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Bob Meyer
Ashley, ND - Mass of Christian Burial for Robert “Bob” J. Meyer, 74, of Ashley was Friday, July 9, 2004, at 10 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church at Ashley. Father Steven Meyer and Father Andrew Jasinski of St. David’s Catholic Church officiated.
Burial was in the Ashley City Cemetery.
He died Tuesday, July 6, 2004 at his home.
Robert J. Meyer, son of Joseph and Eva (Denault) Meyer was born Nov. 22, 1929, at West St. Paul, MN. This is where he grew up. He attended school at Mechanics Arts High School and Technology Vocation Institute in St. Paul, graduating in 1948. He worked all the time he was also going to school.
He was united in marriage to Theresa R. Finn on June 24, 1950, in St. Paul Cathedral. They made their home in St. Paul, and he was employed with Ramsey Engineering. In 1976, they moved to Ashley, ND, where he was employed at Blumhardt Manufacturing as the tool and die designer until he retired in March of 1996.
Bob enjoyed golfing, bowling, reading, playing on the computer, playing cards, camping, hunting and woodworking in his garage. He also had been a Boy Scout leader for many years. Bob’s wife, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren were his pride and joy, and his time with them were his most treasured moments.
He was a member of St. David’s Catholic Church at Ashley and the Ashley Country Club.
Survivors include his wife of Ashley, six sons, Michael (Nita) Meyer of Blaine, MN, Joseph (Jayne) Meyer of Prescott, WI, John (Jeannie) Meyer of Maplewood, MN, Robert (Brenda) Meyer of Ashley, Paul Meyer of Fridley, MN, and Steven Meyer of Wimbledon, ND, five daughters, Kathleen (Peter) Olson of Minneapolis, MN, Dorothy (Gary) Ohr of Ham Lake, MN, Colleen (Michael) Saunders of Forest Lake, MN, Theresa (Allen) Entzie of Lehr, ND and Judy Meyer of Blaine, MN, four brothers, Richard (Mary) Meyer and Lawrence (Charlotte) Meyer, both of St. Paul, Ralph Meyer of West St. Paul and William (Lenore) Meyer of Orlando, FL, two sisters, Laura Meyer of West St. Paul and Joan (Alan) Lawrence of Grand Rapids, MN, 31 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
His parents and two grandsons, Timothy Meyer and Thomas Olson preceded him in death.
Pallbearers were his sons.
Mass servers were Annika Meyer and Phillip Meyer. Offertory gifts and roses were presented by his grandchildren. The ushers were Harold Dockter and Tom Haas, and the organist was Steve Glaesmann.
The family prefers memorials be made to Ashley Medical Center or Ashley Medical Center Auxiliary, PO Box 450, Ashley, ND 58413.
Carlsen Funeral Home of Ashley has been entrusted with arrangements.
Ted Woehl
Ashley, ND - Funeral service for Theodore “Ted” Woehl, 81, of Ashley was Monday, July 12, 2004 at 10 a.m. at Ashley Baptist Church. The Rev. Darwin Stahl officiated.
Burial was at the Ashley City Cemetery
with military graveside rites by Frank Piper American Legion Post #53.
He died Thursday, July 8, 2004 at the Ashley Medical Center.
Theodore “Ted” Woehl, son of John and Emma (Knoblich) Woehl was born April 2, 1923 near Fredonia in McIntosh County, ND. He attended country school and graduated with the Class of 1942 from Ashley High School. He then entered the United States Army in 1942, serving in Northern France, Ardennes, Rheinland and Central Europe.
He was united in marriage to Marcella Mae Bertsch on January 27, 1944 at Camp Kohler, California. He was honorably discharged in 1945. They returned to Ashley and he entered into business operating a Standard Service Station and later as Owner/Operator of a Mobil Service Station. He retired in 1985. His wife died December 29, 1996 and Ted continued to make Ashley his home.
For relaxation, Ted enjoyed fishing and reading religious publications and listening to religious music.
He was a member of Ashley Baptist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Germaine (Robert) Krein of Stanschfield, Minnesota and Peggy (Michael) Welder of Napoleon, one son, Timothy Woehl of Scottsdale, Arizona, one daughter-in-law, Dorothy Woehl of Ashley, two brothers, Willis (Violet) Woehl of Ashley and Harry Woehl of Lodi, California, six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.
His parents, wife and one son, Garry, preceded him in death.
Casketbearers were Dan Welder, Brad Woehl, Duane Woehl, John Woehl, Jody Horner, Derek Weigel and Dan Rohrbach.
The organist was Ruth Jenner and the Ashley Baptist Men’s Quartet sang.
The family prefers memorials be made to Ashley Baptist Church Elevator Fund, PO Box 184, Ashley, ND 58413.
Carlsen Funeral Home of Ashley has been entrusted with arrangements.
Rebecca Straub
Rebecca Straub, born March 23, 1916, to Gottlieb and Fredericka (Dobler) Breitling on the farm homesteaded by her father in rural Venturia, ND, died on her 88th birthday, March 23, 2004, in Bellevue, WA.
The youngest of 15 children born to Gottlieb and Fredericka, Rebecca attended early school in rural Venturia and graduated from Ashley High School in 1933. Following high school, Rebecca attended business school in Bismarck, ND, and also became active in Independent Party political campaign activities. After her marriage to Irvin Straub in 1938, she worked at the State Capitol in Bismarck and gave birth to their first child, Robert, in 1939. She continued working at the State Capitol while her husband served in the Army during the Second World War. Upon Irvin’s return from service, Rebecca and her family moved to Bremerton, WA, in 1942, where daughter Roberta and son Rodney were later born. While residing in Bremerton, Rebecca worked as credit manager for Freidland Jeweler, and in the accounting and supply departments of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, retiring from Federal service in 1969. In 1970, she moved to Kirkland, WA, where she pursued new work challenges including a 22-year career in real estate sales and rental property management. Extremely determined, capable and focused in her work, Rebecca was well-suited to the details and unpredictable demands of residential real estate sales and earned loyalty and repeat property dealings from many of her clients. Rebecca retired from real estate sales, which she called the love of her work life, in 1999 on her 83rd birthday.
Affectionately demanding, opinionated and fiercely self-reliant, Rebecca marshaled her enormous energies and mental strengths toward achieving and responsibly modeling a life full of integrity, compassion and service-oriented work. Her many accomplishments and deep wisdom are a strong tribute to the resilience and values of her immigrant father, whom she adored. Rebecca possessed extraordinary memory and often amazed those around her by recalling the name, age, personal characteristics, education level, career and current hometown of her 78 nieces and nephews and all their children, plus a host of friends and colleagues with whom she maintained contact throughout her lifetime. Having an unusually broad grasp of history and politics, Rebecca also frequently engaged in lively discussions, strongly peppered with her scintillating intellect, wit and opinion.
While residing in Bremerton, Rebecca and her children were members of her husband’s church, the Memorial Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. She later returned to the Baptist faith in which she was raised, becoming a member of Bremerton’s First Baptist Church and then attending Seattle’s First Baptist Church after her relocation to Kirkland. Though divorced from Irvin in 1957, she took him into her home and cared for him the last four years of his life while he fought cancer before passing away in December 1983.
Rebecca is survived by sons Robert Straub of Bothell and Rodney Straub of Kirkland; daughter Roberta Straub of Kirkland; sister, Adina Giedt of Bismarck, ND; niece Virginia (Bill) Thompson of Clyde Hill and numerous other nieces and nephews located throughout the United States. She was preceded in death by 13 siblings.
Private services were held. Rebecca was laid to rest at Bellevue’s Sunset Hills Memorial Park, next to the father of her children, Irvin.
Memorial donations may be made to the Overlake Hospital Foundation, 1034 116th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004.
Eleanor Janke
Eleanor Janke, 71, Jamestown, North Dakota died Thursday, March 25, 2004 at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home in Jamestown.
Her funeral was held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, March 29 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Jamestown with the Rev. Doug Opp officiating.
Eleanor Obenauerr was born December 18, 1932 at the family farm southeast of Ashley, North Dakota, the daughter of Emil and Magdelena (Scheuffele) Obenauer. She attended the local rural school in Cold Water District where she received her elementary education. She married
Arthur Janke on December 12, 1951 at Leola, South Dakota. They lived in Danzig following their marriage and moved to Jamestown in 1952 where Art started working at the North Dakota State Hospital. Eleanor started working at the North Dakota State Hospital in 1962 until 1992 when she retired as Art became ill. Art died September 30, 1992. Eleanor was member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Jamestown, the German Heritage Singers and the Christian Women's Birthday Club.
Eleanor is survived by a son, Harvey (Cindy) Janke, Jamestown, four daughters, Carol Janke (Bruce Judd), Jamestown; Joyce Schultes, Alliance, NE; Julie (Robert) Sprague, Courtenay, ND and Wanda (Raed) Abualzalaf, Stafford, VA, two brothers, Delbert (Donna) Obenauer, Ashley, ND and Herbert (Alta) Obenauer, Jamestown; four sisters, Anna Hieb, Aberdeen, SD; Violet (Gary) Franck, Stockton, CA; Delvida Obenauer, Jamestown, ND and Phyllis (Otto) Freier, Alexandria, MN, 14 grandchildren, Christopher (Paige) Judd; Benjamin (Angie) Janke; Mitchell Janke; Megan Janke, Jeremy (Laura) Schultes; Jayme Schultes; Amy (Mark) Swanson; John Schultes; Emily Schultes; Bethany Schultes; Landon and Ethan Sprague; Jerrid and Joshua Brehm and six great-grandchildren, Portcia Janke; Alison Schultes; Sean Schultes; Kakoma Schultes; Shevoniai Schultes and Darren Swanson.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, seven brothers, Rudolph, Clifford, Edward, Oliver, Oscar, Jerry and one in infancy and two sisters, Magdalene Huber and Lauryntina.
Burial was at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Jamestown, North Dakota.
Frieda Rudolf
Funeral services for Frieda Rudolf, 90, Lehr, were held Sunday, March 28, 2004, at St. Luke Lutheran Church, Wishek. She died March 24 at a Big Fork, Minn., hospital.
Frieda was born Oct. 29, 1913 at the family farm home, north of Zeeland, the daughter of Gottlieb and Margaretha (Woehl) Ketterling. She attended the local rural school in the Strasburg School district, north of Zeeland, where she received her elementary education. She grew to womanhood in the vicinity, where she helped on the family farm.
Frieda and Leopold Rudolf were married
Sept. 27, 1932 at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, near Zeeland. They made their home on his parents’ farm until 1937, when they moved to Zeeland. In 1942, they moved to Ashley and, in 1947, to Wishek. They purchased Rudolf Lumber in Lehr in 1964. Frieda did secretarial work and managed rental property for 21 years.
She was active in the community and church. She taught Sunday School. She served as the president in the Women’s Organization at St. Luke Lutheran in Wishek. She served as the treasurer of the Bismarck conferences and the western N.D. district of the Women’s Organizations for 10 years.
Survivors include three children, Rev. Russell (Jane) Rudolf of Owatonna, Minn., Vivian (Ike) Rindelaub of Grand Rapids, Minn., and Dr. Lou (Jeri) Rudolf of Dillon, Mont.; seven grandchildren, Thomas and Peter Rudolf, James Rindelaub and Julia Parent, and Joseph, Katherine, and Elizabeth Rudolf; eight great-grandchildren, Christopher and Alexandra Rudolf, Eric and Steven Baker, Matthew Rindelaub, Zachary Rudolf and Justin and Shelby Parent; a sister, Ernestine Rudolf of Wishek; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Edwin (Irene) Ketterling of Jamestown; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Frieda was preceded in death by her husband in 1990; her parents; three brothers and six sisters, plus two brothers and three sisters in infancy.
The family suggests that memorials be designated for St. Luke Lutheran Church, Wishek.
Burial was in St. Luke Lutheran Cemetery, Wishek. Dahlstrom Funeral Home of Wishek was in charge of arrangements.
