George Aberle grew up in hard times, when a bumper crop was followed by years of drought and grasshoppers. He went from one job to another wherever he could find work, whether it was herding sheep, working beet crops, the railroad or construction work.
Those tough years taught him how to cope and his advice to all became "Don't work too hard, enjoy yourself while you can. It's later than you think." It was a message that he passed along through the years.
In 1979 he and his wife Barbara moved to Mobridge where George enjoyed retirement and did volunteer work with the Vista program in Corson County. They spent time traveling and visiting family and friends.
Not long after his wife's death, George's health also failed and he died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004, at the Good Samaritan Center in Selby at the age of 91.
He was born Feb. 16, 1913, to Nicholas and Anna (Schweitzer) Aberle 18 miles east of Linton, N.D. In May of 1917 the family moved to Goldwell, S.D., which is the present day Glencross. He attended the first to third grade at the Glencross School and then attended the Aberle School through the eighth grade.
After enjoying a bumper crop in 1932, the drought caused him to seek employment elsewhere. He worked with the N.Y.A. distributing commodities and helping the teacher at the Aberle School in 1933-1934. Later, in 1934, he also worked four miles north of Hill City with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) doing forestry thinning.
He tried herding sheep for 30 days and decided he would never own sheep. In 1935-1936, he and his brother John did custom threshing from Trail City to Mobridge. Because there were no crops in 1937, they went to Billings, Mont., to irrigate beets east of Yellowstone Park.
In 1938 he worked on rebuilding the railroad when the Snake River flooded the area. He also found work north of Seattle, Wash., on a dairy farm in 1938-1939. He returned to South Dakota and farmed southeast of Glencross from 1940-1951. In 1940 he also helped with concrete work in building Highway 12 from Mobridge to the Grand River.
George married Barbara Wagner in 1943. They had five sons, Raymond, Gerald, Eugene, Louis and Frank. Frank died in infancy. During his farming and raising a family, George spent six years as Dewey County Assessor and was instrumental in starting the Glencross Co-Op Telephone Company in 1948-1949.
In 1951 the family moved in to Glencross where George worked with soil conservation, continued raising a few calves each year and became manager of the Glencross Co-Op gas station. He managed the gas station for 24 years.
Survivors are four sons and their wives, Raymond and Carol Aberle of Golden, Colo., Gerald and Linda Aberle of Arvada, Colo., Eugene and LouAnne of Springfield, Mo., and Louis and Susan Aberle of Grafton, Wis.; eight grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; one sister, Rose Holzer of Mobridge; four brothers, Leo Aberle of Glencross, Mark Aberle of Eugene, Ore., Al Aberle of Port Orchard, Wash., and William Aberle of Mobridge; and George's special neighbors, Ivan and Irene, Tom and Liz, and Greg and Kim.
In addition to his wife and infant son Frank, George was preceded in death by four brothers, Mike, John, Pius and Tony.
Mass of Christian Burial for George was celebrated today, Wednesday, Oct. 6, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Mobridge. Father Tony Grossenburg was celebrant.
Casketbearers were George's sons, Raymond, Gerald, Eugene and Louis and grandsons, Ronald, Adam, Alan, Andrew and Eric.
Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge.
Mobridge Tribune October 6, 2004
Those tough years taught him how to cope and his advice to all became "Don't work too hard, enjoy yourself while you can. It's later than you think." It was a message that he passed along through the years.
In 1979 he and his wife Barbara moved to Mobridge where George enjoyed retirement and did volunteer work with the Vista program in Corson County. They spent time traveling and visiting family and friends.
Not long after his wife's death, George's health also failed and he died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004, at the Good Samaritan Center in Selby at the age of 91.
He was born Feb. 16, 1913, to Nicholas and Anna (Schweitzer) Aberle 18 miles east of Linton, N.D. In May of 1917 the family moved to Goldwell, S.D., which is the present day Glencross. He attended the first to third grade at the Glencross School and then attended the Aberle School through the eighth grade.
After enjoying a bumper crop in 1932, the drought caused him to seek employment elsewhere. He worked with the N.Y.A. distributing commodities and helping the teacher at the Aberle School in 1933-1934. Later, in 1934, he also worked four miles north of Hill City with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) doing forestry thinning.
He tried herding sheep for 30 days and decided he would never own sheep. In 1935-1936, he and his brother John did custom threshing from Trail City to Mobridge. Because there were no crops in 1937, they went to Billings, Mont., to irrigate beets east of Yellowstone Park.
In 1938 he worked on rebuilding the railroad when the Snake River flooded the area. He also found work north of Seattle, Wash., on a dairy farm in 1938-1939. He returned to South Dakota and farmed southeast of Glencross from 1940-1951. In 1940 he also helped with concrete work in building Highway 12 from Mobridge to the Grand River.
George married Barbara Wagner in 1943. They had five sons, Raymond, Gerald, Eugene, Louis and Frank. Frank died in infancy. During his farming and raising a family, George spent six years as Dewey County Assessor and was instrumental in starting the Glencross Co-Op Telephone Company in 1948-1949.
In 1951 the family moved in to Glencross where George worked with soil conservation, continued raising a few calves each year and became manager of the Glencross Co-Op gas station. He managed the gas station for 24 years.
Survivors are four sons and their wives, Raymond and Carol Aberle of Golden, Colo., Gerald and Linda Aberle of Arvada, Colo., Eugene and LouAnne of Springfield, Mo., and Louis and Susan Aberle of Grafton, Wis.; eight grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; one sister, Rose Holzer of Mobridge; four brothers, Leo Aberle of Glencross, Mark Aberle of Eugene, Ore., Al Aberle of Port Orchard, Wash., and William Aberle of Mobridge; and George's special neighbors, Ivan and Irene, Tom and Liz, and Greg and Kim.
In addition to his wife and infant son Frank, George was preceded in death by four brothers, Mike, John, Pius and Tony.
Mass of Christian Burial for George was celebrated today, Wednesday, Oct. 6, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Mobridge. Father Tony Grossenburg was celebrant.
Casketbearers were George's sons, Raymond, Gerald, Eugene and Louis and grandsons, Ronald, Adam, Alan, Andrew and Eric.
Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge.
Mobridge Tribune October 6, 2004
George Aberle grew up in hard times, when a bumper crop was followed by years of drought and grasshoppers. He went from one job to another wherever he could find work, whether it was herding sheep, working beet crops, the railroad or construction work.
Those tough years taught him how to cope and his advice to all became "Don't work too hard, enjoy yourself while you can. It's later than you think." It was a message that he passed along through the years.
In 1979 he and his wife Barbara moved to Mobridge where George enjoyed retirement and did volunteer work with the Vista program in Corson County. They spent time traveling and visiting family and friends.
Not long after his wife's death, George's health also failed and he died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004, at the Good Samaritan Center in Selby at the age of 91.
He was born Feb. 16, 1913, to Nicholas and Anna (Schweitzer) Aberle 18 miles east of Linton, N.D. In May of 1917 the family moved to Goldwell, S.D., which is the present day Glencross. He attended the first to third grade at the Glencross School and then attended the Aberle School through the eighth grade.
After enjoying a bumper crop in 1932, the drought caused him to seek employment elsewhere. He worked with the N.Y.A. distributing commodities and helping the teacher at the Aberle School in 1933-1934. Later, in 1934, he also worked four miles north of Hill City with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) doing forestry thinning.
He tried herding sheep for 30 days and decided he would never own sheep. In 1935-1936, he and his brother John did custom threshing from Trail City to Mobridge. Because there were no crops in 1937, they went to Billings, Mont., to irrigate beets east of Yellowstone Park.
In 1938 he worked on rebuilding the railroad when the Snake River flooded the area. He also found work north of Seattle, Wash., on a dairy farm in 1938-1939. He returned to South Dakota and farmed southeast of Glencross from 1940-1951. In 1940 he also helped with concrete work in building Highway 12 from Mobridge to the Grand River.
George married Barbara Wagner in 1943. They had five sons, Raymond, Gerald, Eugene, Louis and Frank. Frank died in infancy. During his farming and raising a family, George spent six years as Dewey County Assessor and was instrumental in starting the Glencross Co-Op Telephone Company in 1948-1949.
In 1951 the family moved in to Glencross where George worked with soil conservation, continued raising a few calves each year and became manager of the Glencross Co-Op gas station. He managed the gas station for 24 years.
Survivors are four sons and their wives, Raymond and Carol Aberle of Golden, Colo., Gerald and Linda Aberle of Arvada, Colo., Eugene and LouAnne of Springfield, Mo., and Louis and Susan Aberle of Grafton, Wis.; eight grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; one sister, Rose Holzer of Mobridge; four brothers, Leo Aberle of Glencross, Mark Aberle of Eugene, Ore., Al Aberle of Port Orchard, Wash., and William Aberle of Mobridge; and George's special neighbors, Ivan and Irene, Tom and Liz, and Greg and Kim.
In addition to his wife and infant son Frank, George was preceded in death by four brothers, Mike, John, Pius and Tony.
Mass of Christian Burial for George was celebrated today, Wednesday, Oct. 6, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Mobridge. Father Tony Grossenburg was celebrant.
Casketbearers were George's sons, Raymond, Gerald, Eugene and Louis and grandsons, Ronald, Adam, Alan, Andrew and Eric.
Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge.
Mobridge Tribune October 6, 2004
Those tough years taught him how to cope and his advice to all became "Don't work too hard, enjoy yourself while you can. It's later than you think." It was a message that he passed along through the years.
In 1979 he and his wife Barbara moved to Mobridge where George enjoyed retirement and did volunteer work with the Vista program in Corson County. They spent time traveling and visiting family and friends.
Not long after his wife's death, George's health also failed and he died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004, at the Good Samaritan Center in Selby at the age of 91.
He was born Feb. 16, 1913, to Nicholas and Anna (Schweitzer) Aberle 18 miles east of Linton, N.D. In May of 1917 the family moved to Goldwell, S.D., which is the present day Glencross. He attended the first to third grade at the Glencross School and then attended the Aberle School through the eighth grade.
After enjoying a bumper crop in 1932, the drought caused him to seek employment elsewhere. He worked with the N.Y.A. distributing commodities and helping the teacher at the Aberle School in 1933-1934. Later, in 1934, he also worked four miles north of Hill City with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) doing forestry thinning.
He tried herding sheep for 30 days and decided he would never own sheep. In 1935-1936, he and his brother John did custom threshing from Trail City to Mobridge. Because there were no crops in 1937, they went to Billings, Mont., to irrigate beets east of Yellowstone Park.
In 1938 he worked on rebuilding the railroad when the Snake River flooded the area. He also found work north of Seattle, Wash., on a dairy farm in 1938-1939. He returned to South Dakota and farmed southeast of Glencross from 1940-1951. In 1940 he also helped with concrete work in building Highway 12 from Mobridge to the Grand River.
George married Barbara Wagner in 1943. They had five sons, Raymond, Gerald, Eugene, Louis and Frank. Frank died in infancy. During his farming and raising a family, George spent six years as Dewey County Assessor and was instrumental in starting the Glencross Co-Op Telephone Company in 1948-1949.
In 1951 the family moved in to Glencross where George worked with soil conservation, continued raising a few calves each year and became manager of the Glencross Co-Op gas station. He managed the gas station for 24 years.
Survivors are four sons and their wives, Raymond and Carol Aberle of Golden, Colo., Gerald and Linda Aberle of Arvada, Colo., Eugene and LouAnne of Springfield, Mo., and Louis and Susan Aberle of Grafton, Wis.; eight grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; one sister, Rose Holzer of Mobridge; four brothers, Leo Aberle of Glencross, Mark Aberle of Eugene, Ore., Al Aberle of Port Orchard, Wash., and William Aberle of Mobridge; and George's special neighbors, Ivan and Irene, Tom and Liz, and Greg and Kim.
In addition to his wife and infant son Frank, George was preceded in death by four brothers, Mike, John, Pius and Tony.
Mass of Christian Burial for George was celebrated today, Wednesday, Oct. 6, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Mobridge. Father Tony Grossenburg was celebrant.
Casketbearers were George's sons, Raymond, Gerald, Eugene and Louis and grandsons, Ronald, Adam, Alan, Andrew and Eric.
Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge.
Mobridge Tribune October 6, 2004
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