Genevieve Lucille (Waller) Torke
Oct 10, 2016
Genevieve Torke passed away at the Clarkfield Care Center on Saturday, October 10 at the age of 75 after a short battle with cancer. Genevieve "Gen" Lucille (Waller) Torke was born July 3, 1923 to Oscar and Ida (Colston) Waller, Sr. in Sioux Agency township in Yellow Medicine County. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and...
Selmer Mardell Olson
Sep 20, 2016
Selmer Mardell Olson November 16th, 1932 - September 20, 2016 Selmer Mardell Olson, of Clarkfield, died on Tuedsay, September 20, 2016, at the Clarkfield Care Center at the age of 83. Funeral services will be Monday, September 26, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. at Clarkfield Lutheran Church with interment in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held on Sunday, September...
Erling Carroll Albin
Sep 18, 2016
Erling C. Albin April 1st, 1931 - September 18th, 2016 Erling Albin of Carmel, Indiana, and formerly of Hanley Falls, Minnesota, passed away September 18, 2016, at the age of 85. Funeral services will be Monday, September 26, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at Hazel Run Lutheran Church with interment in the church cemetery. Visitation will be at the church...
Louis Joseph "Louie" Coubal
Aug 26, 2016
Louis Coubal March 5th, 1947 - August 26th, 2016 Louis Coubal died August 26, 2016, at his home in Clarkfield at the age of 69. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, September 1, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Montevideo. The Celebrant will be Fr. Paul Timmermann and interment will be in...
Karna (Mortenson) Bengtson
Aug 24, 2016
Funeral services for Mrs. John Bengtson, whose death was recorded in last week's issue of the Advocate, were held on Friday, August 24th, one o'clock from the home and 1:30 o'clock at the Hazel Run Lutheran church, Rev Haugland officiating. There werea large number of friends and relatives who came to pay their last respects. Songs were sung at...
Marvin Garfield Loken
Aug 22, 2016
Marvin Garfield Loken was born October 29, 1899, in Swede Prairie Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Lars and Marie (Auflem) Loken. He was confirmed in St. Lucas Lutheran Church by Rev. Romstad. He received his draft notice for World War I just previous to the signing of the Armistice, so he was not required to serve...
Della Marguerite (Burroughs) Just
Aug 18, 2016
Della Marguerite (Burroughs) Just was born on September 6, 1920, the eighth child of David and Anna Mary Burroughs, in a log house in the hills near Dorchester, Iowa. Growing up she attended country school, spent time with her Dad chording on the piano while he played the fiddle, and worked on the farm. In 1940 she traveled to...
Arnold Brusven
Aug 18, 2016
Funeral Services were held August 22, 1977 for Arnold Brusven, 82, the son of Anton O. and Maria (Storsveen) Brusven. He was born December 27, 1894, and was baptized and confirmed in the Norwegian language on June 9, 1909. Mr. Brusven was a lifelong member of St. Lucas Lutheran Church as well as a lifelong farmer in Normania Township....
Ralph Clifford Lynne
Aug 15, 2016
Ralph Clifford Lynne, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arden Lynne, was born in Clarkfield, Minnesota, September 25, 1931. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith by Rev. J.E.H. Akre. He graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1949 and has been employed at the Consumers Co-op Oil Company since that time. On August 15th an auto accident claimed...
Merle Dewain Nikolaisen
Aug 7, 2016
Merle Nikolaisen February 28th, 1924 - August 7th, 2016 Merle Nikolaisen passed away August 7, 2016, at the Clarkfield Care Center with hospice at the age of 92. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, August 12, 201,6 at 11:00 a.m. at New Life Church in Clarkfield with Rev. Doug Clevenger officiating. Visitation will be held one hour before...
Bonita Kae (Hartfiel) Kopitzke
Aug 1, 2016
Bonnie Kopitzke March 18th, 1950 - August 1st, 2016 Bonnie Kopitzke, of Boyd, died Monday, August 1, 2016, at Morningside Heights Care Center in Marshall, Minnesota, at the age of 66. Memorial services will be held Thursday, August 4, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd, Minnesota. Rev. Lori Wold will officiate and interment will be...
Anna Marie Meyer
Jul 31, 2016
Anna Marie Meyer June 30, 1889 ~ August 16, 1967 Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday August 19, 1967 for Miss Anna Marie Meyer, age 78, at the Diamond Lake Lutheran Church, Lake Benton. Rev. Frank Lunn of Danebod Lutheran Church, Tyler, officiated with interment at the Diamond Lake Cemetery. Pallbearers were six nephews of the deceased,...
Marjorie (Knutson) Rysdahl
Jul 23, 2016
Marjorie Rysdahl June 27th, 1934 - July 23rd, 2016 Marjorie Rysdahl, of Clarkfield, died Saturday, July 23, 2016, at the Chippewa County - Montevideo Hospital at the age of 82 with her husband by her side. Funeral services will be held Friday, July 29, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. at Clarkfield Lutheran Church. Pastor Chris Zuraff will officiate and interment...
Kevin Dean Shultz
Jul 5, 2016
Kevin Shultz, of Hazel Run, died Tuesday July 5, 2016, at his home in Hazel Run at the age of 57. Memorial services will be held at the City Hall in Hazel Run on Monday, July 11th at 4:00 p.m. Those attending the service are encouraged to wear jeans and a t-shirt. Kevin Dean Shultz was born October 2,...
Amy Mathilda (Nyland) Larson
Jul 1, 2016
Amy Larson, of Clarkfield, died Friday, July 1, 2016, at the Clarkfield Care Center at the age of 97. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, July 9, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. at Clarkfield Lutheran Church in Clarkfield. Rev. Chris Zuraff will officiate and interment will be in the Clarkfield Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour before...
Ebba Helena (Rude) Hanson
Jun 27, 2016
The Hanley Falls community was saddened this week by the deah of Mrs. Oscar O. (Ebba) Hanson. She suffered a massive stroke on June 21, died June 27 at the Granite Falls Hospital, and her funeral services were held Thursday, June 30 at 11:00 a.m. in the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church. In the absence of Pastor Schey, Pastor Berdell...
Garfield Bernard Broughton
Jun 25, 2016
Garfield Bernard Broughton was born December 15, 1914 on his family farm in Westerheim Township (Lyon County) to parents George K. and Inger (Amundson) Broughton. As a young child, he was baptized at St. Lucas Lutheran Church and on June 9, 1929 he was confirmed at St. Lucas. Garfield attended Westerheim Country School District #3. He played catcher for...
Effie Almeida (Doane) Swennes
Jun 21, 2016
Effie Almeida Doane was born in Canton, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, June 16, 1870. Her parents were Orlando Anthony Doane and Sarah Jane Jones. She was one of ten children. When seventeen she came to Minnesota where she taught school in the Canby community. In 1892 she was married to Arne Swennes of Minneota, Minnesota, where they lived on a...
Maren O. Iverson
Jun 18, 2016
Maren O. Iverson was born July 31, 1877, at the farmstead north of Clarkfield. She was the daughter of the late Ole and Johanna (Olerud) Iverson, first settlers in Lisbon township. She was baptized by the late Rev. Lokensgaard and confirmed at the Bergen Lutheran Church July 24, 1892, by the Rev. Ole Lokensgaard. She resided at the homestead...
Charlotte Emelia Westre
Jun 16, 2016
Charlotte Emelia Westre was born August 24, 1894, at Thor, Iowa, the daughter of Lars and Celia (Lund) Westre. She was baptized by Rev. Farseth in the Thor Church. As a young girl she came with her parents to the Clarkfield community where she attended school and was confirmed by Rev. Storaasli in Clarkfield Lutheran Church, where she was...
