Obit for BUTENHOFF, Mathilda E. (b.1899 d.1996), Clay Co., MN

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MATHILDA BUTENHOFF OBIT, #679

Barnesville Record-Review

Tuesday, 10/29/1996, p3A



RITES TO BE HELD FOR M. BUTENHOFF



Mathilda E. Butenhoff, 97 of Barnesville died Sunday, October 27, 1996 

in the Barnesville Good Samaritan Center.



Funeral service will be Wednesday, October 30 at 2:00 p.m. in Trinity 

Lutheran Church, Sabin, with Pastor Dan Wagner officiating. Vocal music 

will be by Richard Young Jr., Judy McNamee and Peggy Butenhoff. 

Pallbearers will be her grandsons Richard Young Jr., David Young, Roger 

Kara, James Butenhoff, Paul Butenhoff, Charles Butenhoff, John 

Butenhoff and Pedar Butenhoff.



Visitation will be Tuesday, October 29 from 3:00-8:00 p.m. with a 

prayer service at 7:00 in Dobmeier Funeral Home, Barnesville. Interment 

will be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Sabin.



Mathilda, daughter of Samuel and Emelia (Krause) Riedel was born 

September 27, 1899 at Parks Prairie, Minnesota were she attended school 

and grew to womanhood. In 1916 she moved to the Sabin area and worked 

for the Henry Rosenfeldt family.



She married Carl Butenhoff on March 9, 1920 in Sabin. The couple made 

their home and farmed in the Baker, Minnesota area until their 

retirement in 1959, when they moved into Barnesville. Mr. Butenhoff 

died in 1960. She continued to live in Barnesville and in 1990 became a 

resident of the Barnesville Good Samaritan Center, where she lived 

until the time of her death.



She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Barnesville and the 

Barnesville American Legion Auxiliary.



She is survived by one daughter DeLoris (Richard) Young of Grand Forks, 

ND; three sons, Melvin (Doris) of Pelican Rapids, Floyd (Dorothy) of 

Barnesville and George of Fairfield, MT; 15 grandchildren, 37 great-

grandchildren; and 10 great-great grandchildren.



She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her daughter 

Grace Kara and 16 brothers and sisters.





MATHILDA E. BUTENHOFF OBIT, #1112

The Fargo Forum

Tues., 10/29/1996



Mathilda E. Butenhoff

Barnesville, Minn.



Mathilda Butenhoff, 97, Barnesville, died Sunday, Oct. 27, 1996, in

 Barnesville Good Samaritan Center.



Mathilda E. Riedel was born Sept. 27, 1899, in Parkers Prairie, Minn.,

where she grew up and attended school. In 1916 she moved to Sabin, Minn. 

She married Carl Butenhoff March 9, 1920, in Sabin. They farmed near 

Baker, Minn. In 1959 they retired and moved to Barnesville. He died 

in 1960. In 1990 she entered Barnesville Good Samaritan Center.



She is survived by three sons, Melvin (Doris), Pelican Rapids, Minn., 

Floyd (Dorothy), Barnesville, George, Fairfield, Mont.; a daughter, 

DeLoris (Richard) Young, Grand Forks, N.D.; 15 grandchildren, 37 great 

grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.



VISITATION: Today from 3 to 8, with a prayer service at 7, in Dobmeier 

Funeral Home, Barnesville.

FUNERAL: Wednesday at 2 in Trinity Lutheran Church, Sabin.

BURIAL: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Sabin.

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