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...
Ragna Hanson
Nov 17, 1959
Ragna Hanson was born December 11, 1887, in Minnesota, the daughter of Sven and Randi (Fremo) Hanson. She passed away November 17, 1959, at her home in Boyd, Minnesota, at 71 years of age. Survivors include her brother, Ludwig. IN MEMORY OF RAGNA HANSON December 11, 1887 ~ November 17, 1959 Funeral Services Saturday, November 21, 1959, 2:00 p.m....
Ingvald Carlson
Nov 10, 1959
Ingvald Carlson was born March 9, 1882, in Norway, the son of Carl and Ingeborg Lievbrek. He passed away November 10, 1959, at the Clarkfield Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, at 77 years of age. He farmed north of Cottonwood. He was preceded in death by his wife Stella in 1923. Survivors include a sons, Kermit, Norman, Carl and Stanley, and...
Martha Maria (Halvorson) Sorum
Oct 25, 1959
Martha Maria Sorum was born in Norway, March 8, 1880, the daughter of Gunder Anders Halvorson and Olean (Larsdatter) Halvorson. She passed away Sunday, October 25, 1959, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital at the age of 79 years. She had been a patient there about four days. Mrs. Sorum was preceded in death by her husband, Petter Sorum in...
Karen Andrine Mathson
Oct 18, 1959
Karen Andrine Mathson was born June 22, 1883, to parents Colben and Anne (Christopherson) Mathson, on a farm in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. She was a member of Clarkfield Lutheran Church all her life, and was active in the L.D.R. for many years. Most of her life was...
Zelda Bernette Nodshilder
Oct 3, 1959
Zelda Bernette Nodshilder passed away, Saturday, October 3, 1959, at four o'clock in the afternoon, in Wenatchee, Washington, at the age of 27 years and 12 days. She was born in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on September 21, 1932, the daughter of Selmer Nodshilder and Vira (Willander) Nodshilder. She left the Clarkfield community in 1947, spent 12...
Elizabeth Evangeline "Bessie" (Wilson) Seitz
Oct 1, 1959
Elizabeth Evangeline (Wilson) Seitz was born July 1, 1884, in Salina, Kansas, the daughter of Samuel Wilson and Anne (Murphy) Wilson. She passed away in Cottonwood, Minnesota, October 1, 1959, at the age of 75 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. George Seitz, Jr., in 1950. Arrangements by Ryan Funeral Home Salina, Kansas Lynner Funeral...
Gilbert Johnson
Sep 19, 1959
Gilbert Johnson was born November 2, 1897, in Minnesota, the son of Amund Johnson and Gunhild (Iverson) Johnson. He passed away September 19, 1959, at his farm home in Ten Mile Lake Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, at the age of 61 years. Survivors include his wife, Ella Johnson of rural Boyd and son Glenn E. Johnson of...
Bertha Marie (Lende) Mauland
Sep 6, 1959
Bertha Marie Mauland was born May 3, 1870, at Time, Jaeren, near Stavanger, Norway, the son of Ola and Grethe (Kverneland) Lende. She was baptized into the Christian faith in the Time Church. At the age of nine years, she immigrated with her family to America, settling on a farm west of Cottonwood. She was confirmed at the Yellow...
Mads Anderson
Aug 28, 1959
Mads Anderson was born December 31, 1872, in Norway, the son of Anders Madson Halden and Marie Olsdatter Halden. He passed away August 28, 1959, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, at the age of 86 years. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sarah (Skallen) Anderson, and an infant son, John. Survivors include a son, Marius,...
Martin Jens Haakenson
Aug 20, 1959
Martin Jens Haakenson was born March 8, 1878, in Goodhue County, Minnesota, the son of Jens Haakenson and Marie (Pederson) Haakenson. He passed away August 20, 1959, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, at the age of 81 years. Survivors include his wife, Mathilda (Aarsby) Haakenson. IN MEMORY OF MARTIN J. HAAKENSON March 8, 1878 ~ August 20,...
Paulina Louise (Kesting) Koepp
Aug 14, 1959
Paulina Louise Koepp was born on May 16, 1888, at Colby, Wisconsin, the daughter of William Kesting and Mary (Bubsen) Kesting. In her infancy she was brought by her parents to be baptized in the Lutheran church. When still a little girl she moved with her parents to Morton, Minnnesota, and after a brief time in 1892 to Boyd,...
Nellie Mable (Olson) Knutson
Aug 10, 1959
Nellie Mable (Olson) Knutson was born at Clarkfield, Minnesota, May 30, 1897, the daughter of Solomon and Emma (Olson) Olson. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith at Clarkfield and confirmed on November 19, 1911, by Rev. C.A. Larson at the Swede Home Church and remained a lifelong member. On January 15, 1916, she was united in marriage to...
