Title
ANTON AND ROSE DEGEL
Creator
Lena Putshcler
Coverage
TOWNSHIP 139N RANGE 94W
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ANTON AND ROSE DEGEL
Anton Degel was born in Hungary on Jan. 13, 1889. He came to this country with his parents when he was 15 years old. They stayed with the Matt Lefor family, until they homesteaded in the Lefor area. Anton came to Gladstone in 1905, and his first job was digging holes for an elevator that was being built by Julius Halst. His profession was a butcher for which he went to school in the old country. In 1916, he went to work for Christ Grasl, owner of the meat market. Later he purchased the market and home, and operated it for 43 years, and sold it. Then he started to buy cattle and farm, and also started raising pure-bred Herefords. Anton Degel passed away Dec. 10, 1975, at the age of 86 years.
Rose Degel came to this country from Hungary with her parents when she was eight years old. They settled in the Glen Ullin community. She was born in Hungary on July 17, 1892. Rose and Anton were married in Hebron on Nov. 21, 1910, and made their home in Gladstone. To this union were born three children: Anton Jr., at home, Lena (Mrs. Steve Put-schler), her husband, Steve died in 1968, and at the present is living at home, and Peter, who lives in Miles City, Mont. Peter is married to the former Ida Perdaems. They have one son, Donald, of Miles City, and one daughter, Rosemarie, (Mrs. Brent Vetter), of Helena, Mont.
Mr. and Mrs. Degel also raised a foster son, Milton Olson, of Dickinson. Milton married Patricia Gustaf-son. They have four children: Richard of Dickinson, Ruth (Mrs. John Simon) of Bismarck, and Mike and Kathleen at home.
Rose Degel, now age 85, worked with her husband in the meat market, and also raised her family at the same time. She has lived in the same home now for 67 years. Mrs. Degel was chosen for the outstanding Senior Citizen in November of 1976, of which she is the oldest member. She is also the oldest person in Gladstone. She is a member of the Senior Citizen's Birthday Club, and the Christian Mothers.
By Lena Putshcler
Anton Degel was born in Hungary on Jan. 13, 1889. He came to this country with his parents when he was 15 years old. They stayed with the Matt Lefor family, until they homesteaded in the Lefor area. Anton came to Gladstone in 1905, and his first job was digging holes for an elevator that was being built by Julius Halst. His profession was a butcher for which he went to school in the old country. In 1916, he went to work for Christ Grasl, owner of the meat market. Later he purchased the market and home, and operated it for 43 years, and sold it. Then he started to buy cattle and farm, and also started raising pure-bred Herefords. Anton Degel passed away Dec. 10, 1975, at the age of 86 years.
Rose Degel came to this country from Hungary with her parents when she was eight years old. They settled in the Glen Ullin community. She was born in Hungary on July 17, 1892. Rose and Anton were married in Hebron on Nov. 21, 1910, and made their home in Gladstone. To this union were born three children: Anton Jr., at home, Lena (Mrs. Steve Put-schler), her husband, Steve died in 1968, and at the present is living at home, and Peter, who lives in Miles City, Mont. Peter is married to the former Ida Perdaems. They have one son, Donald, of Miles City, and one daughter, Rosemarie, (Mrs. Brent Vetter), of Helena, Mont.
Mr. and Mrs. Degel also raised a foster son, Milton Olson, of Dickinson. Milton married Patricia Gustaf-son. They have four children: Richard of Dickinson, Ruth (Mrs. John Simon) of Bismarck, and Mike and Kathleen at home.
Rose Degel, now age 85, worked with her husband in the meat market, and also raised her family at the same time. She has lived in the same home now for 67 years. Mrs. Degel was chosen for the outstanding Senior Citizen in November of 1976, of which she is the oldest member. She is also the oldest person in Gladstone. She is a member of the Senior Citizen's Birthday Club, and the Christian Mothers.
By Lena Putshcler