Sperry Park Genealogy - Person Sheet
Sperry Park Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameEdwin Frederick ‘Ted’ Schram 
Birth1900
Death1967
Spouses
Birth1904, Barnum, Crawford Co., WI
Death2008, Minot, Ward Co., ND
FatherCharles Dow Stearns (1882-1957)
MotherIrma Dowse (1886-1910)
ChildrenDonna Marion (1927-2019)
Notes for Edwin Frederick ‘Ted’ Schram
Edwin Frederick “Ted” Schram
BIRTH
15 Aug 1900
Norfolk, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
DEATH
3 Oct 1967 (aged 67)
Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, USA
BURIAL
Rosehill Memorial Park
Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, USA Show Map
PLOT
Section 17 Block 96 Lot 5
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Edwin F. "Ted" Schram, 67, died October 3, 1967, in Minot.
Edwin was born on August 15, 1900 in East Ontario, Canada.
He had operated the round-a-clock ambulance service from 1926, until last year when he and his wife sold out the business.
He was a veteran of military service during World War I. Following the war, he went to work in Detroit, Michigan.
In 1922, he was offered a job of hospital ambulance driver. In 1925, he came to Minot and worked with Louie Smith, who had the Yellow Cab Company, and the ambulance service. In 1944, Ted purchased the Yellow Cab Company, and the ambulance service from Louie. He then sold the cab company, several years later and devoted full time to the ambulance service.
In an interview, in 1962, he said the operation gave him the feeling that he was doing something for someone.
When on an call, he said you have to know what to do, then go ahead and do it. "You can't allow yourself to feel sorry, or your helpless."
Yet, he was particularly affected by accidents involving children. After, he had picked up his great grandchildren in the 1965 mishap which took their lives, he told his wife that while he had been feeling poorly, that accident had really pushed him over the hump.
Ted married Dorothy King on August 28, 1958, in Velva.
Survivors include: wife, Dorothy; daughter, Mrs. Donald Lochthowe; stepdaughter, Mrs. Donald Coder, Fargo; stepson, Robert L. King, Rapid City, South Dakota; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Fennerson, Hamtramick, Michigan, Mrs. Art Kreftting, Minot; and a half sister, Mrs. William Schildoth, Paisley, Ontario.
Funeral services were held Thursday at Thompson Larson Funeral Home Chapel of Minot.
MINOT DAILY NEWS, Tuesday, October 3, 1967, page 2 column 4.
Gravesite Details
MINOT DAILY NEWS, Tuesday, October 3, 1967, front page story and page 2.
Family Members
Spouses
Dorothy Arnold Schram
1912–1989
Ethel Annette Stearns Schram
1904–2008
BIRTH
15 Aug 1900
Norfolk, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
DEATH
3 Oct 1967 (aged 67)
Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, USA
BURIAL
Rosehill Memorial Park
Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, USA Show Map
PLOT
Section 17 Block 96 Lot 5
MEMORIAL ID
182051475 · View Source
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SUGGEST EDITS
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PHOTOS 3
FLOWERS 1
Edwin F. "Ted" Schram, 67, died October 3, 1967, in Minot.
Edwin was born on August 15, 1900 in East Ontario, Canada.
He had operated the round-a-clock ambulance service from 1926, until last year when he and his wife sold out the business.
He was a veteran of military service during World War I. Following the war, he went to work in Detroit, Michigan.
In 1922, he was offered a job of hospital ambulance driver. In 1925, he came to Minot and worked with Louie Smith, who had the Yellow Cab Company, and the ambulance service. In 1944, Ted purchased the Yellow Cab Company, and the ambulance service from Louie. He then sold the cab company, several years later and devoted full time to the ambulance service.
In an interview, in 1962, he said the operation gave him the feeling that he was doing something for someone.
When on an call, he said you have to know what to do, then go ahead and do it. "You can't allow yourself to feel sorry, or your helpless."
Yet, he was particularly affected by accidents involving children. After, he had picked up his great grandchildren in the 1965 mishap which took their lives, he told his wife that while he had been feeling poorly, that accident had really pushed him over the hump.
Ted married Dorothy King on August 28, 1958, in Velva.
Survivors include: wife, Dorothy; daughter, Mrs. Donald Lochthowe; stepdaughter, Mrs. Donald Coder, Fargo; stepson, Robert L. King, Rapid City, South Dakota; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Fennerson, Hamtramick, Michigan, Mrs. Art Kreftting, Minot; and a half sister, Mrs. William Schildoth, Paisley, Ontario.
Funeral services were held Thursday at Thompson Larson Funeral Home Chapel of Minot.
MINOT DAILY NEWS, Tuesday, October 3, 1967, page 2 column 4.
Gravesite Details
MINOT DAILY NEWS, Tuesday, October 3, 1967, front page story and page 2.
Family Members
Spouses
Dorothy Arnold Schram
1912–1989
Ethel Annette Stearns Schram
1904–2008