Darryl Oscar Anderson
Feb 9, 2003
Darryl Oscar Anderson was born November 6, 1938, at Clarkfield, Minnesota, to parents Oscar and Elsie (Galow) Anderson. He was baptized and confirmed at Swede Home Lutheran Church. Darryl graduated from Clarkfield High School and attended Vocational School for two years studying vehicle restoration and mechanics. He also spent two years in California following high school, helping make jet...
Tamara Lynn Stensrud
Jan 13, 2003
Tamara Lynn Stensrud was born July 3, 1966, in Ramsey County, Minnesota. On January 27, 1967, at the age of 6 and 3/4 months, she became a family member of Donovan and Shirley Stensrud. She was welcomed by three brothers: Brad, Brian, and Tim. She was baptized on February 19, 1967, at St. Lucas Lutheran Church of rural Cottonwood,...
Leona Francis (Knutson) Anderson
Jan 2, 2003
Leona Francis (Knutson) Anderson was born October 21, 1918, in Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Carl and Nellie (Olson) Knutson. She was baptized and confirmed at Swede Home Lutheran Church, where she was a member her entire life. Leona and Clifford E. Anderson were united in marriage on October 30, 1937, at the home of...
Mildred I. (Kittelson) Olson
Jan 2, 2003
Mildred I. Olson, 96, of Clara City, Minnesota, died January 2, 2003, at the Clara City Nursing Home in Clara City. Her funeral service was held January 7, 2003, at Granite Falls Lutheran Church, Granite Falls, Minnesota. Mildred Olson was born February 25, 1906, in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Olai and Anna (Anderson) Kittelson. She was baptized and...
Grant Jertson Greseth
Dec 24, 2002
Grant Jertson Greseth was born October 5, 1915, to parents George and Ida (Jertson) Greseth at Madison, Minnesota. He was baptized and received his early Christian education at Hazel Run Lutheran Church, Hazel Run, Minnesota. Following graduation from Clarkfield High School, Clarkfield, Minnesota, in 1933, he worked in the Civilian Conservation Corp. and later began farming with his father....
Kalmer Norman Skaalen
Dec 22, 2002
Kalmer Norman Skaalen was born December 15, 1915, one of seven children of Knute and Christine Skaalen. He spent his youth delivering newspapers, working for the Red & White Store, playing baseball and caddying at the old Boyd golf club. A few years after graduating from Boyd High School, Boyd Minnesota, he purchased the store and competed with two...
Virdell Stanley Oakland
Dec 17, 2002
Virdell Stanley Oakland was born to parents Lars and Maye (Anderson) Oakland in Swede Prairie Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on July 23, 1931. He passed away at the Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, Minnesota, on Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at the age of 71 years, 5 months, and 17 days. He is survived by his fiance, LaVilla...
Earl Howard Stueland
Dec 15, 2002
Earl Howard Stueland, son of Hans and Minnie (Mikkelsen) Stueland, was born on August 12, 1913, at the farm home near Boyd, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He attended Country School District #14 and graduated from Clarkfield High School, Clarkfield, Minnesota, in 1932. Earl sang in the school choir and was a member of...
Jonathan Myron Lanphear
Dec 12, 2002
Jonathan Myron Lanphear was born May 4, 1979, at Montevideo, Minnesota. He attended Dawson-Boyd High School, Dawson, Minnesota, where he loved being involved in sports. Following graduation, Jon attended Southwest Technical Institute in Granite Falls, Minnesota, for two years in the Auto Body Program. He worked at Prairie Grain Elevators in Clarkfield, Minnesota, and at the time of his...
Myrtle Alida (Anderson) Applewick
Nov 24, 2002
Myrtle Alida (Anderson) Appelwick was born on May 3, 1908, in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Albert and Nellie (Rudell) Anderson. She was baptized and confirmed at Fridheim Lutheran Church. She attended District #29 and Clarkfield High School, Clarkfield, Minnesota. Myrtle married Hilmer Appelwick on July 14, 1926, at the Dawson Church Parsonage, Dawson, Minnesota. They...
Jerold Palmer Reishus
Nov 15, 2002
Jerold Palmer Reishus was born September 3, 1937, at Clarkfield, Minnesota, to parents Alfred and Edna (Berre) Reishus. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Lucas Lutheran Church. Jerry graduated from Cottonwood High School, Cottonwood, Minnesota, in 1955. He then attended South Dakota State University at Brookings, South Dakota until 1957. From 1957-1958, he was a foreign exchange student...
Neil Aldemore Larson
Nov 2, 2002
Neil Aldemore Larson was born June 9, 1913, at Hills, Minnesota, to parents Adolph and Ida (Green) Larson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He served in the United Stales Air Force for three years. Neil and Katherine Donahue were married in 1942. This marriage was blessed with two daughters: Mary and Elizabeth. Neil attended the...
Myrtle Alvira Lecy
Oct 29, 2002
Myrtle Alvira Bothun was born August 12, 1913, in Wang Township of Renville County, Minnesota, to parents Theodore and Anna (Berquist) Bothun. She was baptized at Hawk Creek Lutheran Church near Sacred Heart, Minnesota, on September 7, 1913. Myrtle and Thomas A. Lecy were married at the Granite Falls Parsonage, Granite Falls, Minnesota, on November 14, 1935. They were...
Merril Leroy Knutson
Oct 15, 2002
Merril LeRoy Knutson of Dawson, Minnesota, formerly of Boyd, Minnesota, passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2002, at the Johnson Memorial Home, Dawson, Minnesota, as a result of complications from pneumonia, at the age of 89 years and 1 month. He had been a resident at the home for two years. Merril was born September 17, 1913, at Boyd...
Michael Allen Westre
Oct 12, 2002
Michael Allen Westre was born April 22, 1962, at the Clarkfield Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, to parents Cesyl and Darlene (Weber) Westre. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Isidores Church in Clarkfield. Mike graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1980. He married his high school classmate, Sally Mensink, that same year. Two daughters were born to Mike and Sally:...
Olga Louise Elizabeth Voss
Oct 6, 2002
Olga Louise Elizabeth Voss was born December 30, 1904, to parents August and Elizabeth (Kelm) Voss in Oshkosh Township near Canby, Minnesota. She was baptized at Nicolai Lutheran Church by Pastor P. Gedicki. In 1912, the family moved to a farm south of Boyd, Minnesota. She was confirmed May 29, 1919, at Zion Lutheran Church of Tyro Township, Yellow...
Arnold Herman Leppke
Oct 4, 2002
Arnold Herman Leppke was born June 15, 1919, in Tyro Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, at the home of his parents Fred T. and Martha (Roske) Leppke. He was baptized at St. John's Lutheran Church in 1919 and confirmed in May of 1933 at St. John's. Arnold attended St. John's Parochial School and District 49. Arnold and Elna...
Beulah Ann Jorgenson
Sep 22, 2002
Beulah Ann Mikelson Jorgenson was born January 27, 1935, at the Clarkfield Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota to parents Bennie and Alma (Thompson) Mikelson. She was baptized and confirmed at the Hazel Run Lutheran Church and graduated from Clarkfield High School. Beulah married Dennis Marvin Jorgenson on July 12, 1952, at Hazel Run, Minnesota. Dennis and Beulah farmed near Clarkfield their...
Roland "Lars" Leroy Jurgenson
Sep 17, 2002
Roland LeRoy Jurgenson was born on February 23, 1929, in Friendship Township, Yellow Medicine County, Clarkfield, Minnesota, the son of Arden G. and Gladys (Westre) Jurgenson. He grew up, and graduated from Clarkfield High School. Following graduation, he farmed with his dad until he went into the Service during the Korean Conflict. On November 20, 1954, he was united...
Steven Lee Dack
Sep 15, 2002
Steven Lee Dack, age 42, died suddenly at Seymour, Tennessee, on September 15, 2002, as the result of a heart attack. Memorial services were held on Sunday, October 6, 2002, at 1:00 p.m. at the Clarkfield Lutheran Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota. Steve was born on October 2, 1959, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital to Don and Elizabeth (Johnson) Dack. He...
