!STATUS: 1989 CAP
SO: PDS
BIRTH: parent's farm one mile north of Sherman, South Dakota.
BAPTISM: Rosendal Church. CONFIRMED: Rosendal Church, 5-17-1937.
EDUCATION: Sherman High School, 1940.
MILITARY: U. S. Navy, MMS 3/C, 1944-46, overseas duty in the Pacific.
MARRIAGE: Bethania Lutheran Church.
RELIGION: Lutheran.
OCCUPATION: Farmed the home farm after his father died in 1942 until 1955.
Moved to Casper, Wyoming in January 1955 and worked as maintenance
engineer in Wigwam Bakery until may 1955, then sold major
appliances until May 1960. Insurance agent with Minnesota
Protective Insurance Company until 1973. Groundskeeper at Central
Wyoming Fair and Rodeo until retirement in October 1988.
Worked actively as a fund raiser for the Casper Troopers Drum and
Bugle Corps from 1957-1975. Co-founder of Trooper Promotions Inc.
LR: Casper, WY
