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- [S795] South Dakota, Birth Index, 1856-1917, (www.ancestry.com).
Name: Alvin Reiner
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 2 Jan 1917
Birth Place: Hutchinson, South Dakota, USA
File Date: 2 Jan 1917
Father: John Riner
Mother: Mehlhoff
State File Number: 143025
- [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com).
- [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com).
Alvin Ruben Reiner
Birth: Jan. 2, 1917
Tripp
Hutchinson County
South Dakota, USA
Death: Mar. 30, 2006
Sioux Falls
Minnehaha County
South Dakota, USA
Alvin Ruben Reiner was born on January 2, 1917 to John and Karoline (Mehlhaff) Reiner. He was baptized by Rev. Nusz and confirmed by Rev. Stuebbe. He graduated from 8th Grade at County School District #76. He was united in marriage to Eileen Guthmiller on March 1, 1942 in Frieden's Reformed Church by Rev. Odenbach. They farmed on the Reiner Homestead northeast of Tripp, started by Henry Reiner in 1884. They spent the 63 years of their married lives on the farm, later spending 17 of those winters in Arizona. Alvin was a lifetime member of Frieden's Reformed Church and served on many church committees. He was also active in various community organizations, serving as a board member of the Heartland Electric Coop and the Tripp Good Samaritan Center and as a 4-H Leader. He served as both a board member and president of Rural School District #76 and the Tripp School. The Reiner Farm was awarded top honors from the South Dakota Master Pork Producers in 1982. In January of 1993, the Alvin Reiner family was named South Dakota State University's Family of the Year. Alvin died on Thursday, March 30, 2006 at the McKennan Select Specialty Hospital in Sioux Falls at the age of 89 years.
Grateful for sharing Alvin's life are a daughter, Sandra Reiner of Tripp; three sons: Leon (Pat) Reiner of Tripp; Maurice (Connie) Reiner of Yankton, South Dakota and Michael (Annie) Reiner of Tripp; a daughter-in-law, Joanne Reiner of Freeman, South Dakota; thirteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; two sisters: Marie Streyle and Clara Zook, both of Lompoc, California.
Alvin was preceded in death by his wife Eileen on June 18, 2004, his son, Glen, his parents, three brothers, Emanuel, Edward and Emil and one sister, Hulda Buchholz.
Internment at Frieden's Reformed UCC Cemetery, Tripp, SD.
Casketbearers: Marc Reiner; Matthew Reiner; Christopher Reiner; John Reiner; Ryan Reiner; James Reiner; Jared Reiner; Steven Reiner; Elliot Reiner.
Arrangements by Goglin-Kelley Funeral Home.
Family links:
Spouse:
Eileen L Reiner (1921 - 2004)*
Children:
Glen A Reiner (1947 - 1989)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Friedens Reformed Cemetery
Tripp
Hutchinson County
South Dakota, USA
Created by: L Davenport
Record added: Apr 11, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 13921780
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