Hi-Line Weekly, Hingham, Mont., September 7, 1944
Homesteader
Many Hingham neighbors and hi-line friends gathered in the MWA hall Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and paid their final respects to Albert Welte, one of our worthy pioneers who suddenly passed away late Sunday afternoon while at rest in his work shop. Burial was made in the Hingham Union Cemetery.
Rev. Lyman W. Winkle of the First Presbyterian Church of Havre preached the funeral text read from the 23rd Psalm. The pallbearers, selected from old associates, were Al Petrick, Jesse Lyon, Michael Michaelson, Vincel Horinek, Jerry Kocar, and Frank Kocar. The selected hymns "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Abide With Me," were sung by a choir composed of Mrs. E. B. Stelter, Mrs. G. C. Kimpel, John G. Kindschy, and G. C. Kimpel with Miss Ruth Kindschy at the piano.
Our esteemed neighbor and friend was born on March 28, 1872, at Cologne, Iowa, and spent his boyhood days at White Earth, Minnesota, where he attended school with Indians as his playmates in hunting, fishing, and swimming. Despite the hardships endured those days, he often spoke of the White Earth Indians, whose language he spoke fluently, with high regard.
He was united in marriage to Miss Mattie Belle Sprague at Sharon, North Dakota, in 1903. Three years later, 1906, they located at Plains, Montana, where they lived on a farm until 1910, at which time Mr. Welte filed on a 320-acre homestead about seven miles north of Hingham. He successfully tilled this land until the fall of 1927 when he retired and made Hingham his home during the past years.
He is survived by his widow, a son Norman Welte of Havre; two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Foix of Hingham and Miss Evelyn Welte of Washington, DC. Also left to mourn his departure are a sister, Sister M. Eusehia, of Hibbing, Minnesota, and two brothers, Henry of Crookston, and George of Lengby, Minnesota, and four grandchildren.
During those trying years from 1917 on, our departed pioneer demonstrated the true worth of summer fallow tillage with replenishing crops. His granaries during those days furnished many neighbors with needed seed grains. He was thorough, thrifty, and true to his philosophy of soil tillage. He loved the soil and rejoiced in its fruits produced by his own labors. He held in disdain the encroachment of the farm tractor as he regarded the horse a vital farm factor.
Despite the entreaties of his devoted wife, he spent his final days to the task of spading the sod in the large plot located to the rear of his workshop, which task he completed during the afternoon of the day he passed on. The smell of virgin sod, the feel of the soil, together with the realization of accomplishment, more than compensated our departed friend who had devoted his life to the cultivation of the soil.
The deceased sustained a slight stroke in 1938 from which he never recovered, and his sudden passing, while at rest from his labors that afternoon, removed from our midst one of our most respected and highly regarded pioneers, who has earned the repose found in the Great World beyond.
Homesteader
Many Hingham neighbors and hi-line friends gathered in the MWA hall Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and paid their final respects to Albert Welte, one of our worthy pioneers who suddenly passed away late Sunday afternoon while at rest in his work shop. Burial was made in the Hingham Union Cemetery.
Rev. Lyman W. Winkle of the First Presbyterian Church of Havre preached the funeral text read from the 23rd Psalm. The pallbearers, selected from old associates, were Al Petrick, Jesse Lyon, Michael Michaelson, Vincel Horinek, Jerry Kocar, and Frank Kocar. The selected hymns "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Abide With Me," were sung by a choir composed of Mrs. E. B. Stelter, Mrs. G. C. Kimpel, John G. Kindschy, and G. C. Kimpel with Miss Ruth Kindschy at the piano.
Our esteemed neighbor and friend was born on March 28, 1872, at Cologne, Iowa, and spent his boyhood days at White Earth, Minnesota, where he attended school with Indians as his playmates in hunting, fishing, and swimming. Despite the hardships endured those days, he often spoke of the White Earth Indians, whose language he spoke fluently, with high regard.
He was united in marriage to Miss Mattie Belle Sprague at Sharon, North Dakota, in 1903. Three years later, 1906, they located at Plains, Montana, where they lived on a farm until 1910, at which time Mr. Welte filed on a 320-acre homestead about seven miles north of Hingham. He successfully tilled this land until the fall of 1927 when he retired and made Hingham his home during the past years.
He is survived by his widow, a son Norman Welte of Havre; two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Foix of Hingham and Miss Evelyn Welte of Washington, DC. Also left to mourn his departure are a sister, Sister M. Eusehia, of Hibbing, Minnesota, and two brothers, Henry of Crookston, and George of Lengby, Minnesota, and four grandchildren.
During those trying years from 1917 on, our departed pioneer demonstrated the true worth of summer fallow tillage with replenishing crops. His granaries during those days furnished many neighbors with needed seed grains. He was thorough, thrifty, and true to his philosophy of soil tillage. He loved the soil and rejoiced in its fruits produced by his own labors. He held in disdain the encroachment of the farm tractor as he regarded the horse a vital farm factor.
Despite the entreaties of his devoted wife, he spent his final days to the task of spading the sod in the large plot located to the rear of his workshop, which task he completed during the afternoon of the day he passed on. The smell of virgin sod, the feel of the soil, together with the realization of accomplishment, more than compensated our departed friend who had devoted his life to the cultivation of the soil.
The deceased sustained a slight stroke in 1938 from which he never recovered, and his sudden passing, while at rest from his labors that afternoon, removed from our midst one of our most respected and highly regarded pioneers, who has earned the repose found in the Great World beyond.
Hi-Line Weekly, Hingham, Mont., September 7, 1944
Homesteader
Many Hingham neighbors and hi-line friends gathered in the MWA hall Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and paid their final respects to Albert Welte, one of our worthy pioneers who suddenly passed away late Sunday afternoon while at rest in his work shop. Burial was made in the Hingham Union Cemetery.
Rev. Lyman W. Winkle of the First Presbyterian Church of Havre preached the funeral text read from the 23rd Psalm. The pallbearers, selected from old associates, were Al Petrick, Jesse Lyon, Michael Michaelson, Vincel Horinek, Jerry Kocar, and Frank Kocar. The selected hymns "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Abide With Me," were sung by a choir composed of Mrs. E. B. Stelter, Mrs. G. C. Kimpel, John G. Kindschy, and G. C. Kimpel with Miss Ruth Kindschy at the piano.
Our esteemed neighbor and friend was born on March 28, 1872, at Cologne, Iowa, and spent his boyhood days at White Earth, Minnesota, where he attended school with Indians as his playmates in hunting, fishing, and swimming. Despite the hardships endured those days, he often spoke of the White Earth Indians, whose language he spoke fluently, with high regard.
He was united in marriage to Miss Mattie Belle Sprague at Sharon, North Dakota, in 1903. Three years later, 1906, they located at Plains, Montana, where they lived on a farm until 1910, at which time Mr. Welte filed on a 320-acre homestead about seven miles north of Hingham. He successfully tilled this land until the fall of 1927 when he retired and made Hingham his home during the past years.
He is survived by his widow, a son Norman Welte of Havre; two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Foix of Hingham and Miss Evelyn Welte of Washington, DC. Also left to mourn his departure are a sister, Sister M. Eusehia, of Hibbing, Minnesota, and two brothers, Henry of Crookston, and George of Lengby, Minnesota, and four grandchildren.
During those trying years from 1917 on, our departed pioneer demonstrated the true worth of summer fallow tillage with replenishing crops. His granaries during those days furnished many neighbors with needed seed grains. He was thorough, thrifty, and true to his philosophy of soil tillage. He loved the soil and rejoiced in its fruits produced by his own labors. He held in disdain the encroachment of the farm tractor as he regarded the horse a vital farm factor.
Despite the entreaties of his devoted wife, he spent his final days to the task of spading the sod in the large plot located to the rear of his workshop, which task he completed during the afternoon of the day he passed on. The smell of virgin sod, the feel of the soil, together with the realization of accomplishment, more than compensated our departed friend who had devoted his life to the cultivation of the soil.
The deceased sustained a slight stroke in 1938 from which he never recovered, and his sudden passing, while at rest from his labors that afternoon, removed from our midst one of our most respected and highly regarded pioneers, who has earned the repose found in the Great World beyond.
Homesteader
Many Hingham neighbors and hi-line friends gathered in the MWA hall Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and paid their final respects to Albert Welte, one of our worthy pioneers who suddenly passed away late Sunday afternoon while at rest in his work shop. Burial was made in the Hingham Union Cemetery.
Rev. Lyman W. Winkle of the First Presbyterian Church of Havre preached the funeral text read from the 23rd Psalm. The pallbearers, selected from old associates, were Al Petrick, Jesse Lyon, Michael Michaelson, Vincel Horinek, Jerry Kocar, and Frank Kocar. The selected hymns "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Abide With Me," were sung by a choir composed of Mrs. E. B. Stelter, Mrs. G. C. Kimpel, John G. Kindschy, and G. C. Kimpel with Miss Ruth Kindschy at the piano.
Our esteemed neighbor and friend was born on March 28, 1872, at Cologne, Iowa, and spent his boyhood days at White Earth, Minnesota, where he attended school with Indians as his playmates in hunting, fishing, and swimming. Despite the hardships endured those days, he often spoke of the White Earth Indians, whose language he spoke fluently, with high regard.
He was united in marriage to Miss Mattie Belle Sprague at Sharon, North Dakota, in 1903. Three years later, 1906, they located at Plains, Montana, where they lived on a farm until 1910, at which time Mr. Welte filed on a 320-acre homestead about seven miles north of Hingham. He successfully tilled this land until the fall of 1927 when he retired and made Hingham his home during the past years.
He is survived by his widow, a son Norman Welte of Havre; two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Foix of Hingham and Miss Evelyn Welte of Washington, DC. Also left to mourn his departure are a sister, Sister M. Eusehia, of Hibbing, Minnesota, and two brothers, Henry of Crookston, and George of Lengby, Minnesota, and four grandchildren.
During those trying years from 1917 on, our departed pioneer demonstrated the true worth of summer fallow tillage with replenishing crops. His granaries during those days furnished many neighbors with needed seed grains. He was thorough, thrifty, and true to his philosophy of soil tillage. He loved the soil and rejoiced in its fruits produced by his own labors. He held in disdain the encroachment of the farm tractor as he regarded the horse a vital farm factor.
Despite the entreaties of his devoted wife, he spent his final days to the task of spading the sod in the large plot located to the rear of his workshop, which task he completed during the afternoon of the day he passed on. The smell of virgin sod, the feel of the soil, together with the realization of accomplishment, more than compensated our departed friend who had devoted his life to the cultivation of the soil.
The deceased sustained a slight stroke in 1938 from which he never recovered, and his sudden passing, while at rest from his labors that afternoon, removed from our midst one of our most respected and highly regarded pioneers, who has earned the repose found in the Great World beyond.
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