1917
Mina
2005
Mina L. Dittes Whittenberg
May 17, 1917 — March 3, 2005
Mina Mae (Dittes) Whittenberg, 87, Fargo, ND, died Thursday, March 3, 2005, in Innovis Health, Fargo.
Mina Mae Waters was born May 17, 1917, on a family farm north of Robinson, ND, to William Henry and Elsie Elora (Wayne) Waters. Mina was the second of six children: one boy and five girls. Mina was raised in that area and graduated from Robinson High School. She attended Dickinson (ND) State College. Mina worked in the post office as well as Security State Bank in Robinson. She also worked in the Kidder County Extension office in Steele, ND.
Mina worked in various jobs in Medford, OR, and Walla Walla, WA. One was being an inspector for Libby Canning Company. Mina felt anyone from North Dakota could get a job during the depression years, because she felt they had a reputation for being good workers. In 1939, Mina moved to Minneapolis, MN, where she worked as a department head for F.W. Woolworth Company on Nicollett Avenue.
Mina married William Henry Dittes Sr., in St. Cloud, MN, in 1942. One son, William Henry Dittes Jr., was born. After living in Tennessee, Iowa and several Minnesota cities, including New York Mills, Mina moved to Moorhead, MN, in 1962. She worked for nine years in the Fargo Camp Fire Girls office. She was also an independent sales supervisor for Shaklee Corporation.
In 1965, Mina married Dr. David Whittenberg, in Grace United Methodist Church, Moorhead. She joined her husband as a Chiropractic Assistant, and received the "Distinguished Service Award" from the MN Chiropractic Association for outstanding service and dedication to the chiropractic profession. In December 2001, Mina became a Tahitian Noni International distributor. They moved to Colorado Springs, CO, in 2002, but returned to the Fargo-Moorhead area in November 2004.
Mina is survived by her husband, David, Fargo; son, William Dittes Jr., Fargo; one granddaughter, Dawn Marie Cossette, Crookston, MN; two great-grandchildren, Austin and Alyssa Goelzer, Crookston; and three sisters, Orpha Jean Neustel, Beulah, ND, Bertie
Visitation: Sunday, March 6, 2005; 5 - 7 PM, in Korsmo Funeral Chapel, Moorhead.
Funeral: Monday, March 7, 2005 at 2 PM, in Grace United Methodist Church, Moorhead.
Burial: Fairview Cemetery, Robinson, ND.
Mina Mae Waters was born May 17, 1917, on a family farm north of Robinson, ND, to William Henry and Elsie Elora (Wayne) Waters. Mina was the second of six children: one boy and five girls. Mina was raised in that area and graduated from Robinson High School. She attended Dickinson (ND) State College. Mina worked in the post office as well as Security State Bank in Robinson. She also worked in the Kidder County Extension office in Steele, ND.
Mina worked in various jobs in Medford, OR, and Walla Walla, WA. One was being an inspector for Libby Canning Company. Mina felt anyone from North Dakota could get a job during the depression years, because she felt they had a reputation for being good workers. In 1939, Mina moved to Minneapolis, MN, where she worked as a department head for F.W. Woolworth Company on Nicollett Avenue.
Mina married William Henry Dittes Sr., in St. Cloud, MN, in 1942. One son, William Henry Dittes Jr., was born. After living in Tennessee, Iowa and several Minnesota cities, including New York Mills, Mina moved to Moorhead, MN, in 1962. She worked for nine years in the Fargo Camp Fire Girls office. She was also an independent sales supervisor for Shaklee Corporation.
In 1965, Mina married Dr. David Whittenberg, in Grace United Methodist Church, Moorhead. She joined her husband as a Chiropractic Assistant, and received the "Distinguished Service Award" from the MN Chiropractic Association for outstanding service and dedication to the chiropractic profession. In December 2001, Mina became a Tahitian Noni International distributor. They moved to Colorado Springs, CO, in 2002, but returned to the Fargo-Moorhead area in November 2004.
Mina is survived by her husband, David, Fargo; son, William Dittes Jr., Fargo; one granddaughter, Dawn Marie Cossette, Crookston, MN; two great-grandchildren, Austin and Alyssa Goelzer, Crookston; and three sisters, Orpha Jean Neustel, Beulah, ND, Bertie
Visitation: Sunday, March 6, 2005; 5 - 7 PM, in Korsmo Funeral Chapel, Moorhead.
Funeral: Monday, March 7, 2005 at 2 PM, in Grace United Methodist Church, Moorhead.
Burial: Fairview Cemetery, Robinson, ND.
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