Obit for BUTENHOFF, Albert Gustav (b.1860 d.1948), Clay Co., MN

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	ALBERT GUSTAV BUTENHOFF, SR., OBIT, #367T

Name and date of newspaper unknown



Last Rites Held For A. G. Butenhoff Sr.



Albert G. Butenhoff Sr., once prominent farmer and one of Baker's grand 

old men was laid to rest on Thursday afternoon, June 24, at the Lutheran 

church yard cemetery. Mr. Butenhoff died after a week-long illness.



Albert Gustav Butenhoff was born at Zarben on the Roge River in Germany 

on April 10, 1860. He came to the United States in 1868, settling in 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He later moved to Iowa and married Emma Moll at 

Hampton in 1891. To this union 11 children were born. Mrs. Butenhoff, a 

son George and a daughter Luella (Mrs. Hartwell Carr) preceded him in 

death. Surviving are Carl, Albert Jr. of Baker, Fred of Hampton, Iowa; 

Theodore Of Sabin, Edwin, Willie, Clarence and Leonard, all of Baker and 

Evelyn, now Mrs. Irwin Sether of Rothsay. There are 24 grandchildren and 

6 great-grandchildren.



Mr. Butenhoff has been a resident of the Baker vicinity since 1901 when 

he came here from Hampton, Iowa. He had extensive farming interests and 

his home was one of the beauty spots of the locality. He was a kind and 

loving father and a good neighbor. Death came at 11:55 midnight on 

Monday, June 21, 1948. Short services were held at the home on Thursday 

at one o'clock in the afternoon and funeral services at the Trinity 

church near Sabin at 2 o'clock. Rev. Paul Schumm, pastor, officiated and 

Miss Schumm presided at the organ. Miss Janet Possehl sang "Heaven is my 

Home" and Irwin Williams of Moorhead sang "Stand Up Stand Up for Jesus." 

There were many memorials and floral tributes.



Honorary pallbearers were O. N. Iverson, Walter Cook, Thomas Thompson, 

George McEvers, Wm. And Ferdinand Butenhoff. Active pallbearers were 

Milton, David, Arnold and Lawrence Butenhoff, and Rudy and Chester 

Possehl.



Coming from a distance to attend the funeral were Fred Butenhoff, 

Hampton, Iowa; Orville Butenhoff, Dumont, Iowa; Mrs. Wm. Tegemeir Sr. and 

Clarence Tegemeir, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tegemeir Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph 

Wermeson, Britt, Iowa; Art Butenhoff, Triego, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph 

Holt, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Thomas, Leo Butenhoff and Gustav Butenhoff, 

Spooner, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Johanson and Beverly, So. St. Paul; 

Mrs. Dick Young and Judy, Grand Forks; Mrs. Hilda Thompson of Madison 

Wis.

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