Tom Aichele Sr.
, 72, Baldwin, joined his beloved wife, Margo, in heaven on
February 1, 2007. Services will be held Tuesday 11:00 am at
Eastgate Chapel, 2303 Divide Avenue, Bismarck, with the Rev.
Paul Schauer officiating. Visitation will be from 2:00 pm to
9:00 pm Monday at Eastgate Funeral Service and continue one
hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will
be held in the spring at Sunne Lutheran Cemetery, Wilton.
Tom was born on June 26, 1934, in McClusky, son of Alvina
Aichele (Phiefer) and Edwin Aichele. The family moved from
McClusky in the 1940's to Bismarck where Tom grew up and
attended school.
Tom served in the United States Army during the Korean War.
Tom went on to attend Bismarck Junior College where he
played football and then graduated from Valley City State
College where he was All-Conference Tackle in football. He
also attended the University of North Dakota.
He married Margo Strand on March 11 1960, at the Trinity
Lutheran Church in Bismarck. They moved to Northwood for
three years where Tom taught school before returning to live
in Bismarck. They managed the Bismarck Airport Cafe and Bar
until buying a farm in Baldwin where they operated a large
dairy farm. After getting out of the dairy business, Tom
went back to teaching at Solen, Cannonball, and Fort Yates
until retiring in the spring of 2006.
Of all the things he cherished most was spending time with
his grandson, Dustin. They spent a lot of time fishing and
pheasant hunting together and training their new dog along
with just bumming around and spending a lot of time together
on different projects Such as bees and raising trees.
Tom is survived by one son, Tom Jr.; one grandson, Dustin,
both of Baldwin; one brother, Burt of St.Anthony; and
several nieces and nephews.
Tom was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Margo; his
parents; and his sister, Muriel.
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Margo Aichele
BALDWIN -- Margo Aichele, 57, Baldwin, died April
14, 1998, in a Bismarck hospital, after a brief battle with
cancer. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Sunne Lutheran
Church, six miles east of Wilton, on Highway 36, with the
Rev. Paul Schauer officiating. Burial will be in the church
cemetery.
Visitation will be from 2-9 p.m. today at Eastgate Funeral
Service and will continue for one hour prior to services at
the church on Thursday.
Margo E. Strand was born on Aug. 28, 1940, in Bismarck, the
daughter of Arnold O. and Olive E. (Johnson) Strand. She
grew up and attended school in Bismarck, graduating from
Bismarck High School in 1958.
She married Tom Aichele on March 11, 1960, at Trinity
Lutheran Church in Bismarck. They lived in Northwood for
three years before returning to live in Bismarck. They
managed the Airport Bar and Cafe until they started farming
in the Baldwin area. They operated their grain and dairy
farm for 27 years.
She is survived by her husband, Tom; one son, Tom Jr., and
one grandson, Dustin, both of Baldwin; one brother and
sister-in-law, Arnie and Dianne Strand, Jamestown; four
sisters and brothers-in-law, Kay and Jerry Kautzman, Oxbow,
Judi and Mike Thompson, Blaine, Minn., Patti and Jerry
Landry, Sun Lakes, Ariz. and Detroit Lakes, Minn., and Jane
and Mike Bartholomay, Oxbow; her mother-in-law, Alvina
Aichele, Bismarck; and three nieces and nine nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
The family prefers memorials to the American Cancer Society.
(Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck)
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