Valentine Leo Fermenich

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Name: Valentine Leo Fermenich
Location of Birth: Mankato, Minnesota
Date of Birth: February 14, 1897
Date of Death: January 7, 1984 (86 years old)
Parents: Leo Fermenich and Amy (Keene) Fermenich
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World War I

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Valentine lived in Duluth, Minnesota and Warba, Minnesota for 63 years.

He married Hazel Arietta Pyle.

Valentine retired in 1960 as a foreman after 40 years with the former Zenith Furnace Division of Interlake Iron Corporation.

Valentine was a member of the Grand Rapids, Minnesota VFW Post 2504 and the Warba Presbyterian Church in Warba, Minnesota.

Survivors are his wife, Hazel; a daughter, Caroline Watters; a son, Ellsworth; four grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.

Valentine is buried in Oneota Cemetery at Duluth, Minnesota.

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