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Howard Gene Rinkel
b.28 Sep 1927
m. 27 Sep 1920 - Howard Gene Rinkel1927 - 2002
Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Howard Gene Rinkel |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[2] |
28 Sep 1927 |
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| Marriage |
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to Helen Lee Stricklin |
| Graduation[5][14] |
Abt 1949 |
Kansas State University, Kansas, United States |
| Other[6][15] |
Aug 1949 |
News |
| Residence[7] |
Bef 1951 |
Indiana, United States |
| Residence[8][9][10][16] |
Bet 1994 and 2001 |
7560 North 1050 E, Howe, LaGrange Co., Indiana, United States |
| Other[11][17] |
1999 |
News |
| Other[12][18] |
Aug 1999 |
Anecdote |
| Death[3] |
21 Nov 2002 |
LaGrange Co., Indiana, United States |
| Burial[4] |
26 Nov 2002 |
Greenlawn cemetery, Orland, Steuben Co., Indiana, United States |
| Other[13][19] |
Nov 2002 |
Obituary |
| Reference Number |
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43751 |
References
- ↑ Donald Claude Ritter, Jr, Compiler: Don Ritter. Don Ritter's Genealogy Home Page, Location: Ann Arbor, MI, Url:http:/www-personal.umich.edu/~ritterd/index.html. (Dec 2004; website last udated Jan 1998).
- ↑ Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).
- ↑ Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).
- ↑ Ritter/Skelly info. Ritter/Skelly family information, Interviewer: Kristina Kuhn Krumm,Informant Address: Angola, Indiana. (August 2006).
- ↑ Dessie (Ritter) Skelly. The Ritter Family of Steuben County, Indiana, Edition: Revised by MildrenChampion. (Self-published, Angola, Indiana)
page 26B.
- ↑ Dessie (Ritter) Skelly. The Ritter Family of Steuben County, Indiana, Edition: Revised by MildrenChampion. (Self-published, Angola, Indiana)
page 26B.
- ↑ Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).
- ↑ Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).
- ↑ Ancestry's U.S. Public Records Index Record, Url: www.Ancestry.com.
- ↑ U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002 Record at Ancestry, Url:www.ancestry.com.
- ↑ Greenfiled Mills in the news, Url:http://www.kpcnews.net/special-sections/reflections1/reflections18.html.
- ↑ Ritter/Skelly info. Ritter/Skelly family information, Interviewer: Kristina Kuhn Krumm,Informant Address: Angola, Indiana. (August 2006).
- ↑ Ritter/Skelly info. Ritter/Skelly family information, Interviewer: Kristina Kuhn Krumm,Informant Address: Angola, Indiana. (August 2006).
- ↑ from the Department of Milling Industry
- ↑ "Miss Helen Lee Strickland, daughter of superintendent and Mrs. G. W.Strickland of Prescott, Kansas, and Mr. Howard G. Rinkel, a Howe, weremarried Sunday, August 7th at the Methodist Church in Prescott.
The Rev. Roy V. Cartee of Manhattan, Kansas, read the double ring aceremony before the altar banked with Burns, flowers and lightedcandles. The bride was given in marriage by her father. Dean Temann ofWestboro, Missouri, played traditional wedding music at the organ. TheRev. A. Gamble, Pastor of the Prescott Methodist Church, sang "I LoveYou Truly," "Because," and "the Lord's Prayer." The tape first werelighted by sorority sisters of the bride, Miss Lois Billington, Edna,Kansas; and Miss Mildred Bitts, Pomona, Kansas. The flower girls wereBonnie and Shirley Biery, nieces of the bride. The rings were carriedon a white satin pillow by the bride nephew, Terry Biery. The best manwas Phil Garrison, Topeka, Kansas; and the matron of honor was Mrs. DeanTiemann, sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Mrs. Freeman Biery,sister of the bride, and Mrs. A. J. Wetzel, sister of the groom. Theushers were Freeman Biery of Longford, Kansas, and A. J. Wetzel ofOrland_
The bride and attended Kansas State College where she was a member ofClovia Sorority. She was active in Collegiate 4 H. club, Kappa Beta andher church youth group. The bridegroom was graduated from theDepartment of Milling Industry, Kansas State College, this spring. Hewas a member of Theta Xi fraternity and Alpha Mu, the honorary millingfraternity. He was vice president of the Student Christian Foundation,a member of Collegiate 4 H. club, and the Agricultural Council.
The bridal couple left for a short honeymoon in the Ozarks. The bridewore a dress of black and white sheer with white accessories and acorsage of pink gladioli. After the wedding trip the couple will be athome in Greenfield Mills, near Howe, where the groom is associated withhis father in the milling business."
- ↑ this same street address is also listed as being in two other towns,Orland and Mongo, Indiana, so it may be near the border of these cities
- ↑ "Rinkel family still at the wheel of Greenfield Mills
By NATALIE HESS
The News-Sun, 1999
GREENFIELD MILLS - Greenfield Mills earned a reputation as a "jinxed oldmill" during the years before Henry Rinkel purchased it in 1904.
What gave the mill this stigma? Let's just say that the mill had someissues with ownership throughout the 19th century.
In 1835 visionary Samuel Burnside built a saw mill on the banks ofCrooked Creek in northeast LaGrange County. Peter Beisel decided toconstruct a grist mill nearby and use materials from Burnside's mill tobuild his own mill.
"Years ago water was the determining factor of where you could build amill," says Howard Rinkel, present owner of Greenfield Mills. "Mills ranoff of water power. There was no electric power."
Unfortunately Beisel ran into financial trouble and could not completethe grist mill. The mill had to wait until 1846 to be completed by AmosDavis. The "jinxed old mill" spent half of a century being tossed aroundto different owners. When Henry Rinkel purchased it in 1904, the millwas being used as a dance hall because the Crooked Creek dam had beenwashed out months before.
Skeptical neighbors assisted Rinkel for two long years with their picksand shovels. Extensive repairs were necessary at the obsolete mill.Finally, in 1906, Rinkel began producing "New Wrinkle" flour.
The mill is still producing the same quality flour. However, now theflour is labeled "New Rinkel" and Crooked Creek has been renamed FawnRiver.
Since 1904, Greenfield Mills has been family-owned, passed along fromfather to son two times. Howard Rinkel is a third-generation owner. Afourth, fifth and sixth generation exist, though none are designated totake over the mill.
While there were once hundreds of small wheat mills in Indiana, thereare now only a handful left in the country.
"Business has changed a lot. Farmers used to come and buy a year'ssupply of flour from us," said Rinkel. "(The flour industry) is allcommercialized now, so our main buyers are bakeries."
Rinkel explains that years ago grocery stores were family-owned, andcustomers baked from scratch. Now grocery stores are massive supermarketchains. Customers use mixes instead of flour.
"It is a faster world now," said Rinkel's wife, Helen.
In 1974, Howard, Howard's father and Howard's son David broke ground ona "New Mill" building just down the road from the "Old Mill." The "NewMill" could produce the same amount of flour in one room that the oldmill produced on four floors.
For many years, the "New Mill" produced flour used to bread KentuckyFried Chicken. But after Colonel Sanders' death in the late 1980s, KFCchanged its recipe and no longer used the soft winter wheat flour.
The "New Mill" was approached by an Ohio company in 1975 about grindingorganic buckwheat flour. Since then, Howard's daughter, Joyce Rinkel,has taken over all of the organic business. The "New Mill" was OCIAcertified in 1996 and now produces only organic flour. Today organicflour is Greenfield Mills' most successful product. Semis carry outloads of 40,000 pounds about once a week. These loads are transported toPortsmouth, Ark., for the making of crackers.
Greenfield Mills is the oldest commercial water-powered mill left in thestate and the oldest business in LaGrange County. The organic industryof the "New Mill" has the potential to carry on the success ofGreenfield Mills for years to come."
- ↑ Howard and Helen had a professional photo taken for their 50th Weddinganniversary announcement
- ↑ "HOWE-- Howard G. Rinkel, 75, died Thursday, November 21, 2002, at hishome. Mr. Rinkel was a fifth generation owner and operator of GreenfieldMills Inc. He was a lifelong resident of Greenfield Township. He was alifetime member and a deacon at Brighton Chapel. He was born September28, 1927 to George and Helen Mae (Rector) Rinkel in Greenfield Township,Lagrange County. His parents preceded him in death. He married HelenL. Strickland on August 7, 1949 in Agenda, Kansas. She survives.
Also surviving are one daughter, Joyce L. Rinkel of Howe; three sons andthree daughters-in-law, Hal and Linda Rinkel of La Porte, Danny andMarilyn Rinkel of Howe and David and Mary Rinkel of Howe; one sister,Frances Wetzel of Sebring, Florida; seven grandchildren and threegreat-grandchildren. Services will be held at 10 AM Tuesday at BrightonChapel. The Rev. Rodney Shuler and the Rev. J. Arnold Fair willofficiate. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery in Orland. Calling isfrom 2 -- 4 PM and 6 -- 8 PM Monday at Brighton Chapel. Memorials areto Brighton Chapel or state Baptist Church. Arrangements are byFrurip-May Funeral Home in Lagrange."
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