Obit for BUTENHOFF, Leonard "Butch" (b.1916 d.2000), Clay Co., MN

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LEONARD BUTENHOFF OBIT, #678

Barnesville Record-Review

Mon. 1/24/2000, p3A



L. BUTENHOFF RITES HELD



Leonard "Butch" Butenhoff, 83, Fargo, North Dakota, formerly rural 

Barnesville, Minnesota died Thursday, January 20, 2000 in MeritCare 

Hospital, Fargo.



Funeral service was held Monday, January 24, 2000 at 11:00 a.m. in 

Trinity Lutheran Church, Sabin, Minnesota with Pastor Daniel Wagner 

officiating. Rosemarie Johnk served as soloist accompanied by organist 

Anne Morris. Pallbearers were Brady Butenhoff, Blaine Butenhoff, Paul 

Butenhoff, Amber (Butenhoff) Anderson, Adrian Haugrud, Lee Skistad, Alvin 

Hansen, Mary Yohnke and Theodore Butenhoff.



Visitation was held Sunday, January 23, 2000 from 4:00-8:00 p.m. with a 

prayer service at 7:30 p.m. in Dobmeier Funeral Home, Barnesville and two 

hours before at the church. Interment is in Trinity Lutheran Church 

Cemetery, Rural Sabin.



Leonard, known as Butch was born March 27, 1916 on a farm near Baker, 

Minnesota to Albert and Emma (Mahl) Butenhoff. He attended county school 

and grew to manhood in the Baker area. He farmed with his family and on 

June 7, 1941 he married Alice Rawalt in Fargo.



In 1942 he entered the U.S. Army where he served with the military police 

during WWII, guarding German prisoners of war among which were members of 

the SS. He was honorably discharged in 1945.



He returned to the Baker area where he and Alice made their home on the 

Butenhoff home place. Butch farmed and 1948 they built their home and 

established a farm northwest of Barnesville. He continued to farm until 

his retirement in 1980. They continued to live on the farm until October 

of 1999 when Butch became a resident of Bethany Homes in Fargo. He lived 

there until the time of his death.



Butch was a life long member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Sabin and was 

baptized and confirmed there. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and always 

took pride in his home and lawn as well as his cars.



He is survived by his wife, Alice, of rural Barnesville; two sons, Dennis 

(Linda) Butenhoff of Baker and David (Joan) Butenhoff of Lake Lizzie near 

Pelican Rapids, MN; four grandchildren, Amber (Butenhoff) Anderson of 

Pendelton, OR, Brady Butenhoff of Fargo, ND, Blaine Butenhoff of 

Moorhead, MN and Paul Butenhoff of West Fargo, ND.



He was preceded in death by his parents; eight brothers, Carl, Fred, 

Willie, Albert, Clarence, Theodore, Buck and Ed; and two sisters, Evelyn 

Sether and Luella Carr.

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