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Elsie Emma Augusta (Schierholz) Raph



Elsie Raph was born July 21, 1912, at Everly, Clay County, Iowa, to Herman 

August Eldo and Anna Karoline (Schuldt) Schierholz.  As a girl, she move to 

Tyler, Minnesota, where she grew to womanhood.  She was united in marriage 

to Merlye Henry Raph on March 24, 1933, at Brookings, South Dakota.  They 

lived at Brandt, South Dakota for one year and then moved to Holland, 

Minnesota, where she lived until moving to Pipestone in 1960.  She passed 

away at McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Friday, May 12, 

1961, reaching the age of 48 years, 9 months and 21 days.



Mrs. Raph is survived by one son, Eldo of Shelby, Montana; one daughter 

(Carol) Mrs. Harvey Zeinstra of Pipestone; two sisters, Mrs. Emma (Alvin) 

(nee Albright) Biever of Tyler, Minn., and Mrs. Ann (Lafayette "Faye") Clark 

of Elkton, S. Dak.; two brothers, John Carl  Bernard Schierholz of 

Lakefield, and Henry John Schierholz of Springdale, Washington, and seven 

grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and three 

brothers William August, Otto John Albert and Julius A. Schierholz, Jr..



Services Monday, May 15, 1961, 3:30 p.m. Presbyterian Church, Holland, 

Minnesota.

Clergyman: Rev. Kenneth H. Campbell

Music: Vocalists: Mrs. David Oldemeyer, Mrs. Rob't Lepper, Mrs. Clytis 

Taubert

Organist: Mrs. Marlin VanDyke



Bearers: William Francis, Robert Lepper, Delbert Loose, Harm Kor, Leo 

Jensen, Clytis Taubert



Final Resting Place: Ruthton Cemetery, Ruthton, Pipestone County Minnesota.

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