House  1957-62  (District 47)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Douglas
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            7/5/1915
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Brandon, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Douglas
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            2/4/2006
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Lutheran
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Alexandria
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Implement Dealer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Alexandria High School; Secondary; 1934
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            Minnesota National Guard (Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry Battalion Commander, 33 years); 
                         
                         19?? to ?
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            United States Armed Forces (World War II, 5 years; Korean Conflict, 1.5 years); 
                         
                         194? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Evelyn Wittnebel (married on September 15, 1940)
                                    Children: 
                                    One child: Paul
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He is buried at Kinkead Cemetery in Alexandria, Minnesota.
Religion provided by the Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1957-58.