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...
Fritz Richter
Jan 19, 1942
Fritz Richter was born August 12, 1901, in King County, Seattle, Washington, the son of Franz and Gertrude (Paige) Richter. After completing his education, he became sales representative for his father's firm, the Richter Rubber Company. On January 19, 1942, he was united in marriage to Leona T. Myhre by Rev. Weaver at the University Methodist Church at Seattle....
Clara Manda (Lee) Afdem
Nov 15, 1941
Clara Manda (Lee) Afdem, daughter of Mathias and Jertina (Jacobson) Lee, was born January 13, 1910 in Friendship Township, Yellow Medicine County. She passed away at the age of 89 years at the Clarkfield Care Center. She was baptized and confirmed in the Clarkfield Lutheran Church and attended school in Clarkfield. She worked a short time in Minneapolis, MN,...
Halvor Knudson Dyrdahl
Jul 13, 1941
Halvor Dyrdahl was born in Norway on March 25th, 1870, coming to Hazel Run, Minnesota, with his parents Knute and Anne Dyrdahl when he was eight years old. For the past 75 years he has lived in and around Hazel Run. He was confirmed in the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church by Rev. Tostenson. On July 25th, 1906, he was...
Helma Oliva (Rolstad) Wilson
Jun 1, 1941
Helma Olivia Wilson was born March 14, 1882, at Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, the daughter of Hans and Helena (Helleckson) Rolstad. She came to Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, as an infant. On November 25, 1900, she was married to Henry O. Wilson, son of Ole C. and Annie (Hendrickson) Wilson of the Hazel Run Community. To this union...
Hans Christian Lynner
Mar 29, 1941
H. Christian Lynner was born November 23, 1888, in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Jens H. and Ingebor (Rognstad) Lynner. When he was four, the family moved to Clarkfield. Mr. Lynner attended the village school, and was confirmed in the Clarkfield Lutheran Church. On July 11, 1917, he was married to Clara Melbostad, daughter of Mr....
Gladys Lucille (Larson) Soppeland
Oct 12, 1940
Gladys Lucille (Larson) Soppeland was born June 14, 1920 to Carl and Emma Larson in Clarkfield, MN. She was baptized and confirmed at Israel Lutheran Church of rural Clarkfield. She married Carold Soppeland on October 12, 1940 at Israel Church. They lived at various places until 1958 when they moved to the farm five miles south of Clarkfield. In...
Amelia Lucille (Stenevik) Stensrud
Aug 16, 1940
Amelia Lucille (Stenevik) Stensrud was born May 7, 1922 in Yellow Medicine County to parents Lars and Tilda (Thompson) Stenevik. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith and confirmed at the Clarkfield Norwegian Lutheran Church by Rev. J. E. H. Akre. Her family spent most of their years farming in the Clarkfield and Granite Falls areas. Amelia married Melvin...
Muriel Elaine (Mikelson) Friberg
Jul 14, 1940
Former Clarkfield, Minnesota business woman Muriel Friberg, 66, died Monday morning at the Montevideo Hospital. For many years, she ran the Corner Grocery, now operated by her daughter Marcia Flattum of Clarkfield. She currently lived in the community. Friberg was married to Myron Friberg, son of Clarkfield settler Swen A. Friberg. She and husband Myron owned and operated the...
Ursula Minerva Just
Jul 1, 1940
Ursula Minerva (Hartfiel) Just was born October 1, 1911, in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Adolph and Emma (Eckhardt) Hartfiel. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Tyro Township. On December 18, 1935, she married Edward C. Hubbard and had two daughters: Adeline and Rosella. Edward died on July 1, 1940 in Cumberland,...
Clara B. (Eckhardt) Wiegers
Mar 12, 1940
Clara B. Wiegers was born to Fredrick and Emelia (Stabbe) Eckhardt on June 20, 1879, in Faribault County, Blue Earth, Minnesota. She was baptized on July 13, 1879, by Pastor Johannes Brant in Immanuel Lutheran Church near Blue Earth. At the age of five she came with her widowed father, brothers and sisters in a covered wagon to live...
Quam. Erma Iona (Svenungson)
Oct 1, 1939
Erma Iona Quam was born September 24, 1914, the daughter of Sever and Lorinda (Kittelson) Svenungson. She was baptized by Rev. Shutts, at Stanley, North Dakota. At age two, she moved with her parents to Hanley Falls, Minnesota. Here she grew to young girlhood, was confirmed by Rev. Ole Lokensgaard, and attended the Hanley Falls public schools. After graduating...
Catherine Elaine Lohn
Aug 19, 1939
Catherine Elaine (Olson) Lohn was born in Montevideo, Minnesota, on August 19, 1939, to the parents Lenord and Mildred (Miesner) Olson. She was baptized at Camp Release Lutheran Church in Stony Run Township and confirmed at Bergen Lutheran Church in Stony Run Township. Catherine attended school in Clarkfield, Minnesota and graduated in 1957 from Clarkfield High School. She then...
Johanne (Vik) Jorgenson
Aug 9, 1939
Johanne Vik Jorgenson was born in Stryn, Nordfjord, Norway, April 17, 1867, and is the last of a family of seven sisters. There were Ingeborg, Helena, Senava, Marie, Nellie and Olena. At the age of 23, Johanne came to America and made her first stop at the home of her uncle, Arne Iverson. She worked in homes in the...
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Clara Olga (Kopitzke) [Dahlberg] Stueland
Jun 28, 1939
Clara Olga (Kopitzke) Dahlberg Stueland was born on April 29, 1909 at the home of her parents John and Magdalena (Wiegers) Kopitzke in Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was baptized in 1909 and confirmed on April 15, 1923, both at St. John's Lutheran Church of Omro Township. She attended St. John's Parochial School and also District #44....
