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Eileen Georgia (Smith) [Jacobson] Stensrud
Sep 1, 1945
Eileen Smith was born February 22, 1918, in Friendship Township, rural Clarkfield, Minnesota, to Harry and Beatrice (York) Smith. She was baptized September 4, 1924, and confirmed February 23, 1947, at Spring Creek Lutheran Church. She attended Clarkfield Public Schools and graduated in 1936. Eileen married Ariel Jacobson on September 4, 1942. Ariel died in a farm accident September...
Oleanna Minnie (Anderson) Thompson
Dec 28, 1944
Oleanna Minnie Thompson, daughter of Ole and Annie (Gilbertson) Anderson was born in Hazel Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, October 11, 1879. She was raised in this community and was confirmed November 11, 1894, by Rev. Strand. On December 1st, 1901, she was united in marriage to Christopher C. Thompson. To this union five children were born: Edna...
Janet Marie Johnson
Dec 7, 1944
Janet Marie (Grimes) Johnson was born on December 7, 1944, to parents Oscar and Minnie Grimes. She, her parents, and younger sister, Joan, lived on a farm near Grove Lake, Minnesota. Janet went to elementary school in a one room school house and later graduated from Glenwood High School, Glenwood, Minnesota Janet and Cliff Johnson were married on January...
Donna Mae Kopitzke
Jun 25, 1944
Donna Mae Kopitzke, the sixth child of Henry Kopitzke and his wife, Judith (Reese) Kopitzke was born on June 25th, 1944, in Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith as an infant in St. John's Lutheran Church, Rev. A.W. Fuerstenau officiating. All her life she was unable to lead a normal life like...
Allen M. Applewick
Mar 13, 1944
Allen M. Applewick was born to parents Melvin and Anna (Sabe) Applewick at Clarkfield, Minnesota, on March 13, 1944. He was baptized and confirmed at Israel Lutheran Church of Swede Prairie Township, Minnesota, where he remained a lifelong member. Allen attended and graduated from Clarkfield High School, Clarkfield, Minnesota, in 1962. Following high school, Allen attended Southwest College at...
Daniel O. Kirkeby
Dec 10, 1943
Daniel O. Kirkeby was born February 9, 1876, to Martin and Karena (Borgeson) Kirkeby, in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He was baptized in infancy and confirmed by Rev. Carl J. Moen. In June, 1915, he was united in marriage to Nellie Christine Eide, who made her home with the Martin Kirkeby family as her mother passed away...
Ernest G. Neuman
Oct 15, 1943
Ernest G. Neuman was born March 3, 1906, near Wood Lake, Minnesota, to Adolph and Anna (Linde) Neuman. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church and he remained a loyal member all of his life. On October 15, 1943, he was united in marriage to Viola Thompson at Cottonwood, Minnesota, by Pastor Madland. Three children were born...
Emelie Anne (Heimark) Ralston
Oct 13, 1943
Emelie Ralston was born June 7, 1871, to Endre and Sarah (Langland) Heimark, near Decorah, Iowa. At the age of three years, she, with her parents, moved to Yellow Medicine County by covered wagon and oxen. Her father homesteaded a claim in Lisbon Township. The family's first home there was a sod house. The first school she attended was...
Donna Marie (Steinke) Bickel
Oct 10, 1943
Donna Marie Bickel was born September 5, 1943, in Clarkfield, Minnesota, to Arnold and Edna (nee Stanke) Steinke. She became a child of God through Baptism on October 10, 1943, by Pastor A.W. Fuerstenau at St John's Lutheran Church, Omro Township, Minnesota. There, Donna Marie was also confirmed in the teachings of the Christian faith on May 19, 1957,...
Prentice Henry Drummond
May 27, 1943
Prentice Henry Drummond was born July 6, 1874, at McGregory, Iowa, the son of David Drummond and Julia (Shoboldt) Drummond. He was educated in the public schools at LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and St. John's Military Academy in St. Paul, Minnesota. On January 30, 1904, he was united in marriage to Emma Lees, who passed away in Boyd, May 27, 1943....
Anna N (Sabe) Applewick
May 4, 1943
Anna N. (Sabe) Applewick was born February 9, 1912, in Swede Prairie Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Heine and Susan (Hide) (Nelsen) Sabe. She was baptized and confirmed at Israel Lutheran Church, where she remained a faithful member her entire life. Anna and Melvin L. Applewick were united in marriage on May 4, 1943, at the...
Helen Dahl Kise
Mar 5, 1943
Helen Dahl Kise was born April 3, 1890, near Hills, Minnesota, to parents Peter H. and Inga (Severson) Bly. She was baptized April 26, 1890, and confirmed in April, 1906, in the Lutheran faith. She completed her public education in Cottonwood, Minnesota, and later taught in rural schools. On August 22, 1912, she was united in marriage to Clarence...
Anne (Cornelius) Holm
Feb 12, 1943
Mrs. Ann Holm was born November 16, 1871, in Fillmore County, Minnesota, to the parents Ole and Anne Cornelius and there baptized into the Lutheran faith. At the age of two years, she came with her parents to Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, where she spent her early years. She was confirmed by Rev. Ole Lokensgaard on October...
(Haaland) Christensen, Annie M
Jan 16, 1943
Annie M. (Haaland) Christensen was born February 5, 1921, in Friendship Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Gabriel and Barbara (Fenn) Haaland. She was baptized at Bethlehem Lutheran Church and confirmed in 1936 at Spring Creek Lutheran Church by Rev. J. E. H. Akre. She attended school in District #28 through the 8th grade. On January 16,...
Lyle Cameron Mikelson
Nov 21, 1942
What we have once loved, we can never lose. Lyle Cameron Mikelson, son of Arthur and Maybelle (Nelson) Mikelson, was born October 14, 1921, at Hazel Run, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Hazel Run, Minnesota. On November 21, 1942, he was united in marriage to Doris Hanson. To this union four children were...
Carl Andrew Brakke
Aug 27, 1942
Carl Brakke was born in Watonwan County, Minnesota, on April 29, 1866, the son of Ole and Margit (Kjelson) Brakke He came with his widowed mother, three brothers and three sisters, to Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, when a small boy, and lived on a farm near Clarkfield. He was confirmed by Rev. Lokensgaard in Bergen Church. While still a...
Anna Evelyn (Skommedahl) Vold
Jun 6, 1942
Anna Vold was born April 8, 1914, the daughter of Gustav and Gunhild Skommedahl near Erskine, in Polk County, Minnesota, . She was baptized in the Norwegian Lutheran Church there by Rev. N.J. Lind. In 1926 she came with her parents to the Hazel Run community, was confirmed in the local church by Rev. Andrew Haugland. During her girlhood...
Delbert Charles Fierstine
Mar 14, 1942
Delbert Charles Fierstine was born December 8, 1915, at Gary, South Dakota, to Earl and Wava (Peters) Fierstine. At the time of his death, he was 53 years old. Delbert moved to Clarkfield with his parents and family, where he lived until the time of his death. He joined the U. S. Army on March 14, 1942, during World...
Hansina (Kroger) Abrahamson
Feb 1, 1942
Hansina Kroger Abrahamson was born August 19, 1875, in Bergen, Norway, the daughter of Frantz Kristian and Brita (Larsdatter) Kroger. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She came to America in 1900 to the home of her brother, Christian in Canby, Minnesota. In 1914, she married Mads Abrahamson. To this union, two sons were born, one...
Anna H (Nelson) Hanson
Jan 24, 1942
Anna Nelson Anderson Hanson was born June 30, 1893, in Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the daughter of Ole and Gertrude (Nygaard) Nelson. She was baptized by Rev. B.F. Bengtson and confirmed November 7, 1907, by Rev. C.J. Karl. On April 25, 1917, she was married to Henry Arthur Anderson. To this union one son, Ellsworth Virgil...
