Burdett L. Kise
May 2, 2002
Burdett L. Kise, 69, died May 2, 2002 at the University Good Samaritan Home in Minneapolis after a lengthy illness. A private memorial service with burial at Ft. Snelling will be held at a later time. Burdett is survived by brothers Ordean Kise of Clarkfield, Howard (Arlene) Kise of Minneapolis, sisters Marlys (Jim) Hansen of Bemidji, LeAnn (Ron) Moe...
Dale Leon Leenerts
Apr 25, 2002
Dale Leon Leenerts was born July 22, 1922, to George and Ethel (West) Leenerts in Bruning, Nebraska. He was baptized on August 20, 1922, on his parents farm outside of Bruning, by Rev. Bartell. He graduated from high school in 1940. On March 5, 1941, the Leenerts family moved just outside of Boyd, Minnesota, on a farm. Dale worked...
Ethel Ninah Leenerts
Mar 30, 2002
Ethel Ninah (Nilson) Leenerts was born January 4, 1923, to Nils and Alma (Erickson) Nilson on the family farm in Kanabec County, near Brook Park, Minnesota. She was baptized at home, by Rev. Palm and confirmed by Rev. Ronald Lawrenz on June 24, 1953, Tyro Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She attended Country School. The Nilson family moved...
Richard Talbott Hanson
Mar 1, 2002
Richard T. Hanson, 80, of Boyd, Minnesota, died Friday, March 1, 2002, at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital, Montevideo, Minnesota, after a long battle with cancer. His funeral was held Tuesday, March 5, 2002, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Boyd, Minnesota, with Pastor Ryan Fischer officiating. Organist was Mavis Hutt and soloist was DeWayne Hermanson. Honorary casketbearers were Melbourne Fjerkenstad,...
Myron "Mike" Gerhard Hoiland
Feb 25, 2002
Myron Gerhard Hoiland was born on October 19, 1907, at Marshall, Minnesota, to parents Christ and Gertie (Hanson) Hoiland. He was baptized and confirmed as a young man and attended school through the 8th grade. Myron entered the United States Army on April 22, 1942. He served his country until November 15, 1945. He achieved the rank of Corporal...
Gladys Juliann (Johnson) Edmunds
Feb 20, 2002
Gladys Juliann Edmunds was born June 26, 1907, to parents Hans O. and Thrina (Gunderson) Johnson on their family farm near Hazel Run, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed in the Hazel Run Lutheran Church and remained a dedicated member her entire life. She married Steve C. Edmunds of Clarkfield, Minnesota, on June 25, 1931, at Granite Falls, Minnesota....
Theressa Alvilda (Vold) Dyrdahl
Feb 1, 2002
Theressa Alvilda (Vold) Dyrdahl was born October 11, 1903, at Hazel Run, Minnesota, to parents Peter and Hilda (Johnson) Vold. She was baptized in 1903 at Hazel Run and confirmed in 1918. Theressa was united in marriage to Albin Dyrdahl on April 3, 1932. They lived in the Hazel Run area their entire life. Theressa loved to cook and...
Helen Joann (Welu) Thompson
Jan 31, 2002
Helen JoAnn (Welu) Thompson was born at Milroy, Minnesota, to parents Nicholas and Ida (Hedge) Welu on March 2, 1926. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Michaels Church of Milroy, Minnesota. She graduated from Milroy High School and Nursing School. Following college, she worked in both the Tracy and Marshall, Minnesota Hospitals. Helen married Kenneth Thompson on December...
Olaf Gustav Larson
Jan 25, 2002
Olaf Gustav Larson was born May 14, 1918, in Tyro Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Carl Axel and Emma (Knutson) Larson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and was a longtime member of the Augustana Lutheran Church. Olaf was united in marriage to Grace Weeks on September 19, 1936. They celebrated their 65th wedding...
Boris Tkacenko
Jan 25, 2002
Boris Tkacenko was born in Prague (the Czech Republic) on March 11, 1927, to Fr. Dimitrij and Ladislava (Kubinova) Tkacenko. He was baptized and confirmed into the Eastern Orthodox religion. He spent his youth in different parishes where his father served as a priest. They moved to Brazil at the beginning of World War II. There he played violin...
Donna Mae (Beito) Bruflat
Jan 19, 2002
Donna Mae Bruflat, daughter of Lloyd and Alta (Halvorson) Beito, was born on November 26, 1932, at her Grandpa Ole Beito's farm in rural Granite Falls, Minnesota. She lived there for about eight years and then moved to the Volstead farm and then to Longview farm. Donna was the oldest child in her family, her siblings not starting to...
Marjorie Borghild (Hanson) Wilson
Jan 14, 2002
Marjorie Wilson, 87, died Monday, January 14, 2002, at Three Links Care Center in Northfield, Minnesota. Her funeral will be Saturday, January 19 , 2002, at 10:30 a.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church in Northfield, with burial on Sunday, January 20, 2002, at 1:00 p.m. at the Hazel Run Lutheran Cemetery, Hazel Run, Minnesota. Friends and family are invited...
Edwin Burnett Jr Larson
Jan 5, 2002
Edwin Burnett Larson, Jr. was born March 6, 1927, on the family farm near Boyd, Minnesota, to parents Edwin and Elizabeth (Aakre) Larson. He was baptized April 10, 1927, and confirmed June 7, 1942, both at Trinity Lutheran of Boyd. He attended the Boyd Public School and graduated as Valedictorian of his class. Edwin and Clarice Virginia Bue were...
Margaret Elaine (Lynner) Gordon
Dec 30, 2001
Margaret Elaine (Lynner) Gordon was born September 19, 1922, at Clarkfield, Minnesota, to parents H. C. and Clara (Melbostad) Lynner. She was one of five siblings born to them. She was baptized and confirmed (in 1937) at the Clarkfield Lutheran Church. Margaret attended and graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1940 and from St. Olaf College, Magna Cum Laude,...
Clarence H. Haroldson
Dec 22, 2001
Clarence H. Haroldson was born February 2, 1914, in Swede Prairie Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Carl and Emma (Jacobson) Haroldson. He was baptized and confirmed at Swede Home Lutheran Church, in rural Clarkfield. He and Olivine Martinson were married November 2, 1940. They farmed near Boyd and later moved to Swede Prairie Township and farmed there...
Lionel G. "Stretch" Hartfiel
Dec 8, 2001
Lionel "Stretch" Hartfiel was born March 30, 1919, in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, to Theodore and Hulda (Galow) Hartfiel. He was confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church, Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He graduated from Boyd High School. After high school Lionel attended Gustavus Adolphus College. On October 1941 he entered the Army and served his country in New Guinea....
William Don Jr. Bruflat
Dec 3, 2001
William Don Bruflat, Jr. was born on August 23, 1929 at Hastings, Minnesota, the son of William Don Bruflat, Sr. and Eleanor (Schneider) Bruflat. The family moved to Granite Falls, Minnesota when he was young. He attended school in Granite Falls, graduating in 1947. He was involved in football, hockey and Boy Scouts during that time. He was in...
Minnie Ida (Haaland) Christensen
Nov 28, 2001
Minnie Ida Haaland was born on September 23, 1912, in Friendship Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Gabriel O. and Barbara M. (Fenn) Haaland. She was the fifth of twelve children. Minnie was baptized at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Friendship Township and was confirmed in Norwegian at the Hazel Run Lutheran Church. She attended eight grades at District...
Alvin Hanson
Nov 18, 2001
Alvin Hanson was born on November 4, 1903, in Normania Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Ole and Emma (Brusven) Hanson. He was a member of St. Lucas Lutheran Church, being baptized and confirmed there and remaining a member his entire life. Alvin and Myrtle Stokke were married on September 30, 1934, at the Lutheran parsonage in...
Ernest Clayton Fjerkenstad
Oct 26, 2001
Ernest C. Fjerkenstad was born January 22, 1925, to parents John and Olga (Grefsrud) Fjerkenstad, of rural Boyd, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church of Boyd. He attended Boyd Country School. Ernest enlisted in the US Navy in 1944 and served in the South Pacific. Following an honorable discharge in 1946, he returned home and...
