Bio of RODINE, Elmer (b.1889), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 359-360
ELMER RODINE
Minneapolis is proud to number among her native sons Elmer Rodine, who is
engaged in the furniture business as a member of the Albrecht-Rodine Co. His
birth occurred on the 29th of September, 1889, a son of August and Anna S.
(Anderson) Rodine, natives of Sweden. After locating in Minneapolis they were
married in the year 1887. The father, who was accidentally killed in 1892, was
actively engaged as a special cabinetmaker, in which he was skilled in his trade
and achieved more than substantial success in life. His widow is still living.
To their union three sons were born, Elmer Rodine being the eldest.
In the acquirement of his early education Elmer Rodine attended the public
schools of Minneapolis, the greater part of the time the Washington school.
After graduating from public school he had the choice of continuing into high
school or going to work. He chose the latter and obtained a position with an
insurance firm as office boy. Realizing soon after that his education was
incomplete, he took advan­tage of the business training offered in the evening
classes of the extension course at the University of Minnesota. In 1908 he
accepted a position with Boutell Brothers, with whom he remained for ten years,
obtaining his thorough knowledge of the fur­niture business. He was first put to
work on the stock books and his innate ability and close application to the
thing at hand won for him constant promotion. As a result, at the time he
resigned to enlist in the United States army, he had been active as assistant
buyer and advertising manager for some years. It was in April, 1918, that Mr.
Rodine put all personal interests aside and enlisted in the Sixtieth Pioneer
Infantry, for service in the World war. He was stationed at Camp Wadsworth,
Spartan-burg, South Carolina, and served as private until promoted to the rank
of drill sergeant. He received his honorable discharge, on the 13th of January,
1919, with the rank of battalion sergeant major. The month of his return from
the army he was offered a chance to enter into partnership with William G.
Albrecht, extended mention of whom is made elsewhere in this work, and the
present company was formed under the name of the Albrecht-Rodine Company. Mr.
Rodine has proven himself a business man of ability and has been a dominant
factor in the continued success of the firm.
On the 29th of April, 1922, in Chicago, was celebrated the marriage of Elmer
Rodine to Miss Marion E. Wallgren, a daughter of Rev. E. Wallgren of Chicago.
She is a young woman of much culture and refinement and is socially prominent. A
daugh­ter was born to them on June 9, 1923.
Since attaining his majority Elmer Rodine has maintained an independent course
in politics, giving his support to the man best fitted for the office without
regard to party principles. He is essentially public-spirited and is vice
president of the Cen­tral Avenue Commercial Association. Along strictly business
lines he holds member­ship in the Minnesota Furniture Dealers Association and he
is a thirty-second degree Mason. His religious faith is that of the Simpson
Methodist church, to the support of which he is a generous contributor.