EVERGREEN 1888-1988 - CENTENNIAL BOOK 

Becker County, Minnesota - Page 75

WILLIAM AHRENS FAMILY

    William Ahrens was born April 9, 1893 in Lime Springs , Iowa . Moved to Perham Minnesota in 1914. On June 30, 1920 William was united to Ruth Palmer. They then moved to Evergreen Township in 1923 and farmed one half mile north of Evergreen on highway 87. They farmed there until illness forced William to retire in 1965. In the fall of 1968 they moved into the village of Frazee .

    William passed away on February 2, 1972. Ruth is presently living in the Frazee Retirement Center . She became a resident there on December 23, 1986.

    William and Ruth were the parents of three children:

                1. Curtis, Born May 20, 1921. Married Mary Lou Peterson December 10, 1950. Mary Lou passed away August 17, 1979. Children: Debra, born September 17, 1953 married Leroy Mann September 16, 1983. Debras child Aaron born April 17, 1985.

                   Curtis, married Sharon Rootham, March 14, 1981. Curtis and Sharon live in Moorhead , Minn.

                2. Glenn, born April 9, 1927. He enlisted and served in the Army for two years. Glenn lives on the home farm in Sec. 15.

                3. Marjorie, born April 3, 1932. Married Clarence Meier, December 7, 1957. Clarence is from Corliss Township . Children: Vicki, born April 14, 1959, Diane, born January 30, 1962, Thomas, born May 3, 1966.

                                                                                Submitted by Marjorie Meier

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Otter Tail County, Minnesota - Page 38

DIEDERICH AHRENS FAMILY

        Diederick Ahrens was born in Hannover , Germany on January 12, 1869. He moved to Lime Springs , Iowa where as a young man he was married to Anna Augusta Lubitz in 1892. Anna was born in Palmer, Germany . This union was blessed with five children, all born in Iowa : William, born April 1893, and married Ruth Palmer. Bertha, born September 1894 and married Ferdinand Schatschneider. George, born November 1896, he never married and now lives in Detroit Lakes . Rose, born June 1901 married Howard Palmer. She is a resident of Memorial Home in Frazee , Minnesota . John, born November 1909, married Marion Schmidt and still resides on the home farm.

The family farmed in Iowa and in 1914 moved to the Corliss area where they bought the farm where Oscar Stueber now lives, and later the home place that John now lives on. Dick moved to Perham in October 1930 and passed away in April 1953.

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Otter Tail County, Minnesota - Page 38

JOHN AHRENS FAMILY

        John Ahrens, born in 1909 to Dietrick and Anna Ahrens, moved from Cressco, Iowa with his parents when five years old to Corliss Township on the farm where Oscar Steuber now lives. In 1920 they moved to Section 27 of Corliss Township.

        In 1931 John married Marion Schmidt and they have lived on the home farm for 43 years. They have three daughters: Donna Pehl, born in 1933; Joyce, Mrs Edward Bachmann, born in 1937; and Pamela Schwinghamimer born in 1947.

        John was treasurer for Corliss Township for 12 years and on the Finance Board for St. John�s Lutheran Church for 2 years. Marion is a Sunday school teacher for St. John�s Lutheran Church and has been a member of the Missionary League and Ladies� Aid for many years.

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