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Note for: Orville Sidney Jr. Truesdell, 5 FEB 1947 - 24 MAR 2006 Index

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Little Orville was born with Multiple Scorosis and a learning disability. He passed away 6 years to the day of his mother. He was a big fan of Elvis Presley. Return to Sender was the song that was playing when Orville passed. Bev and Barbara were there to comfort him and watched as he slipped away.

After the death of his dad Little Orville moved into the

A fond memory of Little Orville from Julie Vollmer was that Little Orville always had a joke for her when she came to visit him. His favorite was the ice fishing joke........ First you cut a hole in the ice, then you sprinkle peas around the hole, when the fish comes up to take a pea, you hit him in the ice hole....that is how you go ice fishing... :-) . It meant so much to Julie, he always remembered Julie and always said how "purdy" she was and he always had to tell her that joke.

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Note for: Janet Hill, - Index

Alias: /Janaroo/

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Note for: Peter Breuer, 3 OCT 1859 - 10 JUN 1942 Index

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Billy Rose remembers:

- Peter spoke in a broken english accent since his first language was German.
- They lived in Mooreton, ND.
- He was friendly by nature.
- He would always great Billy Rose by saying in broken english....."der ist da Billy Rosie" :-)

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Note for: Herman Peter Breuer, 5 MAR 1903 - 27 JUN 1970 Index

Alias: /Cud/

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A farmer in Morton ND.

Had a daugther and two boys. Herman always went by his aka "Cud", no one ever seemed to recall calling him Herman.

Herman was the youngest boy of Peter and Catherine.

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Note for: Caroline Elizabeth Breuer, 17 SEP 1934 - Index

Alias: Carol /Betty/

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A nurse and was married to a man with the name Jerry Simdorn and was originally from Barney. They lived on a farm in Barney ND. They now (2006) live in Morton ND. Moved there to retire. She was born around 1926 or so. Had three children.

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Note for: Dennis Allen Breuer, 14 JUL 1936 - 7 JAN 1999 Index

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Never Married.

Died of Cancer of the mouth. Went qucikly (about 1-2 weeks). Thought he had tooth problems, but it was much more serious.

Lived at home his whole life with his parents and helped his father farm.

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Note for: John Allen Breuer, 7 MAY 1933 - 12 OCT 1933 Index

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Youngest of three children, died in infancy less then 1 yr.

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Note for: Harold William Truesdell, 23 JUN 1937 - Index

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Bev. - Harold's birth certificates, birth date is inaccurate. Harold was actually 1 yr younger, Harold was born at home and did not have a original birth cert. so when Orville had one made, he had it look like Harold was a year older so he could get a drivers license sooner. :-)

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Note for: Arlene Gabriel, 24 SEP 1915 - 20 FEB 1984 Index

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From Barney ND

Born on a farm west of Barney.

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Note for: James Alan Breuer, 24 DEC 1938 - Index

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Retired from the US Army at Fort Rucker, Al. after 23 yrs of service. In 2005 he was working for the US post office.

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Note for: Joni Elizabeth Breuer, 3 MAY 1955 - Index

Alias: Joni /Beth/

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In 2005 lived in Mooreton, ND

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Note for: Lester Ray Zieman, 24 APR 1927 - 22 SEP 1951 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Sheyenne, ND

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     Was a pilot, owned and flew his own Cessna. A veteran of WWII, he was a truck driver after the war.

He loved to fly, bought the plane at age 24 and had a goal to make a living by being a pilot. His best friend was with him at the time the plane crashed and it killed him as well. His friend was from Cheynne, Wyo.

The cause of the crash was power failure, it apparently lost power during a turn and crashed.

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Note for: Edmund Jack Novetzke, 1920 - 2004 Index

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Jack served as a Marine in WW II and later owned a liquor store. They lived in Hankinson, ND.

He was an alcoholic and struggled with it, but everyone liked Jack He was lots of fun and a show off, he laughed big and had a good time. He loved to play golf and baseball and he liked to golf with Bev.

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Note for: Anthony Edwin, 22 JUL 1971 - Index

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Lived with his father. Billy Rose hasn't seen him in many years.