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Olga Sabina Lindgren was born 05 December 1898 in Saunders Co., NE. She died 23 Sept 1922 in Gregory Co., SD, and is buried near her parents in Highland Cemetery, Fairfax, Gregory, SD. (Find A Grave Memorial # 64935861). On 10 May 1915, in Fairfax, Gregory, SD, Olga married Theodore George Scholl, son of George Scholl and Elizabeth Endes. Ted was born 05 Sept 1893 at Yankton, Yankton Co., SD, and died in February 1982 in Lexington, Fayette Co., KY. He is buried with his second wife. In 1915, the newlyweds were living in Gregory, Gregory, SD, where Ted earned his living as a mail carrier. His WW1 draft card describes him as medium height, slender build, with brown eyes and dark brown hair. In 1920, they were farming in the Bentz precinct, Gregory Co., SD. Olga and Ted Scholl had two children:
2. Lester Keith Scholl, born 27 Nov 1918, died 06 June 2000 in Salt Lake City, Salt
Lake Co., UT. He is buried in Midvale City Cemetery, Midvale, Salt Lake,
UT. (Find A Grave Memorial # 18570774)
Upon Olga's death, Inez and Lester were adopted and raised by Ted's brother, George Scholl and his wife, Edith Potthast. George and Edith lived in Gregory, SD, where he operated a bulk gasoline and oil station in 1940. Ted was living in Fairfax, Gregory, SD in 1925, and appeared to be working for a furniture/undertaking establishment. In 1930, he had moved to Rapid City, Pennington, SD, where he worked as a furniture retail dealer in partnership with Harold Engberg. The 1935 State Census lists his occupation as 'merchant', and the 1945 Census lists his occupation as 'Floor Covering dealer'. Ted Scholl remarried on 29 Jun 1931 in Rapid City, Pennington, SD to Wilma E. Rathbun (b: 04 Jan 1909 in Jefferson Twp., Fayette, IA, d: Mar 1980 in Lexington, Fayette, KY), daughter of Herbert R. Rathbun and Martha E. Burch. In 1935, she was working as a stenographer. Ted and Wilma "Billie" Scholl had a daughter: Naomi Jean Scholl. |