William
Wolff, 82
Greenbush
- William Wolff, 82, formerly of Pelan, died
Sunday, December 30, 2001 at the Greenbush Nursing
Home.
Funeral
services were held at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 4,
at United Free Lutheran Church in Greenbush with
Rev. Ken Hart officiating. Eileen Kilen was the
organist, and the vocalists were Corena Green and
Donna Anderson. Casketbearers were Edsel Anderson,
Doug Dahl, Donald Melby, Merton Kirkeide, Orleen
Anderson and Norman Svegdahl. Military honors were
accorded by Moen-Zimek American Legion Post 88 of
Greenbush. Interment was in United Free-Pauli
Lutheran Cemetery, rural Greenbush, with Gieseke
Funeral Chapel of Greenbush in charge of the
arrangements.
William
Edward Wolff was born on September 21, 1919 in Twin
Brooks, S.D., the son of Henry and Elizabeth
(Weinrebe-Beckman) Wolff. As an infant, he moved
with his parents to Roseau County where he grew up
and attended school near Roseau. William lived in
Kittson County before joining the U.S. Army in
1942. During World War II, he served in northern
France and the Rhineland of Central Europe before
being discharged in 1945.
On
September 15, 1954, William married Orpha
Berhardson at Greenbush. The couple resided in Lind
Township near Greenbush before moving to their farm
at Pelan. They resided on the farm for 46 years and
moved into Greenbush in the summer of
2001.
William
is survived by his wife, Orpha Wolff; a son, Wayne
Wolff of Thief River Falls; two grandsons; two
brothers, Eddy (Betty Jane) Wolff of Karlstad and
Robert Wolff of California; three sisters, Bertha
Wolff of California, Clara (Lloyd) Hermanson of
Karlstad and Alice (Dick) Hubson of Oklahoma; and
several nieces, nephews and other
relatives.
He
was preceded in death by his parents; a brother,
Herbert Wolff; and a sister, Olga Erickson.
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