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Maureen “Pete” Amoth

Jun 7, 1933 – May 19, 2014 · aged 80 · also known as Teep

Pete Amoth in later life, smiling, in a bright blue polo shirt by a staircase

Pete grew up on the family farm in Moscow Township, Cavalier County, North Dakota, the third of Chris and Clara Amoth’s seven children. His family called him Teep. He served in the Navy from 1951 to 1954, teaching long-range and radar navigation to fighter pilots headed for Korea, and in 1952 married Janie “Amalene” Holloway. After the Navy he went to the University of North Dakota, with a double major in marketing and electrical engineering.

An electrical engineer who went into sales, he spent twenty years in marketing management with McGraw-Edison, in six regions of the country. In 1974 he moved to Columbia, South Carolina, started Caroga Marketing, sold it, and became chairman and CEO of Marketing Data Management Corp. Later he ran the Pilot Club of Columbia Foundation, working with the governor’s office on problems of aging, and earned an advanced degree in gerontology from the University of South Carolina.

In Blythewood he served on the planning commission and was mayor from 2004 to 2008. He was active in every church he belonged to, the last of them Living Springs Lutheran, and taught Sunday school and Bible studies to the end of his life.

He told his own story twice: in a memoir he typed himself, and out loud to his son Carl.

In his own words: As I Remember It (his memoir) · Teep (recordings)

Timeline

  • Jun 7, 1933Born Wales, Cavalier, North Dakota
  • 1935–1940Lived Moscow Township, Cavalier, North Dakota, United States
  • Sep 6, 1952Married Janie “Amalene” Holloway, Hernando, Mississippi
  • 2004–2008Mayor of Blythewood, South Carolina Blythewood, Richland, South Carolina, United States
  • May 19, 2014Died Blythewood, Richland, South Carolina
  • May 22, 2014Buried Columbia, Richland, South Carolina

Family

Parents
Christian “Chris” Amoth 1903–1975
Clara Regine Kjemhus 1907–1997
Spouse
Janie “Amalene” Holloway
Children
Carl Christian Amoth
Mark Bernell Amoth 1964–2025
Pamela Kay Amoth
Siblings
Carmen Amoth 1930–2021
Kenneth Duane Amoth 1931–1987
Ruthie Bernice Amoth 1935–2007
Gerald Ordel Amoth 1945–1945
Joyce Colleen Amoth 1947–2018
Judith Christine “Judy” Amoth 1949–2017

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Photographs (12)

Pete Amoth in later life, smiling, in a bright blue polo shirt by a staircase
Pete Amoth in later life.In it: Pete Amoth
A baby in a pale blue suit, sitting up for a studio portrait
Pete as a baby, about 1934. ColorizedIn it: Pete Amoth · about 1934
Four small children on the front step of a clapboard house: an older boy holding a baby in a white bonnet, a second boy beside them, and a fair-haired toddler in front
Carmen, holding Ruthie, with Kenneth and, in front, Pete, about 1936. Restored · see originalIn it: Carmen Amoth, Ruthie Bernice Amoth, Kenneth Duane Amoth, Maureen (Pete) Amoth · about 1936
A family outdoors beside a 1920s sedan with a spare tire: a man in a cap and suit, a woman in a dark dress with a white collar, an old man in overalls and a black hat, and four small children in caps and overalls
Chris Amoth and the children with Clara’s parents, Bergit and Tollef Kjemhus, about 1937. From left: Kenneth, Ruthie, Pete, Chris, Bergit, Carmen and Tollef. Restored · see originalIn it: Kenneth Duane Amoth, Ruthie Bernice Amoth, Maureen (Pete) Amoth, Christian (Chris) Amoth, Bergit Kjemhus, Carmen Amoth, Tollef Halvorsen Kjemhus · about 1937
Three young men in suits and patterned ties beside a car on a sunny lawn; the one in the middle wears a fedora and glasses
The brothers Kenneth, Pete and Carmen Amoth, early 1950s. Restored · see originalIn it: Kenneth Duane Amoth, Maureen (Pete) Amoth, Carmen Amoth · early 1950s
A teenage boy in a jacket and tie beside a teenage girl with dark curled hair
Pete and his sister Ruthie, about 1950.In it: Pete Amoth, Ruthie Amoth · about 1950
A smiling young sailor in a dark Navy jumper
Airman Maureen B. “Pete” Amoth, U.S. Navy, about 1951. ColorizedIn it: Pete Amoth · about 1951
A young sailor in swimming trunks crouching on a pool deck
Pete in the Navy, early 1950s. Possibly at NAS Jacksonville, where he learned to swim; the place isn’t certain.In it: Pete Amoth · early 1950s
A studio portrait of a family of eight: four adults standing at the back, the parents seated, and two teenage girls
Chris and Clara Amoth and their children, about 1961. Back, from left: Carmen, Kenneth, Ruthie and Pete. Front: Judy, Clara, Chris and Joyce.In it: Carmen Amoth, Kenneth Amoth, Ruthie Amoth, Pete Amoth, Judy Amoth, Clara Amoth, Chris Amoth, Joyce Amoth · North Dakota · about 1961
A studio portrait of a family: three young men and a young woman standing, the parents, and two small girls in front
The Amoths in North Dakota, about 1950. Standing, from left: Pete, Ruthie, Carmen, Clara and Kenneth. Seated: Chris, with Joyce and Judy. ColorizedIn it: Pete Amoth, Ruthie Amoth, Carmen Amoth, Clara Amoth, Kenneth Amoth, Chris Amoth, Joyce Amoth, Judy Amoth · North Dakota · about 1950
Pete Amoth in later life, smiling, in a red jacket and flat cap in the snow
Pete Amoth in later life.In it: Pete Amoth
A mountain meadow in summer, with people gathered at a fire ring below the pines
Pete and Carl at Carl and Bev’s cabin in Idaho, August 2011: the day of the first recording.In it: Pete Amoth, Carl Christian Amoth · Idaho · Aug 2011

Sources

  1. Obituary of M. Pete Bernell Amoth. shivesfuneralhome.com ↗

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