Funeral services for Salomon "Sam" Rivinius, 84, of Elgin, ND will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 30, 2005 at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Elgin, with Pastor Jerry Lee officiating. Burial will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery. Visitations will be held from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday, July 29, at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home, Elgin, and one hour prior to the service at the church.

Salomon "Sam" Rivinius was born June 27, 1921, on a farm south of Heil to Carl and Rosina (Seidler) Rivinius. He attended elementary school at Cowan School District #2 and graduated from Elgin High School. Sam lived on the family homestead, farming with his brothers until 1953 when he moved to Elgin and eventually became manager of the American Legion Club.

Sam was a school bus driver from 1964 through May, 1989. He was responsible for as many as three bus routes at a time throughout his 25 years of service. Over the years, Sam transported basketball and football players on activity buses. He loved talking about his bus kids and sharing stories, like the time he took a busload of high school girls to an FHA convention in Fargo and remembered with amazement how they sang songs all the way home. He was very honored to be presented with a retirement party and a plaque of appreciation from the Elgin School Board for his years of service.

Sam was an avid fisherman, rarely revealing the locations of his favorite fishing holes. He enjoyed trapping and selling minnows to other fishermen. Sam also enjoyed hunting, playing pinochle, going to auction sales, and tinkering on his International buses, but especially spending time with his friends and visiting with people.

He served the community for many years as a volunteer fireman and chief of the Elgin Fire Department. He was also a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Sam entered the Jacobson Memorial Care Center in Elgin, in August, 2002, where he died July 26, 2005.

Sam is survived by his sister, Alice Iszler; brother, Harold Rivinius; sister-in-law, Alma Rivinius; all of Elgin; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Theodore and Rubert; his sisters and brothers-in-law, Alvina (Emanuel) Wutzke and Johanna (Arthur) Bruhn; and his sister-in-law, Delores Rivinius.