. Funeral services were held August 8, 2016, at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elgin. Pastor Brian Knutson and Pastor John Amundson officiated. Special music was provided by Annette Roth, organist, and Benjamin and Joseph Roth and Halle Rivinius, soloists. Casketbearers were Matthew Bentz, Casey Hochhalter, Derek Vujnovich, Michael and Shawn Dachtler, Eric Bachmeier, Blake, Damian, and Brett Ulrich, and Saul Maier. Honorary Casketbearers were Aimee Bachmeier, Stacey Thompson, and Rhiannon Rosen. Burial was in the Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Heil, ND. Ralph S. Meidinger was born June 20, 1929, at Elgin, to Jacob and Margaret (Rieker) Meidinger. He was baptized August 11, 1929, and confirmed June 17, 1945, at Peace Lutheran Church in Heil. Ralph was raised on the family farm south of Heil. He only spoke the German language and had to learn English when he started school in Heil. Following his schooling, he worked at the Heil elevator for a few years and for his dad on the farm. Ralph married Agnes Fuchs on October 22, 1950, at Zion Lutheran Church, Elgin. Ralph and Agnes owned and operated Meidinger Recreation in Elgin. In 1962 they purchased the farm from his parents, and moved there. Together, they raised grain, cattle, and operated a dairy and feedlot. Following Ralph’s retirement, the Meidingers continued to live on the farm. They moved into Elgin in 2010 where they continued to spend their retirement years together. Ralph was a member of the Elgin Lions Club, Germans from Russia, and served on the Elm Township Board and election board. In his earlier years he loved playing baseball and softball for the Heil and Elgin teams. He enjoyed golfing and bowling, bowling a 300 game in a tournament. He loved the game of Aggravation, especially when he was winning. Ralph was a member of Zion Lutheran Church where he served on the church council and sang in the choir. He loved music, loved to sing, and loved to dance, especially polkas and waltzes. Ralph and Agnes loved to travel. They took many bus tours and trips in the Rath Motor Home visiting most of the states. He was an avid fan of Minnesota Twins baseball and Minnesota Vikings football teams. Most of all he loved his family and loved spending time with the grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Keeping him in their fondest memories are his wife, Agnes; four daughters and sons-in-law, Ronae and Rick Hochhalter, Elgin, Karen and Chuck Vujnovich, Mesa, AZ, Robin and Darvin Bentz, Elgin, and Terry and Jeffrey Dachtler, Mesa; eight grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren, Matthew Bentz and friend, Christina Warrick and his children, Jacob, Zachary, Emily, and Andrew Bentz, Las Vegas, NV; Aimee and Eric Bachmeier and their children, Maverick, Isaac, Dominic, and Sandra; Casey and Kellie Hochhalter and their children, Sylvie, Raina and Miles, Brainerd, MN; Derek Vujnovich and fiancée Dee Ericksonmoen, Stacey and Jamie Thompson and their children, Jake, Ethan and Rielynn, Michael Dachtler and Lesley Rohner and his children, Gabriel and Evangeleen Dachtler, Rhiannon and Josh Rosen, and Shawn Dachtler, all of Mesa; and nieces, Carla Rae Meidinger, Boulder, CO, and Denyce Breit, Lafayette, LA. Ralph was preceded in death by his parents; his daughter, Sandra; brother Ray; sister-in-law Norma; and nephews, Randy and Greg Meidinger.
Red ID: FND_I_73090

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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