Lydia Martha (Tesch) Hanson
Aug 4, 1959
Lydia Martha Hanson was born May 15, 1909, in Minnesota, the daughter of Charles Tesch and Minnie (Wolf) Tesch. On February 7, 1932, she was united in marriage to Joseph Manford Hanson. They established their first home on a farm near Sherburn, Minnesota, and later moved to the Boyd community where they operated their farm. After her husband's first...
Carl J. Hauge
Jul 28, 1959
Carl J. Hauge was born February 11, 1878, of the parents Jens Hauge and Joanna (Wangnes) Hauge in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He passed away at the Clarkfield Community Hospital July 28, 1959, at the age of 81 years. He was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith at Bergen Lutheran Church of which he has been...
Lena (Vien) Kise
Jul 21, 1959
Mrs. Lena Vien Kise was born September 13, 1895, of the parents Martinus Vien and Eline (Jolstad) Vien of Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She passed away July 21, 1959, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital at the age of 63 years, ten months and eight days. She was married to Alex Kise on December 10, 1919. Ever since...
Kay Julene Jessen
Jul 19, 1959
Kay Julene Jessen was born on June 17, 1957, at Clarkfield, Minnesota. She was brought to Zion Lutheran Church on July 7, 1957, and received the sacrament of holy baptism by Rev. Tr. H. Rehwaldt. In May of this year, Kay was stricken with lukemia and received treatment at the Clarkfield Hospital and later at Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis....
Arnold Ingfred Afdem
Jul 13, 1959
Arnold Ingfred Afdem was born in Clarkfield, Minnesota, to parents John E. and Belle (Brekke) Afdem, on February 21, 1895. He passed away at the Clarkfield Memorial Hospital on Monday morning, July 13, 1959, from a heart attack, at the age of 64 years, four months and 22 days. He was a member of Clarkfield Lutheran Church, having been...
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...
