Theophil "Ted" Kretzschmar, 88, Fairmont, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2001, at Lutheran Retirement Home in Truman.
Memorial services were Sunday, Nov. 18, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Fairmont. The Rev. Roger Abernathy officiated. There was a private family burial at Lakeside Cemetery in Fairmont.
Theophil "Ted" Henry Ferdinand Kretzschmar was born to the Rev. John and Elise (Lange) Kretzschmar on July 15, 1913, in Elk River. He graduated from Chatfield High School in Chatfield and received a degree in pharmacy, Kappa Psi, from the University of Minnesota in 1940.
He married Dorothy Kiebach on May 11, 1944, in Luverne. After their marriage he worked for Keller Drug in Minneapolis until owning and operating Kretzschmar Drug in Fairmont until 1974. In 1998 they moved to Lutheran Manor in Truman.
Mr. Kretzschmar was a member of Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis and St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Fairmont where he served on several boards of the church and sang in the men's choir. He was a board member of the Lutheran Retirement Home in Truman and past president of Fairmont Exchange Club, past vice president of the AAL Branch #124 for 15 years, longtime member of Lutheran Laymen's League, member of the Conservation Club and other related hunting and fishing organizations and a member of the John Birch Society and Interlaken Golf Club.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Kretzschmar, Truman; one son and daughter-in-law, Gene and Janet Kretzschmar, Blaine; one daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Rodney Dierking, St. Louis, Mo.; five grandsons and one granddaughter, John Kretzschmar, Wheaton, Ill., Mark (Katie) Kretzschmar, Minneapolis, Daniel Kretzschmar, in the Armed Services in Germany, Ellen Kretzschmar, Blaine, and Nathan Dierking and Timothy Dierking, both of St. Louis; one sister, Irma Strieff, Buffalo; sisters-in-law, and a brother-in-law; and many nieces and nephews.
Mr. Kretzschmar was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and three sisters.
Memorials may be given to Martin Luther High School or the Caring Pregnancy Center.
Kramer Family Funeral Home, Welcome, was in charge of arrangements.