Pfc Lyle Gordon Leppke
Aug 5, 1969
PFC Lyle Gordon Leppke was born may 12, 1946, at Canby, Minnesota. In 1964 he was graduated from the Dr. Martin Luther High School at New Ulm, Minnesota. From 1964 to 1966, he attended Northwestern Lutheran College at Watertown, Wisconsin, and from 1966 to 1968, he attended St. Cloud State College. On February 20, 1969, he was inducted into...
Grabiel Almonza
Aug 4, 1969
Grabiel Almonza was born August 4, 1969, at Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, to parents Bonifacio and Gregora (Mata) Almonza. He passed away August 4, 1969, at Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota. Graveside Services Tuesday, August 5, 1969, 10:30 a.m. Clarkfield City Cemetery, Clarkfield, Minnesota Officiating, Father Becker Cottonwood, Minnesota Final Resting Place Clarkfield City Cemetery Clarkfield, Minnesota Arrangements...
Mark O'Neil Anderson
Jul 25, 1969
Mark O'Neil Anderson of Granite Falls, Minnesota, was born March 17, 1953, in Minnesota, to parents Walton and Pearl (Wilson) Anderson. He passed away July 25, 1969, in Yellow Medicine County, the result of an automobile accident at the age of 16 years. He was preceded in death by a sister, Susan Marie, and his father, Walton. He leaves...
Hazel Irene (Sabe" Friberg
Jul 25, 1969
Hazel Irene Friberg was born April 22, 1916, in Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Heine and Soneva "Susie" (Eide) Sabe. She was united in marriage to Herbert Friberg. To this marriage, two sons were born, David and Donald. Hazel passed away July 25, 1969, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital at the age of 53 years....
Arnold Anderson
Jul 8, 1969
Funeral services were held on Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd for Arnold Anderson, a World War I veteran, who passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 1969, at the Montevideo Hospital, at the age of 79 years. Mr. Anderson was born on September 28, 1889, at Fredrickstad, Norway, the son of Andrew and Mathia...
Pheme Josephine (Thomton) Westre
Jul 6, 1969
Pheme Josephine Thomton Westre was born June 21, 1913, to parents, Elvin and Josephine (Olson) Thomton, in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She and her sister, Cleo, were the only children in the family. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith July 6, 1913, by Rev. O.T. Storaasli and was confirmed July 8, 1928, by Rev. O.M.O. Wee....
Mabel Christina (Hauge) Shepard
Jun 28, 1969
Mabel Christina Shepard was born December 24, 1895, at Clarkfield. She passed away June 28, 1969, at the Montevideo Hospital. Her parents were Jens and Joanna (Wangnes) Hauge. She was baptized by Rev. H. Fjeldstad and confirmed by Rev. John Salhus. On November 8, 1930, she was married to Eugene Shepard of South St. Paul. He was her constant...
Otillie Wilhelmine (Bittler) Wiegers
Jun 20, 1969
Mrs. Ottilie Wilhelmine Wiegers was the daughter of Rudolph Bittler and his wife, Maria (Behrmann) Bittler. She was born on December 17, 1881, in Faribault County, Emerald Township, Blue Earth, Minnesota. She was baptized on March 12, 1882, by Rev. C.F. Shutz of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Emerald Township. She was confirmed on April 2, 1898, by Pastor Hillger of...
Christian Rustad
Jun 17, 1969
Christian Rustad was born January 22, 1887, at Strinden, Trondheim, Norway, to parents Iven and Karen Rustad. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in Bratsberg Church near Trondheim. He came to Lac qui Parle County from Norway when he was about 20 years old. There he spent the rest of his life doing farm work and...
Berdines "Bert" Erickson
Jun 7, 1969
Bert Erickson was born on February 20, 1901, at Vikedahl, Norway, the son of Erick and Boghild (Johanneson) Stolsmark. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church of Norway. He came to America as a young man. He worked as a farm laborer for several years in the Hanley Falls vicinity. He later moved to Minneapolis where he...
Ida Marie Nelson
May 27, 1969
Ida Marie Nelson was born on October 11, 1894, in the township of Lund, Douglas County, near Evansville, Minnesota. She was sixth in a family of ten children of Nels A. and Anna (Erickson) Lang. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and was a lifelong member of the church. She grew to young womanhood in her...
Claus August Gustafson
May 25, 1969
Claus August Gustafson was born January 1, 1893, at Doraps, Sweden. He was the son of Gustaf and Maria Johnson. He was baptized and confirmed at Doraps Lutheran Church in Sweden. At the age of 21 years, he came to the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mikelson at Hazel Run. There he made his...
Adolph A. Riediger
May 19, 1969
Adolph A. Riediger, the son of Gustav and Emma (Heintze) Riediger, was born on August 15, 1890, in Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He was baptized on August 24. 1890, by Pastor Frey of the St. John's Lutheran Church. In 1904, he was confirmed at St. John's by Pastor Hillger of Zion Lutheran, Tyro Township, acting in place...
Bertha Augusta Laechelt
Mar 24, 1969
Bertha Augusta Koepp Laechelt, the daughter of Julius and Augusta (Klatt) Koepp was born July 11, 1892, in Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was baptized by the Rev. Henry Vetter and on Palm Sunday in 1906, confirmed by the Rev . August Hillger in the Zion Church. She moved with her parents to Boyd where she grew...
Minnie (Lundberg) Olson
Mar 6, 1969
Minnie Olson was born December 16, 1878, in Normania Township, the eldest daughter of Hans T. and Christiana (Johnson) Lundberg. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in the St. Lucas Lutheran Church of Normania Township. She was united in marriage to Alfred Olson of Clarkfield and the two spent their entire married life in Clarkfield. To...
Charlotte Borghild (Johnson) Iverson
Feb 24, 1969
Charlotte Borghild Iverson was born April 10, 1885, in Minnesota, to parents Isaac and Maria (Norgaard) Johnson. She was united in marriage to Gilbert Iverson. She passed away at Clarkfield Community Hospital on February 24, 1969, at the age of 83 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gilbert. Survivors include a son, Melvern Iverson, and daughters,...
Anna (Gulbrandson) Husby
Feb 11, 1969
Anna Gulbrandson Husby was born to Gulbran and Elisa Gulbrandson on December 11, 1886, in Honefoss, Norway. She was baptized and confirmed in Norway. There were eleven children in her family, who with her parents, have preceded her in death. She came to America in 1905, at the age of 17, and worked in Montevideo until her marriage. She...
Nettie Stensrud Pesek
Feb 2, 1969
Mrs. Nettie Pesek, daughter of Oscar and Anna (Broughton) Stensrud, was born August 18, 1902, in Lyon County, Minnesota, and passed away at the Clarkfield Community Hospital on February 2, 1969, at 6:15 a.m. at the age of 66 years. She was baptized and confirmed in St. Lucas Lutheran Church. On August 19, 1920, she was united in marriage...
George B. Johnson
Feb 2, 1969
George B. Johnson, the son of Gabriel and Sophie (Mikelson) Johnson was born at Granite Falls, Minnesota, on September, 25, 1895. He was baptized at the United Lutheran Church on October 25, 1896, by Rev. H.O. Fjelstad. On November 25, 1926, he was united in marriage to Mable Gautefall of Hazel Run, by Rev. O.E. Erickson. The union was...
Martha Paulina Wilson
Jan 28, 1969
Martha Wilson, the last surviving child of parents Halvor G. and Annie (Tongen) Wilson, was born in Hazel Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on June 13, 1884. She was baptized and confirmed at Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church, Hanley Falls, Minnesota. She grew up on the farm home one mile east of Hazel Run, attending a country school a...
