Ken Otremba | |
State House: | Minnesota |
State: | Minnesota |
District: | 11B |
Term Start: | January 3, 1995 |
Term End: | September 4, 1997 |
Preceded: | Rick Krueger |
Succeeded: | Mary Ellen Otremba |
Party: | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party |
Birth Date: | October 29, 1948 |
Death Place: | Long Prairie, Minnesota |
Profession: | Farmer, United States Navy |
Spouse: | Mary Ellen Otremba (deceased) |
Children: | Andrew Otremba, Timothy Otremba, Kateri Torborg, Elizabeth Berg |
Residence: | Long Prairie, Minnesota |
Ken Otremba (October 29, 1948 - September 4, 1997) was an American politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing District 11B, which includes portions of Douglas and Todd counties in the west central part of the state. A Democrat, Otremba was elected to two terms in office, dying of liver cancer during the second.[1]
Otremba served as a fire control technician in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War, and later served in government, serving as an officer for the township of Reynolds, and as a commissioner for Todd County.
Otremba, a farmer, was married to Mary Ellen Otremba, who succeeded him in office. The two had four children. His cousin was Steve Dehler who also served in the Minnesota Legislature.