Theophil Gerhardt Breitling

     Theophil Gerhardt Breitling was born on 20 April 1909 at Golden Valley, Mercer County, North Dakota.¹ He was the son of Phillip Frederick Breitling and Christina Ruffine Klaus.¹ Theophil Gerhardt Breitling first married, at age 25, Irene Josephine Margaret Zieske, age 20, daughter of Herman Henry Zieske and Hilma Anderson, on Monday, 31 December 1934 at Sidney, Richland County, Montana.¹ Theophil Gerhardt Breitling married a second time, at age 70, [—?—] Rupple on Friday, 23 November 1979 at Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana.¹ Theophil Gerhardt Breitling died on 21 October 1998 at Laurel, Yellowstone County, Montana, at age 89 years, 6 months and 1 day.¹
     He became a widower at the age of 67 with the death of Irene on 10 April 1977.¹