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...
Catherine Agnes (Taylor) Johnston
Mar 9, 1959
Catherine Agnes Johnston was born February 17, 1886, to parents Joseph and Mary Ann (Ryan) Taylor at Coffne Grove, Iowa. On October 29, 1907, she married Arthur Johnston. In 1916 they moved to Canby, Minnesota, and in 1922 to Boyd, Minnesota. Her husband passed away suddenly on March 9, 1959. She then moved to Mason City, Iowa, and lived...
Arthur C. Johnston
Mar 9, 1959
Arthur C. Johnston was born October 26, 1886, in Iowa, the son of Alonzo Johnston and Margaret (VanAuken) Johnston. On October 29, 1907, he married Catherine Agnes Taylor. In 1916 they moved to Canby, Minnesota, and in 1922 to Boyd, Minnesota. He was employed at the Creamery Produce in Clarkfield for approximately twelve years. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston have...
Sr. Dotseth, Oscar N Arnt
Feb 27, 1959
Oscar N. Dotseth was born October 2, 1876, in Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the son of Nels and Christine (Stenson) Dotseth. He was baptized by Rev. Johannes Berg and confirmed in St. Lucas Lutheran Church in 1892 by Rev. Torstenson. He attended country school in District 23 in Normania Township and attended Clarkfield School for a short...
Mary C. (Gullickson) Stevens
Feb 27, 1959
Mary C. Stevens was born in Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, April 28, 1885, the daughter of Helge Gullickson and Ingeborg S. (Olson) Gullickson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church. On March 17, 1907, she was married in the same church to Carl Alfred Stevens. Their early married life was spent in Hanley...
Deloris Mayoan Feist
Feb 22, 1959
DeLoris Mayoan Feist was born May 9, 1921, the daughter of William Fiest and Tillie (Lee) Feist. She was baptized in May 1921 and later confirmed in the Lutheran faith by Rev. A.H. Haugland on June 5, 1938. At the age of eleven, this young child was stricken with infantile paralysis. She attended school at Clarkfield and graduated with...
Julia (Thostenson) Austin
Feb 20, 1959
Julia Austin was born November 24, 1874, in Minnesota, the daughter of Thosten Thostenson and Margaret (Bestland) Thostenson. She passed away February 20, 1959, at the Granite Falls Hospital, Granite Falls, Minnesota, at the age of 84 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Austin, her daughter, Edna Kittelson, and an infant daughter. Survivors include a...
George Bernard Hanson
Feb 19, 1959
George Bernard Hanson was born in Clarkfield, Minnesota, on July 2, 1895, the youngest of the eight children of Ole and Bertha Hanson. He attended school and spent all of his life in the local community with the exception of fourteen months spent during WWI in the service of his country. George worked as a mechanic for Rodness and...
Hiram Clarence Meininger
Feb 10, 1959
Hiram C. Meininger was born March 7, 1881, in Delavan, Minnesota, later moving to Sherburn, Minnesota, with his parents August Meininger and Mary (Meyer) Meininger. He was the youngest of ten children. His five brothers and four sisters have all preceded him in death. He attended school in Sherburn, Minnesota, and graduated from Business College in Fairmont, Minnesota. He...
Joseph Manford Hanson
Jan 30, 1959
Joseph Manford Hanson was born on June 26, 1902, in Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the fourth son of pioneer parents, Hans S. and Marie (Ness) Hanson. After completing his education in the local elementary school, he was employed on his father's farm until his father's retirement, after which he was employed by his older brother, Orville....
Margaret Dahley
Jan 24, 1959
Margaret Dahley was born July 10, 1877, in Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the daughter of Ole J. Dahley and Thone A (Trydahl) Dahley. She passed away January 24, 1959, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, at the age of 81 years. Miss Dahley made her home near Hanley Falls with her brother, Thomas. IN MEMORY OF...
Josephine Marie (Larson) Norgord
Jan 12, 1959
Josephine Norgord was born on October 24, 1876, at Mankato, Minnesota, the daughter of Peter and Christine Larson. She was baptized the same year and later confirmed at her home congregation in Mankato. She moved to Granite Falls where she was engaged in the occupation of seamstress and during her stay there, met and married Edwin Norgord of Hanley...
Julia (Kittelson) Thompson
Jan 8, 1959
Julia Thompson was born October 24, 1872, in Minnesota, the daughter of Torger and Maren (Lifson) Kittelson. She passed away January 8, 1959, at her home in Montevideo, Minnesota, at the age of 86 years. Mrs. Thompson, formerly of Normania Township, was preceded in death by her husband, John Thompson, on January 1, 1929, one daughter, Mabel Sophie Thompson...
