Frank Warren White
(1856-)
Sarah Emma Blair
(1864-1935)
Clarence Arthur Becker
(Abt 1887-)
Edna Frances White
(1888-1982)

Marian Laura Becker
(1914-1980)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Herman Erwin Aderman

Marian Laura Becker

  • Born: 13 Apr 1914, Faribault County, Minnesota, United States 2 3 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Herman Erwin Aderman on 27 Mar 1937 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States 1
  • Died: 2 Jun 1980, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States at age 66 2 3 6
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• Census: 1920 United States Federal: Winnebago, Faribault, Minnesota, United States. 7

• Census: 1930 United States Federal: Amboy, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States. 8

• Census: 1940 United States Federal: Vernon Center, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States. 9

• Obituary: Amboy Herald, 5 Jun 1980, Amboy, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States. 10

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. 11

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. 12

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: Amboy Herald, 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.

• Article: Minneapolis Tribune, 5 Jun 1980, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. 15

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.


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Marian married Herman Erwin Aderman, son of August Friederich Adermann and Martha Boelter, on 27 Mar 1937 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.1 (Herman Erwin Aderman was born on 15 Jul 1910 in Amboy, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States 16 17 18 19 and died on 2 Jun 1980 in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States 16 17 20.)


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1 Minnesota Association of County Officers (MACO), "Minnesota Official Marriage System (MOMS)®," database(https://moms.mn.gov/ : accessed 4 Apr 2019);

County: HENNEPIN
Certificate Number: 04010108
Marriage Date: 03/27/1937
Applicant 1: ADERMAN, HERMAN E
Applicant 2: BECKER, MARIAN L

2 <i>Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002</i> (Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.),

Name: Mrs. Marian L. Aderman
Birth Date: 13 Apr 1914
Death Date: 2 Jun 1980
Death County: Blue Earth
Mother's Maiden Name: White
State File Number: 014141
Certificate Number: 014141
Certificate Year: 1980
Record Number: 2015518.

3 <i>U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014</i> (Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.),

Name: Marian Aderman
SSN: 468-09-0860
Born: 13 Apr 1914
Last Benefit: 56010 Amboy, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States of America
Died: Jun 1980
State (Year) SSN issued: Minnesota (Before 1951).

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Name: Marian Laura Becker
Birth Date: 13 Apr 1914
Birth Place: Winnebago, Faribault, Minnesota
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Clarence Arthur Becker
Mother's Name: Edna Frances White
FHL Film Number: 1673580.

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Becker, Marian Laura
Birth Certificate Index
Certificate Number: DC-17053
Birth: April 13, 1914
County of Birth: Faribault County, Minnesota, United States
Subject: Birth records
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Mother's Maiden Name: Becker

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Aderman, Marian L
Death Certificate Index
Certificate Number: 1980-MN-014141
Death: June 2, 1980
County of Death: Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States
Subject: Death records
Type: Text, Government Record, Historical Records
Mother's Maiden Name: WHITE, Date of Birth: Apr 13 1914, Place of Birth: MINNESOTA

7 <i>1920 United States Federal Census</i> (Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.).

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10 <i>(Amboy)</i> <i>Amboy Hearld</i>, 5 Jun 1980.

11 <i>The Minneapolis Star</i>, 5 Jun 1980, p. 19A, col. 1; digital images.

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13 "June 2 Shooting Tragedy Shocks Amboy and Vernon Center," <i>(Amboy)</i> <i>Amboy Hearld</i>, 12 June 1980, p. 1.

14 "Complete Obituary Notice Herman, Marian and Charles Aderman, rural Amboy," <i>(Amboy)</i> <i>Amboy Hearld</i>, 12 June 1980, p. 2, col. 1.

15 <i>Minneapolis Tribune</i>, 5 Jun 1980, p. 1A, col. 3; digital images.

16 <i>Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002</i> (Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.),

Name: Herman E. Aderman
Birth Date: 15 Jul 1910
Death Date: 2 Jun 1980
Death County: Blue Earth
Mother's Maiden Name: Volter
State File Number: 014140
Certificate Number: 014140
Certificate Year: 1980
Record Number: 2015517.

17 <i>U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014</i> (Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.),

Name: Herman Aderman
SSN: 471-42-0629
Last Residence: 56010 Amboy, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States of America
Born: 15 Jul 1910
Last Benefit: 56010 Amboy, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States of America
Died: Jun 1980
State (Year) SSN issued: Minnesota (1955).

18 "U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," database, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 20 Oct 2018);

Name: Herman Ervin Aderman
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 30
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA
Birth Date: 15 Jul 1910
Residence Place: Amboy, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Employer: Self
Weight: 142
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 9
Next of Kin: Marian Aderman

19 Minnesota Historical Society, "Minnesota People Records Search," database(http://www.mnhs.org/search/people : accessed 4 Apr 2019);

Adermann, Hermann Erwin
Birth Certificate Index
Certificate Number: DC-04502
Birth: July 15, 1910
County of Birth: Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States
Subject: Birth records
Type: Text, Government Record, Historical Records
Mother's Maiden Name: Boelter

20 Minnesota Historical Society, "Minnesota People Records Search," database(http://www.mnhs.org/search/people : accessed 4 Apr 2019);

Aderman, Herman E.
Death Certificate Index
Certificate Number: 1980-MN-014140
Death: June 2, 1980
County of Death: Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States
Subject: Death records
Type: Text, Government Record, Historical Records
Mother's Maiden Name: VOLTER, Date of Birth: Jul 15 1910, Place of Birth: MINNESOTA


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