Theodore W. Niederkofler
October 10, 2008
'Ted' was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 17, 1914 to Joseph and Elizabeth 'Rose' Niederkofler. He grew up in Good Thunder, MN, and attended Rushlake Elementary School in Rushlake, MN. He had completed the 7th grade, and because of the depression, he left school and went to work. He lived in the bunkhouse of the Claude Nelson family in Mankato, MN, doing farm chores for his room and board.
In January of 1941, Ted joined the United States Army. He went through boot camp in Oregon, and while there, met Mabel Ferry. They became engaged, then he left to fulfill his military obligation. He served in the South Pacific under combat conditions, administering first aid to wounded soldiers until they could be moved to a hospital.
On January 3, 1945, Ted and Mabel Ferry were married in Missouri. They moved to Lincoln, where Ted finished his military service as an orderly in the Veteran's Hospital in Lincoln, while Mabel worked for Western Electric. During this time, the Niederkofler's had two children, Ann and Ronald. Upon retiring, the family moved to Oregon, and then when their health began to decline, the couple moved to Fremont, and later into Merrick Manor in Fremont.
Ted was preceded in death by his wife Mabel in January of this year, and by brothers Joseph and Ed.
Survivors: daughter - Ann and husband Rodger Brehm of Fremont
son - Ronald Niederkofler of Vancouver, Washington
2 granddaughters - Julie and husband Rick Hanson
Melissa Brehm
The funeral service will be 10:30 AM Tuesday (Oct. 14th) in the Ludvigsen Mortuary Chapel in Fremont with the Rev. Jim Brooks of the Evangelical Free Church officiating. The committal will follow in Memorial Cemetery with Military Honors by the Fremont Honor Guard of the American Legion Post 20 and VFW Post 854. Memorials are suggested to the 'Honor Flights' for the WW II veterans to see the WW II Veteran's Memorial in the nation's capitol, Washington D.C.
Visitation will be at the Ludvigsen Mortuary in Fremont on Monday from 3 to 8 PM, with the family receiving friends from 6:30 to 8 PM.
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