ALVINA MARY BALDER
(née RAU)

Born: February 29, 1904    St. George Township, Benton, Minnesota
Baptized: March 13, 1904
Died: December 2, 1982    Good Shepard Lutheran Home, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota
Buried: December 4, 1982    St. Patrick's Church Cemetery, Minden, Minnesota

Parents:

 
Occupation:
 
 
 
Marriage:
 
 
 
John J. Rau
Mary A. Winkelman
 
Teacher in rural school in Benton County School District
Housekeeper at St. Patrick's Parish from 1963-1966
 
Ellsworth Edward Balder
November 25, 1925
St. Patrick's Church, Minden, Minnesota
 

 
 
Children:
Mary Catherine May 31, 1926  
  Lucietta Margaret Aug. 5, 1927 † Feb. 19, 1962
  Bernard Joseph Nov. 14, 1928  
  Theresa Elsie Dec. 14, 1930  
  James Ellsworth May 7, 1933  
  Doris Mae Dec. 31, 1935  
  Carol Ann Oct. 3, 1938  
  David John Apr. 1, 1943  
       
Notes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alvina graduated from St. Cloud Teacher's College and taught rural school in the Benton County School District. She and Ellsworth farmed in St. George Township until 1963, after which they moved to Sauk Rapids.
 
At the time of the April 16, 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Alvina was 26 years old and living with her husband Ellsworth and their four children on a rented farm in Haven Township, Sherburne County, Minnesota. He was working as a farmer in general farming. She stated that she was married when she was 21 and Ellsworth was 33 years old. The family owned a radio [Source: 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Haven Township, Sherburn County, Minnesota, Roll: T626-1129; E.D. 11; Page: 3B].
 
Alvina was a member of Sacred Heart Church of Sauk Rapids, Sacred Heart Christian Mothers, St. Patrick's Christian Mothers, Crosier Apostolate, Daughters of Isabella, RSVP, St. Peter's Mission Group of Sacred Heart and St. Mary's Mission Group of St. Patrick's Parish.
 
Ancestry: The Balder Line [through marriage]
   
Obituary of Alvina Balder (née Rau), Dec. 3, 1982

Ellsworth and Alvina Balder's Gravestone

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