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HAROLD AND MEDA HEUPEL Harold Heupel, twin son of Fred and Christina (Knodel) Heupel, was born December 28, 1919 in McPherson County. His twin, Arnold, died in 1980. His sisters include Erna Heupel, Irene (Mrs. Reiny) Stotz, Frieda (Mrs. Alvin) Larson, all of Aberdeen, and brother, Dr. Alden Heupel, Fargo. Harold and Meda Heupel Harold was united in marriage to Meda Meidinger at Ashley Reformed Church on July 17, 1949. Meda is one of eleven children born to John R. and Lydia (Meidinger) Meidinger near Zeeland. She was born June 4, 1922. Harold and Meda have three children, Susan, Dennis and Jane. Susan Marie, born May 31, 1950, graduated at the University of South Dakota, majoring in Medical Technology. She married David Price on September 28, 1980 at Minneapolis. David was born November 21, 1944 in Minneapolis. He is self-employed as a management consultant in Minneapolis. Susan is employed at Twin City Testing as a mass spectroscopist in St. Paul. They live at 4011 Monteray Avenue, Edina, Minnesota. Dennis Duane was born October 26, 1952 at Eureka. He married Michelle Mary Dailey, November 29, 1974 at Eureka. Michelle was born September 15, 1956 to John Gordon and Velma Lee (Benedick) Dailey. Dennis and Michelle are graduates of South Dakota State University at Brookings, majoring in mechanized agriculture and textile, clothing and home economics, respectively. Michelle is employed at Eureka Designs. Prior to this employment, she worked at the Eureka Hospital as food supervisor for eight years. After graduating, Dennis returned to Eureka and is farming the Heupel and Son Corporation farm. Living in Eureka in the former "Grandma Straub" house located at 804 I Avenue, which they have extensively remodeled, they have one son, Matthew Harold, born March 11, 1982. Another child is expected in April 1986. Jane Louise, born August 16, 1955, graduated from South Dakota State University with a degree in Botany-Biology. She spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippine Islands and was married to Quirino Blasco, Naga City Camerine Sur, October 3, 1981, in Eureka. She is presently employed by the Florida Department of Agriculture as an agricultural products specialist, division of plant industry. Living at West Palm Beach, Florida, Quirino is employed in the trust department of the 1st American Bank. Harold had various jobs in the Eureka area in his youth: working as mortician's helper for Alex Mehlhaff, co-owner of Kary and Heupel Standard Service with Val Kary, Eureka Drive Inn, located across from the bank on Main and Market Street, co-manager of the Luncheonette with twin brother, Arnold. In the early 1950's Harold bought the Libis farm in Jackson Township, adding more acreage through the years, recently purchasing the adjoining property in Campbell County, raising mostly corn and feed crops for their cattle feeding operation. Harold is now semi-retired. Meda grew up on her parents farm north of Zeeland. After her parents retired to the city of Ashley, Meda stayed on the farm with four brothers for four years before enrolling at Christie's Beauty School at Bismarck, for a course in cosmetology. After graduation in June, 1947, she returned to Ashley and purchased the Ashley Beauty Shop. After her marriage two years later, she moved Meda's Beauty Shop to Eureka and is presently still in operation at 804 Ninth Street.

Harald married Meda Magdalene Meidinger on 17 Jul 1949 in Ashley, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA. Meda (daughter of John R. Meidinger and Lydia Meidinger) was born on 4 Jun 1922 in Zeeland, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA; died on 31 Aug 2016 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Friedrich married Christina Knodel about 1911. Christina was born in 1892 in Odessa, Ukrayina; died in in McPherson County, South Dakota, USA; was buried in Eureka Cemetery, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married Katharina Weisser about 1881. Katharina was born on 3 Mar 1861 in Neudorf, Odessa, Ukrayina; died in in McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married Christina Elisabetha Bentz on 27 Mar 1856 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina. Christina (daughter of Johannes Georg Bentz and Gertrud Wild) was born on 18 Jan 1834 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina; died in in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]