Ralph Hilgendorf, who helped others learn to live with blindness, dies at 88 He s kind of the poster child for overcoming adversity, Dhaivyd Hilgendorf said of his father. July 3, 2021 5:09pm Text size Copy shortlink:
People recognized Ralph Hilgendorf in St. Paul because he was the type of man who liked to be busy. He walked to work each day from his home in the Hamline Midway neighborhood, he made frequent trips to the hardware store and he often joined marches in the Twin Cities to protest war and violence.
Some may never have realized Hilgendorf was blind, his children said. He s kind of the poster child for overcoming adversity, Dhaivyd Hilgendorf said of his father, who died June 7 at 88.
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Four nights after George Floyd died in the custody of Minneapolis police, four men were caught on camera breaking into the Enterprise Rent-A-Car building in St. Paul s Midway neighborhood. They set it on fire. It was a total loss, said building owner Paul Gonyea, founder of Gonyea Commercial Properties. The roof collapsed. The inside walls collapsed. What remained had to be turned down.