Alma M Richter (1923

Date : 26 Jun 1986
Location : Castlewood Cemetery, Castlewood, SD

Alma Mack
CASTLEWOOD

Funeral services for Mrs. James (Alma M.) Mack, 65, who died June 24 in her rural Castlewood home, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in St John's Catholic Church at Castlewood. The Rev. Leonard Kayser will officiate.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mary Ruesink and Cheryl Leemhuis will be organists. Visitation will be in the Geise Funeral Chapel at Castlewood today (Wednesday) from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and in the church Thursday from 9 to 10 a.m. There will be a wake service at 8 tonight in the church.

Mrs. Mack was born Oct 26, 1923, at Kranzburg to Albert and Margaret Richter. She attended the Holy Rosary School at Kranzburg.

She married James Mack Oct 24, 1944, at Kranzburg and the couple farmed near Kranzburg before moving to Watertown and then to the Castlewood area in the early 1960s.

She is survived by her husband; nine sons, Ronald of Stratford, LeRoy of Ord, Neb., Robert, Harold and Roger, all of Watertown, Gene of Valentine, Neb., and Howard, Vernon and Loren, all of Castlewood; a daughter, Mrs. John (Sharon) Young of Eldorado Springs, Mo.; a brother, Leonard Richter of Watertown; four sisters, Mrs. Ray (Ethel) Zirbes of Castlewood, Mrs. (Helen) Rueschenberg of Watertown, Mrs. Lavina Strohfus of Burnsville, Minn., and Mrs. Edward (Loretta) Tribett of Clear lake; and 21 grandchildren.

Watertown Daily Times - Jun 25, 1986

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Albert Richter - line 6

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

Albert Richter - line 22

Source - Year: 1940; Census Place: Kranzburg, Codington, South Dakota; Roll: m-t0627-03852; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 15-11

Source - South Dakota, U.S., Marriages, 1905-2018

James Mack - line 3

Source - Year: 1950; Census Place: Kranzburg, Codington, South Dakota; Roll: 337; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 15-11

Alma Mack
CASTLEWOOD

Funeral services for Mrs. James (Alma M.) Mack, 65, who died June 24 in her rural Castlewood home, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in St John's Catholic Church at Castlewood. The Rev. Leonard Kayser will officiate.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mary Ruesink and Cheryl Leemhuis will be organists. Visitation will be in the Geise Funeral Chapel at Castlewood today (Wednesday) from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and in the church Thursday from 9 to 10 a.m. There will be a wake service at 8 tonight in the church.

Mrs. Mack was born Oct 26, 1923, at Kranzburg to Albert and Margaret Richter. She attended the Holy Rosary School at Kranzburg.

She married James Mack Oct 24, 1944, at Kranzburg and the couple farmed near Kranzburg before moving to Watertown and then to the Castlewood area in the early 1960s.

She is survived by her husband; nine sons, Ronald of Stratford, LeRoy of Ord, Neb., Robert, Harold and Roger, all of Watertown, Gene of Valentine, Neb., and Howard, Vernon and Loren, all of Castlewood; a daughter, Mrs. John (Sharon) Young of Eldorado Springs, Mo.; a brother, Leonard Richter of Watertown; four sisters, Mrs. Ray (Ethel) Zirbes of Castlewood, Mrs. (Helen) Rueschenberg of Watertown, Mrs. Lavina Strohfus of Burnsville, Minn., and Mrs. Edward (Loretta) Tribett of Clear lake; and 21 grandchildren.

Source - Watertown Daily Times - Jun 25, 1986

Research notes for Alma

MACK

Oct 26 1923 Birth		Birth of Alma Richter
Apr 1930 Age 6		Lived in Kranzburg, Codington, South Dakota (Census)
Apr 1940 Age 16		Lived in Kranzburg, Codington, South Dakota (Census)
Oct 24 1944 Age 20		Married to James Mack
Aug 06 1946 Age 22		Death of father, Albert Richter
1950 Age 26		Lived in Kranzburg, Codington, South Dakota (Census)
Mar 01 1979 Age 55		Death of mother, Margaret Eilen
Jun 24 1986 Age 62		Death of Alma Richter