Matthew John Rudnick

Matthew John Rudnick,

87, Anamoose, passed

away Tuesday, April 23,

2019 at St. Aloisius Hos-

pital in Harvey.

Matt was born June 2,

1931 to Paul and Hattie

(Schuelke) Rudnick on

the family farm near

Anamoose. He attended

White Township Conso-

lidated School and gra-

duated from Anamoose

High School in 1949.

After graduation, Matt

worked on his brother

Gilbert’s farm, his father’s

coal business, and other

local jobs before starting

his career at Martin Hub-

lou Farm Implements as a

lead mechanic in 1952.

He and a partner pur-

chased the business in

1960 and operated

Anamoose Repair Shop

until 1970, when Matt

took on sole proprietor-

ship until his retirement

in 2000.

Matt married Theresa

Prom on September 13,

1955, at St. Cecilia Cathol-

ic Church in Harvey, and

they made their home in

Anamoose where they

raised their four children.

Matt was an active life-

long member of St Francis

Xavier Catholic Church in

Anamoose where he

served as a lector and Eu-

charistic minister. He was

also a member of the Har-

vey Knights of Columbus,

serving as Council War-

den for over 10 years.

Matt’s hobbies included

boating, fishing, and play-

ing cards and dominoes.

He enjoyed visiting with

friends, playing the guitar

and harmonica, riding his

four wheel and two-wheel

bicycles and traveling.

Matt and Theresa enjoyed

yearly summer vacations

which, through the years,

covered 24 states and 3

Canadian provinces. In

his retirement, he began

making intricate scale

model wooden toys, re-

plicas of farm machinery,

construction machinery,

cars, trucks and tractors,

for which he won many

blue ribbons at the ND

State Fair.

Matt is survived by his

wife, Theresa; his chil-

dren, Mike (Connie) of

Anamoose, Tom (Jodi) of

Blooming Prairie, MN,

Harold of Plymouth, MN,

and Sylvia (Robert) Hoke

of St. Paul, MN; seven

grandchildren, Mindy, Ka-

tie, Sara, Scott, Morgan,

Mathias, and Andreas; six

great-grandchildren, Lan-

don, Nolan, Michael, Au-

brie, Emily, and Eva;

brothers, Gilbert and Leo;

sisters, Dolores Selzler

and Angeline; and many

nieces and nephews. He

was preceded in death by

his parents; brothers,

Lawrence and Wendelin;

and sister, Cecilia Dosch.

Funeral: Saturday,

April 27, 2019 at 10:30

A.M. at St. Francis-Xavier

Catholic Church in

Anamoose.

Visitation: 5 P.M. to 7

P.M. at the church on Fri-

day.

Prayer Service: & 7

P.M. Friday at the church.

Burial: St. Francis-

Xavier Catholic Cemetery.

Online condolences

may be shared at nelson

funeralhomesnd.com.