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Albert James Merchen
6 May 1904 – 27 Jun 1980
| Birth | 6 May 1904 |
| Death | 27 Jun 1980 |
| Cemetery | Hill City Cemetery Hill City , Pennington County , South Dakota , USA |
| Added by | Stephen Ranum on 18 Nov 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48929043 |
Bio
Hill City --- Funeral services for Albert James Merchen will be held 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Little White Church. Burial will be in Hill City Cemetery under direction of Behrens Mortuary, Rapid City. Merchen died Friday as the result of a motor vehicle accident near Wright, Wyo. He was born May 6, 1904, at Crofton, Neb., and came to South Dakota with his parents, Louis and Anna Merchen, at age 12. They lived in the Winner area. He married Emma D. Beard of Norris, Aug. 14, 1932, at Winner. They operated a general store at Blackpipe until moving to Rapid City in 1941. In 1963 they moved to Hill City. He was engaged in construction work before being married and after moving to Rapid City worked in the forest skidding logs and for South American Fruit Co., Pacific Fruit Co., Fairmont Creamery and Buckingham Transportation. He operated a Standard service station and apartment house in Hill City, and at the time of his death was employed by Schock Concrete Co. in Wyoming. He was a member of the Rapid City Moose Lodge. Surviving are his wife, Emma at Hill City; eight children; three sisters, Elizabeth Wilder of Pierre, Esther Matz, New Underwood, and Carol Nyffler, Rushville, Neb.; four brothers, Harry of Kadoka, Louis Jr. of Nemo, Leslie, New Underwood, and Donald, Rapid City; also 20 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three sisters and two brothers. --- From The Rapid City Journal - June 29, 1980
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Siblings
- Dollie Merchen Barkman 1893–1977
- Leona H Merchen Smith 1895–1947
- William Frederick Merchen 1897–1975
- Sadie Merchen 1900–1912
- Anna Elizabeth Merchen Wilder 1902–2001
- Harry Merchen Sr 1906–2003
- Louis "Dude" Merchen 1908–2002
- Leslie Arthur Merchen 1910–1996
- Donald D Merchen 1912–1987
- Esther Louise Merchen Matz 1914–2010
- Carol Phyllis Merchen Nyffler 1916–1994
Children
- Archie Louis Merchen 1934–1993 FaG
- Bertha Ann Merchen Schiefelbein 1936–2020 FaG
- Marilyn Melva Merchen 1942–2007 FaG
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