Ernest Trampe 1939 - 2013

TRAMPE, TREDE, SANDS

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/2/2013 at 12:45:25

Sioux City Journal
12 June 2013

ANTHON, Iowa | Ernest Trampe, 74, of Dunn Center, N.D. passed away Monday, June 10, 2013, at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck, N.D.

Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Killdeer, N.D., with the Rev. Dale Naaben officiating. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Stevenson Funeral Home in Killdeer. Visitation will resume 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at Armstrong Funeral Home in Anthon. Graveside service will be 11 a.m. Monday in Oak Hill Cemetery, Anthon. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at www.stevensonfuneralhome.com.

Ernest was born on Feb. 6, 1939, in rural Dunn County, N.D., the son of Gust and Anna (Trede) Trampe. He grew up and attended country school in the Dunn County area. As a young man, he worked on the family homestead, being the third generation. Ernest was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1963. Due to his mother’s illness, he returned to the family farm in Dunn Center to help his parents.

He began Trampe-Loraas Livestock Trucking with his brother, Dallas. After the death of Dallas in 1983, Ernest continued to run the trucking company as Trampe Livestock Trucking until 2011.

Ernest married Cathy Sands on April 12, 1984 in Moville, Iowa. They made their home in Dunn Center, where they operated the farm and the trucking business. Ernie especially enjoyed his regular customers which he hauled cattle for over the years. He also hauled horses, pigs and buffalo.

He loved his German Shepard dogs, especially Sparks. Ernie enjoyed a good game of pinochle, his Plymouth car collection, tractors, his neighbors and getting together with them over the years. He always enjoyed riding horses, rounding up cattle, branding and moving them in the fall. Ernest served on the Halliday Fire District for many years. He was a member of Vang Lutheran Church.

Ernest is survived by his wife, Cathy; son, Curtis (Stacy) Svendsen of Sioux City; daughter, Kit Svendsen of Ida Grove, Iowa; five grandchildren, Katrina Johnson, Garrett Johnson, Mallery, Brett and Brandon Svendsen; and two great-grandchildren, Jaylyn and Jacob.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Gust and Anna; and three brothers, Bernard, Wilbur and Dallas.