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Note: Dr. Lowe reports a son born to Mr. and Mrs. John [Ehleringer] on July 18 [1902] �
Slayton Gazette and Murray County Pioneer (Slayton, Murray County, Minnesota), 24 July 1902, page 4, column 3; Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul. [Elizabeth gave birth at home on the farm. The newborn was named Nicholas Edward, but would always be called Ed. Decades later, when the birth was recorded at the courthouse, he legally became Edward Nicholas Ehleringer.]
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Joe and Edward [Ehleringer] took possession of the Service Auto Co. Sunday morning, which they bought of Joe Wermerskirchen. Joe will do all kinds of repair work himself, as he wants all work turned out to be first class, while Edward will look after the front part and will see that all [receive] real service. The new owners will go under the name of [Ehleringer] Bros. The best of luck to you boys.
Iona Journal (Iona, Murray County, Minnesota), 6 June 1924, page 4, column 3; Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul. [Joe came to Iona around 1920 and had worked at the implement shop and the auto garage. Ed was fresh off the farm. With a loan from their father, they were now business partners.]
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Ehleringer Bros.
Phone 16
Tires � Repairing and Welding � Batteries
Standard Products
Iona, Minn.
Message on screwdriver. Promotional items like this were handed out at Christmas time.
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Garage & Machine Shop Auction
As we are retiring from the repair business we will sell at auction our complete line of shop tools, equipment & building located on main street in Iona, Minn., Sat. Sept. 18th [1965] �
Ehleringer Bros. Garage and Machine Shop, Iona, Minn.
Excerpts from auction bill. [Joe retired after the garage was sold; Ed continued to work "part-time" � only 40 hours a week � for later owners, Andy Baumgartner, Dennis Baker, then Bill Ebbinga.]
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In Loving Memory of Edward N. Ehleringer
Edward Nicholas Ehleringer was born July 18, 1902 at Currie, MN to John and Elizabeth Schu Ehleringer. He grew up at Currie and attended IHM School. On June 3, 1930 he was married to Rose M. Gaasch at Iona, MN. Following their marriage they lived in Iona, MN where he and his brother, Joe, operated the garage business for 41 years. He retired in 1965. His wife, Rose, died January 31, 1974. Ed continued to make his home in Iona, but was now recuperating from a stroke and was living with his children in Minneapolis. On February 27, 1979 he passed away at a Minneapolis hospital. He was 76 years old. He was a member of St. Columba Catholic Church, Iona, and an Honorary Life Member of the Knights of Columbus. He is survived by four children: Joan, Mrs. James Risacher of Brighton, Mich., Patricia, Mrs. Robert Westlund of Edina, MN, James E. Ehleringer of Richfield, MN and Joseph J. Ehleringer of Chanhassen, MN. He has eight grandchildren. Two sisters and one brother also survive: Emma, Mrs. N.J. Ruppert of Kerkhoven, MN, Agnes, Mrs. E.J. Altmann of Minneapolis, MN and Vincent Ehleringer of Tracy, MN. He was preceded in death by his wife, Rose, his parents, two granddaughters and three brothers, Joseph, Matt and William.
Funeral Services � St. Columba Catholic Church, March 2, 1979 at 1:00 p.m., the Rev. Donald Zenk, Pastor. Mrs. H.J. Koob, Organist. Pallbearers: Bob Frisk, Joe Kellen, Andrew Baumgartner, Aloysius Koob, Richard Entinger and John Scheuring. Honorary Pallbearers are Knights of Columbus: Bill Gaul, Don Busch, Joe Scheuring, Mike Gaul, Joe Thraen and Joe Ruppert. Interment in St. Columba Catholic Cemetery, Iona, MN.
Memorial card for Edward N. Ehleringer.
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Being an Ehleringer, Ed enjoyed the outdoors. He hunted pheasants, ducks and geese in his younger days. While Ed became less agile with age, he never loss his keen eye. He could spot a pheasant in a corn field at 60 miles an hour, and let any passenger know as much. But by middle age, he was more a fisherman � with a Slayton boat, Johnson motor and homemade trailer. (Manufactured trailers were deemed flimsy and had small, trouble-prone wheels.)
Bob Frisk was a regular fishing companion. The next-door neighbors were both opinionated and had their share of spats, but made peace in time to hitch up the trailer again. At the end of the day, their catches were always properly filleted and bone-free. Fish guts went into a foot deep trench which ran between the rows in either's garden. Of course, competitive gardening also figured into their friendship.
Ed's yard reflected a green thumb. His lawn was tidy and dandelion free. (Though bumpy in areas � it had been seeded with night crawlers.) A bed of roses bloomed all summer. Trees limbs bowed, weighed down with the best apples he could grow. Come Fall, Ed and Rose drove to the Cities to visit the kids. Their trunk was packed tight with apples, vegetables and milk cartons filled with perch fillets frozen in ice.
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Ed and Rose Ehleringer rarely drank, but Tom and Jerrys were a holiday tradition in their home, served before Thanksgiving dinner or at a family gathering after Midnight Mass on Christmas. This recipe was followed to the letter by Ed:
Tom and Jerrys
8 fresh eggs
2-2/3 cups sugar
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 shot whiskey
Separate egg whites and yokes. With a mixer, beat whites until they stand. Beat yokes in a small bowl until lemon yellow. Add yokes to whites and continue to beat. Blend in sugar. Add nutmeg and whiskey while mixing.
To serve: Rinse insides of mugs with heated water. Add two tablespoons of mixed batter to mugs. Pour hot water while stirring the batter. Add a shot of whiskey and a dash of nutmeg and stir. Remove spoon before drink cools. Serves about 16.
An old Iona neighbor, Joe Casey, was credited for the recipe. Joe would stir the batter by hand, often sampling it and adding spirits to suit his taste.
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Ed's family is covered in depth in a companion file, Ehleringer and Allied Families.
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