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| | Theodore F. “Ted” Kessel, 1912-2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Ted was born on December 29, 1912, at Ashley, North Dakota, where he was raised with 6 brothers and sisters and graduated from Ashley High School in 1930. |
 | | Ted practiced law in Kulm for 3 years and was then elected as county judge, serving until 1942 when he took a leave of absence and worked at the Immigration and Naturalization Office in Detroit, Michigan, for a short period of time. |
 | | Ted was preceded in death by his first wife, Esther (Stephens), who died in 1962; his second wife, DeRaine (Priebe), who died in 2003; a grandson, his brother Andrew, and his sister Johanna Schock. |
| www.ndcourts.com /court/news/kessel.htm (525 words) |
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