Alma Radig
| Date of Interment or Death | 05/31/1979 |
|---|---|
| Location | Garden of the Christus |
| Block and Lot | 025C |
| Grave | 4 |
Obituary
Alma Radig
Services for Mrs. Herman (Alma) Radig, 86, Breckenridge, will be at 11 Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church, Breckenridge, Rev. Ernest Bartels officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Memorial Gardens, Wahpeton. She died Monday at St. Francis Hospital.
Visitation will be Wednesday afternoon and evening at Vertin's-Wahpeton Funeral Home Chapel and at the church for the hour prior to services. There will be a prayer service Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the chapel.
Alma Anna Julianna Kressin was born April 19, 1893 at Fairville, Iowa, to Albert and Ida (Gauger) Kressin. She moved to Barney with her family when she was seven. She was raised there and attended local schools.
She married Herman Radig Oct. 22, 1916 at Peace Lutheran Church, Barney. The couple moved to Lotts Creek, Iowa where they farmed for four years. They then moved to Barney where they farmed in Danton Township. In 1934 they moved to Center Township, near Wahpeton, where they farmed until 1940 when they moved to Breckenridge, and farmed in Connelly Township.
In 1956 they retired and continued to live north of Breckenridge.
She was a charter member of Grace Lutheran Church, Breckenridge, and a member of the L.W.M.L.
Survivors include her husband, Wahpeton Rehabilitation Center; five sons, Victor, Breckenridge, Edward, Long Beach, Calif., Elmer, Boulder City, Nev., Marcus, Bismarck, Herman, Pembina, 17 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren, two sisters and five brothers, Mrs. Milton (Esther) Braatz, St. Paul, Mrs. Amanda Puetz, Bismarck, Erwin Kressin, Wyndmere, Everett Kressin, North St. Paul, John Kressin, Fergus Falls, Paul Kressin, St. Paul and Victor Kressin, St. Paul.
She was preceded in death by two brothers.
Casket bearers are David, Allan, Robert, Corwin and Paul Kressin, and Maurice Nelson.
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Location
The Garden of the Christus is located in the Memorial Gardens, which comprises the northern half of the cemetery.