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Eugene Herbert Koepp

Eugene Herbert Koepp

Jan 12, 1951

Eugene Herbert Koepp was born April 12, 1950, in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the son of Herbert H. and Flora (Garrison) Koepp. Baby Eugene passed away January 12, 1951, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, at the age of nine months. Survivors include his parents. Funeral Services Monday, January 15, 1951, 2:00 p.m. Zion Lutheran Church, Tyro Township...

Elmer Olam Haaland

Elmer Olam Haaland

Jan 10, 1951

Elmer O. Haaland was born on February 14, 1888, near Cambridge, Story County, Iowa, the son of Solomon J. and Karen Elizabeth (Shefveland) Haaland. He was baptized by Rev. H. C. Holm and confirmed by Rev. L.O. Fossum in 1903 at Slayton, Minnesota. His death was caused by a coronary heart attack. He passed away January 10, 1951, at...

Walter Clifford Gustafson

Walter Clifford Gustafson

Jan 8, 1951

Walter Clifford Gustafson was born July 8, 1902, in Hazel Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the son of John and Emelie (Carlson) Gustafson. Walter met Thelma Renstrom while she was working as a housekeeper for his parents. They were married at Warren, Minnesota, in the 1930s and lived on a farm north of Hanley Falls. They were the...

Harlan Leslie Groehler

Harlan Leslie Groehler

Dec 31, 1950

Harlan Leslie Groehler was born August 12, 1902, in Clarkfield, Minnesota. He was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Groehler, pioneers of the Village of Clarkfield. Harlan was graduated from Clarkfield High School with honors with the class of 1921. Since leaving Clarkfield, Harlan had been employed by the Great Northern Railway. Mr. Groehler passed away December...

Jennie Holum

Jennie Holum

Dec 29, 1950

Miss Jennie Holum was born December 31, 1872, in Minnesota, the daughter of Knute and Ella (Haugen) Holum. She passed away December 29, 1950, at her Hanley Falls, Minnesota, home, at the age of 77 years, two days before her 78th birthday. Survivors include three sisters: Gertrude Holum, Telda Cosens and Bessie Vagle. Funeral Services were conducted Tuesday, January...

Robert Lyle Mikelson

Robert Lyle Mikelson

Dec 20, 1950

Robert Lyle Mikelson was born December 30, 1947, in Clarkfield, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the son of Lyle C. Mikelson and Doris Hanson Mikelson. He died tragically in a truck-automobile accident December 20, 1950, in Friendship Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, at the age of two years, eleven months and twenty days. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs....

Alvina (Sommer) Timm

Alvina (Sommer) Timm

Dec 19, 1950

Alvina Sommer Timm was born on December 24, 1880, at Green Lake, Wisconsin, the daughter of William Edward and Erstina Wilhelmina (Kuehn) Sommer. In infancy, she was baptized at Green Lake, Wisconsin. The family moved to Montevideo in 1886 where her father was killed in a threshing accident with a team of horses. In the late fall her mother...

Carl Fredrick Timm

Carl Fredrick Timm

Dec 19, 1950

Carl Fredrick Timm was born October 21, 1899, in Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the son of Henry and Alvina (Sommer) Timm. Carl spent all of his life on his parents farm west of Clarkfield, Minnesota. He was a sociable, quiet- spoken man, well liked by all who knew him. He passed away December 19, 1950, at his...

Baby Girl Quam

Baby Girl Quam

Dec 1, 1950

Baby Girl Quam was born Friday, December 1, 1950, at the Clarkfield Memorial Hospital, the daughter of Ishmael and Erma (Svenungson) Quam. She died December 1, 1950, at the Clarkfield Memorial Hospital. Survivors include her parents. Graveside Service Friday, December 1, 1950 Spring Creek Lutheran Cemetery, Normania Township Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota Arrangements by Lynner Funeral Home Since 1891...

Myrna Catherine (Beveridge) [Miottel] Berg

Myrna Catherine (Beveridge) [Miottel] Berg

Nov 28, 1950

Myrna Catherine Beveridge was born April 13, 1919, at Appleton to William and Elizabeth (Morris) Beveridge. She attended country schools in the Appleton and Milan Minnesota area. She worked at the Olson Cafe of Appleton for a few years and then was employed at the Swift Corn Cannery in Montevideo and later at the Swift Creamery and Hatchery of...

Emil Friberg

Emil Friberg

Nov 24, 1950

Emil Friberg was born October 14th, 1879, in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the son of John and Saraline (Nelson) Friberg. He was baptized November 9th, 1879, by Rev. Almen and confirmed November 29th, 1896, by Rev. B.F. Bengtson. He resided on the home place in Tyro all his life until June of this year, when he retired...

Anton A. Rexstad

Anton A. Rexstad

Nov 8, 1950

Anton A. Rexstad was born August 10, 1863, in Hadeland, Norway, the son of Anders and Ingeborg (Nilsdatter) Rexstad. There he was baptized in the Lutheran faith. He came to this country with his parents and two sisters when he was five years old. They came by sailboat on an eleven week voyage. Traveling by railroad, cattle train and...

Walter Ernest Harris

Walter Ernest Harris

Nov 3, 1950

Walter E. Harris was born May 20, 1888, in Iowa, the son of Levi M. and Esther (Doolittle) Harris. He married Evelyn Brower. He died November 3, 1950, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, at the age of 62 years. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn; sons: Myron and Levi; and daughters: Majorie Kreisel, Vivian and Marion Harris and...

Knut H. Glaim

Knut H. Glaim

Nov 3, 1950

Knute Glaim was born November 17, 1856, the son of Hellick and Gurina Glaim, in Fillmore County, Minnesota. Mr. Glaim settled on the Yellow Medicine River southwest of Hanley Falls, back with the very first wave of immigrants coming into the area in 1866. He marrried Bergot Norgaard January 27, 1877. They lived for a time on a claim...

Martin Nelson

Martin Nelson

Oct 24, 1950

Martin Nelson, son of Haakon and Bertha (Haakenson) Nelson, was born September 22, 1897, about three miles west and two miles north of Clarkfield, in Ten Mile Lake Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. He was baptized in Trinity Lutheran Church of Boyd by Rev. Farseth, December 5th, 1897, and confirmed by Rev. E.C. Eid in 1913. His boyhood...

Berget "Betsy" (Stensrud) Kise

Berget "Betsy" (Stensrud) Kise

Oct 22, 1950

Berget "Betsy" Kise was born January 14, 1871, in Norway, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ingebret Stensrud. She married Hans Kise. They were the parents of ten children: Ida (Mrs. Emil Ellingson), Henry, Oscar, Ingvald Manford, Hanna, Cora (Mrs. George Jacobson), Gladys (Mrs. Oscar Bestland), Forest, Lloyd and Elvina. Mrs. Kise died Sunday, October 22, 1950, at her...

Martin O. Flaa

Martin O. Flaa

Oct 19, 1950

Martin O. Flaa was born August 26, 1875, in Marquette County, Michigan, the son of Ole and Ingeborg (Havdahl) Flaa. He was the husband of Marit (Rimol) Flaa. He died October 19, 1950, at the Montevideo Hospital, Montevideo, Minnesota, at the age of 75 years. Survivors include his wife, Marit, and his only son, Olaf. Funeral Services from the...

Baby Girl Reishus

Baby Girl Reishus

Oct 19, 1950

Baby Girl Reishus was born October 19, 1950, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, the daughter of Sondre and Martha (Dietz) Reishus. She died October 19, 1950, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital. Survivors include her parents. Graveside Services October 19, 1950 East Yellow Medicine Lutheran Cemetery Hanley Falls, Minnesota Arrangements by Lynner Funeral Home Since 1891 Clarkfield Minnesota...

Tony G. Clemetson

Tony G. Clemetson

Oct 17, 1950

Tony Clemetson, son of Charles and Hattie (Hagen) Clemetson, was born August 2nd, 1882, at New Rome, Adams County, Wisconsin. He was baptized at Arkdale, Wisconsin. When he was about 13 years old, he came with the Pete Hagen family to the Hazel Run community. He stayed at the Ole Forbord home for about four years and was confirmed...

Ole A. Norgaard

Ole A. Norgaard

Oct 8, 1950

Ole Norgaard was born in Ringerike, Norway, January 16, 1863, the son of Anders and Berge Knestaug. He came to the United States as a young man in 1883 and worked on farms near Hanley Falls, Minnesota. In 1892 he settled on a farm in Friendship Township where he had made his home continuously until his death. On March...

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