Leo J. Koepp
Apr 22, 1960
Leo J. Koepp was born to Julius and Augusta (Klatt) Koepp on September 28, 1886, in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed during his youth and was a lifelong member of the Zion Lutheran Church. On October 14, 1909, Leo Koepp and Louise Kelm were united in marriage at Boyd, Minnesota. This union was blessed...
David Wayne Donner
Apr 20, 1960
David Wayne Donner, the son of Ronald and Karen (Omtvedt) Donner, was born on June 19, 1958, and baptized on March 13, 1960. He entered into the arms of Jesus on April 20, 1960. Besides his mother and father, he leaves two brothers, Steve and Scott, and two sisters, Debra and Lorrie, besides a host of other relatives and...
Ida Clara (Lee) Erickson
Apr 12, 1960
Ida Olava Erickson was born January 28, 1880, to Sam and Annie (Jarshaw) Lee in Rio, Wisconsin. She was baptized and confirmed in the Bonnet Prairie Lutheran Church. Her marriage to Albert Erickson took place at Rio, Wisconsin, on January 21, 1912. They made their home at Hazel Run, Minnesota, for a number of years. Her husband passed away...
Lela Geneva (Anderson) Larson
Mar 26, 1960
Lela Geneva Anderson Larson was born on January 17, 1909, the daughter of Gilbert and Ida (Husebo) Anderson in Friendship Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in the Hazel Run church. She attended rural school near Hazel Run and graduated from the Clarkfield High School in 1927. On September 4, 1930,...
Mathilda (Cornelius) Jacobson
Mar 23, 1960
Mathilda Cornelius Jacobson was born on September 16, 1891, to Peder and Maren (Opsahl) Cornelius in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, where she spent her youth and attended grade school. She was baptized and confirmed in Bergen Lutheran Church. On September 6, 1914, she was united in marriage to Henry A. Jacobson of Clarkfield, Minnesota. This union was...
Henry Alfred Jacobson
Mar 23, 1960
Henry Alfred Jacobson was born March 18, 1889, in Minnesota, the son of Hans and Annie (Kittelson) Jacobson. He was united in marriage to Mathilda "Tillie" Cornelius on September 6, 1914, and were blessed with one son, Henry, Jr. For many years, Henry was manager of the Clarkfield Shipping Association and he started the first trucking business in Clarkfield....
Minnie Marie (Ferber) Richter
Mar 7, 1960
Minnie Marie Richter was born September 18, 1881, in Germany, the daughter of Henry Ferber and Wilhelmenia (Boetcher) Ferber. She passed away March 7, 1960, at the Canby Hospital, Canby, Minnesota, at 78 years of age. Mrs. Richter was preceded in death by her husband, Rudolph, in 1952. IN MEMORY OF MRS. RUDOLPH M. RICHTER September 18, 1881 ~...
William Lewis Lee
Mar 1, 1960
William Lewis Lee was born June 19, 1895, at Clarkfield, Minnesota, the son of Andrew and Christine (Winson) Lee. He was baptized and confirmed into the Christian faith. He attended the local school and grew to manhood in this community. Mr. Lee enlisted in the United States Army in 1917 and served in the European theater. He was honorably...
Bert S. Berg
Feb 11, 1960
Bert S. Berg was born October 6, 1863, in Bergen, Norway, of the parents, Sjure Bergesen Gjovaag and Anna Olsdatter. He was baptized and confirmed in the Tysnas church in Norway. At the age of 17, he came to America, arriving at Sanborn, Iowa, and then a little later, reaching Granite Falls, Minnesota, in July, 1881. Three years later...
Lyla (Sack) Olson
Jan 31, 1960
Lyla Sack was born in Baxter Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, on November 10, 1903, to Christ B. Sack and Bertha (McMullen) Sack. She was christened at Trinity Lutheran Church, Boyd, Minnesota, and on May 22, 1921, confirmed in the same church by Rev. E.C. Eid. She graduated from Boyd High School and Dawson Normal School, and then...
Olaus Nyland
Jan 17, 1960
Olaus Nyland was born in Toten, Norway, on November 2, 1886, of the parents Ole Jacob and Martha Marie (Markestad) Nyland. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Olaus came to the United States in 1905 at the age of 18 and stayed at the Gust Sandager home. He later homesteaded in South Dakota for a few...
Ida Gurina (Berg) Nyland
Jan 17, 1960
Ida Gurine Berg Nyland was born December 30, 1891, to Ole and Annie Christensen Berg in Friendship Township, Yellow Medicine County in Minnesota. She was baptized February 3, 1892, and confirmed May 13, 1906, at Spring Creek Lutheran Church, rural Clarkfield, Minnesota. On April 27, 1911, she was united in marriage to Olaus Nyland at Spring Creek Lutheran Church....
Oscar Leonard Wilson
Jan 8, 1960
Oscar Leonard Wilson was born in Columbia County, Wisconsin, on October 23, 1882, of the parents, Halvor G. and Annie (Tongen) Wilson. At the age of three, he came with his parents to Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, and settled on a farm one mile east of Hazel Run. He attended country school at a school house located one half...
Julia (Wilson) Thostenson
Dec 26, 1959
Julia Thostenson was born January 5, 1880, in York, Fillmore County, Minnesota, to Knud Olsen Wilson & Sigre (Johnson) Wilson. Mrs. Thostenson, a member of the Hanley Falls community all her married life, passed away at the Montevideo nursing home Saturday, December 26, 1959. She would have been 80 years old January 5, 1960. Mrs. Thostenson is survived by...
Marit (Rimol) Flaa
Dec 24, 1959
Marit Flaa was born August 9, 1877, in Norway, the daughter of Ole and Eli Rimol. She passed away at the home of her only son, Olaf, of rural Boyd, Minnesota, on December 24, 1959, at the age of 82 years. Mrs. Flaa was the wife of Martin Flaa who preceded her in death Oct. 19, 1950. She is...
Raymond William Love
Dec 11, 1959
Raymond W. Love was born November 15, 1894, to Joseph and Verona (Amsley) Love at Wayne, Nebraska. As a small boy he moved with his folks to Sioux City, Iowa, where he attended school. In 1915, he moved with his parents and sister to Clarkfield where they purchased a farm west of town and where Ray was engaged in...
Ben Theilen
Dec 5, 1959
Ben Theilen was born September 9, 1876, in Illinois, the son of Bernard Theilen and Johanna (Meins) Theilen. Mr. Theilen passed away December 5, 1959, at the Montevideo Hospital, Montevideo, Minnesota, at the age of 83 years. He farmed south of Clarkfield for many years. He was preceded in death by his wife, Gertrude (Collmann) Theilen on February 24,...
Merriam Gifford Jorgenson
Dec 3, 1959
Merriam Gifford Jorgenson was born in Clarkfield, Minnesota, on January 11, 1895, the son of Bernt and Ingeborg (Severts) Jorgenson. He was the youngest of five children. He was baptized into the Lutheran faith by Rev. O.C. Farseth and confirmed by Rev. O.T. Storaasli. He was a lifelong member of Clarkfield Lutheran Church. Following his education at the public...
George M. Olson
Nov 17, 1959
George M. Olson was born October 28, 1887, in Norway, the son of Ole S. Olson and Amelia (Aarsby) Olson. He passed away November 17, 1959, at the Clarkfield Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, at 72 years of age. He is survived by his wife Karen Olson and three children, Mrs. Lloyd Olson, Gena and Milo Olson. IN MEMORY OF GEORGE...
