Otto A. Corbin

1907 - 1990  (83 years)

• Name	Otto A. Corbin
  Born	30 Oct 1907	North Dakota, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Dec 1990	Bottineau, Bottineau County, North Dakota, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I200327	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Horace Eugene Corbin,   b. 4 Apr 1875, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 15 Dec 1913, North Dakota, USA  (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Paulina Hoff,   b. 23 Jul 1887, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 17 Sep 1956, Bottineau, Bottineau County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Married	Abt 1906	South Dakota, USA
  Family ID	F75205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Alma Lillian Brunsell,   b. 2 Oct 1912, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 25 Jun 2005, Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA  (Age 92 years)
  Married	17 Oct 1934	Bottineau, Bottineau County, North Dakota, USA
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Donald Lace Corbin   2. Larry A. Corbin   3. Patricia Corbin
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F75208	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Grace E. Larson
  Married	1965
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F75209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Source: The People of Bottineau County, 1884-1984 Otto Corbin, owner & operator of a sporting goods store in Bottineau for 29 years, was 6 years old when he arrived from South Dakota with his mother & stepfather, Mr & Mrs Fred Schenkenberger, and his 2 brothers & sister. That was in 1913. For 2 years, the family lived on a farm in the Turtle Mountains, then moved to Bottineau where Otto started school. "We were broke when we arrived," he remembers, "& TF Woods sold us groceries for a month on the cuff." Otto's long love affair with Bottineau & its people started right then & there. When he was 10 years old, Otto lost his right leg in a binder runaway accident. To the day he remembers with gratitude the Bottineau bussiness people who donated money to help pay for his first artificial limb. His first artificial limb cost $25, the last one $1004.00. Otto never did let his artificial leg slow him down too much. He liked sports. He was especially interested in hockey, & for 15 years he was the team's manager. After high school & 15 years working for HL Wood in Wood's oil station, Otto opened his sporting goods store on 6th & Main Streets & called it Corby's Trading Post. Civic minded as well as sports minded, Otto served as president of the Bottineau Chamber of Commerce, president of the Wildlife Club, & member of the Bottineau Fire Department. Later he was president of the Lake Metigoshe Improvement Association. In 1935, Otto married Alma Brunsell. They had 3 children: Donald, now a science teacher in Fort Collins, Colorado (married with 5 children); Larry, who lives in Tempe, Arizona, & works for the US Government; & Patricia, who lives in Arizona & is employed by a doctor. Since 1966, Otto has made his home at Lake Metigoshe with his 2nd wife, the former Grace E Larson, whom he married in 1965. From their home at the Lake, Grace & Otto operate a commercial cleaning service & act as distributors for office cleaning equipment.

  
  

• Sources

  [S888] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Otto A. Corbin SSN: 501-03-4313 Born: 30 Oct 1907 Died: 29 Dec 1990 State (Year) SSN issued: North Dakota (Before 1951)