Herman Erwin Aderman
- Born: 15 Jul 1910, Amboy, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States 2 3 4 5
- Marriage (1): Marian Laura Becker on 27 Mar 1937 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States 1
- Died: 2 Jun 1980, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States at age 69 2 3 6
Noted events in his life were:
• Census: 1920 United States Federal: Shelby Township, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States. 7
• Census: 1940 United States Federal: Vernon Center, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States. 8
• Obituary: Amboy Herald, 5 Jun 1980, Amboy, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States. 9
Herman, Marian and Charles Aderman AMBOY - Services for Herman Aderman, 69 and Marian (Becker) Aderman, 66 rural Amboy, and their adopted son, Charles Aderman, 33, Minneapolis, who died Monday evening of gunshot wounds at the elder Adermans' home, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Presbyterian Church, Amboy, the Rev. Clifford Rogers officiating. Burial will be in Sterling Cemetery, Sterling Township. Visitation is from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Spencer-Owen Funeral Home, Amboy. Herman Aderman was born July 15, 1910 to August and Martha Aderman, at Willow Creek. He married Marian Becker in Minneapolis, March 27, 1937. She was born April 13, 1914 in Fairibault County to Clarence and Edna Becker. After marriage they farmed in the Amboy area until they retired in 1972. Mr. Aderman was a member of the Red head Sportsmen's Club, Amboy. Mrs. Aderman was a member of the Just Us Club, the Presbyterian Women's Association, and the Neighborhood Project Group. In 1954, they adopted Charles Aderman, who was born Aug. 15, 1947. Charles was a 1965 graduate of Amboy High School. He married Joanne Holle, at Mankato, April 11, 1970. He is survived by his wife, and by a sister, Joyce (Mrs. Lowell) Cook, Brandon, S.D. Herman and Marian Aderman are survived by their daughter, Joyce, Mr. Aderman's brother, Herbert, St. Paul; Mrs. Aderman's sisters, Lorraine (Mr. Lyle Curry, Amboy, and Mildred (Mrs. Percy) Jordan, Winnebago; and by Mrs. Aderman's mother, Edna Becker, Amboy. Mr. Aderman was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister. Mrs. Aderman was preceded in death by a sister.
• Article: The Minneapolis Star, 5 Jun 1980, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. 10
Killer faced sentencing A man who was found dead in a Blue Earth County farmhouse Tuesday night with his par- ents was to have been sentenced Wednesday in Minneapolis for threatening to kill his wife and her boyfriend last April. Authorities said Charles Aderman, 34, was arrested by Brooklyn Park police and charged with trying to kill his wife, Joanne, and a male friend with a .22-caliber rifle April 9. He pleasep ed guilty on May 16 to two counts of second-de- gree assault. Bail, set at $15,000, was posted by his par- ents, Herman, 63, and Marian, 62. All three were found dead in their farmhouse 2 1/2 miles southwest of Vernon Center, and shefiff's dep- uties said it appeared the shootings were a dou- ble murder and suicide.
• Article: St. Could Times, 5 Jun 1980, Saint Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, United States. 11
Man kills parents, self at Vernon Center VERNON CENTER (AP) - A for- mer rural Amboy man apparently shot and killed his parents with a .22- caliber rifle and then killed himself, the Blue Earth County sheriff's office said Wednesday. The bodies of Herman Aderman, 63, his wife, Marian, 62, and their son, Charles, 34, were discovered Tuesday night at the elder Aderman's farm one mile southwest of Vernon Center. Charles Aderman had been living at his parent's farm while awaiting sen- tencing Wednesday in Minneapolis in connection with an incident in which he threatened to kill his estranged wife, another man and himself. The elder Adermans mortgaged their farm so that he could be free on bail until sentencing, authorities said. The Blue Earth County coroner, R. A. Sanford, said all three victims were shot once in the head. The bodies were take to Mankato, where autop- sies were to be performed. Charles Aderman was arrested April 9 by Brooklyn Park authorities on two counts of second-degree as- sault. He subsequently pleaded guilty and was released May 16 on $15,000 bail. According to the complaint, the as- sault charges stemmed from an inci- dent in which Aderman threatened his wife, Joanne Marie, and a friend of hers with a .22-caliber rifle in the Aderman's Brooklyn Park home. The complaint said that Aderman threatened to kill them both and then commit suicide. Mrs. Aderman's friend eventually was allowed to leave the home and he phoned police. Aderman's attorney, Michael Ka- Minsky of St. Paul, said the court psy- chiatrist and a private psychiatrist both concluded Aderman was "heart- broken at losing his wife" of nearly 10 years. He was in need of "real heavy treat- ment for the problem that manifested itself yesterday." Kaminsky said. The lawyer described Aderman as a "hard working driver for a delivery service." Hennipin District Judge Jonathan Lebedoff, who was to have sentenced Aderman Wednesday, called the shootings "a tragic end" that came be- fore authorities could get Aderman into psychiatric treatment. Lebedoff, who did not set the bail for Aderman, said the $15,000 figure was "very high." "It was assumed he would never be able to meet it," Kaminsky said. How- ever, the elder Adermans mortgaged their farm to come up with the money.
• Article: Minneapolis Tribune, 5 Jun 1980, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. 12
Son apparently kills parents who paid his bail
By Dennis Casssano Staff Writer
A Brooklyn Park man whose parents mortgaged part of their farm to bail him out of jail apparently killed his parent and himself at the farm Monday or Tuesday. He was to have been sentenced Wednesday to re- ceive psychiatric treatment.
The bodies of Charles Aderman, 33, 7424 James Av. N., and his parents, Herman, 63, and Marian, 62, were found Tuesday by a man who rents the fields on their farm 2 1/2 miles southwest of Vernon Center, accord- ing to Blue Earth County Sheriff LaRoy Wiebold.
Charles Aderman was to have been sentenced in Minneapolis on two counts of assault for an April 9 inci- dent in which he pointed a .22 cali- ber rifle at his estranged wife, Joanne, and a man friend of hers and threatened to kill them and him- self. He pleaded guilty to the charges last month.
His parents mortgaged part of their farm to post the $15,000 bail for his release from the Hennepin County Jail, according to his attorney, Jo- seph Kaminsky. He was released from Jail May 19. Wiebold said Charles was thought to have been staying with his parents for the last week or two.
The rifle used in the April 9 incident is still in the custody of the Brooklyn Park police. Wiebold said each of the Adermans was killed with a sin- gle shot to the head from a .22 cali- ber rifle.
The bodies were found about 8 p.m. Tuesday, but Dr. R. A. Sanford, Blue Earth County coroner, said there is a possibility that the shootings oc- curred sometime Monday.
Kaminsky said he talked on the tele- phone with Marian Aderman about noon on Monday, He said she made an appointment for all three of them to meet with him Tuesday afternoon to discuss the sentencing hearing that was scheduled for yesterday.
"She sounded happy," Kaminsky said. "There was no indication that there was a problem. She said that there were some times that he was feeling depressed, but that at other times he felt better. She was con- cerned as a mother because she knew what he was going though."
Kaminsky said he had not told them what the sentence would be, but that a week ago he told Charles that "there was a very good likelihood" that it would include treatment. He said Charles did not seem to be de- spodent over the future, but over the fact that he would not be with his wife. They had no children.
He said he learned Monday after- noon that Hennepin County District Judge Jonathan Lebedoff would stay execution of the maximum five-year sentence on the assault charges on the condition that Charles Aderman enter a locked hospital psychiatric ward for treatmentand that he would not be released without the judge's approval.
"The parents were very nice, hard- working people who loved their son," Kaminsky said. He said they had adopted Charles and a daughter.
"I guess he was despondent," Ka- minsy said. "I guess it all goes back to his desire to be with his wife."
Charles had no history of emotional disturbance, Kaminsky said. "The emotional thing was the trauma of his wife leaving him and not wanting to return., I think he was living in a fantasy world because he thought she would."
After he was arrested April 9, Ka- Minsky said, Aderman "himself ini- tially didn't want to get out of jail be- cause he could not be with her." But recently "he finally started making sense. He started realizing that the marriage was over."
He said psychiatrists had concluded that Charles "could be dangerous, but could be treated." He said that the Adermans knew that and that he had advised then not to go into debt to raise the bail money, particularly since the case was to end in a short time.
"But that was their son," Kaminsky said. "They wanted him home with them. They thought that having him home would make him feel better."
Kaminasky described Charles as "a very, very had-working guy who had a chip on his shoulder."
Charles had been employed as a ma- chinist at United Scientific, Inc., 1729 Terrace Dr., Rosewillve, for two years before quitting in the fall of 1979 to work as a courier delivering pack- ages for Suburban Cab Co.
A person who knew him at United Scientific described him as "being kind of a loner. He didn't associate with a lot of people, although he got along with everyone. He finally de- cided he wanted to try something else. He was interested in starting his own delivery service, so he got a job with the cab company so he could get to know the area."
Kaminsky said Joanne Aderman moved out of their Brooklyn Park house a short time before Charles Aderman filed for a divorce almost 10 years to the day of their April 11 marriage. She was served with the divorce papers April 9.
On that day, according to the assault complaint filed against him, Charles telephoned her and asked her to meet him at their home, where he was still living, to discuss their mar- riage.
She went there with a male friend and she told Aderman that she would not return to him. Aderman pulled out the rifle and threatened to kill them and himself.
Then he let the other man leave. When th was gone, Aderman punched a wall and injured his hand, the complaint says, and his wife took him to a hospital. When they re- turned to the house, the police, who had been summoned by the other man, were waiting. He was arrested without incident.
Dr. Sanford said that Herman and Marian Aderman each shot in the side of the head with a single- shot rifle. There was no powder burns, he said, which indicated they were not shot at very close range.
• Article: Amboy Hearld, 12 Jun 1980, Amboy, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States. 13
JUNE 2 SHOOTING TRAGEDY SHOCKS AMBOY AND VERNON CENTER The neighboring communities of Amboy and Vernon Center were still in a state of shock this week following the tragic shooting deaths of Herman Aderman, age 69, his wife Marian, age 66, and their 32 year old son Charles Aderman, of Brooklyn Park at the elder Aderman's farm south of Vernon Center last Monday. According to the Blue Earth County Sheriff's Department, Herman and Marian Aderman were apparently each shot once in the head with a 22 caliber rifle, by their son who then took his own life with the same rifle. Following an investigation, Blue County Sheriff LaRoy Wiebold said his office did not have the evidence to make a judgment about motivation for the shootings, and indicated that the question would not be purchased, "Speculation is useless," Wiebold said. The victims of the shooting were discovered Tuesday night by Steve Spence, Vernon Center, who rents part of the Aderman farmland. County Sheriff deputies were immediately dispatched to the farm and sealed off the area during their investigation. Residents of the area around the Aderman farm were involved in the investigation as officials attempted to determine both the time of the shootings and reasons for it happening. People who knew the Aderman family are trying to pinpoint the reason for the shootings, but come up with no clues as to why the shootings occurred. "They loved Chuck from the day that he came to live with them," said one neighbor of the Adermans and their adopted son, "Who can ever guess why it happened, but we know Chuck couldn't do it in his right mind." It is known that Charles Aderman was scheduled to appear in Hennepin County District Court for sentencing on two counts of assault in connection with an April 9 incident in Brooklyn Park in which he threatened his wife and a male friend of her with a 22 caliber rifle. Aderman had pleaded guilty to the assault charge and was staying temporarily at his parents' farm home awaiting his court appearance. Friends of the family say it is difficult to isolate what factors were instrumental in the tragic shootings and suicide. "There were an awfully lot of things going against Chuck, " explained a former classmate, "dating back years and years. Herman and Marian never stopped loving Chuck though." A poem read at the funeral services Saturday, taken from a book of Marian's favorite poetry, expressed what family members and friends saw portrayed their feelings about their adopted son.
Mother's Tribute to My Son Wilted flowers in a bunch, A very hungry, "What's for lunch?" Untied Shoes and dirty hands, His pockets filled with rubber bands.
Birthday partied, baseball games, Teddy bears with silly names, Cowboy hats and fishing trips, Discovering gold on pirate ships.
Santa Claus, electric trains, Finding puddles when it rains, Skinned up knees and broken toys, Fill the world of little boys.
But just as part of Nature's plan, My little boy is now a man, And I no longer dry the tears That filled my life for all those years. My world of noise and hurried hugs, Of worms, and frogs, and ladybugs - is gone
But I cherish special times, Bedtime stories, our made-up rhymes, Chocolate cakes, the games we'd played And how we'd chase bad dreams away.
We had songs to sing, secrets to keep, Prayers to be said before falling asleep, A kiss goodnight, Now a Day's play done, Thank you, God, for my wonderful son.
Leslie Perry, Liberty, Mo.
One family member struggled with the fact that Chuck's personality was one factor that would probably never be fully understood. "Chuck first seven years of life were terribly traumatic and we'll never know how much damage was done before he was adopted by Herman and Marian. Before being adopted, Chuck was a victim of a foster home shuffle and also suffered physical abuse that surely had a serious effect on him." In his eulogy at services last Saturday, Rev. Clifford Rogers stressed the importance of a child's early years and the long-lasting impact of those years. "The family realizes that Chuck is not to blame for everything that happened," a close friend said Monday.
• Obituary: Amboy Herald, 12 Jun 1980, Amboy, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States. 14
Complete Obituary Notice Herman, Marian and Charles Aderman, rural Amboy Services for Herman Aderman, 69 and Marian (Becker) Aderman, 66 rural Amboy, and their adopted son, Charles Aderman, 32, Minneapolis, who died June 2 of gunshot wounds at the elder Adermans' home, were held Saturday, June 7 at the Presbyterian Church, Amboy, the Rev. Clifford Rogers officiating. Burial in Sterling Cemetery, Sterling Township. Herman Aderman was born July 15, 1910 to August and Martha Aderman, at Willow Creek. He married Marian Becker in Minneapolis, March 27, 1937. She was born April 13, 1914 in Fairibault County to Clarence and Edna Becker. After marriage they farmed in the Amboy area until they retired in 1972. Mr. Aderman was a member of the Red head Sportsmen's Club, Amboy. Mrs. Aderman was a member of the Just Us Club, the Presbyterian Women's Association, and the Neighborhood Project Group. In 1954, they adopted Charles Aderman, who was born Aug. 15, 1947. Charles was a 1965 graduate of Amboy High School. He married Joanne Holle, at Mankato, April 11, 1970. He is survived by his wife, and by a sister, Joyce (Mrs. Lowell) Cook, Brandon, S.D. Herman and Marian Aderman are survived by their daughter, Joyce; Mr. Aderman's brother, Herbert, St. Paul; Mrs. Aderman's sisters, Lorraine (Mr. Lyle Curry), Amboy, and Mildred (Mrs. Percy Jordan), Winnebago; and by Mrs. Aderman's mother, Edna Becker, Amboy. Mr. Aderman was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister. Mrs. Aderman was preceded in death by a sister.
Herman married Marian Laura Becker, daughter of Clarence Arthur Becker and Edna Frances White, on 27 Mar 1937 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.1 (Marian Laura Becker was born on 13 Apr 1914 in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States 15 16 17 18 and died on 2 Jun 1980 in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States 15 16 19.)
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