Pfeifle, Esther

              Esther
Pfeifle
The funeral of Esther Pfeifle,
Napoleon was held Friday, De-cember
11, 2015 at Salem United
Methodist Church. Burial was at
the North Dakota Veterans Cem-etery
in Mandan.
Esther was born February 11,
1921 in rural Logan County near
Napoleon, the daughter of Adam
and Christina (Wanner) Ober-lander.
She grew up on the family
farm northeast of Napoleon and
received her elementary education
in rural Cokato Township. She
graduated from Napoleon High
School in 1940. Following gradu-ation
she worked at Lubenow
Grocery Store in Fargo, returning
to Napoleon and taught school in
Cokato Township for 1 year. In
1943 she moved to Lansing, MI,
working at Reo Motors factory as
an inspector in the export packing
department for 2 1A years.
Esther married Edwin Pfeifle
on December 1, 1945 following
his return from WWII. They lived
and farmed the Pfeifle farm one
mile south of Napoleon.
Esther died Monday, December
7,2015 at the Napoleon Care Cen-ter,
Napoleon. She was 94 years
old.
Survivors include: one daughter,
Judith (Judy) and Gary Mourhess
of Bismarck, one son, Rodney and
Lois Pfeifle of Rapid City, SD,
three grandchildren - Scott (Kari)
Mourhess of Lino Lakes, MM,
Adrian (Eddie) Rodriguez of Atas-cadero,
CA, and Ross Pfeifle (Ra-chel
Hall) of Rapid City, SD; three
great grandchildren - Gage and
Graycen Mourhess, Lino Lakes,
MN and Eddie Ross Rodriguez,
Atascadero, CA; three step great
grandchildren in California - Ali-yah,
Lisa, and Jakai; sister, Helen
Burleson, Jamestown, brothers,
Eddie (Dorothy) Oberlander,
Moorhead, MN, Larry Oberlander
(Cathy Renn), Penn Valley, CA,
sister-in-law - Anna Oberlander,
Jamestown, numerous nieces and
nephews and their families.
Preceding her in death were her
husband, Edwin in 1998, her par-ents,
three sisters - Mary Haid
Emma Bellon, Frieda Carstensen'
and four brothers - Theo, Alvin
Otto and Walter Oberlander.