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....
John (Jack) Henry Mau
Aug 30, 1938
John Henry Mau was born May 30, 1907 at Milroy, Minnesota to parents Albert and Anna (Krueger) Mau. He was baptized and later confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He grew up in Milroy, Minnesota and in 1934 moved to Hazel Run. Jack and Pearl Johnson were married on August 30, 1938 at the Hanley Falls Parsonage. Two children were...
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Ardeth Iola (Diggins) [Listul] Dotseth
Jun 28, 1938
Ardeth lola (Diggins) Listul Dotseth was born January 4, 1919, in Friendship Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Tom and Eva (Benage) Diggins. Ardeth attended Clarkfield School. She lived her entire life in the Hazel Run and Clarkfield areas. She was baptized at the Clarkfield Methodist Church and in 1954 was confirmed. Later she became a member...
Anna Mae (Swenson) Christensen
Dec 29, 1937
Anna Mae Christensen was born June 24, 1883, in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the daughter of Ole and Susie (Larson) Swenson. She was baptized in the Christian faith by Rev. Lokensgaard and confirmed by Rev. Farseth in Clarkfield Lutheran Church. She attended school in Fargo, North Dakota, to learn the trade of millinery. Following the completion of...
Caroline Dorothy (Opheim) Berg
Jul 12, 1937
Caroline Dorothy Opheim was born on June 24, 1879, at Thor, Iowa, to parents Arne and Christiana (Lund) Opheim. She was baptized by Rev. Sauer and confirmed by Rev. Farseth in the Ullevang Lutheran Church at Thor, Iowa. On June 7, 1899, she was united in marriage to Mr. Carl Berg of Thor. To this union ten children were...
Everette L. Loomis
May 24, 1937
Everette L. Loomis was born on November 3, 1911, in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, to parents Charles and Augusta (Gustafson) Loomis. Due to sickness in his family, his early years were spent in an orphanage in Owatonna, Minnesota. As a teen, he spent time at the Ole Severson foster home. It was there that he completed his education and worked...
Berdella Mildred (Raddohl) Rupp
Nov 24, 1936
Berdella Mildred (Raddohl) Rupp was born March 12, 1918, in Montevideo, Minnesota, to parents Alfred and Olga (Swenson) Raddohl. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith. She and her family moved to the Hazel Run area when she was three years old. She attended the Hazel Run Public School through the eighth grade. She attended Clarkfield High School through...
Diane M. (Behrman) Halverson
Oct 6, 1936
Diane was born on October 6, 1936, in Posen Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the daughter of Martin and Sophie (Munsch) Behrman, the youngest of four children. She attended country school and graduated from Wood Lake High School, Wood Lake, Minnesota. As a young woman she worked in the grocery store in Wood Lake. In her early twenties she...
Henrik Miller Vik
Aug 15, 1936
Henrik Miller Vik was born February 17, 1911. He was the eighth child of nine born to Mons T. O. Vik and Kathrina S. Hanson Vik. He was baptized and confirmed in the Clarkfield Lutheran Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota. On August 15, 1936, he married Charlotte L. Kirkeby, a teacher in a nearby country school who had grown up on...
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Gladys Fern (Sumner) [Neraasen] Soehren
Jun 28, 1936
Gladys Fern Soehren was born January 20, 1914, to Perry and Mamie Sumner in Mahnomen County, Minnesota. In 1923, they moved to a farm site three and one-half miles west of Boyd, Minnesota. This farm site was started by Henry Harrison Sumner in the 1800s known as a tree claim site. To this union were born four brothers: Merrill,...
Helma Pauline (Vold) Hanson
Jun 13, 1936
Helma Pauline Hanson was born February 14, 1914, to Peter and Hilda Vold of Hazel Run, Minnesota. She was baptized and confimred in the Hazel Run Lutheran Church. On June 13, 1936, she married Alton Hanson of Clarkfield. To this union three daughters were born, Marlene, Virginia, and LaVonne. Helma and Tony lived on the Hanson farm until one...
Arvie Severson
Apr 18, 1936
Arvie Severson was born in Lyon County, Minnesota, to Sebert and Bettie (Anderson) Severson. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith and confirmed at St. Lucas Church of rural Cottonwood, Minnesota. On April 18, 1936, he was united in marriage to Alice Nyland. He worked as butter maker in the Cottonwood Creamery and Swift Creamery in Montevideo the first...
