Martin H. Rodness
Jul 6, 1959
Martin Rodness was born June 2, 1887, in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, of the parents Hans and Anna Marie (Anderson) Rodness. He was baptized and confirmed at Clarkfield, the latter by Rev. O.C. Farseth. He entered the Army in February 1918 and served his county overseas in France during the first World War, and received his honorable...
Ole J. Agre
Jul 4, 1959
Ole J. Agre was born in Baxter Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, on September 4, 1876, of the parents Jacob and Randi (Eik) Agre. He passed away July 4, 1959, at the Dawson Hospital, at the age of 82 years and 10 months. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. The family moved from Baxter to...
Lewis Erie
Jun 24, 1959
Lewis Erie was born in Adams, Mower County, Minnesota, on December 1, 1880. He was the son of Ole and Martha (Johnson) Erie. He was baptized and confirmed in the Little Cedar Church in Adams. As a young man he moved with his widowed mother, brothers and sisters to a farm 12 miles southwest of Clarkfield, Minnesota, where he...
Emma Sophia (Anderson) Halvorson
Jun 23, 1959
Mrs. Emma Halvorson (nee Emma Sophie Anderson) was born in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on December 10, 1884, of the parents Mons and Ingeborg (Rexstad) Anderson. She passed away June 23, 1959, at the age of 74 years, six months and 13 days. She was baptized January 1, 1885, by Rev. R.K. Fjeldstad and confirmed by Rev....
Wilhelmina Caroline "Minnie" Werner
Jun 17, 1959
Wilhelmina Caroline Werner, daughter of Daniel and Amelia (Piipke) Werner was born September 13, 1888, in Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. On September 16, 1888, she was baptized by the Rev. Christoph Boettcher, and on June 7, 1903, she was confirmed by Rev. E.G. Fritz. During the pastorate of Rev. R.H. Vollmere, when St. John's choir was organized,...
Newton M. Hansen
Jun 9, 1959
Newton M. Hansen was born February 4, 1905, in Germany, the son of Nickolay and Magdalena Hansen. He passed away June 9, 1959, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, at 54 years of age. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Hansen, and eight children. IN MEMORY OF NEWTON M. HANSEN February 4, 1905 ~ June 9, 1959...
Olof O. Iverson
Jun 6, 1959
Olof O. Iverson was born January 19, 1883, in Minnesota, the son of Ole Iverson and Johanna (Olerud) Iverson. He passed away June 6, 1959, at the Dawson Hospital, Dawson, Minnesota, at the age of 76 years. Mr. Iverson is survived by his wife, Emma (Sorenson) Iverson, one daughter, Mrs. Ethel Akre, of Boyd, Minnesota, one son, Oliver, and...
Gayland Leonard Peterson
May 22, 1959
Gayland Leonard Peterson was born September 10, 1905, in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the son of Andrew Peterson and Lena (Winson) Peterson. He passed away May 22, 1959, in Los Angeles, California at the age of 53 years. Funeral Services Friday, May 29, 1959, 2:00 p.m. Clarkfield Lutheran Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota Clergy Officiating, Rev. Melvin P. Kaatrud Final Resting...
Julius John Loose
May 16, 1959
Julius John Loose was born January 6, 1875, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of John Loose, Sr. and Otilia (Kienart) Loose. He was baptized in St. Luke's Lutheran Church in that city. At the age of seven, he, together with his parents, brothers and sisters, moved to Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, where they homesteaded a section of...
Louie Manfred Brecke
May 14, 1959
Louie Manfred Brecke was born in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, April 15, 1899, the son of Lars and Martha (Davidson) Brecke. He was baptized in the Hazel Run Lutheran Church by Rev. J.S. Strand and confirmed in the same church by Rev. J.J. Salhus. In 1937, Louie was united in marriage to Frances Marie Larson. This union was blessed...
Joseph Herman Lund
May 13, 1959
Joseph Lund was born February 6, 1886, at Thor, Iowa, Humboldt County, the son of Samson J. and Hannah (Corsland) Lund. He was confirmed in the Ulluswang Church at Thor, December 9, 1900, by Rev. G. Greggussen. In March 1901, he came to Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, with his parents who settled on a farm in Tyro Township where...
Louie A. Vesta
Apr 27, 1959
Louie A. Vesta was born October 18, 1887, in Illinois, the son of Sam and Rebecca Vesta. On December 3, 1919, he was united in marriage to Clara Lukken and lived at Malta, Illinois. He passed away April 27, 1959, at the University of Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the age of 71 years. Survivors include his wife, Clara...
Bertha (Kompelien) Severson
Apr 12, 1959
Mrs. Bertha Severson, daughter of Ole and Siri (Thone) Kompelien, was born June 17, 1878, in Lyon County, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed by Rev. Knute Thostenson. On December 20, 1902, she was united in marriage to Ole A. Severson. She continued to make her home on the farm in Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, until...
Leslie Ann Thostenson
Apr 7, 1959
Leslie Ann Thostenson was born at Clarkfield, Minnesota, the daughter of Donald and Beverly Ann (Long) Thostenson of Hanley Falls, Minnesota, on March 24, 1959. She passed away April 7, 1959, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, at the age of 14 days. Funeral Services Wednesday, April 8, 1959, 1:30 p.m. Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church, Hanley Falls, Minnesota Clergy Officiating,...
Clara Amanda (Halvorson) Benson
Apr 5, 1959
Mrs. Clara Benson was the oldest in a family of twelve children of Jacob and Anna Halvorson. She was born January 7, 1889, and raised on a farm near Clarkfield, Minnesota, confirmed and baptized in the Bergen Lutheran Church of Stony Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. On February 12, 1912, she was united in marriage to Axel Benson...
Ida Augusta (Steinke) Riediger
Mar 30, 1959
Ida Augusta Riediger was born August 22, 1891, in Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the daughter of Gustaf Steinke and Augusta (Reich) Steinke. On November 24, 1940, she was united in marriage to Adolph Riediger by Pastor A.W. Fuerstenau of St. John's Lutheran Church of Omro Township She passed away March 30, 1959, at the Rosaasen Rest Home...
Nellie Marie (Nelson) Josephson
Mar 22, 1959
Mrs. Nellie Marie (Nelson) Josephson was born December 27, 1893, at Canby, Minnesota. She was the daughter of Nels C. Nelson and Annie R. (Amundson) Nelson. She was baptized and confirmed in St. Stephen Lutheran Church of Canby. She attended Canby High School and Normal Training. She also attended Mankato Teacher's College and taught in rural schools in the...
Kevin Cady
Mar 18, 1959
Kevin Cady was born to George Arthur Cady Jr. and Vivian McClain, on March 18, 1959, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital. He passed away March 18, 1959, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital. He was loved by a half-brother and a sister Roxanne, and his memory lived on to be known by sister Kelli. Arrangements by Lynner Funeral Home Since...
Bennie Hognestad
Mar 12, 1959
Bennie Hognestad was born September 27, 1885, in Hazel Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the son of Hendrick Hognestad and Bertha (Thorson) Hognestad. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. He lived his entire life at the home place and near Hazel Run and was a lifelong member of the Hazel Run Lutheran Church. Mr. Hognestad...
Mary Anna (Lund) Olson
Mar 10, 1959
Mary Anna Lund was born of the parents, Jens and Secelia Lund near the town of Norway in Benton County, Iowa, on January 14, 1868. She was baptized in infancy in the Lutheran faith. At the age of nine years, she together with her parents, brothers and sisters moved to Thor, Iowa, in Humboldt County. She was confirmed in...
