Frederich Ralph Lafountain

1885 - 1941  (55 years)

• Name	Frederich Ralph Lafountain
  Birth	28 Feb 1885	Colman, Moody County, South Dakota, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	1941	McCord, Assiniboia Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada
  	Cause: Apoplectic stroke
  	?b?F. R. LaFOUNTAIN DIES AT McCORD McCORD.?/b? District people suffered a shock Wednesday on receiving news of the death of Frederick Ralph LaFountain, better known over a vast district and to many friends as Fred LaFountain. Mr. LaFountain was attending to his duties at the Saskatchewan Pool elevator Tuesday and suffered an apoplectic stroke from which he never regained consciousness until his death Wednesday. He was born in Coleman, S.D., Feb. 28, 1885. For a short time he worked with the Great Northern Railway as trainman and came to Canada in 1908. homesteading in the Keeler district where he married Alma Fu-merton. From this union two children were born. Dorothy and Lloyd. Mrs. LaFountain died in 1912 and he returned to U.S.A. In 1914 he married Minnie C. Weyer and he and his wife returned to Canada in 1915, homesteading in the Meyronne district until he was appointed agent for Ogilvie elevator in 1917 where he remained until 1921. He went to the Pioneer elevator in 1923. He entered a partnership in an independent elevator with Rube Led-iey, this being given up in 1925, and he went to the Reliance Grain Co. and was their agent until coming to McCord for the Saskatchewan Pool elevators in 1929. He acted in this capacity and farmed until his death. His host of friends paid their last respects at the funeral. Besides his wife, Mr. LaFountain leaves five daughters, Mrs. H. Anderson, Mrs. Arthur Peterson, Regina; Mrs. Walter Payne, j Medicine Hat; Catherine and Una at home: three sons, Lloyd of Glentworth; Ralph and Lewis at home; two sisters, Mrs. Ina Judd, Walla Walla, Wash., and Miss Co-lema LaFountain, Lebanon, Ore.; four brothers, Chester of St. Paul, Minn.; Walter, Lloyd and Dale of Portland, Ore. Clipping location on The Leader-Post page 17 CLIPPED FROM The Leader-Post Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 29 Jun 1942, Mon ? Page 17 dianeduncan01 Member Photo CLIPPED BY dianeduncan01 ? 12 seconds ago
  Person ID	I34669	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2021

  
  

  Family	Alma Jessie Fumerton,   b. 19 Mar 1878, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 15 Nov 1913, Keeler, Moose Jaw Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	1 Jul 1910	Keeler, Moose Jaw Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada
  Children	1. Dorothy Jean Lafountain,   b. Feb 1911, Saskatchewan, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   2. Lloyd Lafountain,   b. 28 Jan 1912, Keeler, Moose Jaw Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada d. 1986, Fort MacLeod, Claresholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F12250	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2021

  
  

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  Birth - 28 Feb 1885 - Colman, Moody County, South Dakota, United States Death - Cause: Apoplectic stroke - 1941 - McCord, Assiniboia Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada  = Link to Google Earth