R. Earl Mcdougall

Rolph Earl McDougall was born May 17, 1913 in Keene Township, Clay County, Minnesota, to Ernest and Ida Holt McDougall. He grew up and attended rural country school for one year, then after the death of his father in 1921, moved with his family in 1922, to Hawley, Minnesota. He attended school, graduating from Hawley High School in 1932. He enrolled in the CCC's in 1933 and spent one year in northern Minnesota. In 1937, he moved to Twin Valley, Minnesota, where he managed a grocery store for Peterson Brothers of Hawley. He married Edna J. Erickson on July 20, 1941 in Twin Valley. In July of 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was assigned to the Amphibious Force, where he was stationed in the European Theatre and later transferred to the Pacific Theatre. At the close of the war, he returned to the United States and they resided in Hawley, MN. He worked as an assistant cashier at the First National Bank of Hawley until 1966, and then was employed as office manager at Sellin Brothers of Hawley until his retirement in 1978. He continued to live in Hawley. He was an active member of Hawley Lutheran Church. Earl was an excellent woodworker, who made many beautiful items that he shared with family and friends.He is survived by his wife, Edna McDougall, Ulen, MN; one son, Thomas Connie McDougall, Hawley, MN; one daughter, Nancy McDougall, La Crosse, WI; six grandchildren, Sam Amy Current Giere, Dubuque, IA, Erik Sylva Hanson, Winona, MN, Kristen Matt Gibson, Elm City, NC, Leslie Haack, Hayward, WI, Janelle Kelly Kilgore, Grand Forks, ND, and Jason Mattson, Marshfield, WI; twelve great-grandchildren; one brother, Gordon McDougall, Moorhead, MN; and one sister, Lillian William Ryther, Park Rapids, MN. Earl was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Mildred Johnson; two brothers, Lowell and Earl's twin brother, Verle; three sisters-in-law, Anna McDougall, Hazel McDougall & Mary Ann McDougall and one brother-in-law, Nelmer Johnson.