Family/Spouse: Christian Burrer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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JACOB AND LEAH BURRER Jacob Burrer was born April 28, 1894 on a farm 18 miles northeast of Eureka to Christian and Elizabeth (Albrecht) Burrer. He grew up with nine brothers and sisters, Christ, Henry, John, Fred, Christine (Mrs. Henry) Wolff of Lemmon, Elizabeth (Mrs. Jacob) Sprenger, Eureka, Magdalena (Mrs. John) Pietz, Leola, Emma (Mrs. Gottlieb) Adam, Leola, and Katie (Mrs. Jacob) Doerr, Eureka. Emma is still living. Jacob attended rural school and was a member of the armed forces fighting overseas in World War I. He was wounded in action and honorably discharged. He married Leah Preszler on June 27, 1919 at Eureka. Leah was born April 8, 1901 at Eureka to Fred and Katherine (Wohlgemuth) Preszler. Jacob and Leah established a farm home one-half mile west of the Christian Burrer family homestead. Six children were born to this union. After a lengthy illness, Jacob died September 16, 1939. Leah continued farming with the help of her children. She retired in September, 1952 and moved the farm house to Eureka. She was an active member in the hospital auxiliary, the American Legion Auxiliary, and was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ where she was active in Ladies Aid. Leah died July 4, 1974. The children of Jacob and Leah are Harry, Ipswich (deceased); Elmer, Mitchell, South Dakota married to Irene Aman; Mable (Mrs. Bernard) Jacob, Aberdeen; Virginia (Mrs. Elmer) Rohrbach and Velma (Mrs. Raymond) Doerr, both of Lodi, and Dellver, Eureka, married to Eileen Hoff. Leah had one half-sister, Mary Mettler, Eureka, deceased, one half-brother, Jake Preszler, Lemmon, deceased, and three brothers, Albert, Eureka, deceased, and Edwin and Julius Preszler of Aberdeen.

Jacob married Leah Preszler on 17 Jun 1920 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. Leah (daughter of Friedrich Preszler and Katherina Wohlgemuth) was born on 8 Apr 1901 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA; died on 4 Jul 1974 in South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dellver and Eileen Burrer

Del married Eileen Hoff on March 17, 1957. She was born June 28, 1929 on a farm
ten miles east of Eureka. She is the daughter of Henry M. and Lydia (Kraemer)
Hoff. She attended rural school and received her high school diploma from the
American School in Chicago, Illinois. Upon graduation, she worked in the
offices of Drs. R. H. and R. S. Isaak.

Del and Eileen lived in Eureka for six months after their marriage and then
bought the Adolph Haas farm, located nine miles east of Eureka. They have
lived there since. They lived on the farm two years when it was almost
completely destroyed by a tornado. It was a big cleanup and rebuilding project.

Del raises durum wheat and feeds calves each winter. They have always loved
horses and, at first, this was just a hobby. When Del purchased a Registered
Appaloosa mare, the hobby grew into a business. They have bred and raised
Appaloosa horses for more than twenty years, and, at one time, were standing
three stallions and keeping sixty brood mares. Raising, training and showing
the best of the offspring each year occupied most of their time. Burrers
Appaloosas have been shown and performed at the Western Stock Show in Denver
and the National and World Championship Appaloosa Horse Shows.

Del and Eileen belong to the Reformed Church in Eureka, the Appaloosa Horse
Club and the Dakota Rangers Saddle Club. Eileen is a member of the Reformed
Ladies Aid.

They have three children, Michael John, Kathleen Grace and Connie Sue.

Michael, born December 11, 1959, graduated from Eureka High School and attended
Lake Area Vo Tech in Watertown where he majored in Building Trades. He married
Kimberly Seefried of Ellendale, North Dakota on June 1, 1985. They live in
Pierre, South Dakota.

Kathleen, born March 5, 1961, graduated from Eureka High School in 1979 and
attended South Dakota State University, graduating in 1983 with a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Broadcast Journalism. She lives in Aberdeen, South Dakota and
is employed with the South Dakota Highway Patrol.

Connie, born October 26, 1963, graduated from Eureka High School in 1981 and
attended Northern State College in Aberdeen, graduating in 1985 with a Bachelor
of Science Degree in Business Administration. She is living in Lodi, California.

Del has two brothers and three sisters, Harry Burrer (deceased); Elmer Burrer,
Mitchell, South Dakota; Velma (Mrs. Raymond) Doerr, Lodi, California; Mable
(Mrs. Bernard) Jacob, Aberdeen; and Virginia (Mrs. Elmer) Rohrbach, Lodi,
California.

Eileen has one brother, Harry Hoff, Eureka. Her mother, Lydia, resides in
Eureka, and her father, Henry, is deceased.

Dellver married Eileen Hoff [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Raymond Doerr. Raymond (son of Friedrich Doerr and Katherina Job) was born on 2 Apr 1922 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA; died on 7 Dec 2005 in Loveland, Larimer County, Colorado, USA; was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Betty Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]