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- [S46] U.S. Public Records Index, (Ancestry.Com).
Name: Ralph S Hopfauf Birth Date: 2 Aug 1922 Street Address: 210 1st Ave NE 4 City: Mandan County: Morton State: North Dakota Zip Code: 58554 Phone Number: 701-663-1805
- [S888] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com).
Social Security Death Index Record about Ralph S. Hopfauf
Name: Ralph S. Hopfauf
SSN: 725-12-6186
Last Residence: 58554 Mandan, Morton, North Dakota
Born: 2 Aug 1922
Died: 5 Sep 2005
State (Year) SSN issued: Railroad Board (Issued Through) (Before 1951 )
- [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com).
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Birth: Aug. 2, 1922
Flasher
Morton County
North Dakota, USA
Death: Sep. 5, 2005
Bismarck
Burleigh County
North Dakota, USA
Ralph Hopfauf, 83, Mandan, died peacefully Sept. 5, 2005, in a Bismarck hospital. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Mandan, with the Rev. Patrick Schumacher officiating. Burial will be in Mandan Union Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from noon to 9 p.m. today at Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan, where a Catholic Daughters rosary will be said at 4 p.m. followed by a parish vigil at 7:30 p.m. Visitation will continue at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday. There will be no visitation at the church.
Ralph, the son of Stanislaus and Emilia (Leingang) Hopfauf, was born Aug. 2, 1922, in Flasher. He was raised on the family farm north of Flasher, where he also attended school. On June 12, 1945, he married Kathryn Friesz in Fallon. They lived in Mandan, where Ralph worked for Standard Oil until they moved to Seattle in 1959. He worked as a millwright until his retirement. While in Seattle, Ralph and Kathryn opened their home to do foster care for many children. Upon retiring in 1991, he and Kathryn returned to North Dakota to make their home in Mandan.
Ralph and Kathryn spent much of their time traveling with their fifth-wheel trailer home. They often wintered in Arizona, where they enjoyed playing pinochle and visiting many of the casinos. They developed many lasting friendships there which were very important to them.
He will be lovingly remembered for his patience, his quietness and his ability to listen.
Ralph was a member of the Eagles and the Knights of Columbus. His faith was evident by his participation as a eucharistic minister at St. Joseph's Church.
He is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Kathryn, Mandan; one son and daughter-in-law, Gerald (Phyllis), Butte, Mont.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Paulette (Landy) Manuel, Seattle, and Candy (Jerry) Casey Carter, Everett, Wash.; nine grandchildren, Jason, Jared and Jacob Hopfauf, Larisa and Seve Manuel, and Jessilyn, James, Jordyn and Jackson Carter; one great-granddaughter, Riley Hopfauf; two great-grandsons, William and Christopher Hopfauf; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Anton (Frances), Mandan, Florian (Georgia), Baker, Mont., and Leo, Bismarck; and five sisters and one brother-in-law, Rose Bohl, Frances Bohl and Genivieve Eckroth, all of Mandan, and Agnes Eckroth and Clementine (Gene) Volk, all of Bismarck.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Stanislaus and Emilia Hopfauf; six sisters, Magdalena Hellman, Eva Barnhardt, Betty Bullinger Loretta Hopfauf and Katherine Erhardt and an infant sister, Mary; one brother, Adam Hopfauf; one sister-in-law, Josephine Hopfauf; and four brothers-in-law, Xavier Bohl, George Bohl, Peter Eckroth and Ray Eckroth.
A sincere and heartfelt thank you to the nurses and staff at St. Alexius Hospital, Dr. Larson, Dr. Diede and Dr. Hetland who cared for Ralph Hopfauf.
To share memories of Ralph, go to www.weigelfuneral.com and sign the online guestbook.
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Parents:
Stanislaus Hopfauf (1888 - 1964)
Emilia Leingang Hopfauf (1894 - 1957)
Siblings:
Magdalena Hopfauf Hellman (1914 - 1997)*
Catherine Hopfauf Erhardt (1915 - 2005)*
Marena Hopfauf (1915 - 1915)*
Eva M Hopfauf Bernhardt (1916 - 1995)*
Anton Hopfauf (1917 - 2012)*
Adam Hopfauf (1919 - 1928)*
Rose A Hopfauf Bohl (1921 - 2015)*
Ralph Hopfauf (1922 - 2005)
Genevieve Hopfauf Eckroth (1924 - 2014)*
Leo Stanley Hopfauf (1926 - 2010)*
Perpetua Hopfauf Bullinger (1928 - 1954)*
Loretta Hopfauf (1936 - 1936)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Mandan Union Cemetery
Mandan
Morton County
North Dakota, USA
Plot: SOUTHSIDE ADD, lot 18B, grv 11
GPS (lat/lon): 0.0009, 11
Created by: ProgBase
Record added: Jul 29, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 74139555
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1922 - 2005 (83 years)
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