James Harold Ahrendt was born in Little River, Chaffee Co. Colorado to William John Ahrendt and Mary Louise Rose. He married first in January 1930, Kathryn Lois Foss b. 2 Dec 1907 Yorkville, IL, the daughter of Hans Nelson Foss/Voss and Bertha 'Breta' Askeland. The couple divorced and in 1945 James Harold Ahrendt remarried Alma Mildred Hesseltine b. 11 Aug 1918 WA, the daughter of Henry Roger Hesseltine and wife Mary Elizabeth Aschenbrenner.
First wife Kathryn Lois Foss Ahrendt was a secretary with the U.S. Government for the National Weather Service. She and James Harold Ahrendt had five children together. In his 2nd marriage to Alma Mildred Hesseltine he had an additional eight children, for a grand total of 13 children.
During his 2nd marriage James H. Ahrendt became actively involved with the Grace Brethren Church in Spokane. While in Washington, he worked various jobs, primarily selling chemical fertilizers, but in the years leading up to his retirement he worked at a gas station, custodian of the neighborhood school, salesman at a furniture store. He also enjoyed coming up with inventions. At one time he invented a carbon arc furnace to make gemstones. He patented it and sold to Edmonds Scientific supply, but nothing noteworthy came from it. He enjoyed coming up with inventions. Another invention was a process for extracting platinum from iron filings found in sand. This idea came to him when he discovered that the Mt. St. Helen's ash had platinum in it.
He had a major hernia operation and took early disability retirement at age 62. He passed away on 24 July 2001 from prostrate cancer.
The thirteen children of James Harold Ahrendt:
By 1st marriage with Kathryn (Foss) Ahrendt, five children (James Gordon Ahrendt, Lois Beverly Ahrendt, Robert Edward Ahrendt, Dorothy Catherine Ahrendt, and David Bradley Ahrendt)
(By 2nd marriage with Alma (Hesseltine) Ahrendt he had 8 children Stillborn Judith Ann, Gloria Jean Ahrendt, Howard Steven Ahrendt, Grant Edward Ahrendt, John Roger Ahrendt, James Gary Ahrendt, Janet Lynn Ahrendt and Jeffrey Scott Ahrendt.
First wife Kathryn Lois Foss Ahrendt was a secretary with the U.S. Government for the National Weather Service. She and James Harold Ahrendt had five children together. In his 2nd marriage to Alma Mildred Hesseltine he had an additional eight children, for a grand total of 13 children.
During his 2nd marriage James H. Ahrendt became actively involved with the Grace Brethren Church in Spokane. While in Washington, he worked various jobs, primarily selling chemical fertilizers, but in the years leading up to his retirement he worked at a gas station, custodian of the neighborhood school, salesman at a furniture store. He also enjoyed coming up with inventions. At one time he invented a carbon arc furnace to make gemstones. He patented it and sold to Edmonds Scientific supply, but nothing noteworthy came from it. He enjoyed coming up with inventions. Another invention was a process for extracting platinum from iron filings found in sand. This idea came to him when he discovered that the Mt. St. Helen's ash had platinum in it.
He had a major hernia operation and took early disability retirement at age 62. He passed away on 24 July 2001 from prostrate cancer.
The thirteen children of James Harold Ahrendt:
By 1st marriage with Kathryn (Foss) Ahrendt, five children (James Gordon Ahrendt, Lois Beverly Ahrendt, Robert Edward Ahrendt, Dorothy Catherine Ahrendt, and David Bradley Ahrendt)
(By 2nd marriage with Alma (Hesseltine) Ahrendt he had 8 children Stillborn Judith Ann, Gloria Jean Ahrendt, Howard Steven Ahrendt, Grant Edward Ahrendt, John Roger Ahrendt, James Gary Ahrendt, Janet Lynn Ahrendt and Jeffrey Scott Ahrendt.
James Harold Ahrendt was born in Little River, Chaffee Co. Colorado to William John Ahrendt and Mary Louise Rose. He married first in January 1930, Kathryn Lois Foss b. 2 Dec 1907 Yorkville, IL, the daughter of Hans Nelson Foss/Voss and Bertha 'Breta' Askeland. The couple divorced and in 1945 James Harold Ahrendt remarried Alma Mildred Hesseltine b. 11 Aug 1918 WA, the daughter of Henry Roger Hesseltine and wife Mary Elizabeth Aschenbrenner.
First wife Kathryn Lois Foss Ahrendt was a secretary with the U.S. Government for the National Weather Service. She and James Harold Ahrendt had five children together. In his 2nd marriage to Alma Mildred Hesseltine he had an additional eight children, for a grand total of 13 children.
During his 2nd marriage James H. Ahrendt became actively involved with the Grace Brethren Church in Spokane. While in Washington, he worked various jobs, primarily selling chemical fertilizers, but in the years leading up to his retirement he worked at a gas station, custodian of the neighborhood school, salesman at a furniture store. He also enjoyed coming up with inventions. At one time he invented a carbon arc furnace to make gemstones. He patented it and sold to Edmonds Scientific supply, but nothing noteworthy came from it. He enjoyed coming up with inventions. Another invention was a process for extracting platinum from iron filings found in sand. This idea came to him when he discovered that the Mt. St. Helen's ash had platinum in it.
He had a major hernia operation and took early disability retirement at age 62. He passed away on 24 July 2001 from prostrate cancer.
The thirteen children of James Harold Ahrendt:
By 1st marriage with Kathryn (Foss) Ahrendt, five children (James Gordon Ahrendt, Lois Beverly Ahrendt, Robert Edward Ahrendt, Dorothy Catherine Ahrendt, and David Bradley Ahrendt)
(By 2nd marriage with Alma (Hesseltine) Ahrendt he had 8 children Stillborn Judith Ann, Gloria Jean Ahrendt, Howard Steven Ahrendt, Grant Edward Ahrendt, John Roger Ahrendt, James Gary Ahrendt, Janet Lynn Ahrendt and Jeffrey Scott Ahrendt.
First wife Kathryn Lois Foss Ahrendt was a secretary with the U.S. Government for the National Weather Service. She and James Harold Ahrendt had five children together. In his 2nd marriage to Alma Mildred Hesseltine he had an additional eight children, for a grand total of 13 children.
During his 2nd marriage James H. Ahrendt became actively involved with the Grace Brethren Church in Spokane. While in Washington, he worked various jobs, primarily selling chemical fertilizers, but in the years leading up to his retirement he worked at a gas station, custodian of the neighborhood school, salesman at a furniture store. He also enjoyed coming up with inventions. At one time he invented a carbon arc furnace to make gemstones. He patented it and sold to Edmonds Scientific supply, but nothing noteworthy came from it. He enjoyed coming up with inventions. Another invention was a process for extracting platinum from iron filings found in sand. This idea came to him when he discovered that the Mt. St. Helen's ash had platinum in it.
He had a major hernia operation and took early disability retirement at age 62. He passed away on 24 July 2001 from prostrate cancer.
The thirteen children of James Harold Ahrendt:
By 1st marriage with Kathryn (Foss) Ahrendt, five children (James Gordon Ahrendt, Lois Beverly Ahrendt, Robert Edward Ahrendt, Dorothy Catherine Ahrendt, and David Bradley Ahrendt)
(By 2nd marriage with Alma (Hesseltine) Ahrendt he had 8 children Stillborn Judith Ann, Gloria Jean Ahrendt, Howard Steven Ahrendt, Grant Edward Ahrendt, John Roger Ahrendt, James Gary Ahrendt, Janet Lynn Ahrendt and Jeffrey Scott Ahrendt.
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