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John W. and Lea Dewald Family

John W. Dewald was born on Nov. 8, 1904 at Tripp, S.D., to Adam and Magdalena
Dewald. On Jan. 30, 1929 he married Lea Weisser, daughter of August and
Karolina Weisser.

The children celebrated their parents 50th anniversary in November of 1979.
John and Lea farmed west of Tripp until their retirement in 1961 when they
moved into Tripp. They are members of Friedens UCC of Tripp. To this union,
eight children were born. They now have 31 grandchildren and 11
great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Elmer (Ruth) Baumiller resides in Rapid City and works for the Tupperware
Plant. To this union, ten children were born. One child, Kathy, died in
infancy. Their other children are: Betty (Mrs. Butch Kapenstein) who resides
in Concord, Calif., and they have three children - Kurk, Paula and Tommy.
David Baumiller lives in San Jose, Calif., and has one son, David II. Diane is
married to Roger Rasckle and lives in Black Hawk, S.D. Mrs. Tim (Linda)
McKrannie lives in Rapid City and has two daughters - Shellia and Dennice.
Mrs. Ron (Thresia) Miller lives in Rapid City and has one son, Clinton. A
daughter Christine drowned in January of 1981. Mrs. Clifford (Janet) Sitdes
resides in Manville, Wyo. They have two children -Jennifer and Jonathan.
Robert is married to Kathie and they reside in Rapid City, Randy and Penny are
living at home.

Raymond C. is married to Lois (nee Freier). They have four children. Anthony,
who is attending Dakota Wesleyan University at Mitchell; Nancy who is a senior
nursing major at south Dakota State University; Glen, is a sophomore at Tripp
High School; and Dean is a sixth grader at the Tripp Public School.

Arnold is married to Ruth (Pederson). They reside at Webster, S.D., where Amie
manages the G.T.A. Elevator and Ruth works in the bank. They have three
daughters: Sherry and Sandra attend Northern State College. This is Sherry's
second year and Sandra's first year. Jennifer is a freshman at Webster High
School.

Bernard is married to Rose (nee Sykora). They reside in Sioux Falls. Bernie
works for McKinney, Allen, and Associates and Rose works for Stewarts. They
have two children: Wendy is a freshman and Jon is a fifth grader. Poland is
married to Norma (nee Rapp). They reside in Sioux Falls. Poland is manager of
Exide Battery and Norma works for the Social Security Office. They have two
children: Travis is a second grader and Lea is a first grader.

Norma (Mrs. Dale Reiner) resides in Menno. Norma works at the Drive Inn and
Dale is a trucker. They have five children: Brenda (Mrs. Clyde Ziegler) lives
on a farm east of Tripp and has two boys - Darwin and Christopher; Laurie
resides in Sioux Falls and works in a beauty shop; Brian is a junior at Menno
High School; Sarah is a sixth grader; and Mark is a fourth grader at Menno
Public School.

Alveria (Mrs. Vernon Thompson) resides at Sioux Falls. Alveria is a sales
manager at Sears and Vern works for Morrells. They have three children: Steve,
attends Sioux Falls Vocational School; Stacey is a junior in high school; and
Susie is an eighth grader.

Dennis is married to Linda (nee Clapp). They reside in Omaha, Neb. Dennis
works at Cargil Feed Company. They have three children. Jamie is married and
has one daughter, Sara; Scott is a freshman in high school and Danny is four
years old.

John married Lea Elfreda Weisser on 31 Jan 1929 in South Dakota, USA. Lea (daughter of August Weisser and Karolina Guthmiller) was born on 18 Sep 1908 in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, USA; died on 2 Oct 1990 in Tripp, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA; was buried in Grace Hill Cemetery, Fair Township, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ruth Leona Dewald
2. Raymond C. Dewald
3. Arnold Dewald
4. Bernard Dewald
5. Roland Dewald
6. Norma Dewald
7. Alveria Dewald
8. Dennis Dewald

Adam married Magdalena Vilhauer. Magdalena was born on 23 Oct 1873; died on 10 Jan 1969 in Tripp, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]