Clara Elaine (Anderson) Sorum
Dec 29, 2006
Clara Elaine (Anderson) Sorum was born February 9, 1908, in Stanley, North Dakota, to parents John and Alice (Nelson) Anderson. She was baptized and confirmed in Stanley. Clara attended and graduated from Stanley High School and attended one year of teacher's training at the Normal School in Minot, North Dakota. She was a teacher for about five years. Clara...
Helen Clarice (Gerhardt) Shaw
Dec 26, 2006
Helen Clarice Shaw was born July 30, 1918, daughter of George and Clara (Martens) Gerhardt, at Fairmont, Minnesota. She attended Country School south of Welcome, Minnesota, and graduated from the 8th grade. Helen married Everett Shaw on December 25, 1939, in Iowa. They farmed in the Fairmont-Welcome area until March of 1954, when they moved to Barrett, Minnesota, and...
Thelma N. (Benson) Berg
Dec 22, 2006
Thelma N. (Benson) Berg was born on April 22, 1910, in Stony Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Thomas O. and Bertina (Eide) Benson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and was an active lifetime member of the Bergen Lutheran Church. She attended rural school in District No. 4 where her parents, in their...
Beulah Helen Lindquist
Dec 22, 2006
Beulah Helen Lindquist (Stokke) was born on August 4, 1936, on a farm near Clarkfield, Minnesota, to parents Bernard and Helma (Foss) Stokke. She was one of three siblings. She attended the Clarkfield Assembly of God Church and was baptized at the age of 12. Beulah attended Clarkfield School and graduated in 1954. Following high school, she lived and...
Lela B (Stevens) Anderson
Dec 21, 2006
Lela B. (Stevens) Anderson was born on the farm she grew up on in Minnesota Falls Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on March 8, 1916, to Albert and Mary (Gilbertson) Stevens. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and was a lifetime member of the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church. Lela attended Country School and graduated from Hanley...
Joseph A. Cornelius
Dec 10, 2006
Joseph Allen Cornelius was born December 5, 1982, at Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital in Montevideo, Minnesota, to parents David and Sharon (Mensink) Cornelius. Joey was baptized and confirmed at Clarkfield Lutheran Church and graduated from Yellow Medicine East High School in 2002. He attended Canby Vo-Tech for Graphic Design. Joey combined his love and interest in computers and worked...
Dorothy M Pearson
Dec 10, 2006
Dorothy M. Pearson was born on February 27, 1928, at Canby, Minnesota, to parents Alvin and Rose (Moravetz) Juranek. She was baptized on April 28, 1948, at the First English Lutheran Church in Canby and later confirmed at Our Savior's Lutheran Church of Canby. She attended Marble School in Lincoln County. Dorothy married Merle Pearson on September 26, 1964,...
Clark Leroy Heimark
Dec 10, 2006
Clark LeRoy Heimark was born May 17, 1931, to Clarence J. and Mabel (Monson) Heimark at their home in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He was baptized June 7, 1931. He was a graduate of Clarkfield High School. He farmed on the family farm north of Clarkfield, Minnesota. Clark enlisted in the United States Navy from November 30,...
Logan Layne Boelter
Nov 28, 2006
Logan was born at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar on Tuesday afternoon, November 28, 2006. Logan had gone to heaven to live with Jesus. He is survived by his parents, Ricky and Nicole (Hoines) Boelter and Grandparents Shirley Hoines, Wayne and Carol Hoines and Lanny and Kathy Boelter and by his aunts and uncles: Cynthia and Dennis Tischhauser, David...
Gene S Johnson
Nov 13, 2006
Gene S. Johnson was born on April 26, 1926, at Clarkfield, Minnesota, to parents Basil and Geneva (Oakland) Johnson. He was one of eight siblings. He was baptized on July 8, 1926, and confirmed November 1, 1953, at Clarkfield Lutheran Church. Gene attended and graduated from Clarkfield High School and attended Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Auto Body....
Clinton Robert Douglas Mccoss
Nov 5, 2006
Clinton Robert Douglas McCoss was born on December 12, 1990, in Montevideo, Minnesota. His parents are David and Terri McCoss and Tim and Tanya McCoss-Yerigan. He was baptized on January 13, 1991, and confirmed May 21, 2006, both at Hazel Run Lutheran Church, Hazel Run, Minnesota. Clint was a sophomore at Yellow Medicine East High School in Granite Falls,...
Nicholas Heimer Johnson
Nov 1, 2006
Nicholas Heimer Johnson was born on February 7, 1990, in Montevideo, Minnesota, to parents Todd and Jolene (Moechnig) Johnson. He was baptized on April 8, 1990, and confirmed on September 18, 2005, both at Augustana Lutheran Church of Clarkfield, Minnesota. Nicholas was a junior at Yellow Medicine East High School in Granite Falls, Minnesota. He was involved in wrestling,...
Harold Eugene Nelson
Oct 27, 2006
Harold Eugene Nelson was born September 12, 1921, at his parents farm, Nels and Gertie (Hanson) Nelson. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith. He graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1939. Harold was a member of the Army Air Corp and served until October 1945 and stationed in the Pacific. Upon his discharge from the service, Harold married...
June Ardell (Homan) Willander
Oct 5, 2006
June Ardell Homan was born on June 6, 1938, in Willmar, Minnesota, to parents Joy and Evelyn (Schafer) Homan. She was baptized in Lake Lillian, Minnesota, and confirmed in the Methodist Church in Excelsior, Minnesota. She graduated from Hopkins High School in Hopkins, Minnesota, in 1956. June and Oscar "Wendell" Willander were united in marriage on November 14, 1964,...
James Halverson
Sep 13, 2006
James Halverson was born in Hennepin County, Minnesota, on December 20, 1947. He was baptized on his birthday in Hennepin County by Rev. Martin Trygstad. Jim grew up in Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, where his parents Ludwig and Thora (Morken) Halverson had a Country Store. He graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1965 and thoroughly enjoyed...
Henry (Hank) William Nicklasson
Aug 15, 2006
Henry (Hank) William Nicklasson was born July 1, 1914, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Ernst and Henny (Nilsson) Nicklasson. After graduating from Westbrook High School in 1932 and from St. Olaf College as a three sport Honor Athlete in 1936, he began a teaching/coaching career in Milan, Minnesota. In 1939 Hank married Phyllis Jenson. A son, David, was born in...
Harriet Lorraine (Nelson) Skulstad
Aug 1, 2006
Harriet Lorraine (Nelson) Skulstad was born October 9, 1922, in Clarkfield, Minnesota, to parents Arnold and Edna (Berg) Nelson. She was baptized and was confirmed at Granite Falls Lutheran Church, Granite Falls, Minnesota, on May 3, 1936. She attended school in both Clarkfield and Granite Falls. She graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1940. Harriet married Carl Skulstad in...
Robert Kieth Gordon
Jul 25, 2006
Robert Keith Gordon was born April 17, 1924, in Shevlin, Minnesota, to William Otto Gordon and Mabel (Peterson) Gordon. He graduated from Greenbush High School and attended St. Olaf College. He lived in numerous communities including Riverside, California, Edmonton, Alberta, Langdon, North Dakota, and Canby, Minnesota. He married Margaret Elaine Lynner on June 19, 1948. Robert and Margaret made...
David Allen Forsberg
Jul 23, 2006
David Allen Forsberg was born August 18, 1937, in Appleton, Minnesota, to parents Harold and Bernice (Stehn) Forsberg. He was the second of four children born to Harold and Bea. He moved with his family to Bremerton, Washinton, where his father worked in the Navy Shipyards during WW II. When his father was inducted into the Army Air Force...
Edith Velmina (Larson) Berg
Jul 15, 2006
Edith Velmina Berg was born to Carl A. and Emma (Knutson) Larson at her farm home in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on April 9, 1913. She was baptized at Spring Creek Lutheran Church of rural Clarkfield and confirmed on March 6, 1928, at Israel Lutheran Church, rural Clarkfield. She attended District 29 Country School, in Tyro Township....
