Rudy was the youngest son of John & Lucy Mihelich. He was born in Great Falls, MT in 1912 where his father ran the Mihelich Hotel & Bar. His father died in 1917 when he was 5 years old and the family then moved to northern Montana where his mother filed a patent for a homestead in Blaine County near the Canadian border.
There she supported the family by providing room and board for the farmers who transported their wheat from Canada into Montana using large wagons with teams of 6 or 8 horses. She had 2 barns where the men could feed their horses and a large attic where they could use their bedrolls to sleep at night. She charged 50 cents for a meal and 50 cents for a team of horses. Rudy and his siblings, John, Nellie and Charlie got up early to help Lucy serve breakfast to the travelers so they could get to Harlem, MT before nightfall.
Around 1928, Lucy married Mike L. Wagner and moved to St. Helena, California along with her sons, John and Rudy. Rudy finished his education at St. Helena Union High School where he played football, served as Boys Athletic Manager and Class Treasurer plus participating in class plays as a member of the Dramatic Club.
On November 3, 1932 Rudy married Adela Clarice Beringer and they lived in St. Helena where their first daughter was born. Rudy was an entrepreneur with diverse skills. He ran Rudy's Service Station in St. Helena and later became Manager of the Safeway Grocery Store in Napa. He also sold New York Life Insurance and worked as a machinist.
In the 1950's he founded the Mihelich Lumber Yard on Monticello Road in Napa which was later relocated to the Napa Vallejo Highway near the airport. As a businessman, he was active in the Lion's Club, Napa Chamber of Commerce, Red Cross and the California Chain Store Association.
Upon retirement around 1967, he and his second wife, Bea moved to Palm Springs and later around 1970 to Knoxsville, TN where he used his many "handyman" skills to build their home on Thomas Weaver Road.
There she supported the family by providing room and board for the farmers who transported their wheat from Canada into Montana using large wagons with teams of 6 or 8 horses. She had 2 barns where the men could feed their horses and a large attic where they could use their bedrolls to sleep at night. She charged 50 cents for a meal and 50 cents for a team of horses. Rudy and his siblings, John, Nellie and Charlie got up early to help Lucy serve breakfast to the travelers so they could get to Harlem, MT before nightfall.
Around 1928, Lucy married Mike L. Wagner and moved to St. Helena, California along with her sons, John and Rudy. Rudy finished his education at St. Helena Union High School where he played football, served as Boys Athletic Manager and Class Treasurer plus participating in class plays as a member of the Dramatic Club.
On November 3, 1932 Rudy married Adela Clarice Beringer and they lived in St. Helena where their first daughter was born. Rudy was an entrepreneur with diverse skills. He ran Rudy's Service Station in St. Helena and later became Manager of the Safeway Grocery Store in Napa. He also sold New York Life Insurance and worked as a machinist.
In the 1950's he founded the Mihelich Lumber Yard on Monticello Road in Napa which was later relocated to the Napa Vallejo Highway near the airport. As a businessman, he was active in the Lion's Club, Napa Chamber of Commerce, Red Cross and the California Chain Store Association.
Upon retirement around 1967, he and his second wife, Bea moved to Palm Springs and later around 1970 to Knoxsville, TN where he used his many "handyman" skills to build their home on Thomas Weaver Road.
Rudy was the youngest son of John & Lucy Mihelich. He was born in Great Falls, MT in 1912 where his father ran the Mihelich Hotel & Bar. His father died in 1917 when he was 5 years old and the family then moved to northern Montana where his mother filed a patent for a homestead in Blaine County near the Canadian border.
There she supported the family by providing room and board for the farmers who transported their wheat from Canada into Montana using large wagons with teams of 6 or 8 horses. She had 2 barns where the men could feed their horses and a large attic where they could use their bedrolls to sleep at night. She charged 50 cents for a meal and 50 cents for a team of horses. Rudy and his siblings, John, Nellie and Charlie got up early to help Lucy serve breakfast to the travelers so they could get to Harlem, MT before nightfall.
Around 1928, Lucy married Mike L. Wagner and moved to St. Helena, California along with her sons, John and Rudy. Rudy finished his education at St. Helena Union High School where he played football, served as Boys Athletic Manager and Class Treasurer plus participating in class plays as a member of the Dramatic Club.
On November 3, 1932 Rudy married Adela Clarice Beringer and they lived in St. Helena where their first daughter was born. Rudy was an entrepreneur with diverse skills. He ran Rudy's Service Station in St. Helena and later became Manager of the Safeway Grocery Store in Napa. He also sold New York Life Insurance and worked as a machinist.
In the 1950's he founded the Mihelich Lumber Yard on Monticello Road in Napa which was later relocated to the Napa Vallejo Highway near the airport. As a businessman, he was active in the Lion's Club, Napa Chamber of Commerce, Red Cross and the California Chain Store Association.
Upon retirement around 1967, he and his second wife, Bea moved to Palm Springs and later around 1970 to Knoxsville, TN where he used his many "handyman" skills to build their home on Thomas Weaver Road.
There she supported the family by providing room and board for the farmers who transported their wheat from Canada into Montana using large wagons with teams of 6 or 8 horses. She had 2 barns where the men could feed their horses and a large attic where they could use their bedrolls to sleep at night. She charged 50 cents for a meal and 50 cents for a team of horses. Rudy and his siblings, John, Nellie and Charlie got up early to help Lucy serve breakfast to the travelers so they could get to Harlem, MT before nightfall.
Around 1928, Lucy married Mike L. Wagner and moved to St. Helena, California along with her sons, John and Rudy. Rudy finished his education at St. Helena Union High School where he played football, served as Boys Athletic Manager and Class Treasurer plus participating in class plays as a member of the Dramatic Club.
On November 3, 1932 Rudy married Adela Clarice Beringer and they lived in St. Helena where their first daughter was born. Rudy was an entrepreneur with diverse skills. He ran Rudy's Service Station in St. Helena and later became Manager of the Safeway Grocery Store in Napa. He also sold New York Life Insurance and worked as a machinist.
In the 1950's he founded the Mihelich Lumber Yard on Monticello Road in Napa which was later relocated to the Napa Vallejo Highway near the airport. As a businessman, he was active in the Lion's Club, Napa Chamber of Commerce, Red Cross and the California Chain Store Association.
Upon retirement around 1967, he and his second wife, Bea moved to Palm Springs and later around 1970 to Knoxsville, TN where he used his many "handyman" skills to build their home on Thomas Weaver Road.
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