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Anna Applegate |
(October 20, 1915 - June 13, 2001) Gilmore
City are resident and member of the Rolfe V.F.W. |
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Glede Baker |
class of 1960 |
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Mike Barrett |
(September 29, 1972 - April 26, 2000)
attended Rolfe schools where his dad, Dick Barrett, was a teacher
and coach. |
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Don Beckord |
class of 1962 |
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George Beckord |
longtime Rolfe hatchery owner, agri-businessman
and horticulturalist |
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Cecelia Behrendsen |
(June 27, 1924 - May 3, 2002) Gilmore City
resident and mother of Pat, Mary, and Butch who graduated from Rolfe
in the 1960s. |
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Don Behrendsen |
(January 18, 1907 - April 6, 2002) Rolfe
resident who farmed near Gilmore City before he retired in 1974. |
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Tommy D. Behrendsen |
(1945 - 2000) Attended during the
elementary school days of the class of 1963. |
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Bev Bennett |
(August 31, 1937 - March 15, 2001) DMT
school class of 1953 and Rolfe resident |
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Dick Bennett |
DMT school class of 1954 and Rolfe
resident |
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Vernis Kober Biedermann |
class of 1936 (died in January 2002) |
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Pete Bielefeldt |
longtime Rolfe resident who owned the
Rolfe Food Locker for over 25 years |
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Averil Blewitt |
"Miss Blewitt" retired in mid-1970s after
teaching in Rolfe for 21 years. |
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Harley R. Bradburn |
(died December 3, 2001) class of 1952 |
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Bill Brinkman |
class of 1934 |
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Edward Budolfson |
(June 15, 1912 - January 21, 2000) class
of 1930 |
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Marie Budolfson |
class of 1928 |
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Larry Burns |
class of 1957 |
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William Buske |
(July 22, 1912 - April 2, 2002) lived
on a farm north of Rolfe for 45 years. |
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Rose R. Calligan |
She and husband Harold Calligan owned and
operated Calligan's Drug Store. |
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Olive Carlton |
(May 14, 1921 - June 14, 2001) former
Rolfe resident and teacher at D.M.T. and West Bend schools |
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Merl Carrol |
class of 1917 |
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Betty J. Caryl |
Rolfe resident until 1990 having lived
here for 27 years. |
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Orrell Greene Conrad |
class of 1919 |
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Ethel Cordes |
(June 15, 1919 - March 31, 2001) former
Rolfe area farm woman and leader in Rolfe Presbyterian Church |
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Roger T. DeWolf |
class of 1939 |
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Dennis D. Edwards |
(1950-2003) class of 1969 |
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Beryl
B. Erickson |
(November 2, 1914 - May 26, 2001)
long-time Rolfe resident |
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Joe Ferden |
class of 1946 (died December 14, 2001) |
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Doris I. (White) Freeman |
(1912 - 2003) class of 1930, co-owned and
operated Freeman's Clover Farm grocery store in Rolfe for 20
years with husband Warren. |
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Lyle Foster |
(February 19, 1928 - July 28, 2000) taught
at DMT, Rolfe, and other area schools for 39 years |
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Margaret "Peg" Frerk |
(1921 - 2003) rural Rolfe resident |
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Jeanie McEwen Gehrt |
(1909 - 2003) |
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Mary Lou Gill |
( - 2003) Rolfe resident |
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Madge Girard |
(July 25, 1904-September 28, 2000) owned Girard’s Super Valu grocery store |
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Don Grant |
class of 1936 (died September 29, 2001) |
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Janet Shelgren Grell |
class of 1953 |
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Janette Gruber |
(July 27, 1947 - March 14, 2001) taught in
several Rolfe area schools and started drill team programs in all
the places where she taught |
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Thelma Ham |
(March 14, 1920 - August 28, 2002)
resident of Des Moines Township near Rolfe. |
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Kristi (Sandvig) Hammer |
(? - 2003) RHS class of 1978 |
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Bernice Hauck |
(February 2, 1901 - December 1, 1998)
former Rolfe grocery store owner |
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Joy Rae Hayes |
former Joy Howard, RHS Class of 1969 |
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George Heald |
class of 1933 (July 23, 1917 - March 3,
2002) |
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Lawrence Heathman |
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Vera Seaman Heathman |
class of 1932 |
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Leona Henderson |
(June 22, 1927 - September 1, 2002) Plover
resident who taught at DMT, Plover, and Havelock before retiring in
1989. |
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Margaret N. Henderson |
(October 13, 1909-June 22,
2002) graduated from D.M.T. in 1927 and farmed north of Rolfe. |
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Mary Lou Hollenbeck |
(October 26, 1932 - March 16, 2000) moved
to Rolfe in 1964 |
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Randy Howard |
(January 1, 1949 - February 5, 2001) class of 1966 |
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Carolyn Ives |
class of 1956 |
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Mildred Ives |
elementary teacher and longtime rural
Rolfe resident |
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Dale L. Jennings |
(1929-2003) Rolfe area resident. |
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Arlene M. Johnson |
(1916 - 2003) DMT graduate and Rolfe area
resident |
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Shirley M. Jones |
(1940 - 2003) Operated the Sunnybrook Cafe
from the late 1970s to 1980s. |
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Ellen Kirchner |
(1910? - January 24, 2003) Rolfe area
resident |
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Betty Knoll |
longtime Rolfe High School English and Drama
teacher |
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Marvel C. Krischel |
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Leslie Landmesser |
(November 24, 1921 - March 23, 2001)
raised in Rolfe area, married to Ruth Green of the class of 1940,
was a Union Pacific conductor for 33 years, based in Wyoming |
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Judy Jean Lanus Leaym |
(November 11, 1998) class of 1961 |
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Charles H. Lehnus |
(1901-2003), DMT class of 1919 |
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Vera C. Lehnus |
(October 13, 1906 -
November 26, 1995) class of 1925 |
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John E. (Johnnie) Loss |
(1920? - 2003) |
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Glenn McVay |
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Daniel Martin |
(October 18, 1948 - August 18, 2000) moved
to Rolfe in 1989 and worked for a trucking firm |
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Alma Olerich Martins |
class of 1917 |
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John Mather |
class of 1940 |
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Bernard J. "Bernie" McCreary |
(died Sept. 22, 2002) born in Rolfe. |
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Laura
Christensen McGuffin |
(died May 17, 2001) taught in area country
schools then married and moved to the St. Paul, Minnesota area |
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Lois Miller |
(July 25, 1928 - April 3, 2000) graduated
from DMT in 1947; moved to Rolfe in 1963; worked at Care Center and
also cared for people in their homes |
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Doris J. Minkler |
(1928 - 2003) RHS class of 1946 |
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John Mortensen |
RHS student in 1950s |
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Ralph Mortensen |
(1910-2003) RHS Superintendent 1948-1958 |
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LeRoy J. Nelson |
(190? - 2003) RHS class of 1927 and Rolfe
resident. |
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William
Blevins Nelson |
(September 17, 1928 - May 1, 2001) was
pastor of the Rolfe Presbyterian Church in the 1950s |
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Charles J. Nemecek |
(December 2, 1904 - July 6, 2000) attended
Rolfe area schools and farmed south of Rolfe |
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Alma Ogden |
(October 7, 1897 - August 3, 2000) owned
Ogden's grocery store |
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Ellwood G. Olerich |
(1916-2003) RHS Class of 1934 |
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Floyd E. Page |
(November 21, 1913 - November 25, 2002)
Rolfe resident |
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Lewis Paulson |
(May 2, 1899 - March 8, 2001) Rolfe
resident, worked for Taylor's Service Station, Brinkman Auto, and
the Rolfe Veterinary Clinic before retiring |
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Jennie Grace Post |
(September 22, 1920 - March 18, 2002) A
former Rolfe resident who worked several years as a book-keeper for
Rickard Plumbing and Heating and the Rolfe Co-op. She was married to
Fred Post and had three children —
Bill, Doug, and Lisa who graduated from Rolfe. |
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Janet Olney Peterson |
(August 31, 1930 - February 12, 2001)
class of 1948 |
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Judy Peterson |
(1936 - 2003) DMT class of 1954 |
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Phyllis Pedersen Peterson |
(1946 - September 12, 2002) class of 1964 |
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Rudy Phillips |
(died in December 2001) |
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Marjorie L. Pirie |
(May
19, 1920 - May 11, 2002) Plover class of 1937 and a resident of
Greenbrae, California |
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Bernice Plummer |
(November 26, 1917 - March 11, 2001)
former Rolfe resident |
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John Prehn |
(died July 14, 2001) class of 1955 |
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Pullen, Leona G. |
(April 28, 1911 - November 26, 2002) Began
farming near Rolfe in 1944. Wife of Floyd Pullen. |
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Dixie Lee Murray Rea |
(September 19, 1935 - April 22, 2002)
resident of Rolfe
since 1995 |
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Bernard C. Ricklefs |
(1918 - 2003) RHS graduate and Rolfe resident |
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Theo Ripperger |
(September 2, 1918 - June 3, 2000)
graduated from DMT in 1936 and farmed near Rolfe |
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Eileen Rude |
Head cook at Rolfe for 20 years. |
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Marie
Ryen |
(April 5, 1904 - June 3, 2001) long-time
Rolfe resident who was a private nurse and mid-wife |
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Aaron Saathoff |
class of 1989 |
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Raymond Sandvig |
(May 29, 1924 - February 8, 2000) lived in
Laurens but was born near Rolfe and attended the Rolfe schools |
|
William Sandvig |
(1921 - 2003) RHS graduate |
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Ruth Murray Schmitz |
class of 1935 |
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Edward
G. Schonberger |
(January 24, 1922 - April 3, 2001)
long-time Rolfe resident who worked at the coop and was a carpenter |
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Ralph Scott |
(October 26, 1922 - December 14, 2002)
Rolfe resident. Served in the Pacific Theater during WWII and was
awarded two Purple Hearts. |
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Harold Robert Shelgren |
(died February 4, 2001) class of 1938 |
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Glenn Shelgren |
class of 1945 |
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Lowell F. Shelgren |
(1929 - 2003) Gilmore City area farmer |
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Elmer Alan (Alan) Simonson |
(1927 - 2003) Grew up in the Plover area,
later resided in Des Moines. |
|
Helen Pedersen
Simonson |
(September 26, 1917 - July
17, 2002) Although she and her husband farmed near Rolfe only
from 1938 to 1944, Helen leaves behind many Pedersen and Simonson
relatives in the area. |
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Jack Sindergard |
(December 6, 1916 - January 27, 2000)
farmed in the Rolfe area, often drove a team of horses or mules in
Rolfe and area parades |
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Frances M. Steffen |
(1941 - 2003) long-time area resident |
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Al Stewart |
September 28, 1933 - February 24, 2001)
long time Rolfe resident |
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Doris Heathman Spence |
class of 1929 |
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Lucille Swanson |
(May 22, 1923 - March 27, 2000) was
married first to Lloyd McMahon then Walter Swanson |
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Robert E. Thompson |
(1919 - 2003) Rolfe resident |
|
Hazel
Christensen Thomsen |
(August 28, 1915 - May 2, 2001) sister of
Lola Peterson of Rolfe |
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Frieda Thorson |
(August 11, 1902 - June 11, 2001) Long
time resident of Rolfe employed at Peterson Photography in Ft. Dodge
and later the Gift Galley in Rolfe. |
|
Louise Thorson |
Rolfe elementary music teacher |
|
Anne Tostenrud |
Rolfe elementary teacher (lived in
Emmetsburg) |
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Ted Truelson |
Rolfe area farmer |
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Tutt, Betty |
(November 1, 1922 - November 26, 2002)
1940 Rolfe graduate and resident. |
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Ed VanGorkum |
(September 22, 1914 - February 13, 2001)
retired Rolfe area farmer |
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Al Vaughn |
DMT class of 1940 and Rolfe area resident |
|
Virgil E. Vaughn |
DMT class of 1932, Rolfe farmer and truck
driver |
|
Brenda Kay Wadsley |
Attended school 1967-1970 with class of
1980 |
|
Miriam Ives Watters |
(August 8, 1912 - March 3, 2001) class of
1929 |
|
Jane Gordon Webb |
former long time Rolfe resident and
community leader - owned
Webb’s Drug Store - resided in Edina, Minnesota |
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Gene Wiegman |
circa class of 1936 |
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Rachel Wiegman Fabens |
(March 19, 1923 - January 16, 2002) class
of 1941 |
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E.C. White, Jr. |
Commonly known as Junior White, class of
1935, died in 2002 |
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Margaret White Holcomb |
class of 1935 |
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Clifford
Orville "Kip" Wilson |
(July 22, 1937 - April 28, 2001) 1929 RHS
graduate |
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N.A. (Jim) Wilson |
class of 1928 |
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Joseph P. Wittrock |
(1960 - 2003) Rolfe resident and brother
to RHS graduates |
|
Jim Young |
(September 13, 1938 - July 17, 2001) 1957
RHS graduate |
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Alan John Zeman |
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Daniel B. Zuetlau |
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