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Clifford
Rohlf, 87
 Thief
River Falls - Clifford Lester "Cliff" Rohlf,
87, died on Friday, October 18, 2002 at Northwest
Medical Center in Thief River Falls.
Funeral
services will be held at 1 p.m on Wednesday,
October 23 (today) at the Collins Funeral Chapel in
Greenbush. Casketbearers will be Rodney Erickson,
Dean Erickson, Floyd Erickson, Randy Erickson,
Harold Beito, Wally Wiskow, Loris Reierson, Art
Slawson and Jack Tisdale. Interment will be in the
Badger City Cemetery in Badger.
Visitation
will be held from 9 a.m. until the time of services
on Wednesday. In honor of Cliff, there will be free
coffee at Dee's Kitchen on Wednesday
afternoon.
Clifford
Lester Rohlf was born on January 17, 1915, the son
of Ernest and Albena (Vacinek) Rohlf in Cloquet. He
was the youngest of five boys who were raised on a
farm. Cliff owned and operated a garage and gas
station in Hinckley until he became a livestock
dealer in the late 1940s. In 1949, he moved to
Greenbush and managed the Greenbush Sales Barn. On
November 24, 1949, he married Ione Erickson in
White Rock, S.D. The couple lived in Breckenridge a
short time before moving back to Greenbush where
Cliff continued working in the livestock business.
In 1955, they moved to Winger where he managed the
Winger Sales Barn and in 1959, the family moved to
Thief River Falls where he managed the sales barn
for Melvin Joppru. Cliff and his partner, Joe
Soiney, started the Thief River Livestock Auction
Market in 1962. Cliff designed and helped build the
business. He continued to buy and sell cattle,
trucked cattle and worked with the bookkeeping and
auctions. In the early 1980s, he started Rohlf
Auction Service and also held consignment auctions.
His son, Larry, started auctioneering with him and
it soon turned into a family business as
grandchildren and spouses were helping out. Cliff
continued with the business until his retirement in
1990. He was an avid duck, goose and deer hunter,
fisherman and camper. He also enjoyed vegetable
gardening and was a member of the Eagles Club and
N.R.A.
Survivors
include his wife, Ione; two sons, Clifford Jr.
(Beverly) of Denver, Colo. and Larry (Sandy) of
Thief River Falls; a daughter, Linda Reierson of
Tulsa, Okla.; 11 grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; and many other relatives and
friends.
Clifford
was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers
and three brothers-in-law.
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