Obit for BUTENHOFF, William "Bill" (b.1882 d.1960), Clay Co., MN
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WILLIAM BUTENHOFF OBIT, #651
Fargo Forum
Sunday, 1/31/1960

"BILL" BUTENHOFF, 78, OF CLAY DIES.

Barnesville, Minn.-William John "Bill" Butenhoff, 78, retired Baker, 
Minn. Farmer, died Sunday evening in his home here.

The funeral will be at 2 Friday in Trinity Lutheran Church of Sabin, 
Minn., the Rev. I. W. Bade officiating.

Born Jan. 24, 1882 in Iowa, Mr. Butenhoff August and Wilhelmina Tiews 
Butenhoff.

The family came to Clay County in 1911, settling at Baker. Mr. Butenhoff 
married Ida Stock at Albany Minn., Nov. 16, 1915. They farmed at Baker 
until June 1954, when they retired to Barnesville.

Besides his wife he leaves a son David, on the hoe farm at Baker; a 
bother, Otto of Santa Cruz, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Henry (Rose) 
Possehl, 1608 4th Ave. S., Moorhead, and Mrs. Theodore (Bertha) Iverson, 
Sunland, Calif., and five grandchildren.

Four brothers and two sisters preceded him in death. Dobmeier Funeral 
Home will conduct the funeral.

MOORHEAD RED RIVER SCENE
Thursday, 2/4/1960
"BILL" BUTENHOFF FUNERAL FRIDAY
Funeral services for William John Butenhoff, 78, retired Baker farmer, 
will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Trinity Lutheran Church of Sabin. The Rev. I. 
W. Bade will officiate.

Mr. Butenhoff died Sunday evening at his Barnesville home. He was born 
Jan. 24, 1882 in Iowa. The family came to Clay county in 1911. In 1915 he 
married Ida Stock. They farmed at Baker until 1954 when he retired to 
Barnesville.

Besides his wife survivors include a son, David, Baker; a brother, Otto 
of Santa Cruz, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Henry Possehl, Moorhead, and 
Mrs. Theodore Iverson, Sunland, Calif.; and five grandchildren.

Arrangements are by Dobmeier Funeral Home.
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