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Charles "Bud" W. Eichholz
Jody Hane2020-10-08T14:11:46-05:00
- Name: Charles "Bud" W. Eichholz
- Location of Birth: Cook, Minnesota
- Date of Birth: October 5, 1931
- Date of Death: September 23, 1995 (63 years old)
- Parents: Oscar Eichholz and Anna (Lappi) Eichholz
- High School and Class: 1950 - Cook High School, Cook, Minnesota
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Korean Conflict
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Bud married Geraldine Glidden on November 24, 1956, in Hibbing, Minnesota.
He was a maintenance mechanic for M.A. Hanna Mining Company and National Steel for forty-one years, retiring in 1992.
Bud was a member of the Nashwauk Lutheran Church in Nashwauk, Minnesota and the National Rifle Association.
Preceded in death by his father, Oscar, and a brother, Raymond; he is survived by his wife, Geraldine; three sons, Gregory, Douglas, and David; three daughters, Laura Bigo, Patricia Andrews, and Karen; his mother, Anna; two brothers, Clifford and Milton; three sisters, Elinor Alarcon, Patrician Burrell, and Nancy Olson; and five grandchildren.
Bud died at his home in Nashwauk Township and is buried in Nashwauk Cemetery at Nashwauk, Minnesota. (No photo of grave marker is available at this time.)
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