| Summary: | Fillmore, in Impark Township, Benson County. She held her homestead land until she died in 1966, and the land is still in the family, since it is now owned by David Rendahl of Fillmore. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Rendahl lived on his homestead in Girard township until 1910 when they moved to Fillmore and purchased the Thorwald Watland farm which adjoined Mrs. Rendahl's homestead. When the Soo Railroad came through and the town of Fillmore was started, Mr. Rendahl established a farm implement dealership and the family moved to Fillmore in 1914. The Girard Lake farm was sold, but the Fillmore farm is still in the possession of a son, Lester Rendahl. Mr. Rendahl continued with the implement dealership until 1940. He died in 1943. From 1919 and until 1935, when all the children had graduated from Concordia College or the North Dakota State University, Mr. and Mrs. Rendahl maintained a home at 121 7th Street South, Moorhead, Minnesota. The Rendahls were among the founders of the Fillmore Lutheran Church and were active in the church, both at Fillmore and Moorhead. Mr. Rendahl was active in township and school district affairs, and was clerk of the Fillmore school board for many years, up to the time of his final illness. There were five children. 1. Junald Leo R. (1903) executive vice president of Concordia College, Moorhead, M.A. - UND, Honorary P.H.D. from Concordia College; married Myrtle Collins; children John Dennis R., Counsellor of American Embassy, Dublin, Ireland; Roy Collins R., Department of Commerce, Washington, CD D.C; Janet Myrtle R. (Mrs. James L. Hausmann) Moorhead. 2. May Beatrice R. (1906) missionary to Madagascar and Mexico, now Mrs. Leonard Swanson, Nogales, Arizona. 3. Ruby Luella R. (1909) teacher, now Mrs. C. Theodore Rye, Tucson, Arizona; children, John and Beth. 4. Lester Julian R. (1912) on the Rendahl farm at Fillmore; married Signa Flatt; children, David, Stephen, Laurel. 5. Allan Eugene Fillmore R. (1914) pharmacist at Ketchikan, Alaska, died 1936. unmarried. After the death of her husband, Sena Rendahl lived alone in her home in Fillmore until she was 91. She died at Moorhead in 1966 at the age of 92. Mr. and Mrs. Rendahl and Allan are buried at the Fillmore cemetery on Hopper's Hill, the same hill on which she was living in pioneer days when a group of Indians, using sign language, demanded a noon meal. Sena tells about this in her stories of pioneer days and her family histories. LESTER RENDAHL Lester Rendahl was born in 1912 in the same house he moved back to in 1938. He moved to Fillmore in 1914 when his father, John, began a farm implement business. He and the rest of the family moved to Moorhead in 1919 and lived there during school terms until his graduation from NDSU. Signa Flaat was born May 3, 1912, on a farm South of Grand Forks and east of Thompson. Her parents were Emma and Kittle Flaat. She was a graduate of Mayville College and taught school in Fillmore. They were married in 1938 and moved to a farm owned by Lester's parents where they resided thereafter. Signa was active in the community, in Homemakers, Farmers Union, school activities and especially church work and ALCW. She passed away on July 11, 1964. Lester has been active in Farmers Union, Secretary of the church for 20 years, clerk of the township board for 35 years, and on the school board for several terms. From their union 3 children were born: David, a graduate of Concordia College, married Ruth Martin of Groveton, New Hampshire, also a Concordia graduate, is presently farming. They and their son, Randy, are living on the Stangeland farm in Section 5. Stephen is a graduate of Concordia College with an M.A. from NDU and a P.H.D. from the University of Minn. He is married to Robbin Maves, also a graduate of Concordia and originally from Seattle, Wash, and then Willmar, Minn. At present they live in Grand Forks where he is teaching at the University. Robbin has taught school, but is presently with H&R Block, Income Tax Consultants, and a state director in the League of Women Voters. Laurel, a graduate of Concordia College is teaching in North Minneapolis. She is a resident of Roseville Community and active in the local and national teacher's organization. 469 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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