Ruth Evelyn Willander
Feb 17, 2006
Ruth Evelyn Willander was born November 2, 1910, to parents Edwin and Clara (Johnson) Willander in Tyro Township near Clarkfield, Minnesota. Ruth was one of 14 siblings. She was baptized and confirmed in Tyro Township. Ruth remained in the Clarkfield Community all her life. She was a member of the Clarkfield Assembly of God Church. Ruth worked several years...
Gerald Randolph Just
Jan 31, 2006
Gerald Randolph Just was born at Clarkfield, Minnesota, on October 12, 1951, to parents Gerald W. and Delia M. (Burroughs) Just. He was baptized on November 21, 1955, and confirmed April 11, 1965, both at Zion Lutheran Church. He graduated as Valedictorian of his class from Clarkfield High School in 1969. He received a BA degree in Sociology at...
Sylve Pauline Hawkinson
Jan 31, 2006
Sylve Pauline Hawkinson was born in rural Clarkfield, Minnesota, to parents Alfred and Rachel (Ness) Hawkinson on October 13, 1916. She attended rural grade school and graduated from Boyd High School as Valedictorian. One of her earlier jobs was a telephone operator in Canby, Minnesota. About the age of 30, she went to Liberia, West Africa as a Missionary....
Bernice Eleanor (Swennes) Hoff
Jan 28, 2006
Bernice Eleanor (Swennes) Hoff was born August 24, 1927, at home in rural Clarkfield, Minnesota, to parents Arne Swennes, Jr. and Cora Myhre Swennes. She attended school in Clarkfield Rural Districts #23 and #105. On June 1, 1945, she graduated from Clarkfield High School. Her father died the morning of her graduation day. After graduation she attended the College...
Mavis Signora (Thostenson) Ellingson
Jan 26, 2006
Mavis Signora (Thostenson) Ellingson was born on Saturday, February 26, 1921, to parents Andrew and Julia (Wilson) Thostenson in Wood Lake Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Mavis was baptized and confirmed at Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church in Hanley Falls, Minnesota. She attended public school in Hanley Falls and graduated from High School in 1939. On September 14, 1941, she...
Frances A Kelm
Jan 24, 2006
Frances A. Oien Kelm was born on October 3, 1910, at Boyd, Minnesota, to parents Ole and LeSetta (Weigers) Oien. She was baptized as an infant and later confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd by Pastor Martin Lein. Frances married Arnold H. Kelm at Madison, Minnesota, on May 31, 1929. They were the parents of three children: Richard,...
Orvella Mae Johnson
Jan 16, 2006
Orvella Mae (Long) Johnson was born on June 1, 1925, to Orville and Vina (Granell) Long at Swede Prairie Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was baptized in faith on April 4, 1935, in Hanley Falls, Minnesota, and confirmed in her faith in May 1940 at Spring Creek Lutheran Church of Swede Prairie Township. She attended elementary school...
Warren Eugene Bode
Jan 12, 2006
Warren E. Bode was born July 18, 1959, to parents Donald L. and Helen C. (Nodshilder) Bode at Rapid City, South Dakota. He was baptized as a young child and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church of Boyd, Minnesota. He attended Dawson-Boyd High School and graduated in 1977. Following high school, he attended Vo-Tech School in Granite Falls, Minnesota, for...
Stanley George Carlson
Jan 8, 2006
Stanley George Carlson was born October 5, 1921, in Starbuck, Manitoba, Canada, to parents John and Caroline (Christensen) Carlson. When he was seven years old his family moved back to Clarkfield, Minnesota. He attended school in Clarkfield. Stanley married Elsie Appelseth on October 10, 1959. They lived on the farm until five years ago when they moved to an...
Patricia Carol Stueland
Jan 4, 2006
Pat was born to Clara and Andrew Dahlberg in Clarkfield, Minnesota, on December 6, 1937. After her father passed away, when she was two years old, her mother married Arthur J. Stueland. Art adopted Pat as his own and her name was changed to Stueland. Pat graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1955 and from Gustavus Adolphus College in...
Betty Bernice Nelson
Dec 4, 2005
Betty Bernice (Aker) Nelson was born on February 5, 1924, to parents Anton and Aletta (Eliason) Aker. She was one of eight children. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith. She graduated from Montevideo High School, Montevideo, Minnesota, in 1944. She was employed briefly in the Kaiser Shipyards in Oakland, California. Upon returning to Minnesota, she was employed at...
Laverna Irene Miller
Nov 29, 2005
LaVerna Irene Miller was born December 13, 1913, in Normania Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnnesota, the daughter of Martin and Ida (Brusven) Miller. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Lucas Lutheran Church of Normania Township. She attended country school in Normania Township. LaVerna was employed, during the war, at Twin Cities Ordnance Plant at New Brighton, Minnesota,...
Wendy D. (Olson) Hofmann
Nov 21, 2005
Wendy D. (Olson) Hofmann was born on January 19, 1952, at Clarkfield, Minnesota, to parents Leo and Gloria (Feist) Olson, She was baptized and confirmed at Clarkfield Lutheran Church and remained a member there her entire life. Wendy attended and graduated from Clarkfield High School in the Class of 1971. She then attended Willmar Area Vocational Technical School. Wendy...
Dorothy Emily (Hartfiel) Haaland
Nov 20, 2005
Dorothy Emily (Hartfiel) Haaland was born on January 5, 1921, at their farm home, the daughter of Wilhelm and Lydia Hartfiel. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church, in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She attended country school in District #49 and then attended and graduated from Central High School in Montevideo, Minnesota, in 1938. She...
Avis Geraldine Lundy
Nov 11, 2005
Avis Geraldine (Holm) Lundy was born May 6, 1926, in Clarkfield, Minnesota, to August and Hilda (Hognestad) Holm. She was baptized and confirmed at the Clarkfield Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church. She attended school in Clarkfield. On March 31, 1944, she was united in marriage to Jaurold P. Lundy in Montevideo, Minnesota. They lived on a farm West of Hanley...
Glenn Michael Heald
Nov 5, 2005
Glenn Michael Heald was born April 22, 1955, in Browns Valley, Minnesota, to Richard and Shirley (Babb) Heald. Glenn was baptized at Wilmot Lutheran Church in June of 1955 and was confirmed at Augustana Lutheran Church of Clarkfield, Minnesota in May of 1970. In August of 1959 Glenn and his family moved to Clarkfield. Glenn attended grades K-12 at...
Edna (Stanke) Steinke
Nov 4, 2005
Edna Steinke was born April 6, 1921, at Nampa, Idaho, to parents Wilhelm Carl August and Martha (Thewke) Stanke. She was baptized in Nampa, Idaho, and confirmed on November 24, 1937, at First Lutheran Church, Gary, South Dakota. Edna married Arnold H. Steinke on July 14, 1940. They were the parents of four children: Donna Marie, Gary, Roger, and...
Winnie (Vanderveen) Jans
Nov 2, 2005
Winnie Jans was born in Archer, Iowa, on November 6, 1920. She was the daughter of Ralph and Florence (Hector) Vander Veen. She grew up on the farm near Melvin, Iowa. When she started school, she was only able to speak Dutch, so her parents had to start speaking English. As a young lady, Winnie worked as a housekeeper...
Florence I. (Peterson) Benson
Oct 23, 2005
FLORENCE I. BENSON was born on the family farm near Clarkfield, Minnesota, on June 26, 1925, to parents Sven (Axel) and Hilda (Miller) Peterson. She was baptized at the Augustana Lutheran Church of Clarkfield and confirmed at Hope Lutheran Church in Minneota, Minnesota. She attended and graduated from Minneota High School. Florence married Fred T. Benson on September 9,...
Ruth C. Mcintire
Oct 20, 2005
Ruth Mclntire was born in Allerton, Iowa, to parents Harry and Iva (Courtney) Pattison on August 29,,1926. After completing high school she was in the Nursing Corp. Ruth married Lloyd Mclntire Sr. on July 11, 1948. They had a son and four daughters together. Ruth worked as an LPN, in nursing homes in Newton, Iowa, and Elmonte, California, over...
