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Maureen “Pete” Amoth

Jun 7, 1933 – May 19, 2014 · aged 80

Son of Christian “Chris” Amoth and Clara Regine Kjemhus. Husband of Janie “Amalene” Holloway. Father of Mark Bernell Amoth, Carl Amoth and Pamela Kay Amoth.


Life · Family · Chart · Photographs (6) · Sources

Life

Negotiated $10,000 raise before his first day. Had the Kjemhus nose—the same one Clara carried. A Stener move.

Called 'Teep' by family. Spent summers on NumedahlNumedal A long valley in southern Norway, running north-west from Kongsberg, where Flesberg, Rollag and Veggli lie. All the words farm with grandfather Tollef. Career in sales. Started his own companies. Received cane sword from Clara.

Also known as
Teep
Occupation
Sales & Management, Entrepreneur
On the line page
The Kjemhus line, generation 14 →

Family

Parents
Christian “Chris” Amoth 1903–1975
Clara Regine Kjemhus 1907–1997
Married
Janie “Amalene” Holloway
Children
Mark Bernell Amoth 1964–2025
Carl Amoth
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

Chart

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Photographs (6)

A baby in a pale blue suit, sitting up for a studio portrait
Pete as a baby, about 1934.
A smiling young sailor in a dark Navy jumper
Airman Maureen B. “Pete” Amoth, U.S. Navy, 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.
A teenage boy in a jacket and tie beside a teenage girl with dark curled hair
Pete and his sister Ruthie, about 1950.
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.
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.

Sources

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-1438350486/maureen-bernell-amoth-in-familysearch-family-tree

Drawn from the family tree Carl keeps. Know more about Pete? Write to Carl.