Ralph E. Mohr
Sept. 28, 1913 - Jan. 12, 2007
MORRIS -- Ralph Ernest Mohr, 93, of Hancock died Friday at Minnewaska Lutheran Home in Starbuck.
The service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Morris. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris, which is handling arrangements, and for one hour before the service at the church. Burial will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery.
He was born on Sept. 28, 1913, to Robert and Elsie (Schleuter) Mohr in Horton Township, Stevens County. He attended District 20 School through the eighth grade and worked with his father on the family farm.
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He married Lydia Greiner on Oct. 9, 1935, and they lived in the Hancock area where he continued to farm for a few years.
He later became custodian at the school where he worked until he retired in 1979. Lydia died on Feb. 10, 1975. Ralph continued to live in Hancock and most recently lived at the Minnewaska Lutheran Home in Starbuck.
He is survived by five children: Ralph "Tom'' (and Elaine) Mohr of Hancock, Ronald (and Sharyn) Mohr of Lakeville, Lois (and Howard) Person of Brainerd, Mary Conroy of Apple Valley, and Gerald "Scott'' (and Kathy) Mohr of Surprise, Ariz.; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; a sister: Margaret Siebrecht of Morris; two brothers: Lloyd Mohr of Hancock, and Walter (and Pam) Mohr of Sierra Vista, Ariz.; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, infant daughter: Jean Anne, his parents, a sister and three brothers.
