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JOSEPH "JOE" ALBERT THALHOFER
1900 - 1979
Joseph Albert Thalhoter was born March 19, 1900 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin to
Albert John and Anna Klima Thaihofer. lie attended grade and high schools
in Oshkosh before receiving a degree in Business Administration from Marquette
University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
In September, 1922, Joe accompanied William Bray, a Lumberman from Oshkosh,
to Klamath Falls, Oregon where Bray bought a sawmill on the Sprague River.
Joe was appointed company secretary and had charge of the commissary.
On June 16, 1923, Joe married the former Ursula Kerwin, of Silver lake,
Wisconson, a teacher. Later, Joe took a position as paymaster at Algoma
Lumber Company and then joined Pelican Bay Lumber Company, Kiamath Falls,
as assistant sales manager. He was also in charge of the retail lumber yard.
Joe joined the U. S. Forest Service and was employed in the Ochoco National
Forest office in Prineville, Oregon from 1935 to 1960. First, he served as
Administrative Assistant and then as. Administrative Officer, lie was transferred
to the Regional Office in Portland in June, 1960 and remained there
until his retirement in 1964, at which time he and Ursula returned to t.heir
home in Prineville.
For the next three years Joe wor'ked in the Federal Abundant Foods Program
then was appointed as trustee for the Referee in Bankruptcy for the Central
Oregon region and served in that capacity until his death June 18, 1979.
Joe was a parishioner of St. Joseph's Catholic urth. He was a long-time
member and past Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus in both Kiamath al1s
and Prineville. He was also a member of the American Legion, having served
in the United States Army during World War I. He was amember of the Crook
County Rationing Board during World War II. He also served as budget off icer
for the Crook County Cemetery Improvement Committee.
Joe and Ursula had four children:- three boys, Joseph John, Deschutes County
District Judge, Robert Lawson and Paul Albert, all born in Klamath E'alls;
and a daughter, Mary Pnn, born in Bend who is now Mrs. Hardy Myers.
When Joe passed away, he was survived by his wife and four children, fourteen
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Also surviving were t.wo
sisters and a brother, all residing in Wisconsin - Mrs. Marie Redfern and
Albert Thaihofer of Oshkosh and Mrs. Josephine Bishop of 2heboygan.
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By Mrs. Ursula Thaihofer
Through Cleon L. Clark