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Emanuel Paul Hinderer

Emanuel Paul Hinderer was born on June 12, 1887 in Houston County, MN which is just across the border from Lacrosse, WI. The nearest city was La Crescent, MN. Emanuel grew up in various locations where Reverend Paul had his church, among them Zumbrota, MN, Watertown, SD and just before leaving home, Red Wing, MN.

As a youth he worked in various agricultural jobs. E.P. was working for the [[[Great Northern Railroad]]] as a timekeeper when he came west to Spokane, WA when he was about 17 or 18 years old. He lived there for about a year but at that time a clerical job such as timekeeper did not have much future so E.P. quit and went to work for J. Q. Adams in Ritzviller, WA. In 1907 he traveled by train to Wenatchee, WA, riverboat to Orondo, WA and stage to the front door of the new Hotel Waterville. He was 20 years old.

Emanuel farmed land south of Waterville, WA (what is now the Duane Daling place) then purchased land at Supple, WA. E.P. needed help on his new farm and his brother Paul came out and they farmed together. Other brothers and sisters followed.

At one time Elsie and Julia were keeping house for Emanuel, Paul and Chris. For breakfast the girls served home-cured bacon with the rind on. To tease the girls, one of the brothers always put the bacon rind in the bottom of the coffee cup. The girls became more and more irritated and finally moved to the other side of the table to no avail. One day the girls were putting their horses away in the barn and happened to notice some sheep turds on the floor — so they put them in E.P.s coffee where they sank to the bottom unnoticed until quite a bit of coffee had been consumed. That of course ended the bacon rind problem.

In 1915 Emanuel took a short break from farming and went to the World’s Fair, Sanfransisco, CA in San Francisco, CA.

Emanuel rode a Belgium stud horse known as “Charmont” and also drove it with a two wheel road cart for traveling.

He was engaged at one time to a young lady named Bertie Hedges.

In 1918 E.P. had a date to pick up a young woman for church – she wasn’t ready so he went on without her and upon entering the church late was the object of attention by Melinda Hintz – he noticed her too and the courtship started. Melinda was a teacher at the Douglas school. They were married in Spokane, WA in Mantou park on September 2, 1924.

Their first child Mary was born in July 1926, followed by Irene, Mark, John, Paul who are twins born September 5, 1933. Emanuel’s children heard two of his favorite saying over and over again; "What you don’t have in your head you have to have in your arsh” and “A fool and his money are soon parted.”

During the depression E.P. lost his section of land at Supplee, MN and was forced to start from scratch again after age 50. He purchased Sheehan Flat for $500.00 down and the Courtway Place which he added to his only remaining piece, the quarter at Farm.

E.P.’s father Paul Hinderer lived with the family between 1936 and 1939 until his death.

Great sorrow descended on the family when Mary Elizabeth died at age 12 of appendicitis in September of 1938.

Two years later sister Irenes’s life was also threatened when she developed osteomyelitis after being hit in the leg with a baseball bat. She was taken to Children’s Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle in E.P.’s 1936 Ford pickup truck. This time there was a happy ending; she was operated on and spent a year at the hospital before fully recovering. As part payment for Irene’s care, Melinda canned over 200 quarts of applesauce for the hospital.

Emmanuel was not a frivolous man but he did have a weakness for rasing chickens. One time he bought a pair of White Rock’s for $100.00.

In 1964 Emanuel returned to Watertown, SD for the Centennial celebration of the church where his father had been pastor. Eugene delivered the sermon.

In 1955 Emanuel and Paul went to Eugene’s funeral in Heartland, Wisconsin. He had died of a heart attack. About a month later, July 4, 1955, Paul died of a heart attack.

A year later in September of 1956 Melinda died at age 58. The following year, June 1957, E.P. married Olga Sibell, a cousin of Melinda’s. They made several trips to Minnesota during their marriage.

During the baptism of Susan Hinderer in the spring of 1970, Emanuel suffered a stroke in church and was taken to the hospital. After a couple of years of declining health, he died in June, 1972.

source:Clara Hinderer Baur collection.