Evelyn Richter (1917

Date : 28 May 1983
Location : Benedictine Convent Cemetery, Yankton, SD

Sister Dolorita Richter
YANKTON

Funeral services for Sister Dolorita (Evelyn) Richter, 65, Sacred Heart Convent at Yankton, formerly of the Kranzburg area, were today (Saturday) in the Sacred Heart Convent at Yankton. Burial was in the convent cemetery.

Sister Dolorita died May 26 in a Yankton hospital.

Sister Dolorita was born July 8, 1917, on a farm one mile west of Kranzburg to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Richter. She attended Holy Rosary School at Kranzburg 10 years and graduated from St. Joseph High at Ashton, Iowa.

She entered Sacred Heart Convent in 1942 and made her final profession in 1945. She obtained her bachelor of science degree in home economics and her master's degree from the University of Nebraska. She taught in at York, Neb., Hartington, Neb., Mount Marty High School at Yankton and St Mary's at Salem.

She returned to Mount Marty in 1969 and worked in the business office until ill health forced her retirement.

She is survived by five sisters, Mrs. Edward (Loretta) Tribitt of Altamont, Mrs. Lavina Strohfus of Burnsville, Minn., Mrs. James (Alma) Mack and Mrs. Ray (Ethel) Zirbes of Castlewood and and Mrs. LaVerne (Helen) Rueschenberg of Watertown; and a brother, Leonard Richter of Watertown.

Watertown Public Opinion - May 28, 1983

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Albert Richter - line 51

Source - Year: 1920; Census Place: Kranzburg, Codington, South Dakota; Roll: T625_1718; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 93

Albert Richter - line 6

Source - Year: 1930; Census Place: Kranzburg, Codington, South Dakota; Roll: 2221; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0011; FHL microfilm: 2341955

Evelyn Richter line - 13

Source - Year: 1940; Census Place: Watertown, Codington, South Dakota; Roll: m-t0627-03852; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 15-24A

Evelyn Richter - line 10

Source - Year: 1950; Census Place: Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota; Roll: 1694; Page: 29; Enumeration District: 67-23

Sister Dolorita Richter
YANKTON

Funeral services for Sister Dolorita (Evelyn) Richter, 65, Sacred Heart Convent at Yankton, formerly of the Kranzburg area, were today (Saturday) in the Sacred Heart Convent at Yankton. Burial was in the convent cemetery.

Sister Dolorita died May 26 in a Yankton hospital.

Sister Dolorita was born July 8, 1917, on a farm one mile west of Kranzburg to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Richter. She attended Holy Rosary School at Kranzburg 10 years and graduated from St. Joseph High at Ashton, Iowa.

She entered Sacred Heart Convent in 1942 and made her final profession in 1945. She obtained her bachelor of science degree in home economics and her master's degree from the University of Nebraska. She taught in at York, Neb., Hartington, Neb., Mount Marty High School at Yankton and St Mary's at Salem.

She returned to Mount Marty in 1969 and worked in the business office until ill health forced her retirement.

She is survived by five sisters, Mrs. Edward (Loretta) Tribitt of Altamont, Mrs. Lavina Strohfus of Burnsville, Minn., Mrs. James (Alma) Mack and Mrs. Ray (Ethel) Zirbes of Castlewood and and Mrs. LaVerne (Helen) Rueschenberg of Watertown; and a brother, Leonard Richter of Watertown.

Source - Watertown Public Opinion - May 28, 1983

Research notes for Sr. Dolorita

Probable 1940 Census Record...
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Jul 08 1917 Birth		Birth of Evelyn Richter
Jan 1920 Age 2		Lived in Kranzburg, Codington, South Dakota (Census)
Apr 1930 Age 12		Lived in Kranzburg, Codington, South Dakota (Census)
Apr 1940 Age 22		Lived in Watertown, Codington, South Dakota (Census)
Aug 06 1946 Age 29		Death of father, Albert Richter
1950 Age 32		Lived in Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota (Census)
Mar 01 1979 Age 61		Death of mother, Margaret Eilen
May 26 1983 Age 65		Death of Evelyn Richter