obituaries

Gilbert Martinus Anderson was born December 30, 1877, in Hazel Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the son of Ole C. and Anna (Gilbertson) Anderson. He was baptized and confirmed in Old Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church by Rev. K. Thorstenson. He attended grade school near Hazel Run and graduated from the Madison Normal School at Madison, Minnesota, in 1898....

Edwin George Wollmuth was born April 1, 1921, in Springfield, Minnesota, to parents William August and Helen Margaret (Mellendorf) Wollmuth, one of eight children. He was baptized in Cloverdale, Iowa, September 2, 1921. Ed was confirmed at Highland Lutheran Church, Brandt, South Dakota, May 26, 1935. He attended country school near Brandt. When he was an infant they moved...

Baby Boy Lofdahl was born May 5, 1953, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota. He had gone to heaven to live with Jesus. He is survived by his parents, Lyndon Lofdahl and Louise (Elkjer) Lofdahl. Final Resting Place Clarkfield City Cemetery Clarkfield, Minnesota Arrangements by Lynner Funeral Home Since 1891 Clarkfield Minnesota

Clarkfield City Cemetery Clarkfield,...

IN MEMORY OF OVEDIA ANDERSON Born September 14, 1893, at Boyd, Minnesota, to parents Herman and Martha (Haakenson) Anderson Passed Away January 14, 1981, at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital, Montevideo, Minnesota Survived by brother, Helmer Anderson of Boyd, Minnesota, and sister, Helma Wold of Clarkfield, Minnesota Funeral Services Saturday, January 17, 1981, 2:00 p.m. Trinity Lutheran Church, Boyd,...

Henry Norman Hermanson was born January 12, 1881, of parents Haaken and Jorgina (Skramstad) Hermanson, on their homestead farm in Ten Mile Lake Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith in infancy and confirmed by Rev. Hoff in Our Saviors Lutheran Church of Baxter Township. He attended school in District 55 and at...

Oscar O. Jorgenson was born January 1, 1885, on a farm south of Boyd, Minnesota, in Yellow Medicine County, the son of Elias and Helena (Brekke) Jorgenson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Clarkfield, Minnesota. Oscar learned the trade of welder at the McDougal Shipyards at Riverside, Duluth, Minnesota. He then had his own...

Baby Boy Gordon was born September 8, 1962, the stillborn son of Wendell and Jean (Yorke) Gordon, of Mankato, Minnesota, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota. Final Resting Place Clarkfield City Cemetery Clarkfield, Minnesota Arrangements by Lynner Funeral Home Since 1891 Clarkfield Minnesota

Clarkfield City Cemetery Clarkfield, Minnesota

Oliver Byron Benson was born March 3, 1924, in Stony Run Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Thomas and Bertina (Eide) Benson. He was the youngest of 12 children. He was baptized and confirmed at Bergen Lutheran Church. He attended School District #4 for the 1st-8th grade and then attended Granite Falls School and graduated in 1942....

Edward August Harmening was born February 27, 1897, in Minnesota, the son of William and Emma (Kahl) Harmening. He was united in marriage to Rachel Ellingson. Survivors include his wife, Rachel, and a daughter, Shirley (Mrs. Bud Nelson) of Minneapolis. IN MEMORY OF EDWARD A. HARMENING February 27, 1897 ~ April 25, 1966 Funeral Services Thursday, April 28, 1966,...

Gordon Alfred Johnson was born August 14, 1919, to Carl and Annie (Dahl) Johnson, rural Stony Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Following school, Gordy had many jobs. He helped on the farm, worked at a gas station and went to North Dakota to help on a Threshing Team. Gordy entered the United States Army and served in WWII...

Emily Margrit Zeuthen Hollenbeck was born April 30, 1898, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, daughter of Fritz and Margrit Zeuthen. She was baptized by Pastor B.B. Jonsson. When she was two years old, her family moved to Minneota. She was confirmed in St. Paul's Lutheran Church. She attended school in Minneota and after receiving her teaching certificate, taught several years in...

Arthur Harland Johnson was born August 25, 1904, in Friendship Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. His parents were John and Emma (Satre) Johnson. Most of his life was spent on the farm where he lived at the time of his death. He was baptized and confirmed in the Clarkfield Lutheran Church of which he was a lifetime member...

Vernon Englebert Rupp was born July 21, 1915, to Herman and Maggie (Thiel) Rupp, on a farmstead west of Hazel Run, Minnesota. He was baptized into the Catholic Faith at Montevideo, Minnesota, on July 31, 1918. He attended school in Hazel Run until the third grade. The family then moved to Mannorville, Minnesota, where they lived for two years....

REV. E. T. FYRAND Edmore Tillman Fyrand was born October 12, 1905, to Truls Fyrand and Caroline (Haugstad) Fyrand near Kenyon, Minnesota, on a farm that was homesteaded by his grandparents in 1854. The youngest of ten children, he attended grammar school in a country schoolhouse on his family farm. He was baptized and confirmed in Gol Lutheran Church...

Bertha Severina (Hanson) Olson was born March 18, 1889, near Paxton, Illinois, the daughter of Mads and Helen Hanson. When a few months old she moved with her parents to the community of Britt, Iowa, residing there for twelve years, when upon the death of her mother, her father brought his little family to Minnesota to be with relatives....

Inga Julia Gautefall, daughter of Lars and Sophia (Haugen) Gautefall, was born on Novemver 17, 1896, in Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was baptized December 25, 1968, and confirmed in 1911, in the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church of Hanley Falls, Minnesota, by Rev. Ole Lokensgaard. Inga was born and raised on the family homestead west of Hanley...

Ida Marie Brown was born July 29, 1880, one of the thirteen children of Jens and Anna (Barnes) Stevens, on a farm in Yellow Medicine County located west of Hanley Falls, Minnesota. She clerked in the store in Hanley Falls, owned by her sister and husband. On January 18, 1911, she was united in marriage to Dan Brown. For...

Theodore Foss was born December 18, 1890, in Friendship Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the oldest son of Hans Foss and Gunhild Hegna Foss. He was baptized and confirmed at Spring Creek Lutheran Church where he was a member all of his life. He spent his life on the farm where he was born except for the past six...

Mons Olai Vik was born October 15, 1872, near Ridgeway, in Winneshiek County, Iowa, the son of Mons and Oline (Stangeland) Vik. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith November 10, 1872, by Rev. D. Lysness of Winneshiek County. At the age of seven years, he together with his parents, brothers and sister immigrated to Minnesota, coming directly to...

Arthur N. Hermanson Arthur Norman Hermanson was born October 29, 1915, on the family farm south of Boyd to parents Henry and Dorothea Hermanson. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd. He attended and graduated from Boyd High School. Art was the youngest of six children, so he stayed home and "farmed with Dad." During...