Norman Phillip Swennes
Apr 26, 1964
Norman Phillip Swennes, son of Lee and Gladys (Martin) Swennes, was born August 3, 1930, near Clarkfield, Minnesota. On October 20, 1933, he was baptized into the Christian faith at the Clarkfield Methodist Church. On June 17, 1945, he was confirmed in the now Christ Lutheran Church at Cottonwood. He enlisted in the National Guard in 1947. The group...
Cora (Brusven) Ree
Apr 11, 1964
Cora Ree, daughter of Haakon and Anlaug (Rowberg) Brusven, was born February 7, 1892, in Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith at St. Lucas Lutheran Church by Rev. Knut Thorstenson, confirmed by Rev. Martin Romstad and was a lifelong active member of the congregation and the ladies aid until her health failed....
Halvor P Iverson
Apr 4, 1964
Halvor P. Iverson was born September 16, 1870, in Minnesota, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Iverson. He passed away April 4, 1964, at the Madison Hospital, Madison, Minnesota, at the age of 93 years. He had been a resident of the Madison Lutheran Home for some time. He was preceded in death by his wife, Julia (Flaa)...
John J Stensrud
Mar 29, 1964
John J. Stensrud was born January 18, 1882, in Lyon County, Minnesota, the son of Johannes and Mariet Stensrud. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith. His childhood years were spent on his father's farm in Lyon County. As a young man he operated his own farm for several years. On April 19, 1920, he was united in marriage...
Freida Vongberg
Mar 26, 1964
Freida Vongberg was born on April 29, 1887, in Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the daughter of John and Christina Vongberg. She was baptized on May 29, 1887, and confirmed into the Lutheran faith at the Swede Home Lutheran Church on August 10, 1902, by Pastor C.E. Skaleen. She lived on the farm in Swede Prairie Township...
Martha Olina (Ulfseth) Hoiland
Mar 7, 1964
Martha Olina Hoiland was born in Lyon County, Minnesota, the daughter of Christen C. and Bertha (Bakken) Ulfseth. She was united in marriage to Alfred T. Hoiland, who preceded her in death August 7, 1953. Mrs. Hoiland passed away Saturday, March 7, 1964, at the Granite Falls Hospital, Granite Falls, Minnesota, at the age of 82 years. She had...
Ole Hoel
Feb 29, 1964
Ole Hoel, the oldest of nine children of Lars and Mathea (Anderson) Hoel, was born in Norway, October 5, 1876. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith, confirmed by the late Rev. Carl Moen and has been a member of the Clarkfield Lutheran Church. In 1881, he, with his parents, a sister and a brother, came to America and...
Amanda (Willander) Friberg
Feb 17, 1964
Amanda Friberg was born September 24, 1881, at Bernadotte, Nicollet County, Minnesota, the daughter of Christine and Nels Mons Willander. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. On December 18, 1902, she was united in marriage to Swen August Friberg. Ten children were born to this union. All but one, John Arthur, survive their mother. They include...
Carl Fredrick Magnuson
Feb 3, 1964
Carl Magnuson was born July 26, 1877, in Sweden, the son of A.F. and Johanna Magnuson. He came to America in 1882. He was a resident of the Hanley Falls area and was employed a number of years in grain elevator operations. Mr. Magnuson passed away Monday, February 3, 1964, at the Clarkfield Nursing Home, at the age of...
Lois (Rodgers) Oraas
Jan 31, 1964
Lois Irene Oraas was born December 30, 1913, the fourth child in the family of eight children of Armel and Martha Agnes (Long) Rodgers. Her birthplace was Berry County, Missouri, in the community of Purdy, where she received her formal education and where she resided until 1932. In 1932 she was united in marriage to William Harper and she...
John T Falkum
Jan 16, 1964
John T. Falkum was born in Skein, Norway, on July 17, 1888, to Lars and Kerstene (Torgerson) Falkum. In 1906 he came to reside in America and lived in various locations in Minnesota and North Dakota before coming to reside in the Clarkfield area. He was united in marriage on November 27, 1918, to Frances A. Johnson by Rev....
Stella Belle (Chapman) Arneson
Jan 7, 1964
Stella Belle Arneson was born on a farm near Echo, Minnesota, on April 5, 1887, to Charles and Mary (McCormick) Chapman. She received her education in the Yellow Medicine County schools and grew to womanhood in Echo. She was united in marriage to Iver Arneson of Clarkfield on November 25, 1903. The young couple resided in Echo where he...
Joseph Leroy Leenerts
Jan 3, 1964
The infant son of Kenneth and Geraldine (Coubal) Leenerts was buried in the Catholic cemetery at Cottonwood, Saturday morning, January 3, 1964. Joseph Leroy was born at the Montevideo Hospital on Thursday, January 2, 1964, and passed away the following afternoon, January 3, 1964. He has one sister, Kathy. Services were held at the Cottonwood church at 10 o'clock...
Hazel (Sack) Nelson
Jan 3, 1964
Hazel Sack Nelson was born April 29, 1906, in Baxter Township to Chris and Bertha (McMullen) Sack. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith by Rev. E.C. Eid and remained a faithful worker in the church. She was graduated from the Boyd High School and the Clarkfield Teachers Training. She taught school in rural areas in the...
Laurence B Anderson
Jan 3, 1964
Laurence B. Anderson was born July 8, 1904, in Minnesota, the son of Alfred and Sophie (Enger) Anderson. He passed away January 3, 1964, in Hanley Falls, Minnesota, at the age of 59 years. He is survived by his wife, Thelma C. (Varpness) Anderson and a brother, Ardell James Anderson. IN MEMORY OF LAURENCE ANDERSON July 8, 1904 ~...
Kari Kirkeby
Jan 2, 1964
The infant daughter of Delas and Catherine (Silver) Kirkeby was interred at the Clarkfield Lutheran Cemetery on Friday morning, January 2, 1964, with Rev. C.M. Bagaason officiating. The baby, born on New Year's Day, passed away a few moments after birth. The grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kirkeby and Mr. and Mrs. George Silver, left here Thursday morning for...
Elmer Ellisens Aakvik
Jan 1, 1964
Elmer Ellisens Aakvik, son of Bonsak and Maren (Mathison) Aakvik, was born August 23, 1889, in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He was baptized September 8, 1889, at Fridhem Lutheran Church of Tyro Township by Rev. B.F. Bengtson and confirmed August 30, 1903, at Clarkfield Lutheran Church by Rev. O.C. Farseth, and has been a member ever since....
Lloyd Sherman Anderson
Dec 30, 1963
Lloyd Sherman Anderson was born April 16, 1903, in Minnesota, the son of Gustaf M. and Sarah (Bestland) Anderson. He completed elementary school in Dictrict 45 near Clarkfield after which he lived with his mother and father and helped on the farm. The family moved to Hanley Falls and a short time later, Lloyd entered the state hospital at...
Carlton James John Savoie
Dec 16, 1963
Carlton James John Savoie, infant son of Charles and Rosalie (Granell) Savoie was born Saturday, December 14, 1963, and passed away early Monday morning, December 16, 1963, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota. He is survived by his parents; two sisters: Charmaine and Colette, and one brother, Charles, Jr.; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Granell; paternal...
Linda Jean Hollenbeck
Dec 10, 1963
Linda Jean Hollenbeck was born in Clarkfield, Minnesota, on May 3, 1962, the daughter of Robert and Mavis (Kittleson) Hollenbeck. She was baptized into the Lutheran faith at Clarkfield Lutheran Church on June 10, 1962. She entered her heavenly home on December 10, 1963, at the age of nineteen months. She is survived by her parents and three brothers:...
