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Elmer Gravdahl

Furniture Department Manager
Stavig Brothers, Department Store

Key responsibilities
From 1959 to 1997 Elmer Gravdahl ran the entire department managing a staff of one handling the sales, buying, shipping, and receiving. In his early days he also did the deliveries. In fact, he started out as the department's deliveryman.

Manager
Elmer reported directly to Barr Bainbridge, store owner and general manager.

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Elmer Gravdahl

Projects

Re-upholstery Work: Elmer Gravdahl was an accomplished re-upholstery craftsman. His apprenticeship started in 1959. By 1965 he was quite good at the trade. He worked with cloth, leather, and vinyl. He made new furniture and used, worn out furniture into new furniture that looked and felt better than the day it was originally manufactured.

Elmer's Sled

Elmer at work on a buggie Elmer looking over his sled

Fishing: In his younger days, Elmer Gravdahl was quite a fisherman. He liked to fish for Walleye Pike, a fresh water sports fish that is considered a premium eating fish in the Midwest.

Lake Elmer's Big Catch

One of Elmer's Fishing Spots at a North East South Dakota Lake

Elmer never bothered to do any deep water fishing...which is not surprising considering the nearest deep water was several thousand miles away. His favorite bate was angle worms which he dug out of Clarice's (his wife's) garden.

He wore out his rod and reel each year. Every spring he picked up a new one at the store next to his work. No doubt, we looked over all the inventory many days in advance in anticipation of getting his next rig.

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Pheasant Hunting

Another one of Elmer's pastimes was Pheasant Hunting which he indulged in every fall in his earlier years.

Dinner (or Pheasant for non-hunters [g])

Reading: Will Rodgers never met a man he didn't like. Elmer never found a publication he didn't like. If it had print he read it. He enjoyed reading beside Clarice each night before dinner, after dinner, before bedtime, and oftentimes he read himself to sleep.

Points of Interest and Distances

Elmer's home town, Sisseton, South Dakota is actually the Northeast gateway to:

The Black Hills (435 miles)
Mt. Rushmore (442 miles)
Custer State Park (462 miles)
Deadwood (428 miles)
Rapid City (436 miles)
Wall Drugs, one of Elmer's haunts. (362 miles)

See Photos Below:

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Elmer Gravdahl

Elmer's Brothers

Elmer family tree has only one trunk but lots of limbs. He only had one "full" brother, but he also had quite a bit more half-brothers and half-sisters and step-brothers and step-sisters.

Below on the left is a photo taken by Elmer's grandson, Dean Gravdahl of Elmer, Albert (Elmer's brother), Marie (Albert's wife), and Clarice (Elmer's wife). Below on the right is a photo of Elmer and his brother, Albert Gravdahl who is 4 years his senior.

Elmer's Family Elmer and his brother, Albert in 1996

Elmer and His Family

Here are some pictures of Elmer's Mom, and Elmer's Dad and Mom taken a long time ago.

Elmer's Mom Elmer's Mom & Dad

Here are some pictures of Elmer's Father and Elmer, and Elmer's Grandfather and Grandmother.

Elmer and His Dad

Below are some pictures of Elmer's Brothers and Sisters, and his brother John and their Grandfather, Pete Gravdahl.

Elmer's brothers and sisters in 1912 Elmer's brother, John and Elmer's Dad, Pete.

Below is a picture taken in 1894 of Elmer's Grandfather and Grandmother, Bert (middle left) & Myrtle (middle right), and Uncle Burt Mussetter (rear left), Aunt Myrtle Musetter (rear right) - (who are bother and sister), Lee Mussetter (bottom right), Elmer's Uncle , and Elmira Musetter (bottom left), Elmer's Mother.

The Mussetter family.

Elmer's House and Sled

Here are some pictures of Elmer's and Clarice's historic house and the sled Elmer made.

Elmer's Historic House Elmer's Sled

Hot List

Six months before Elmer passed away his son, Don in California sent him his first personal computer. It was a 486 compatible system with a modem. Elmer signed with a local Internet provider and got online within a few weeks. Even though he was real sick with his heart condition that eventually took him, he spent up to three hours a day surfing the World Wide Web. No doubt, he was READING...which was his passion. He visited the Pyramids in Egypt, the White House, National News and Magazines, and so on. Here are some of Elmer's favorite links from his bookmark file:

Here is some additional information about South Dakota

South Dakota

Travel Tools
	Air, Car, Hotel Reservations Maps	People Finder Yellow Pages

Web Sites
	Area Attractions Education Events Food and Drink Government Lodging Maps Newspapers	Parks and Gardens Regional Information Relocation Information Television Transportation Travel and Tourism Weather

Destinations
	Cities	Regions

Area Attractions
	Roadside America: South Dakota South Dakota Show Caves Directory -- (Good Earth)

Education
	South Dakota K-12 Schools -- (Web66)

Events
	Abundance Across America - Food Festivals in South Dakota South Dakota Trade Shows, Conferences and Exhibitions -- (EXPOguide)

Food and Drink
	South Dakota Brewpubs -- (Beer Travelers) South Dakota Restaurants -- (A la Carte Guide to North America) South Dakota Vegetarian Restaurants -- (World Guide to Vegetarianism)

Government
	South Dakota State and Local Government -- (Library of Congress) South Dakota members of the U.S. House of Representatives State of South Dakota United States Senators

Lodging
	Hotels and Travel on the Net - South Dakota

Newspapers
	South Dakota Newspapers -- (AJR NewsLink) South Dakota: Newspaper Services on the Internet -- (Editor & Publisher)

Parks and Gardens

Badlands NP
-- (National Park Service)
Botanical Gardens in South Dakota
-- (GardenNet)
Jewel Cave NM
-- (National Park Service)
Missouri River NRA
-- (National Park Service)
Mount Rushmore NM
-- (National Park Service)
National Park Service Units in South Dakota
Official Mount Rushmore Home Page
-- (South Dakota Department of Tourism)
South Dakota National Forests
-- (U.S. Forest Service)
South Dakota State Parks and Recreation Areas
-- (South Dakota Department of Tourism)
South Dakota forests, monuments, parks and wilderness areas
-- (GORP)
Wind Cave NP
-- (National Park Service)

Regional Information
	Black Hills Regional Information

Relocation Information
	South Dakota - International Real Estate Directory

Television
	South Dakota Public Broadcasting South Dakota Public Broadcasting Stations

Transportation
	South Dakota Speedtraps -- (A. Warner)

Travel and Tourism
	Go Explore - South Dakota Road Trip USA: US-83 - South Dakota -- (Moon Travel Handbooks) South Dakota Department of Tourism World Beat - Rough Guide - South Dakota -- (HotWired)

Weather
	Current Weather Conditions for South Dakota -- (Weather Underground)

Today's Weather

Aberdeen
Mist
Hi 59° F (15° C)
Lo 37° F (3° C)

Huron
Light Rain
Hi 59° F (15° C)
Lo 37° F (3° C)

Pierre
Rain
Hi 51° F (10° C)
Lo 37° F (3° C)

Rapid City
Light Rain
Hi 53° F (12° C)
Lo 33° F (0° C)

Sioux Falls
Thundery
Hi 55° F (13° C)
Lo 39° F (3° C)

Biographical Information

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Elmer Gravdahl

Stavig Brothers, Department Store
Furniture Department Manager, 1959-1997

Elmer worked his way up from the department's delivery person to the manager of the entire department reporting directly to the store owner and general manager.

Sisseton Farm
Farmer, 1943-1959

Elmer worked on the Vellenga farms for a long period of time. He was involved in all areas of general farm work.

Personal Interests

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Elmer Gravdahl

Reading
Crafts
Fishing
New Cars ... and keeping his "old" car "new"
Visiting neighbors and friends
Surfing the Internet

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Contact Information

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February 26, 1913 - December 7, 1996

Elmer and Clarice Gravdahl (At their 60th. wedding anniversary celebration.)

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Comments and Suggestions

Copyright © 1997 Don Gravdahl. All rights reserved worldwide.

Interested in a Web page for your business? E-Mail to NickAnis@aol.com

Last update: Wednesday, July 15, 1998

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Elmer Gravdahl Memorial Home Page

February 26, 1913 - December 7, 1996

Elmer and Clarice Gravdahl (At their 60th. wedding anniversary celebration.)

Job Information

Elmer Gravdahl Memorial Home Page

Elmer Gravdahl Memorial Home Page

Elmer Gravdahl Memorial Home Page

Biographical Information

Elmer Gravdahl Memorial Home Page

Personal Interests

Elmer Gravdahl Memorial Home Page

Elmer Gravdahl Memorial Home Page

Contact Information

Comments and Suggestions

Copyright © 1997 Don Gravdahl. All rights reserved worldwide.

Interested in a Web page for your business? E-Mail to NickAnis@aol.com

Last update: Wednesday, July 15, 1998

This site uses table layout capabilities as documented in HTML 3.2 (May 1996). BEST EXPERIENCED WITH:

This site uses table layout capabilities as documented in HTML 3.2 (May 1996).
BEST EXPERIENCED WITH: