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,...
Minnie Ernestine (Priebe) Loose
Mar 5, 1961
Minnie Ernestine Loose was born October 16, 1907, in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the daughter of Gustav and Ida (Koepp) Priebe. On March 31, 1948, she was married to John Loose. They made their home on a farm in Tyro Township. Mrs. Loose passed away Sunday, March 5, 1961, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, at...
Harold Wayne Kopitzke
Feb 20, 1961
Harold Wayne Kopitzke was born July 5, 1933, in Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the son of Henry and Judith (Reese) Kopitzke. He was baptized on July 30, 1933, by Rev. Henry Albrecht and confirmed on June 22, 1947, by Rev. Fuerstenau. Harold was killed in an accidental fall on the farm operated by the Earl Fooths on...
Douglas Orlyn Anderson
Feb 19, 1961
Douglas Orlyn Anderson, was born February 15, 1961, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, infant son of Darryl O. Anderson and JoAnn (Dhaene) Anderson He passed away Sunday evening, February 19, 1961, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, at the age of four days. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Anderson. Rev. C.E. Anderson officiated at the graveside...
Ingvald Helmer Appelwick
Feb 19, 1961
Ingvald Helmer Appelwick was born January 30, 1891, on a farm near Elmore, Minnesota, the son of Elling and Elisa (Helgeson) Appelwick. After living there a short time, the family moved to a farm southwest of Clarkfield where he spent his boyhood days. In 1917, he started in business in Clarkfield. This was interrupted by his Army service during...
Orville Irvin Berkvam
Feb 9, 1961
Orville Irvin Berkvam, eldest son of Olander and Otilia (Haukos) Berkvam, was born in Stony Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on April 6, 1909. He moved with his parents to their new home in Hazel Run Township on August 5, 1909, and lived there nearly all his life. He was baptized by Rev. J.J. Salhus, confirmed by Rev....
Susie (Hanson) Ness
Feb 7, 1961
Susie Ness was born in Grundy county near Lisbon, Illinois, on April 3, 1871. She passed away February 7, 1961, at the age of 89 years. Her parents were Tolleiv and Britha (Fladeraker) Hanson, pioneers of Grundy County. At the age of 12 years, she moved with her parents to Ford County, Illinois, where she resided until her marriage...
Michelle Dawn Lynne
Feb 7, 1961
Michelle Dawn Lynne was born September 7, 1960, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of Donald and Opal (Sommerfeld) Lynne. She passed away February 7, 1961, in Minneapolis, at the age of five months. IN MEMORY OF MICHELLE DAWN LYNNE September 7th, 1960 ~ February 7, 1961 Funeral Services Friday, February 10, 1961, 2:00 p.m. Zion Lutheran Church, Tyro Township...
Ella Marie (Christopherson) Flaa
Feb 4, 1961
Ella Marie (Christopherson) Flaa, daughter of Halvor and Berthea (Abrahamson) Christopherson, was born February 21, 1885, in rural Montevideo, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was baptized and instructed in the Lutheran faith and confirmed by Rev. H.O. Fjeldstad at the Bergen Lutheran Church. She spent her girlhood days home with her parents, caring for the younger children and also...
Rollie Carson Runyon
Jan 20, 1961
Rollie Carson Runyon was born February 23, 1885, in Iowa, the son of Joseph and Cecelia (Yonkun) Runyon. He passed away January 20, 1961, at his Clarkfield, Minnesota, home, at the age of 75 years. Mr. Runyon was preceded in death by his wife, Alma (Rhyne) Runyon in 1954, and infant daughter, Viola Jane in 1927. Survivors include daughters:...
Anton Winson
Jan 10, 1961
Anton Winson passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 10, 1961, at his room in the Hilden apartment. Mr. Winson had been well until an attack of influenza hospitalized him about ten days ago. He had reached the age of 77 years. Anton Winson was born April 24, 1883, on the Winson farm now the Stenson property. His parents were Lars...
Lars Gerhard Johnson
Jan 6, 1961
Lars G. Johnson was born on March 18, 1886, in Kendall County, Illinois, to Edmund and Julia (Markus) Johnson. He was baptized in the Lutheran church near Lisbon, Illinois, by Rev. P.A. Rasmussen. At the age of five, the family moved to Belmond, Iowa, where he was confirmed in the St. Olaf Lutheran Church by Rev. H.C. Holm. On...
Clifford Eugene Barrett
Jan 5, 1961
Clifford E. Barrett was born March 12, 1901, in Minnesota, the son of Theodore and Augusta (Tesnow) Barrett. He passed away Thursday, January 5, 1961, at the Dawson Hospital, at the age of 59 years. He had been hospitalized, critically ill the past three months. Mr. Barrett had served as custodian at the Boyd Schools the past eight years....
