Glenda S. Kompelien
Oct 16, 1972
Glenda Arneson Kompelien was born April 23, 1913, in Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the daughter of Gilbert and Caroline (Berg) Arneson. She passed away on Monday, October 16, 1972, at the Weiner Memorial Hospital, Marshall, Minnesota, at the age of 59 years. She became a child of God through Holy Baptism on June 22, 1913, at the...
Noreen Belle (Palmer) Simonson
Oct 16, 1972
Noreen Belle Simonson was born February 11, 1901, at Lakefield, Minnesota, to parents John and Burley (Logan) Palmer. She was united in marriage to Richard Simonson. Mrs. Simonson passed away October 16, 1972, in Lakefield, Minnesota, the result of an automobile accident. Her sister, Maudella Sylvesta Harper, of Elsinora, California, also passed away as a result of the same...
Theoline Jeanette (Thompson) Hegna
Oct 10, 1972
Theoline Jeanette Thompson Hegna was born June 29, 1903, in Hazel Run Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was baptized at the Hazel Run Lutheran Church. She was united in marriage to Melvin Hegna July 8, 1923. The couple spent two years at Tolna, North Dakota, and then farmed the John Stevens farm near Hanley Falls, Minnesota, for...
Albert B. Nelson
Oct 4, 1972
Albert B. Nelson, son of Bengt and Anna (Nelson) Nelson was born March 27, 1900. He was baptized into the Christian faith on May 6, 1900, and confirmed in the Swede Home Lutheran Church on July 8, 1917. Albert farmed in Swede Prairie Township and worked as a handyman doing odd jobs in the area. He retired in 1963...
Alyce Mabel (Quaal) Hartfiel
Sep 17, 1972
Alyce Mabel Quaal was born April 16, 1924, to Sievert and Mary (Erickson) Quaal in Ten Mile Lake Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. She was a member of the Boyd High School graduating class of 1942. She was a lifelong resident of Boyd with the exception of a short period of time that she worked in Arizona after...
Carl Adolph Theodore Burke
Aug 31, 1972
Carl Burke, a resident of the Clarkfield community for over sixty years, passed away in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 31, 1972, after an illness of about two years. Carl, the oldest of the twelve children of Adolph and Anna (Johnson) Burke, was born in Stanton, Iowa, on September 17, 1886. He was baptized on October 31, 1886, and was...
Jessie Pauline (Crafts) Skaug
Aug 30, 1972
Jessie Pauline Crafts Skaug was born in Iowa on August 15, 1898, the daughter of Myron C. and Cora (Pratt) Crafts. She spent her childhood in Iowa, Ohio and Minnesota. On January 6, 1919, she was united in marriage to Melvin Skaug of Clarkfield. To this union four daughters were born: Yvonne Lien of St. Paul, Minnesota, Phyllis Goltz...
Peder I. Iverson
Aug 20, 1972
Peder I. Iverson, a native of Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, was born April 18, 1894, the son of Iver and Ingeborg (Lynne) Iverson. He resided in the township all his life, operating the home farm and caring for his aged mother until her death. He was a member of the Bergen Lutheran Church. He passed away at...
Vernon L. Stokke
Aug 18, 1972
Vernon L. Stokke was born October 24, 1920, at Clarkfield, Minnesota, the younger of Nels S. and Alma (Anderson) Stokke's two children. He was baptized by Rev. Storaasli and confirmed by Rev. Otterstad at the St. Lucas Church. In January, 1939, he was united in marriage to LuElla Christensen. To this union, three children were born: Verna, Wanda, and...
Knute Hiram Dyrdahl
Jul 29, 1972
Knute Hiram Dyrdahl passed away very suddenly at Mercy Hospital in Anoka, Minnesota, on July 29, 1972, from a cerrebral hemorrhage at the age of 62 years. He was baptized and confirmed in the Hazel Run Lutheran Church. He was born on May 6, 1910, the son of Halvor and Mollia (Gautefall) Dyrdahl, spending his early years in Hazel...
Oscar Shefveland
Jul 27, 1972
Oscar Shefveland, a resident of the Clarkfield area from 1919 until 1951, was returned to this community for burial on July 31, 1972. He reached the age of 86 years. Mr. Shefveland was born in Story County, Iowa, on May 29, 1886, and passed away on July 27, 1972, at the Martin Luther Manor in Bloomington, Minnesota. He had...
Maye Olivia (Brekke) Wilson
Jul 25, 1972
Maye Olivia Wilson was born on May 27, 1894, in Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Carl A. and Inger (Berkvam) Brekke. She was baptized into the Christian faith and confirmed in Swede Home Lutheran Church in 1909. She attended public school in Swede Prairie and Clarkfield. On June 28, 1916, she was united in marriage to...
Hattie Luella (Mcmullen) Toombs
Jul 5, 1972
Services for Mrs. Hattie Toombs were held at the Clarkfield Lutheran Church on Saturday, July 8, 1972. She passed away on Wednesday, July 5, 1972, at the Dawson Nursing Home. She was a member of the local church since moving to Clarkfield. Hattie Luella McMullen was born September 17, 1880, at Manville, Wisconsin, to John and Mary (Cochron) McMullen....
Mary Elizabeth (Burchard) Stensrud
Jun 26, 1972
Final rites for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Stensrud who died at her home at Cottonwood, June 26, 1972, were conducted Friday, June 30, 1972. Mary Elizabeth Stensrud was born December 31, 1900, at Roseland, Nebraska, to Gustave C. and Sarah E. (Kade) Burchard. She attended school here until moving to Montana with her parents in April, 1913. She was an...
John Ferdinand Volkmann
Jun 17, 1972
Funeral services for John F. Volkmann of Cottonwood, Minnesota, were held Wednesday afternoon, June 21, 1972, at the Lynner Funeral Chapel. A World War I Veteran, the 77 year old man passed away at the Veterans Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on June 17, 1972. John was born June 1, 1895, at Wood Lake, Minnesota, to Gustof and...
Theodore Kompelien
Jun 10, 1972
Theodore Kompelien passed away peacefully Saturday, June 10, 1972, at 10:25 a.m., at the Clarkfield Hospital. Theodore Kompelien, son of Ole and Siri (Thon) Kompelien, was born October 24, 1879, in Westerheim Township, Lyon County, Minnesota. He passed away at the age of 92 years. He was baptized by Rev. Knute Thorstenson and confirmed by Rev. Martin Romstad. On...
Iver Andrew Arneson
Jun 9, 1972
Iver Arneson, long time cafe operator in Clarkfield, passed away at the Minnesota Masonic Home in Minneapolis on Friday, June 9, 1972. He had been in the Home's Care Center for some time. Iver Andrew Arneson, son of Arne Iverson and Johanna (Olson) Iverson was born December 22, 1876, in Norway. He came to America in 1885, at the...
George Oli Greseth
Jun 4, 1972
George Oli Greseth slept away peacefully Sunday, June 4, 1972, at 10:00 a.m., at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota. Mr. Greseth was born December 5, 1887, in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lac qui Parle Church. Mr. Greseth farmed near Hazel Run, Minnesota, until he retired and moved to Hazel Run...
Clara A. (Olson) Hanson
May 8, 1972
In Loving Memory of CLARA A. HANSON Clara Hanson was born on February 10, 1909, in Lyon County, Minnesota, the daughter of John and Josephine (Anderson) Johnson. She passed away at the Weiner Memorial Hospital, Marshall, Minnesota, on Monday, May 8, 1972, at the age of 63 years, 2 months, and 28 days. She was baptized and confirmed in...
Mildred E. (Boyes) Vandewater
May 8, 1972
Mildred VanDewater was born in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, May 30, 1896, to parents James and Mathilda (Wallington) Boyes. After graduating from school, she entered nurse's training at Barre, Vermont. In 1928 she was confirmed into the Episcopal Church and sent as a missionary nurse to the interior of Alaska. On June 20, 1932, she married Master/Sgt. Kenneth A. VanDewater....
