Edmund Wahl

Edmund ""Ed"" Wahl, 91, Jamestown, North Dakota passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 14, 2006, after a life personified by quiet dignity, a belief in the goodness of mankind, a profound faith in God, and a deep devotion to his family-his beloved wife, Pearl, of almost 67 years, his two children and four grandchildren.

Edmund Wahl was born June 14, 1915, in Goodrich, North Dakota; the son of Christian and Magdalena (Goll) Wahl. He grew up on a farm near Goodrich with his brothers and sisters, was educated in a rural school, and worked with his father on the farm until 1938 when sought other opportunities in Minneapolis and, later, Nisswa, Minnesota.

On April 9, 1940, Ed and Pearl L. Bettenhausen married at Wishek, North Dakota, and returned to Nisswa where he was then living and working.

In 1942 Ed and Pearl returned to North Dakota, settling in Jamestown. He was employed at Bridgeman Russell Company in Jamestown until 1944 when he began working for Mickelson Motor and Implement and began a career for the sale and service of agricultural machinery and equipment. In 1953 he and William Rott purchased the agricultural equipment business from Douglas Mickelson and formed Wahl-Rott Implement for the sale and service of Massey-Harris, Melroe, Mayrath, and other agricultural machinery and equipment.

In 1957 Ed began working for Melroe Manufacturing, Gwinner, North Dakota, as one of its district managers. In 1975 he was made the company's Western Region Manager, in charge of sales in fifteen western states. He retired in 1982.

Ed was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Jamestown, and was active as a member of the church council and various committees for the work of the church. In his retirement he was a talented woodcarver, a casual golfer, and a sometime fisherman who enjoyed the outdoors more than catching fish.

Ed is survived by his wife, his son and his wife, Aldean (Al) and Mary Wahl, Bismarck; his daughter and her husband, Greta and Richard (Dick) Craven, Wenatchee, WA; and four grandchildren, James Wahl, Boston, MA; Catherine Wahl, The Dalles, OR; Shane Craven and his wife, Arianne, Bellingham, WA and Justin Craven, Seattle, WA; three brothers, Wilmer (Harriet) Wahl, Jamestown, Ervin (Pat) Wahl, Turtle Lake, ND and Donald (Leona) Wahl, Bismarck and one sister, DeLayne (Mervin) Krein, Goodrich, ND.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Clarence and Fred; and two sisters, Ella Dammel and Ida Roesler.

Burial: 9:30 AM, Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Jamestown, North Dakota. Procession to the cemetery will assemble at Eddy Funeral Home at 9:00 AM.

A Memorial Service to celebrate the life of Ed Wahl will be held at 10:30 AM, Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Jamestown with Rev. Dennis Ellingsen officiating.

Visitation: 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Monday, December 18, 2006 at Eddy Funeral Home in Jamestown.

In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to the Wall of Flame, St. John's Lutheran Church, 424 1st Ave South, Jamestown, ND 58401.