Elmira Virginia (Vien) Hanson
Mar 28, 2016
Elmira Virginia Hanson was born September 30, 1915 at Cottonwood, Minnesota to parents Ludwig and Millie Vien. She was baptized and later confirmed, both at St. Lucas Lutheran Church. Elmira married Henry Hanson at Granite Falls, MN in January of 1934. She worked as a housewife and owned and operated a Country Store in Normania Township for many years....
Walter Millard Christensen
Mar 27, 2016
Walter Millard Christensen was born on May 18, 1922; he was the seventh child of Thea and Herman Christensen. He grew up on their farm in Normania Township, was baptized and confirmed in Spring Creek Lutheran Church. He attended rural school district #23 and then Clarkfield High School from which he graduated. After high school he returned to farm...
Clara Ida Mathilda (Johnson) Willander
Mar 21, 2016
Clara Ida Mathilda Willander was born in Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, March 18, 1882, the daughter of Jonas Gust Johnson and Christina (Peterson) Johnson of Minneota, Minnesota. She departed this life March 18, 1958, on her 76th birthday, at her Friendship Township home. She remained with her parents in the Swede Prairie community until she was...
Mabel Leona (Hanson) Skogen
Mar 16, 2016
Mabel (Hanson) Skogen was born in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on April 7, 1906, the daughter of Peter and Lorena (Briggs) Hanson. On November 9, 1929, she was united in marriage to John Skogen. The couple lived in the Yellow Medicine and Chippewa County area until John's construction job took them to Minneapolis. They lived there until retiring and...
Arthur Emil Behr
Mar 8, 2016
Arthur Behr, of Granite Falls, died March 8, 2016, at the Granite Falls Hospital at the age of 76. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. at Granite Falls Lutheran Church in Granite Falls. Visitation will be held on Friday, March 11, 2016, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Clarkfield Care Center in Clarkfield,...
Vold Lorraine M. (Knutson)
Mar 6, 2016
Lorraine Vold June 13th, 1934 ~ March 6th, 2016 Lorraine Vold, of Clarkfield, died peacefully Sunday, March 6, 2016, at the Clarkfield Care Center after a three -year illness courageously battling cancer at the age of 81. She will be deeply missed. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 12, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. at Hazel Run Lutheran Church....
Leon Laverne Roder
Mar 1, 2016
Leon LaVerne Roder was born on August 7, 1941 to Leonard and Alice (Tulowetzke) Roder in Milbank, SD. He attended Montevideo School and graduated from St. Cloud School of Bricklaying in 1965. He married Linda Olson on August 6, 1965 at Watertown, SD. He worked as a bricklayer with several different construction companies around the state. He worked until...
Jewell Haaland
Feb 25, 2016
Jewell Haaland was born on March 28, 1910, in Dawson, Minnesota, to immigrant parents Solomon J. and Karen (Shefveland) Haaland. He was baptized at the Lutheran Church in Dawson and attended public school in Dawson. The family moved to Tyro Township in Yellow Medicine County and he attended country school in District 29. He was confirmed at Clarkfield Lutheran....
Henry Gottfried Peter Wiegers
Feb 20, 2016
Henry Gottfried Peter Wiegers was born on March 8, 1873, in the village of Immanberg, province of Hanover, in Germany, the son of Peter Wiegers and his wife, Katharina (Lohmann). As an infant he received the gracious washing of regeneration in the Sacrament of Holy Baptism and was thus received into the kingdom of our Saviour by faith. In...
Charles John Sr. Savoie
Feb 14, 2016
Charles Savoie, Sr., of Marshall, Minnesota, died February 14, 2016, at Morningside Heights Care Center in Marshall at the age of 81. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Marshall. Fr. Paul Wolf will be the celebrant and burial will be in the Clarkfield Cemetery....
Liane Fay Hanson
Feb 14, 2016
Liane Hanson February 14th, 1956 - July 15th, 2016 In 1956, Howard M. and Deloryce E. (Severson) Hanson received a special valentine; their second daughter, Liane Fay Hanson, was born on Valentine's Day, February 14th at Hennepin County Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Liane was baptized on April 8, 1956, by Rev. E. L. Borg-Breen at St. Lucas Lutheran Church, rural...
Dagne Elizabeth (Husby) Smeins
Feb 8, 2016
Dagne Smiens, of Clarkfield, died February 8, 2016, at the Clarkfield Care Center at the age of 62. Memorial services will be held Friday, February 12, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at Clarkfield Lutheran Church with Rev. Chris Zuraff officiating. Interment will be at Clarkfield Lutheran Cemetery in the spring. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at...
Elden Nordeen Appelwick
Feb 4, 2016
Elden Appelwick November 4, 1926 ~ February 4, 2016 Elden Appelwick, of rural Minneota, died February 4, 2016, at his home at the age of 89. Funeral service will be held Tuesday, February 9, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. at Swede Home Lutheran Church in rural Minneota with Rev. David Peterson officiating. Interment will be at Israel Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation...
Robert Wesley Benson
Feb 2, 2016
Robert Benson, of Clarkfield, died February 2, 2016, at the St. Cloud Hospital at the age of 69. Funeral service will be held Saturday, February 6, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. at St. Lucas Lutheran Church with Rev. David Peterson officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the church...
Carol Geneva (Dotseth) Taylor
Jan 25, 2016
Carol Geneva Taylor, age 93 years 11 months, died on January 25, 2016, peacefully at her home in Shakopee, Minnesota. Her death was 35 years to the day after her mother's death (Suzie Oraas Dotseth). Burial will be at the Clarkfield Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 28, 2016, followed by a time of fellowship at the Clarkfield...
Roy Justus Bestland
Jan 23, 2016
Roy Justus Bestland was born May 10, 1897, in Wood Lake Township, of parents, George and Johanna (Ellingson) Bestland. Roy was baptized and confirmed in the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church, in Hanley Falls, Minnesota. He worked as a farm hand until he started farming for himself in 1920. On March 3, 1926, Roy and Edna Reishus were married by...
Jeannine Doris (Weidauer) Sannerud
Jan 20, 2016
Jeannine Sannerud, of Clarkfield, died January 20, 2016, at the Clarkfield Care Center, Clarkfield, Minnesota, at the age of 79. Jeannine Doris (Weidauer) Sannerud was born at home on February 4, 1936, in Fairview Township, Lyon County, Minnesota, to August and Lillian (Anderson) Weidauer. She attended school in Tracy, Minnesota, graduating in 1954. Jeannine married Curtis Sannerud in Marshall...
Anna Ruth (Anderson) Hall
Jan 10, 2016
Anna Ruth Hall, daughter of Andrew F. and Johanna Sophie Anderson, was born August 17, 1882, and was baptized two days later. She was confirmed November 29th, 1896, and became a member of the Swedish Lutheran Church in Clarkfield in 1899. She grew up in the Clarkfield community and taught school for several years in Yellow Medicine County. In...
Harry Gordon Gilbertson
Jan 3, 2016
Harry Gilbertson was born March 13, 1907, on a farm in Baxter Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, near Boyd, to John and Ida (Dahl) Gilbertson. He was baptized in the St. Petri Lutheran Church of Camp Release Township of Lac qui Parle County, in 1907, and confirmed by the Reverend E.C. Eid in Trinity Lutheran Church of Boyd...
Leola Mae (Lund) Nelson
Dec 19, 2015
Leola Mae (Lund) Nelson was born May 27, 1928, in Hazel Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the daughter of Ole and Laura (Enstad) Lund. She graduated from Granite Falls High School in 1946 and attended Normal Training in Madison. She taught rural school for a few years southeast of Granite Falls. Leola was united in marriage with J....
