Karl Fruetel

Vertin-Munson Funeral Home

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Karl J. Fruetel, Sr., 96, Wahpeton, ND, died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at St. Catherine’s Living Center , Wahpeton. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 21 at St. Catherine’s Living Center with Rev. Paul Baker officiating, followed by a Masonic Service. Interment will be held at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery , Fargo , North Dakota .

Karl John Fruetel, Sr. was born on September 16, 1912 at Everdell , Minnesota to Herman and Francis (Schneider) Fruetel. He moved to North Dakota as a child and was raised in the Dwight area of Richland County . He graduated from Wahpeton School of Science in 1937. He married Blanche Rezac of Abercrombie , ND in 1938. She preceded him in death in 1968. He managed co-op elevators in several North Dakota towns. They settled in Emerado in 1947 where he managed the Farmer’s Co-op Elevator for 22 years. After the death of his first wife, Blanche, he traveled as an auditor for Atwood-Larson Grain Company and continued this for 7 years.

In 1969 he married Katherine Getz, who passed away in 2003. Karl retired in 1977 and lived in Grand Forks , ND , Grace Lake, MN, Phoenix , AZ and entered St. Catherine’s Living Center in Wahpeton in 2001.

He was a 32 ^nd Degree Mason and a past Worshipful Master of the Masonic Lodge in Larimore , ND in 1959-1960. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Grand Forks , ND .

Karl is survived by his immediate family, son, Karl Jr. (Butch) and his wife, Evelyn, Jamestown, ND; son-in-law, John Lindlan, Minneapolis, MN; stepsons, Jon (Nancy) Veitch, St. Paul, MN, Gary (Mary) Veitch, Phoenix, AZ; 10 grandchildren, Dawn, Karl (Buddy), Laura, and Patricia; Shannon Lindlan Karasti, Briana Veitch Isbell, Kim Veitch Cardwell, Jon, Lynn, and Trent Veitch; and 13 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his 2 wives, daughter, Rosemary Lindlan; 2 brothers, Robert and Dean; and 3 sisters, Isabelle Fox, Francis Hutchinson, and Marcie Martinson.

Arrangements are entrusted to the care of the Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton. Visit our Online Guestbook at www.vertinmunson.com