Henning Andrew Hagg
Sep 7, 1961
Henning A. Hagg, one of a family of ten children, was born to A.P. and Anna Hagg on a farm near Winthrop, Minnesota, on September 23, 1891. He attended grade school and high school in Winthrop, Minnesota. He continued his education at Gustavus Adolphus College from which he was graduated in 1917 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. Mr....
Peter Oscar Johnson
Aug 26, 1961
Peter Oscar Johnson was born May 29, 1884, in Sweden, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Johnson. He passed away Saturday, August 26, 1961, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, after suffering a stroke the previous Wednesday. He is survived by his wife, Helena Mary (Anderson) Johnson of rural Boyd, Minnesota, and one son, Melvin of Minneapolis....
Gilbert Bernhard Bestland
Aug 23, 1961
Gilbert Bernhard Bestland was born June 17, 1893, at Wood Lake Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the son of Halvor and Carrie (Norgaard) Bestland. He was baptized by Rev. Knute Thostenson at Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church, Hanley Falls, Minnesota, on July 30, 1893, and was confirmed in the same congregation by Rev. Ole Lokensgaard in 1907. Gilbert Bestland has...
John E Johnson
Jul 20, 1961
John E. Johnson, son of Andrew and Anna Johnson, was born in Gran, Hadeland, Norway, May 30, 1876. He received the sacrament of baptism in Gran, and was confirmed in the Lutheran faith while living as a youth in Faribault County, Minesota, where the family made its home after coming to America in 1884. Twelve years later the family...
Harold Alan Newell
Jul 12, 1961
Harold Alan Newell was born September 28, 1902, in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Frank and Ida Newell. He was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith in Dayton, where he also attended school. He went on to Carnegie Tech and graduated there as an electrical engineer. He began his career at the Kelvinator Corporation and went on to...
Ansgar John Youngmark
Jul 1, 1961
Ansgar John Youngmark was born on September 16, 1880, at Carver, Minnesota, the son of Andrew and Sophie (Olander) Youngmark. He was baptized at New Sweden, Minnesota, and a few years later he moved with his parents to Clarkfield, Minnesota. He was confirmed at Swede Home Lutheran Church by Rev. B.F. Bengtson. He was united in marrige to Ellen...
David Dwayne Alton Ulrich
Jun 28, 1961
David Dwayne Alton Ulrich, the son of Melvin and Irene (Disney) Ulrich, was born on October 15, 1953, at Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. He was baptized in the Immanuel Lutheran Church at Audubon, Minnesota, on November 15, 1953, by Rev. S.E. Lee. Prior to his kindergarten days, he came with his parents to Clarkfield where he attended school, completing his...
Agnes (Peterson) Nordahl
Jun 28, 1961
Agnes (Peterson) Nordahl was born February 28, 1904, at Canby, Minnesota, the daughter of Hans and Carrie (Stebbenrud) Peterson. On July 22, 1922, she was united in marriage to Sam L. Nordahl at Dawson, Minnesota. For a number of years the young couple resided in the Dawson and Madison area before moving to the Boyd community where they lived...
Hamlet Arthur Brenden
Jun 24, 1961
Hamlet Arthur Brenden was born December 4, 1884, in Iowa, the son of Helge and Marit (Dokken) Brenden. He passed away June 24, 1961, at his home in Glencoe Township, McCleod County, Minnesota, at the age of 76 years. He is survived by his wife, Abbie Brenden. IN MEMORY OF HAMLET A. BRENDEN December 4, 1884 ~ June 24,...
Oline Sophia (Haugen) Knutson
Jun 10, 1961
Oline Sofia Haugen Knutson was born on a farm in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on February 24, 1885, the daughter of Sigurd and Signe (Solberg) Haugen. She was baptized by Rev. Ole Lokensgard in the Bergen Church and confirmed by Rev. Halvor Fjelstad in October, 1900. She attended grade and parochial school in District 26 and then...
Gordon Irvin Anderson
Jun 8, 1961
Gordon Irvin Anderson was born in Star Township, Pennington County, Minnesota, on October 28, 1936, the son of Johannes and Margaret (Stensrud) Anderson. He moved with his family to Clarkfield, Minnesota, in 1948. He was confirmed by Rev. J.E. Akre on April 29, 1951, at Clarkfield Lutheran Church. Gordon graduated with the class of 1954 from Clarkfield High School....
George Frederick Hermann Koepp
Jun 4, 1961
George Frederick Hermann Koepp, son of Gottlieb and Ida (Rothke) Koepp, was born August 27, 1874, at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He was baptized on September 27, 1874, in the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, by Rev. Paul Lucas. He came to Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, with his parents who settled on a homestead in Tyro Township. Here Mr....
Knute Severin Espe
May 20, 1961
Knute Severin Espe was born November 17, 1887, in Horningdal, Nordfjord, Norway, the son of Ole Pedersen and Ingeborg (Sateren) Espe. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in the Horningdal Church. In 1910, he immigrated to America and settled at Clarkfield, Minnesota, where he was engaged in farming. He spent a few years in North Dakota....
Alden Wayne Hanson
May 17, 1961
Alden Wayne Hanson was born at Clarkfield, Minnesota, on January 16, 1928, the son of George and Alma (Erickson) Hanson. He was baptized by Rev. J.E.H. Akre on February 14, 1928, and confirmed by the same pastor on May 2, 1943. Alden spent most of his life in this community with the exception of four years he served in...
Ewalt August Peter Pipke
May 16, 1961
Ewalt August Peter Pipke was born October 6, 1885, in Minnesota, the son of William and Otilia (Nohrenberg) Pipke. He passed away May 16, 1961, at his Omro Township farm home, at the age of 75 years. He is survived by his wife, Elsie (Ziesemer) Pipke; two children: Alfred Pipke of Iowa and Lydia (Mrs. Walter Stelter) of Lynd,...
John Lee Helgeson
May 15, 1961
John Lee Helgeson was born June 29, 1944, the son of Palma (Fremo) Helgeson and Clifford Helgeson, in Montevideo, Minnesota, where he lived for three years. He then moved with his mother and twin brother, David, to the Boyd community where he attended school until the seventh grade. Since then he attended Clarkfield school and was a member of...
Ida Justina Caroline Wilhelmina (Wiegers) Marquardt
May 6, 1961
Ida Justina Caroline Wilhelmina Marquardt, daughter of Peter Wiegers and his wife, Catherina (Lohman) Wiegers, was born May 21, 1883, in Minnesota. On June 3rd of the same year she was baptized and on March 29, 1896, she was confirmed with the class in Omro Township. On October 18, 1900, she was united in marriage to William Marquardt. Two...
John Edward Skaug
Apr 26, 1961
John E. Skaug was born in Friendship Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on August 30, 1886, the son of Jorgen and Josephine (Casperson) Skaug. He was baptized by Rev. Lokensgaard and confirmed by Rev. O.C. Farseth. He spent most of his life in this community with the exception of the time he served in the Army overseas during World...
Swen "Sam" Swenson
Apr 20, 1961
Swen "Sam" Swenson was born July 26, 1878, in Minnesota, the son of Ole and Ambjor (Dokken) Swenson. Mr. Swenson, who was a resident of the Clarkfield Nursing Home, passed away at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, April 20, 1961, at the age of 82 years. He is survived by a brother, Bert Aas of Stanley, North Dakota,...
Nils Bengt Pearson
Apr 2, 1961
Nils Bengt Pearson, a former resident of Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, was born September 15, 1875, at Lake Prairie, Nicollet County, Minnesota. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bengt Pearson. He spent his childhood in Swede Prairie Township and was confirmed in the Swede Home Church in 1889. Later he moved to Minneota, Minnesota,...
