Rosella Graf

1916 - 2004  (88 years)

• Name	Rosella Graf
  Born	2 Nov 1916	Streeter, Stutsman County, North Dakota, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	4 Nov 2004	Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota, USA
  Buried	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I270863	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Johannes Graf,   b. 15 Oct 1880, Neudorf, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. North Dakota, USA
  Mother	Margaretha Oberlander,   b. 0Feb 1881, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 30 Sep 1924, North Dakota, USA  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Married	21 Nov 1901	North Dakota, USA
  Family ID	F93669	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Theodore Dewald,   b. 7 Mar 1916, Streeter, Stutsman County, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 3 Dec 2015  (Age 99 years)
  Married	18 Nov 1935	Streeter, Stutsman County, North Dakota, USA
  Children	1. Marvin Dewald   2. Madelyn Dewald   3. Bernice Dewald   4. Delmer Dewald   5. Reverend Theodore Dewald   6. Jeanette Dewald   7. Eileen Dewald
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F93638	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. he Jamestown Sun, ND Friday, November 5, 2004 Rosella Dewald, 88, Jamestown, formerly of Streeter, N.D., died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004, at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Center, Jamestown. Rosella Graf was born Nov. 2, 1916, on the family farm southwest of Streeter, the daughter of John and Margaret (Oberlander) Graf. She grew up in the area and attended the local rural school, where she received her elementary education. She married Theodore "Ted" Dewald on Nov. 18, 1935, in Streeter. They lived and farmed on his parents’ farm for several years. They moved eight miles north of Lehr, N.D., where they farmed and owned and operated a rural grocery store and gas station for 10 years. They operated a store in Burnstad, N.D., for one year. In 1948, they moved to Streeter, where they owned and operated Dewald’s Fairway Store for 31 years, retiring in 1979. In April 1979, they moved to Jamestown. He died July 14, 1979. In 2002, she became a resident at Central Dakota Heritage Center. In 2004 she moved into Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Center. She was a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Streeter; Atonement Lutheran Church and Ruth Circle, Jamestown; Streeter Homemaker’s Club for 40 years; and German Ladies Aid of Streeter Lutheran Church, where she served as president. She enjoyed quilting at church, sewing, crocheting, traveling and playing bingo. She is survived by three sons, Marvin (Pat), Portland, Ore., Delmer (Donna), Sun City West, Ariz., and the Rev. Ted Jr. (Marlene), LaCrosse, Wis.; four daughters, Madelyn (Archine) Hoffer, Bernice (Floyd) Schauer, and Janet (Earl) Johnson, all Jamestown, and Eileen (Jerome) Hehn, Fargo, N.D.; a sister-in-law, Esther Graf, Streeter; 20 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; four brothers, Pete, Adam, Ben and Emil; and five sisters, Emma Schumaker, Carolina Martin, Otillia Schumaker, Pauline Schumaker and Margaret Graf. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Atonement Lutheran Church, Jamestown, with the Rev. Steven Berntson officiating. Prayer service: 7 p.m. Sunday, Haut Funeral Home, Jamestown. Visitation: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial: Highland Home Cemetery, Jamestown.