Adams County WA Archives Obituaries.....Stockman, Dietrich E. August 16, 1964
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Ritzville Journal-Times 27 Aug 1964 pg 14
Dietrich Stockman Funeral Held in Emanuel Lutheran Church
     Funeral services for Dietrich E. Stockman, sr., 94 were held Wednesday, 
August 19, at Emanuel Lutheran church here with the Rev. Albert Wagner 
officiating.
     Mr. Stockman died in a Spokane hospital on August 16. He had been in ill 
health for some time.
     He was born in Hamburg, Minn., April 18, 1870, the son of Henry and 
Katherine Stockman. A former Ritzville resident, he lived in Spokane for the 
past 20 years. Prior to that he farmed in the Carico hills district for many 
years. 
     He was the oldest charter member of Emanuel Lutheran church at Ritzville. 
He donated a plot of land to the church which is now the Lutheran cemetery here.
     Stockman served as deputy sheriff of Adams county. He was a member of the 
Elks lodge in Spokane.
      Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Alvena Schroeder of Sprague and 
Mrs. Ralph Hargrave of Spokane. There are three sons surviving, William F. and 
Dietrich R., jr., both of Ritzville; and Ernest H. Stockman of Spokane.
     Also surviving are 11 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Two 
sisters survive, Mrs. Christine Hertwig and Mrs. Elise Ulbricht of St. Paul, 
Minn. Ernest Stockman, a brother, of Green Isle,. Minn., survives, as do 
numerous nieces and nephews.
     Pallbearers were Mr. Stockman’s seven grandsons, Stanley Stockman, Dewayne 
Schroeder, Dale Stockman, Larry Schroeder, Donald Stockman, Michael Hargrave 
and Robert Stockman.
     Honorary pallbearers were Charles Telecky, Tom McMahon, Herman Schwisow, 
Frank Schwisow, William Sickman and Richard Bierman.
     Gordon Swyter sang two solos “Saved by Grace” and “The Old Rugged Cross.” 
Mrs. Orville Moeller was the organist.
     Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home of Spokane was in charge of arrangements. 
Burial was in the Lutheran cemetery.

Additional Comments:
Birth father was Karsten Heinrich Stoeckmann. Many Stoeckmann's changed it to 
Stockman. 

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