Oscar Willander
Sep 1, 1963
Oscar Willander was born July 18, 1886, in Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the son of Nels and Kjersti (Eskels) Willander. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and was a member of the Fridhem Church until it united with the Augustana Lutheran Church, where he continued his membership. On June 14, 1921, he was...
Bert Emil Nelson
Aug 19, 1963
Bert Emil Nelson was born at Eagle Grove, Iowa, on August 30, 1891, one of the twelve children of Halvor and Julia (Larson) Nelson. When he was about seven years old, the family moved to the Canby area where they settled in Providence Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. Later they moved near Canby and then on to the...
Alfred Oliver Stenson
Jul 25, 1963
Alfred Oliver Stenson was born May 19, 1890, on a farm in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, now owned by Bert J. Nelson. He was the fourth child in the family of seven children of Steen and Nelia (Langland) Johnson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Norwegian Lutheran faith and was a lifelong member of the Bergen...
Paul Wayne Nyland
Jul 22, 1963
Paul Wayne Nyland was born February 8, 1946, to Orville and Ruby (Hanson) Nyland in Granite Falls, Minnesota. On March 24, 1946, he was baptized at Hazel Run Lutheran Church. He was confirmed in the Lutheran faith in the same chruch on May 14, 1961. Paul has resided at his home in Hazel Run Township all his life and...
Annette Christine (Wilson) Mikelson
Jun 23, 1963
Annette Christine Mikelson, one of eight children of Halvor G. and Annie (Tongen) Wilson, was born August 25, 1888, on the farm east of Hazel Run, Minnesota. She was baptized in Yellow Medicine Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hanley Falls, Minnesota, on September 23, 1888 by Rev. Knut Thorstenson. On November 22, 1903, she was confirmed in the Lutheran faith...
Ludwig O. Flaa
Jun 10, 1963
Ludwig O. Flaa was born December 1, 1878, at Ishpeming, Michigan, the son of Ole and Ingeborg (Hovdahl) Flaa. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and until recently was a member of the St. Petri Lutheran Church at Camp Release Township. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church....
Mathilda Marie (Albrightson) Selness
Jun 6, 1963
Mathilda Marie Selness, the daughter of Otto Albrightson, was born in Nordland, Norway, on February 5, 1881. She was baptized and confirmed at the Kvefjord Church of Nordland, Norway, by Rev. Bugge. She completed her elementary education in Nordland, Norway and immigrated to America where she took up residence with relatives in Clarkfield, Minnesota. Mathilda became acquainted with Anton...
Oscar O. Hanson
May 28, 1963
Oscar O. Hanson was born January 3, 1896, in Minnesota, the son of Ole and Helga (Trovatten) Hanson. He was united in marriage to Ebba Helena Rude on October 19, 1919. They farmed northwest of town until 1960 when they bought a house in town. Mr. Hanson passed away May 28, 1963, at Echo, Minnesota, at the age of...
Helen Marie Haakenson
May 26, 1963
Helen Marie Haakenson was born May 15, 1883, in Ten Mile Lake Township of Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, to parents Martin and Karina (Pederson) Haakenson. She passed away May 26, 1963, at Willmar, Minnesota, at the age of 80 years. Survivors include brothers, Hjalmar and Peter, and sisters, Jorgina, Ruth and Hannah (Mrs. Lawrence Jahnke). IN MEMORY OF...
Clarence Lars Lund
May 24, 1963
Clarence Lars Lund was born March 7, 1894, in Thor, Iowa, one of a family of eleven children born to Samson J. and Hannah (Korsland) Lund. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith on April 22, 1894, at Ullensvang Lutheran Church at Thor by Rev. O.C. Farseth. In 1901, he came to Minnesota with his parents, who settled on...
Philander Malcolm Berre
May 2, 1963
Philander Malcom Berre was born August 28, 1895, in Minnesota, the son of John and Polla (Kise) Berre. Mr. Berre's life occupation was farming. He passed away May 2, 1963, at the Marshall Hospital, Marshall, Minnesota, at the age of 67 years. Survivors include sisters: Ella Hoiland, Isabella Gilbertson, Edna Reishus, Judith Harris; and brother, Julius. IN MEMORY OF...
Nels P. Nelson
May 1, 1963
Nels P. Nelson was born March 28, 1882, in Minnesota, the son of Peter and Helga (Johnson) Nelson and lived most of his life on the home farm in Swede Prairie Township. After the death of his sister, Junina, in 1956, Nels left the farm and resided at the Marshall Convalescent home. Nels was baptized and confirmed in the...
Louis Hegna
Apr 24, 1963
Louis Hegna was born April 4, 1899, at Clarkfield the son of Halvor and Marie (Eikness) Hegna. He was baptized at the Clarkfield Lutheran Church on April 23, 1899, and confirmed there on May 24, 1914, by Rev. O.T. Storaasli. Louis spent most of his life farming in the Clarkfield community. He passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 1963,...
Tebert Thostenson
Apr 24, 1963
Tebert Thostenson, the son of Knute and Carrie (Horey) Thostenson, was born at Fillmore County, Minnesota, on November 15, 1902, and was baptized at the Saetersdal Lutheran Church of York Township, Iowa, by Rev. Peter Dryer in December of 1902. In 1918, he was confirmed in faith at Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church of Hanley Falls by Rev. Ole Lokensgaard....
Oscar Michael Johnson
Apr 21, 1963
Oscar Michael Johnson was born November 9, 1898, in Jackson County, Minnesota, the son of Michael and Petra (Grinager) Johnson. He was baptized July 23, 1899, at the Delafield Lutheran Church and moved to Clarkfield with his father and family at the age of 11. He was confirmed at Clarkfield Lutheran Church by Rev. O.T. Storaasli on May 24,...
Agnes Signora Miller
Apr 18, 1963
Agnes Signora Miller was born March 18, 1897, in Vallers Township, Lyon County, Minnesota, the daughter of Anders O. Miller and Siri Svendsdatter (Thon) Miller. She passed away April 18, 1963, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, at the age of 66 years. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Mabel Miller in 1909 and sister,...
Emma Josephine (Austin) Oftedahl
Apr 14, 1963
Emma Josephine Oftedahl, the daughter of Thomas and Julia (Thostenson) Austin, was born December 12, 1899, in York Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota, and was baptized at the Saetersdal Lutheran Church of Chester, Iowa. In 1914, she confirmed her faith at Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church before Rev. Ole Lokensgaard. During her childhood, her parents brought her to Hanley Falls where...
Mollie Dammann
Apr 8, 1963
Mollie Dammann was born January 22, 1888, in Minnesota, the daughter of John G. and Martha Marie (Hurland) Dammann. She passed away April 8, 1963, at Oak Terrace Nursing Home, Glen Lake, Minnesota, at the age of 74 years. Survivors include a niece, Marjorie (Dammann) Christiansen. IN MEMORY OF MOLLIE DAMMANN January 22, 1888 ~ April 8, 1963 Funeral...
Carl Oben Dotseth
Apr 7, 1963
Carl Oben Dotseth, the son of Nels and Anna Christine (Stenson) Dotseth, was born in Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on November 30, 1877. He was baptized in January, 1878, by Rev. Knute Thorstenson, pastor of Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church. In August, 1892, he was confirmed in St. Lucas Lutheran Church before Rev. Knute Thorstenson. On April 7,...
Josephine Mathilda (Wilson) Dotseth
Apr 7, 1963
Josephine Mathilda Wilson Dotseth was born in Renville, Minnesota, on January 16, 1882, the daughter of Ole C. Wilson and Anne Hendrickson Wilson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She moved with her parents to North Dakota in 1885. In 1892 they moved back to Clarkfield, Minnesota, where she attended school. They later moved to the...
