Obit: Younker, Rudolph (1909 - 1973)

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Surnames: Younker, Hodnik, Lamont, Brodhagen, Uhlig, Stange, Prelock, Brandt, Pockrandt, Haslow, Rueth, Henning, Kind, Fritsche, Nuernberger

----Source - Anna Johnson’s Scrapbook

Rudolph Younker (25 Dec 1909 - Oct 1973)

Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at St. Bernard's Catholic Church, Abbotsford, for Rudolph A. Younker, 63, Norwood, Minn., a former Dorchester resident who died Saturday at the Ridgeview Hospital, Waconia, Minn. Rev. Emil Hodnik officiated and burial took place in the Abbotsford cemetery.

The body lay in state at the Polnaszek funeral home, Abbotsford, where a parish rosary was recited Monday evening.

Serving as pallbearers were Mal and Jim Lamont, Frank Brodhagen, Al, Alfred and Bob Uhlig.

Mr. Younker was born December 25, 1909, at Dorchester and received his education there. He worked as a cheese maker for the Marathon-Clark Cheese Factory at Abbotsford and in 1962 moved to Norwood where he was employed by the Bongaard Cheese Factory.

He was married November 6, 1933, to May Stange, who preceded him in death March 13, 1957. His marriage to Sophie Prelock, who survives, took place May 6, 1959, at Abbotsford.

Other survivors include eight children: Mrs. Nyle Brandt, Greenwood; Mrs. Verlyn Pockrandt, Mrs. Harvey Haslow and Mrs. Ronald Rueth, all of Loyal; Dennis Younker, Minneapolis; Robert Prelock, Ohio; Tom Prelock, Kansas; and Edward Prelock, California; and 20 grandchildren. Also surviving are: one brother, Norbert, Dorchester; and four sisters, Mrs. Vera Henning, Abbotsford; Mrs. Rudolph Kind, Germantown; Mrs. Gilbert Fritsche, Dorchester; and Mrs. Rynold Nuernberger, Medford.

Two sons and one daughter preceded him in death.