Obit: Sauter, Edwin (1892 – 1975)

Contact: Linda Mertens
Email: mertens@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Sauter, Gurney, Bender, Weideman, Dietrich, Kalepp

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Edwin Sauter (10 Jun 1892 – 14 Jan 1975)

Dorchester – Services have been set for 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Salem United Methodist Church here for Edwin F. Sauter, 82, of Dorchester, who died at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield at 6:25 a.m. Tuesday. He had been hospitalized since Jan. 5.

Officiating will be the Rev. Raymond J. Gurney, pastor, and burial will be made in the Dorchester Memorial cemetery.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the Kraut-Marina Funeral Home in Dorchester.

A native of Dorchester, Mr. Sauter was born June 10, 1892, and received his education in the rural schools. He lived on a farm in the town of Mayville and later went into business and operated a feed store in 1921.

In 1925, he moved to Dorchester and joined his brother, Albert, in the operation of feed stores in Dorchester, Stetsonville and Auburndale, retiring from the business in 1964. They also were dealers in machinery.

He was a member of Salem United Methodist Church.

His marriage on Sept. 14, 1921, at Marshfield was to the former Blanche Bender, who survives him.

Other survivors include a son, Verne, Marshfield; three sisters, Mrs. Tillie Weideman, Dorchester, Mrs. Fred (Alma) Dietrich, Phillips, and Mrs. Minnie Kalepp, Abbotsford; and four grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were five brothers, five sisters and a daughter.