Alfred Anderson
Nov 19, 1972
Alfred Anderson was born on May 23, 1889, at Clarkfield, Minnesota, the son of Bernt and Olina (Eidahl) Anderson. He was baptized and confirmed in Clarkfield Lutheran Church by Rev. O.C. Farseth. He went to Montana when he was 23 years old and made his home there until 1961 when he returned to Minnesota and then made his home...
Carl Edwin Johnson
Nov 18, 1972
Carl Edwin Johnson was born January 10, 1892, in Gammalstorp, Sweden, the son of Ernst and Bengta (Nelson) Johnson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Gammalstorp Lutheran Church. He came to America in 1911. He worked as a blacksmith in Clarkfield and then in Minneapolis where he was employed at Honeywell until his health failed. He spent his...
Eddie Fred Galow
Nov 16, 1972
Eddie Fred Galow was born March 1, 1900, in Omro Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on the same farm on which he lived his entire life and was operating at the time of his death. It was the home of his parents, Herman and Margaret (Wiegers) Galow. He was baptized and confirmed in the St. John's Lutheran Church...
Aldolph Albert Hartfiel
Nov 12, 1972
Adolph Albert Hartfiel was born September 5, 1899 in Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Adolph and Emma (Eckhardt) Hartfiel. He was baptized and confirmed on April 4, 1914, in the Lutheran Church to which he remained a loyal member all of his life. Adolph spent his entire life on the farm and was an ardent sportsman, hunter...
Julia Emelia (Christensen) Ford
Nov 6, 1972
Julia E. Ford was born September 17, 1885, in Normania Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to the parents Hans and Ingeborg (Quam) Christensen. She was baptized and confirmed at the Spring Creek Lutheran Church. She was married to John Ford on November 30, 1910, at Augustana Lutheran Church at Clarkfield, Minnesota. To this union seven children were born....
Selma Hauge
Oct 29, 1972
Selma Hauge was born to Jens and Joanna (Wangnes) Hauge on February 8, 1892, on the family farm in Lisbon Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was baptized March 7, 1892, and confirmed July 21, 1907, at the Bergen Church where she was a lifetime member. As a young woman she attended school at Windom Institute in Montevideo,...
Rachel (Stokke) Swalstad
Oct 25, 1972
Rachel Stokke Swalstad was born in Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, February 14, 1890, of the parents, Sivert and Rachel (Nelson) Stokke. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith by Rev. K. Thorstenson and confirmed by Rev. Martin Romstad and has continued her membership in the St. Lucas Church until the time of her death. In 1916 she...
Raymond Ernest Miller
Oct 18, 1972
Raymond Ernest Miller, the son of Lewis and Hedwig (Schroeder) Miller, was born December 21, 1896, at Fort Dodge, Iowa. He was baptized on September 9, 1897, at Webster City, Iowa, and confirmed May 16, 1915, by M.F. Mompsen in the Lutheran faith. On September 19, 1923, he was united in marriage to Blenda Ree of Hanley Falls, Minnesota,...
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...
