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- [S927] Obituary.
February 26, 2000 12:00 am • The Bismarck Tribune(0) Signatures
PETTIBONE -- Rudolph Guthmiller, 81, Pettibone, died Feb. 26, 2000, at his home in Pettibone. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Pettibone, with the Rev. Arie Bertsch officiating. Burial will be in Petersville Lutheran Cemetery, Pettibone.
Visitation will be from 1-9 p.m. Tuesday at Eddy Funeral Home, Jamestown.
Rudolph was born September 4, 1918, in Petersville Township near Pettibone, the son of Ludwig and Barbara (Moser) Guthmiller. He grew up and attended school in Petersville Township.
He married Freida Schmidt on Nov. 9, 1943, in Petersville Church. He lived and farmed in Petersville Township, north of Pettibone, all his life.
Rudolph was secretary and sexton of the Petersville Lutheran Cemetery for 27 years. He served on the Petersville Township Board, was a elder and member of the Zion Lutheran Church and Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Pettibone, where he sang in the church choir. He was a past member of the Lion's Club of Pettibone.
He enjoyed playing cards, fishing, hunting with his grandhildren, and spending time with his family.
Rudolph is survived by his wife of 56 years, Freida Schmidt; two sons and daughters-in-law, Raymond and Lorraine (Wolf) Guthmiller, and Eugene and Charlene Guthmiller, all of Pettibone; two daughters and sons-in-law, Marlys and Marlin Harr, Pettibone, and Connie and Todd Schlafman, Wilton; 22 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; four brothers and sisters-in-law, William and Thelma Guthmiller, Pingree, Reinhold and Janice Guthmiller, Robinson, Ludwig and Dorlene Guthmiller, Pettibone, and Adam and Bertha Guthmiller, Pettibone; three sisters and one brother-in-law, Caroline Schagunn, New Rockford, Bertha Schick, Jamestown, and Martha and Ferdinand Koenig, of Washington.
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