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Adelle Luebke lived in Florida. Her daughter, Harriet, while a teenager, spent time in the Shriners Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina and received letters from William Wilkes Andrews.

After six years of saving, Mr. Adolf Dederer had enough money to pay his passage from Russia to Winnipeg. The ship he sailed on was in poor repair, and had to turn back when it was nearing the half-way mark. After changing ships he finally reached North America, 50 days after leaving Russia. Mr. Dederer settled in Winnipeg and worked at several jobs; cutting wood, laying water and sewer lines and firing and cleaning boilers. He married Wilhelmina (nee Cannenbert) in 1909, and later ventured into the business world, when he and his brother opened a meat and grocery store. They also bought a dairy farm at St. Anne, Manitoba, and after three years, sold both enterprises and moved to Leader,Saskatchewan. In Leader, they operated a successful meat and grocery store for several years before they eventually bought a grain farm. The brothers later separated, and in 1921, Adolf Dederer came to Medicine Hat where he opened a meat and grocery store on 7th Avenue. Farming however continued to play a part in his life, and he bought 2.5 sections of land near Bullshead. At that time, land was being sold for $1.50 to $2.50 per acre to pay for back taxes. His first crop was so successful that he paid for the land and machinery all in one year. Mr. Dederer eventually sold the land, and in 1931, built the Gas City Flour Mill despite the fact that three flour mills were already operating within the city. He planned and supervised the building of the mill, and was successful in its operation despite fierce competition among the mills in town. ;Always ready for a new venture, Mr. Dederer opened a puffed wheat plant in conjunction with the mill. The business was a success and the product sold locally and beyond. When the mill and puffed wheat plant were sold, Mr. Dederer continued with his entrepeneurial spirit and started his own construction company. Some of his biggest projects included construction and ownership of the Towne Theatre, the Drive-In Theatre, Park Lane Bowl and the Park Lane Motor Hotel under the name of Dederer Enterprises. Adolf Dederer passed away on January 21, 1982. He was predeceased by his wife Wilhelmina, on June 13, 1972.

Adolf Ikert, 1926-2001, was born in Syki, Poland. In 1944 he began work with the railway in Krakow, Poland followed by five years in Germany. He and his family immigrated to Canada in 1949 settling first in Wapella, Saskatchewan followed by Bashaw, Alberta. Adolf soon moved to Dawson Creek, British Columbia where he worked for Co-op, MacDonald's Wholesale and Monarch Life. In 1950 he met Florence Mae McCuaig, 1921-2001, and they partnered on several Dreamland Style Shops in British Columbia. They married in 1956 and established Pouce Variety and Economy Lumber in Pouce Coupe, British Columbia. Adolf was very active in his community and was also very interested in history, canoeing from Peace River to Montreal for Canada's Centennial in 1967.

Joseph Jules Adrien Clement La Rivière was born February 14, 1877 in Saint-Boniface, Manitoba; he was the son of Alphonse A. La Rivière and Marie Bordeau. In 1909, Adrien became a clerk for the Hudson Bay Company at Dunvegan, Alberta; he had previously been employed at Lesser Slave Lake. He was a director of the Edmonton Stock Yards Company Limited. He served as Mayor of Grouard, Alberta. Adrien was a lieutenant in the 233rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (North-West French-Canadians unit during the First World War). He and wife Ernestine had two daughters, Marcelle (Rumpf) and Carmeline (Kirkland). Adrien died May 15, 1949.

Adolph Fimrite was born on February 15, 1913, in Kingman, Alberta. He owned Fimrite's Department Store in Wanham, Alberta. Mr. Fimrite served as a Social Credit Member for the constituencies of Spirit River and Spirit River-Fairview from 1952 to 1971. He was appointed Deputy Chair of the Northern Alberta Development Council on April 23, 1963. While serving as Chair, he oversaw the creation and the building of the Alberta Resources Railway as well as the Highway 34 Bridge and the Highway 2 Suspension Bridge. He was appointed Minister Without Portfolio in 1966. He left the Alberta Legislative Assembly after running unsuccessfully in the provincial election in 1971. Adolph Fimrite died on July 18, 1990, in Kelowna, British Columbia.

Adolf Maland, 1889-1958, was born in Furnes Sidmark, Norway and came to Alberta in 1908. He settled in Camrose where he was partner in the hardware firm of Ofrim and Maland for 40 years. He was one of the best ski jumpers in Alberta and was instrumental in forming the first Camrose "Fram" Ski Club in 1911 and the National Ski Association of Western Canada in 1912. He and his wife, Signe, had a son, John and three daughters.

Agnes Mary Comfort was born in 1902. Her family moved to Red Deer, Alberta in 1906. She attended the University of Alberta, became a teacher, and joined the faculty of the Canadian Nazarene College, Red Deer, in 1932. She taught school there until the College moved to Winnipeg in 1961. She then taught at local schools until her retirement in 1967.

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