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Note: Michael ?Mike? Zilverberg, 86, Aitkin died April 28, 2004 at the Aicota Health Care Center in Aitkin. He was born Aug. 27, 1917, at Rivakabar, Alberta, Canada, the son of James and Caroline (Noach) Zilverberg. At the age of 7, he moved with his family to South Dakota and lived at Wessington Springs. He attended a small one room country school through the 8th grade. He started the 9th grade at Wessington Springs school and attended there until 11th grade when he moved with his family to Aitkin. He started school in Aitkin but did not complete the 11th grade. He worked on a Zinsmaster Bread route. The depression was in full swing and Mike had to find other work. He worked as a clerk in a show store, worked in the iron mines and other odd jobs. When World War II broke out, Mike was drafted into military service and spent four years in the U.S. Army in the mechanized calvary as a sergeant. Upon his discharge he returned to Aitkin and helped his two younger brothers run the farm. He then again worked a bread route until 1949 at which time he went to work for the Aitkin Motor Company selling cars, trucks and farm machinery. He was next employed at the First National Bank from 1969 to 1972 where he managed the savings Dept. He then sold real estate from 1972 to 1985. Mike?s first exposure to public service was in the early 1950s when he was county chairman for the Sister Kinney Institute. Polio was rampant in the mid 1940s and early 1950s and there were many Aitkin County children in therapy for polio. He was elected to the Aitkin City Council 1962 serving for four years and then served six years as mayor. Mike saw many projects in Aitkin while city councilman and mayor some of which were: New city hall, sewage treatment plant, new sidewalks for downtown, new liquor store, traffic signals installed. In 1972 he was elected Aitkin County Commissioner. He served on the county welfare board, Lakes and Pines C.A.P. Agency, Arrowhead Regional Development Commission; Health Board, Developmental Activities Board; Arrowhead Counties Board; State Department Health Advisory Board; Minnesota Board on Aging; National Guard Advisory Board; and was involved in the forming of the Headwaters Board in 1980; and sat on the Citizens Committee for revising Court Systems. He retired from the County Board of Commissioners in 1982. After a short retirement, he served as a bailiff in district court for nine years and was also in charge of the law library. In 1985 he was one of the original board members that founded the Northland Foundation. He married a young teacher, Jeannette Krabbenhoft, on June 25, 1950, at Moorhead. They have been married for almost 54 years. He was a member of the Moose Lodge 1060; Aitkin American Legion Post; Masonic Lodge 213 of Aitkin; Scottish Rite Valley of Duluth; AAD Temple Shrine; had served on the Aitkin Community Hospital Board, and was active in the Kids Plus Program. Mike?s hobbies included flying, car collecting, snowmobiling and four-wheeling. Mike was honored in 2002 by the Aitkin Area Chamber of Commerce with the Warren Potter Award and also in 2002 he received an honorary High School Diploma from the Aitkin High School. Funeral services were May 4 from First Lutheran Church in Aitkin with Rev. Lance Isaacson officiating. Nancy Isaacson played the organ and Robert Nelson sang Morning Has Broken and On Eagles Wings. A violin instrumental selection was performed by Anna Zimmerman. Burial was in Lakeview Cemetery in Aitkin. Military honors were provided by the Aitkin VFW and American Legion Posts. Pallbearers were Ken Johnson, Charles Krabbenhoft, Ernest Krabbenhoft III, Jerry Rikala, Tom Rikala, Byron Schlagel, Ken Zilverberg, and John Leitner. Honorary pallbearers were: Hugh Janzen, Milton Johnson, Ronald Johnson, Dennis Landborg, and Tom Renier. Memorials may be sent to the Riverwood Health Care Center Foundation or the donor?s choice. Survivors include his wife, Jeannette Zilverberg, Aitkin; brothers: James Zilverberg, Grants Pass, Ore. and Jake Zilverberg, Aitkin, and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Dave and sister Bessie. Arrangements were with the Sorensen-Root-Thompson Funeral Home in Aitkin. Newspaper: Aitkin Independent Age; Publication Date: 7 May 2004; Publication Place: Aitkin , MN , Us..
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Note: Sergeant, U.S. Army, World War II. Burial location from Ancestry.com: National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator
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