Harry B. Hanson
May 4, 1975
Harry Hanson was born May 25, 1905, to parents Ole and Emma (Brusven) Hanson in Normania Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He was baptized by Pastor Romestad and confirmed by Pastor Otterstad in St. Lucas Church in Normania Township. On June 6, 1926, he was united in marriage to Jeannette O. Brecke. One daughter, Harriet was born to...
Virgil Milroy Stevens
Apr 26, 1975
Virgil Milroy Stevens was born at Hanley Falls, Minnesota, on October 5, 1911, the oldest son of Carl A. and Mary (Gullickson) Stevens. He was baptized and confirmed in the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church at Hanley Falls by Rev. Ole Lokensgaard. Virgil graduated from the Hanley Falls High School in 1929 and was engaged in farming until 1942 when...
John Cornelius
Apr 22, 1975
John Cornelius was born February 4, 1885, in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the oldest son of Peder and Maren (Olson) Cornelius. He was baptized by Rev. O. Lokensgard and confirmed by Rev. H.O. Fjelstad in the Bergen Lutheran Church. He attended the Globe School of Business at Austin, Minnesota. He farmed most of his life in Lisbon township except...
Sr. Lynne, Arden Elvin
Apr 14, 1975
Arden Elvin Lynne was born in Clarkfield, March 10, 1901, the oldest of three sons born to Andrew and Gina (Hansrud) Lynne. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and a lifetime member of Clarkfield Lutheran Church. In 1921 he graduated from Clarkfield High School and as a young man worked at carpenter, print shop, and grocer....
William Burke
Apr 12, 1975
William Burke was born December 23, 1889, to parents Francis and Jane (Strain) Burke at Boston, Massachussetts, where he spent his early years working as a carpenter, until he entered the United States Navy and served his country from 1918 until 1921. He married Catherine Nicolson on February 14, 1925, celebrating their golden wedding anniversary in February of this...
Harry Vinton Edmunds
Apr 11, 1975
Harry Vinton Edmunds was born on March 26, 1911, to Vinton and Rose (Walle) Edmunds at Boyd, Minnesota. The family moved to Clarkfield in 1912. He was baptized in the Methodist Church in Clarkfield and attended Clarkfield Public Schools, graduating from high school in 1931. He worked in CCC camps for four years. Upon returning to Clarkfield he worked...
Mae Eleanor (Olson) Christensen
Mar 8, 1975
Mrs. Albert (Mae) Christensen passed away Saturday evening, March 8, 1975, at the age of 74 years at the Luther Haven Nursing Home in Montevideo, Minnesota, where she had been a resident the past year. Mrs. Christensen, the second child in the family, was born June 12, 1900, to Christian and Ellen (Youngmark) Olson, and was baptized Mae Eleanor...
Blenda Sophia (Swenson) Ohlson
Mar 3, 1975
Blenda Sophia Swenson Ohlson passed away at the Clarkfield Hospital March 3, 1975, at the age of 96 years. She was born in Ogden, Iowa, to Fredrick and Maria Swenson. On December 31, 1913, she married Fred G. Ohlson in DeKalb, Illinois. To this union one son, Raymond, was born. In 1915 they moved to the Hazel Run communnity...
Delmer Walton Willander
Feb 27, 1975
Delmer Walton Willander was born to Oscar and Emelia (Anderson) Willander on January 2, 1922, in Tyro Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He was baptized on January 22, that same year by Rev. Theo. Steinert. He was confirmed on July 19, 1936, at first English Lutheran Church by Rev. Carl E. Anderson. He enlisted in the United States...
Benjamin J. Anderson
Feb 15, 1975
Benjamin Anderson was born on a farm west of Cottonwood, Minnesota, September 5, 1890. His parents were Gjermond and Severina (Barstad) Anderson. He was baptized and confirmed at Silo Lutheran Church. He attended the Academy at Canton, South Dakota, for a time. Mr. Anderson held various jobs in the community including being mayor of Cottonwood from 1933 to 1937....
Elmer Pershing Berre
Feb 7, 1975
Elmer Pershing Berre passed away at his home at Clarkfield, Minnesota, on February 7, 1975. Elmer was born December 25, 1916, in Normania Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Evend and Sarah (Christofferson) Berre. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Lucas Lutheran Church. He lived in Normania Township until February 1942 when he entered the United States...
Agnes Josephine Lund
Jan 31, 1975
Agnes Josephine Lund, a resident of Clarkfield for more than 50 years, passed away at the Clarkfield Care Center January 31, 1975. Agnes was born January 3, 1895, in Normania Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Bernt and Severine (Johnson) Jolstad. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Lucas Lutheran Church. She attended rural school and the Cottonwood...
Mathia Dahl
Jan 26, 1975
IN MEMORY OF MATHIA DAHL Funeral services were held Wednesday, January 29, 1975, for Miss Mathia Dahl, 95 years old, who passed away January 26, 1975, at the Clarkfield Hospital. Mathia Dahl was born July 2, 1879, at Cottonwood, Minnesota. Miss Dahl was a longtime resident of the Clarkfield Care Center. Officiating, Rev. C.L. Watterud Organist, Mrs. Ella Larson...
John Clifford Saunders
Jan 24, 1975
John Clifford Saunders was born December 26, 1901, in Florence, Oregon, to George and Aretta (Wright) Saunders. On January 5, 1927, he married Agnes Swanson at Marshall, Minnesota. To this union ten children were born: Jeanette (Mrs. Donald Enstad) of Granite Falls, Allan of Exeter, California, Lowell of Henderson, Nevada, Herbert of Scottsdale, Arizona, John Richard of Mesa, Arizona,...
Otto B. Soppeland
Jan 16, 1975
Mr. Otto Soppeland, age 94 years and 6 months, passed away January 16, 1975, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota. He was born in Pontiac, Illinois, on July 21, 1880, to parents John O. and Levina Soppeland. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He moved with his parents and other family members to a farm...
Harold Walter Nilson
Jan 12, 1975
Funeral Services for Harold Nilson of Boyd, Minnesota, 46-year-old victim of the January 12, 1975 blizzard were held Wednesday, January 15, 1975, at 2:00 p.m., at Trinity Lutheran Church of Boyd. He was born December 20, 1928, in Minnesota to parents Nils and Alma (Erickson) Nilson. Harold was a veteran of the United States Army, serving during the Korean...
Oscar Martin Olson
Jan 10, 1975
Oscar Martin Olson was born October 16, 1886, in Sweden. He was a member of the Swede Home Lutheran Church. Oscar immigrated to the United States about 1910. He and his brother Karl farmed in partnership several years before he made his home with the Robergs in Swede Prairie Township. Before entering the Clarkfield Care Center, he spent three...
Gertie Odella Nelson
Jan 9, 1975
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning, January 14, 1975, for Gertie Nelson, 79, who died January 9, 1975. Gertie was born August 3, 1895, in Lisbon Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Hans and Malena (Vik) Hanson. She was baptized and confirmed at Clarkfield Lutheran Church. On October 24, 1920, she was united in marriage to Nels Nelson....
Martha Caroline Leppke
Jan 4, 1975
Mrs. Fred Leppke (Martha Caroline) was born February 23, 1893, to William and Caroline (Nohenberg) Roske in Omro Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was baptized by Rev. Jacob Frey and confirmed in 1906 by Pastor E.G. Fritz at St. John's Lutheran Church. She married Fred T. Leppke on February 1, 1916. Mrs. Leppke passed away January 4,...
Iver O. Lee
Jan 3, 1975
Iver O. Lee was born October 12, 1888, in Bergen, Norway, to Ole and Martha (Larson) Olson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church, and attended the public schools in Norway. He came to the United States as a young man in 1908. His uncle, Andrew Lee, lived in Clarkfield where he first came and worked around...
