Donavon Dean Williams
Apr 6, 2005
Donavon Dean Williams was born on December 4, 1922, in Amiret Township, Tracy, Minnesota, to parents Harold and Mabel (Yost) Williams. He graduated from Tracy High School. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary's Basilica in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in May of 1944. Donavon married Vera Engels on June 24, 1944, at St. Eloi Catholic Church in Ghent, Minnesota....
Elsie Anne (Abramowski) Hilden
Mar 22, 2005
Elsie Anne (Abramowski) Hilden was born July 21, 1905, at Bellingham, Minnesota, to parents Emil and Wilhelmina (Theirfeldt) Abramowski. She was baptized as an infant and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church on May 12, 1918. She attended Country School District 88 in Perry Township of Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. Elsie married Melford Lynne on November 12, 1927. They...
Evelyn Eleanor Jorgenson
Feb 28, 2005
Evelyn Eleanor (Zempel) Jorgenson was born January 13,1919, to parents Edward and Tillie (Eggars) Zempel of Montevideo, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Evelyn attended country school in Chippewa County. Evelyn was united in marriage to Melvin Jorgenson on November 27, 1938. They lived on their farm until 1991 when they moved to Clarkfield, Minnesota....
Alton Thomas Rolighed
Feb 22, 2005
Alton Thomas Rolighed age 77, was the oldest child born to Ella (Erickson) and Arthur Rolighed on June 25, 1927, in Swift County, Appleton, Minnesota. He was confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Grace Lutheran Church in Dawson, Minnesota. Alton was re-baptized at Community Bible Church in Montevideo, Minnesota, in 1979. Alton served in the United States Army Air...
Norman Benjamin Bott
Feb 5, 2005
Norman Benjamin Bott was born March 7, 1917, in Redwood County, Minnesota, to Benjamin and Elizabeth (Smith) Bott. Norman and Kathleen Mae Johnson were married on May 12, 1939, in Walnut Grove, Minnesota. Norman and Kathleen farmed the family farm for about 10 years near Walnut Grove and he also worked at Wieck's garage in Walnut Grove as an...
Mary Ellen (Verschelde) Hanson
Feb 3, 2005
Mary Ellen (Verschelde) Hanson was born May 10, 1945, to parents Herman and Caroline (Van Uden) Verschelde of Minneota, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Edward's Catholic Church in Minneota. She attended St. Edward's Catholic School and Minneota Public School. Mary married James E. Hanson of rural Boyd, Minnesota, on September 2, 1977. Jim and Mary lived...
Orda Hazel (Olson) Fadness
Jan 31, 2005
(Orda) Hazel Fadness was born January 28, 1919, at Hazel Run, Minnesota, to parents Henry H. and Matilda (Imes) Olson. She was baptized and confirmed at the Hazel Run Lutheran Church. Hazel and Reuben A. Fadness were united in marriage at the Hazel Run Lutheran Church in June of 1950. They were the parents of a son, David. Reuben...
Glenn Sheridan Pyle
Jan 20, 2005
Glenn Sheridan Pyle was born April 14, 1916, at Scobey, Montana, to parents Raymond and Jennie (Ross) Pyle, He was baptized at the Church of Christ in Tracy, Minnesota. Glenn married Sarah Pochardt on September 21, 1950. They were the parents of four children: Keith, Wanda, Dewey, and Randy. Glenn and Sarah lived in the Boyd and Clarkfield, Minnesota...
Margaret (Adrian) Sannerud
Jan 19, 2005
Margaret Sannerud was born on December 1, 1901, in Munich, North Dakota, to parents Peter and Elizabeth (Quiring) Adrian. She was baptized and confirmed in Munich and attended the Munich School through the 7th grade. Margaret married Christian Sannerud on May 29, 1923. They were the parents of five children: Alfred, Curtis, Eugene, Lois, and G. Peder. Christian and...
Lucille M. (Rogge) Elmquist
Jan 8, 2005
Lucille M. Elmquist was born May 13, 1915, to Emil and Emma (Lachelt) Rogge at Boyd, Minnesota. Her family included two boys and two girls. Lucille grew up in the Boyd area. Her mother passed away when she was three years old. Lucille attended Boyd School and following high school she attended a Business College. She worked for different...
Sharon Kay (Lundy) Anderson
Jan 7, 2005
Sharon Kay (Lundy) Anderson was born on August 11, 1944, in Clarkfield, Minnesota, to Jaurold and Avis (Holm) Lundy. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She graduated from Hanley Falls High School, Hanley Falls, Minnesota, in 1962. She attended one year of business school in Mankato, Minnesota. She lived in the Twin Cities while working for...
Ronald Adolph Kopitzke
Jan 7, 2005
Ronald Adolph Kopitzke was born February 15, 1946, in Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Adolph and Elizabeth (Puchalski) Kopitzke. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church of Omro Township. Ronnie attended Country School District #44 and Dawson Public Schools. Ronnie was united in marriage to Bonita "Bonnie" Hartfiel at Trinity Lutheran Church in...
Burnell (Bunny) C. Rikke
Dec 17, 2004
Burnell "Bunny" Rikke was born March 24, 1934, at the farm home in Renville, Minnesota, to Henry and Luella (Danielson) Brummer. She was baptized in the spring of 1934 and confirmed in June of 1948 at The First Lutheran Church in Renville. Bunny attended District 37 School through the 8th grade and graduated from Renville High School in 1952....
Edwin Thostenson
Nov 29, 2004
Edwin Thostenson was born July 12, 1924, at Hanley Falls, Minnesota, to parents Tom and Lydia (Nelson) Thostenson. He was baptized in 1924 and confirmed in 1938, both at the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church. Edwin attended Country School District 10, called the Sheveland School through the 8th grade. At the age of 13, Edwin had a serious bicycle accident,...
Donald Leroy Zietlow
Nov 26, 2004
Donald LeRoy Zietlow of Boyd, Minnesota, was born on May 4, 1938, in Clarkfield, Minnesota, to Alfred and Alice (Kompelien) Zietlow. He was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church, Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Donald attended country school and later Clarkfield Public school. Donald was united in marriage to Florence Macht on January 2, 1965, and they...
Gertrude Martha (Harwick) Olson
Nov 22, 2004
Gertrude Martha Olson was born on January 2, 1912, to Sigwald and Amanda Harwick at Phillip, South Dakota. As a child she moved with her parents to rural Madison, Minnesota. She graduated from Madison High School in 1930. She taught school for six years in rural Lac qui Parle County, close to where she grew up. Gert married Milford...
Margaret "Meg" (Bengtson) Smith
Nov 21, 2004
Margaret (Meg) Bengtson Smith was born to Nels P. and Anna (Johnson) Bengtson on March 5, 1918, in Oshkosh Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at the Mission Covenant Church of Dawson, Minnesota. Margaret attended Rural School District #37 and graduated from Canby High School, Canby, Minnesota, in 1936. Following graduation, she attended the Calhoun...
Gloria Maxine (Feist) Olson
Nov 8, 2004
Gloria M. (Feist) Olson was born September 17, 1925, in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to William and Tillie (Lee) Feist. She was baptized and confirmed at Hazel Run Lutheran Church. Gloria and Leo Olson were married in February of 1948, at Clear Lake, South Dakota. She held several jobs, raised a family, and was a loving grandmother. Gloria passed...
Esther C. Larson
Sep 28, 2004
Esther C. Larson, 85, died September 28, 2004, at the Granite Falls Manor, Granite Falls, Minnesota. Her funeral was held October 1, 2004, at Lynner Funeral Home with Pastor Sue Seiffert officiating. Casketbearers were Bruce, Daniel, Dale, Gary and Vernon Ellingson and Jeff Tusberg. Interment was in Spring Creek Cemetery of Normania Township. Esther Caroline Larson was born April...
David Marcius Jean Johnson
Sep 23, 2004
David Marcius Jean Johnson was born on a farm in rural Clarkfield, Minnesota, on September 10, 1927, to parents Edna (Olson) and Henry Johnson. He spent much of his youth on the family farm west of Clarkfield with his parents and siblings. David attended school in Clarkfield and earned his GED in 1978. He married Luella Pease in April...
