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...
Halvor Hegna
Dec 31, 1958
Halvor Hegna was born to Halvor and Marie (Eikness) Hegna on June 15, 1902, in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He lived in Friendship Township his entire life, with the exception of a short period in the service of his country in World War II. He passed away December 31, 1958, at the Veteran's Hospital in Minneapolis, at the age...
Adolph Kolflat
Dec 25, 1958
Adolph Kolflat was born April 7, 1912, in Minnesota, the son of Christian and Emma (Jacobson) Kolflat. He passed away December 25, 1958, at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, at the age of 46 years. For the past several years the family has lived in Minneapolis where he was employed at Northern Pump. Previous to that they were residents of...
Emma Margaret (Krause) Kaupang
Dec 20, 1958
Emma Margaret Krause was born in Faulk County, South Dakota, August 5, 1904, the daughter of William and Martha Krause. In her infancy she was baptized by Rev. G. Polock, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Faulk County. In 1918, she was confirmed in the Lutheran faith by Rev. O.C. Wolff in Saint John's Lutheran Church, Sparta Township. She...
Alice Mathilda (Peterson) Burke
Dec 15, 1958
Alice Mathilda Burke was born to Jens and Marie (Hanson) Peterson on March 22, 1893, in Chippewa County, Minnesota. She lived in Rosewood Township and in Montevideo until her marriage to Carl Burke in 1920 at which time she moved to Clarkfield where she resided until her death. Mrs. Burke was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith as...
William Peter West
Dec 12, 1958
William Peter West was born in Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the son of Peter and Selma (Olson) West on January 8, 1906. He was baptized on January 28, 1906, by Pastor J. Salhus and confirmed on May 29, 1921, by Pastor O.T. Storaasli. He was united in marriage to Lorraine Anderson by Pastor Carl E. Anderson at...
Alma Dora (Hartfiel) Just
Dec 10, 1958
Alma Dora Hartfiel was born in Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, September 2, 1901, the daughter of Adolph Hartfiel, Sr. and Emma (Eckhardt) Hartfiel. In her infancy she was baptized by Rev. E. G. Fritz, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church of Omro Township. She grew to womanhood and spent her youth in Tyro Township and on December...
Mabel Augusta (Dahl) Elkjer
Dec 9, 1958
Mabel Augusta Dahl was born January 26, 1893, at Harcourt, Iowa, one of seven children born to the union of Charles and Christine Dahl. The family moved when she was 11 years of age to a farm near Murdock, Minnesota, where she lived until the time of her marriage to Christian Carl Elkjer on July 1, 1914. The couple...
Carl John Reimestad
Dec 8, 1958
Carl J. Reimestad of Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, was born August 10, 1883, in Albaton, Fairview County, Iowa, to Jonas and Sarah Reimestad. He passed away December 8, 1958, in Minneapolis at the home of his daughter, at the age of 75 years. He is survived by his wife, Mollie (Anderson) Reimestad; two daughters, Delora (Mrs. Alvin...
