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Interviewee
Raether, Maurice
Document Type
Oral History
Date of Interview
5-24-2001
Abstract
Maurice “Maury†Raether was born on 10 July 1910 on a farm near Green Bay, Wisconsin, and for a number of years attended school in a nearby town. He lived and worked on the farm until 1928, when he left for Duluth, Minnesota, where he lived throughout the war years. Maury drove a milk wagon for a local dairy from 1928-37, then worked 14 years for the Duluth Transit Authority as a bus driver. Aged 31 and with three children when the war started, he wasn’t drafted to serve during the war. Maury later went to work for a local railway, finally retiring from the Duluth-Winnipeg Railway in 1975. He married Signe (d. 2000) in 1935; they had four children, three of whom were born before the US entered the war in December 1941. At the time of this interview, Maury Raether lived in a log house outside the small town of Esko, Minnesota, and kept busy with his garden and woodworking projects. Maury passed away on 1 January 2008, aged 97. In this interview, Maury provides insights on working, rationing of different consumer goods, wages and prices, and changes in Duluth during the war years.
Copyright
All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced without the written permission of Concordia University Library or Thomas Saylor, Department of History, Concordia University, St. Paul.
Recommended Citation
Saylor, Thomas, "Oral History Project World War II Years, 1941-1946 - Maurice Raether" (2001). Oral History Project: World War II Years, 1941-1946. 165.
https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/oral-history_ww2/165
PDF Transcript of Interview with Maury Raether