Melvin Joseph Skaug
May 5, 1972
Melvin Joseph Skaug, more commonly known as "Goody", was born in Clarkfield on May 21, 1894, to parents Jergon and Josephine Skaug. He grew up and lived in Clarkfield all his life. He was in the barber business all his adult life, retiring in 1960. He was baptized in the Norwegian Lutheran Church. At the time of his death,...
Gertie Rowberg
May 3, 1972
Gertie Rowberg was born on October 22, 1896, in Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to the late Even K. and Anne (Aasen) Rowberg. She spent her early years on the farm with her parents and remained with them and took care of them after they retired from active farming and moved to Hanley Falls. After her parents passing,...
Burton Kaye Kompelien
May 2, 1972
Burton Kaye Kompelien was born on February 27, 1955, at Clarkfield, Minnesota. He was baptized by Rev. E.L. Borg-Breen on April 3, 1955, and confirmed by Rev. W.H. Loughmiller on May 17, 1970. He attended school at Clarkfield until second grade and then due to his illness he continued his education by Home-Bound Instruction. He was now in the...
Jergon M. Maursetter
Apr 30, 1972
Jergon Maursetter was born at St. Cloud, Minnesota, on February 1, 1899, the son of Rasmus J. and Sena (Harvey) Maursetter. He was baptized in St. Cloud and confirmed in Clarkfield Lutheran Church by Rev. Storaasli. He attended elementary and high school in Clarkfield and then the Mankato Commercial College. On May 24, 1924, he was united in marriage...
Mabel Ordella (Johnson) Anderson
Mar 12, 1972
Mabel Ordella Johnson Anderson was born January 19, 1904, at Clarkfield, Minnesota, to the parents Chris and Selma Johnson. She was baptized by Rev. O.C. Farseth and confirmed by Rev. O.T. Storaasli. On December 7, 1922, she married Adolph L. Anderson of Clarkfield. This union was blessed with six children: Arlyn, Sylvan, Avis (Mrs. Clarence Bergeson), Lois (Mrs. Don...
Henry Frederick Kay
Mar 7, 1972
Henry Frederick Kay was born January 7, 1893, at Storm Lake, Iowa, the son Henry T. and Sophia (Long) Kay. A veteran of World War I, he farmed in southern Minnesota after his discharge. He married Margaret M. Meyer on February 20, 1921. The couple moved to Traverse County in west central Minnesota in 1932 where they farmed for...
Betsey J. (Ellingson) Erickson
Mar 3, 1972
Betsey J. Erickson was born on the family homestead two miles south of Hanley Falls, Minnesota, on May 21, 1894, to Alec and Jane (Mhyrre) Ellingson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church at Hanley Falls. On February 7, 1918, she was united in marriage to Arthur A. Erickson in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has lived on the...
Elmer Henry Haugland
Feb 16, 1972
Elmer Henry Haugland was born March 12, 1899, at Red Wing, Minnesota, to parents, Rev. Anders Haugland and Susie Johnson Haugland. He graduated from the High School at Clark, South Dakota in 1919. He moved with his parents to Hazel Run in 1922, after whch he was employed as a clerk at the Famers' Store for several years. Prior...
Anna Broughton
Feb 14, 1972
Anna Broughton was born on January 2, 1878, at Lyon County, Minnesota, the daughter of Ole and Helena (Nelson) Broughton. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She never married and resided in Cottonwood for many years. A year ago, she entered the Clarkfield Care Center, Clarkfield, Minnesota. Anna passed away on Monday, February 14, 1972, at...
Mae Florence Larson
Feb 10, 1972
Mae Larson was born in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to the parents Edwin and Clara (Johnson) Willander on May 18, 1920. She departed this life February 10, 1972, at the age of 51 years after years of a lingering illness. She passed away at the Clarkfield Care Center. She remained in this community all her life until...
Melville William Long
Feb 7, 1972
Melville William Long was born at North Branch, Iowa, December 4, 1895, to the parents, Andrew and Millie (Reed) Long. At the age of 15 years, he moved with his family to a farm near Clarkfield. As a boy he attended elementary school in Iowa and later in Normania Township. He assisted his parents on the farm until he...
Lee Chester Granell
Feb 2, 1972
Lee Chester Granell was born January 15, 1903, at Galva, Illinois, to the parents Eric and Cora (Chilberg) Granell. He was second in the family of ten and all his brothers and sisters were here for the services, namely: Mr. and Mrs. James (Murl) Hoffstatler, Mr. and Mrs. Gene (Edna) Blodgette, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Grannell, Mr. and Mrs....
Donald Heimark
Jan 28, 1972
Donald Heimark was born July 24, 1920, in Montevideo, Minnesota, to parents Henry H. and Margrethe (Johnson) Heimark. He passed away January 28, 1972, at Sousele Nursing Home in Montevideo, where he had resided the past ten years. He was preceded in death by his parents, who both passed away July, 1960. In Memory of DONALD HEIMARK Born July...
John Reed Sturgeon
Jan 26, 1972
John Reed Sturgeon was born March 25, 1892, at Portsmouth, Ohio. His parents were John and Susan (Collins) Sturgeon. He was married to Rachel Ogelvie in October, 1911. Two years later, they moved to Montevideo, Minnesota, where they farmed until 1941 when they moved to Clarkfield. John died Wednesday morning, January 26, 1972, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, at...
Bernard Isaac (Bud) Geyer
Jan 18, 1972
Bernard Isaac (Bud) Geyer, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Geyer, was born August 11, 1912, at Lenard, North Dakota. On June 29, 1940, he married Ethel Anderson. For the past 28 years he has farmed the Anderson Homestead, the site of last summer's large Anderson (Stamperstuen) family reunion. He died unexpectedly in his sleep sometime in the...
Larry Lowell Stokke
Jan 13, 1972
Larry Stokke, Clarkfield High School graduate with the class of 1966 passed away on Thursday, January 13, 1972, at the Meeker County Hospital in Litchfield, Minnesota, following injuries sustained the previous evening in a highway accident. He was 23 years old. Larry, in company with DuWayne Lehmann of Boyd, Minnesota, had stopped their car at the intersection on Highway...
Alfred Ole Eye
Jan 10, 1972
Alfred Ole Eye was born June 23, 1903, in Sioux Agency Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Bert and Bia (Slettedahl) Eye. He was baptized in the Rock Valley Lutheran Church near Echo, Minnesota. At the age of 12, in the spring of 1915, he moved with his parents to a farm southwest of Clarkfield, Minnesota, in Tyro Township....
Walter C. Westre
Jan 7, 1972
Walter C. Westre was born September 22, 1912, to Lars and Cecelia Westre of Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He was seventh in a family of eight. He was baptized by Rev. O. T. Storaasli and confirmed by Rev. O. M. O. Wee in the Lutheran Faith in the Clarkfield Lutheran Church being a lifelong member. He attended...
Luella M. Rikke
Jan 1, 1972
Luella M. Rikke was born November 1, 1913, in Minnesota, to Fred and Clara (Lemeke) Maasch. She married Kenneth W. (Sam) Rikke in August 1935 in Vesta, Minnesota. Since 1952 they lived in Hanley Falls, Minnesota. She passed away on January 1, 1972, at the University Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the age of 58 years. She is survived by...
Thomas William Diggins
Dec 31, 1971
Thomas W. Diggins was born at Marengo, Illinois, October 10, 1877, the son of Frank and Aminda (Marsh) Diggins. He moved to the Clarkfield, Minnesota community from Allison, Iowa, in 1903. He was married to Mary Evelyn Benage on September 16, 1903. Mr. Diggins farmed for many years near Clarkfield. In 1948, he moved to Granite Falls, Minnesota, where...
