Benidict S. Rudolph

RANDALL -- Benidict Sylvester Rudolph, 70, Randall, died Monday, Sept. 24, 2001, at home.

He was born Oct. 5, 1930, in Bowlus to Peter J. and Rose (Schlichting) Rudolph. He moved with his family to Belle Prairie and then to Randall in 1944. He attended country school and started farming as a young man. He worked at Gustafson Concrete, a block factory, for a few years and farmed for most of his life.

Survivors include three sisters, Joanna Zimmerman, Isle, Mary Kruchter, Brainerd, and Helen Heinz, Freedhem; and four brothers, John Rudolph, Leonard Rudolph and Bernard Rudolph, all of Fort Ripley, and Clarence Rudolph.

His parents; three sisters, Josephine Kohl, Virginia and Rosemary; and a brother, Sylvester Rudolph, died earlier.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. James Catholic Church in Randall with Father David Grundman officiating. Burial will be in St. James Catholic Cemetery.

Friends may call from 5-7 p.m. today at Brenny Funeral Home in Randall with parish prayers at 7 p.m.