Bob Riestenberg, Perham, Minnesota, passed peacefully March 22, 2023 at Perham Living. Musician, farmer, innovator, he was born January 30, 1923 to John and Rose (Mohr) Riestenberg at the St. James Hospital. He attended a one room school house up the hill from the farm through 8th grade, and graduated from the new (at the time) Perham High School in 1940. He attended one year at Moorhead State Teachers College and also took U of M extension agriculture classes in the late 1940’s on the GI Bill. He was a member of the US Army Band, and toured Japan at the end of World War II. Bob married Rita ‘Babe’ Strauch August 20, 1946. Bob played clarinet, sax and trumpet for several local dance bands. His musical career started at a church picnic when he was 15, and ended as a soloist when he was 97. Bob sang for many wedding ceremonies, and played for hundreds of wedding dances. Relatives and friends stood around any number of pianos and sang as Bob played from night into the morning. His l
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