Lloyd Franklin Kirkeby
Nov 27, 2000
Lloyd Franklin Kirkeby was born on February 9, 1918, at Clarkfield, Minnesota, to parents Olaus and Inga (Olson) Kirkeby. He was baptized and confirmed at the Clarkfield Lutheran Church. Lloyd left school his senior year of high school to help his Dad farm. On July 12, 1940, Lloyd married Eunice (Wold) at Boyd, Minnesota. Lloyd and Eunice farmed for...
Bernice I. (Hide) Walters
Oct 28, 2000
Bernice I. Walters was born on April 2, 1923, at Taylors Falls, Minnesota, to parents Ray and Esther (Dahl) Hide. She graduated from Amary High School, Amary, Wisconsin, and then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. While living in Minneapolis, Bernice met Nicholas Walters. Bernice and Nick were married at Marshall, Minnesota, on June 3, 1944. This marriage was blessed with...
Beverly Jean Kompelien
Oct 28, 2000
Beverly Jean (Hansen) Kompelien was born January 20, 1934, in Rock County, Minnesota, to parents Newton M. and Margaret (DeBates) Hansen. She attended rural Minneota Schools. Beverly was united in marriage to Erling M. Kompelien on June 6, 1953, at Hope Lutheran Church in Minneota, Minnesota. This marriage was blessed with four children: Jeffrey, Kristine, Robert, and Karen. Beverly...
Darcy Blair Koepp
Oct 14, 2000
Darcy Blair Koepp was born on April 20, 1964, at the Rice Hospital in Willmar, Minnesota, to parents Douglas T. and Nancy B. (Blair) Koepp. He was baptized as an infant at Zion Lutheran Church and later confirmed at Redeemer Lutheran Church of Willmar. He attended and graduated from Willmar Senior High in 1982. He married Lisa Garberding on...
Martin Ernest Reishus
Oct 9, 2000
Martin Ernest Reishus was born November 14, 1906, in Normania Township of rural Cottonwood, Minnesota. His parents were Knute and Annetta (Miller) Reishus. Martin became a child of God through Holy Baptism on December 23, 1906, at St. Lucas Church by the Rev. Martin Romstad. On July 3, 1921, he renewed his Baptism Covenant through Confirmation at. St. Lucas...
Ingeborg L. (Carlson) Olson
Oct 1, 2000
Ingeborg L. (Carlson) Olson was born on April 25, 1910, at Clarkfield, Minnesota, to parents John and Caroline (Christensen) Carlson. She was baptized at Spring Creek Lutheran Church of Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, and confirmed at the Norwegian Lutheran Church, Starbuck, Manitoba, Canada. Ingeborg married Clifford E. Olson at the Clarkfield Lutheran Parsonage, Clarkfield, Minnesota, on February...
Duwayne Leo Lehmann
Sep 21, 2000
DuWayne Leo Lehmann was born to Bernice (Fritz) and Rueben Lehmann on September 9, 1947, at Dawson, Minnesota. He was baptized by Rev. Louis Rosin and confirmed in 1961 by Rev. Albert C. Esch, at Zion Lutheran Church. DuWayne attended School District #25 in Maxwell Township. DuWayne married Ilene Harberts on August 19, 1972. This marriage was blessed with...
Chester Palmer Hansen
Sep 17, 2000
Chester Palmer Hansen was born on December 6, 1917, at Clarkfield, Minnesota, to parents Martin J. and Amanda J. (Larson) Hansen. He was baptized and confirmed at the Clarkfield Lutheran Church, where he was a lifelong member. Chester lived most of his life in the Clarkfield area. He worked at a CC Camp near Duluth, Minnesota and during World...
Leonard Ordell Oakland
Sep 13, 2000
Leonard Ordell Oakland was born to parents Lars and Maye (Anderson) Oakland in Swede Prairie Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on September 3, 1928. He passed away at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital, Montevideo, Minnesota, on Wednesday, September 13, 2000, at the age of 72 years and 10 days. He is survived by his sisters: Vivian (Sidney) Knutson...
Dale Lester Fremo
Sep 13, 2000
Dale Lester Fremo was born on April 1, 1945, in Hillsboro, Wisconsin, to parents Gordon and Irene (Driefke) Fremo. He grew up in and near Valley, Wisconsin. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in a small country church called 'Skogdalen' which is in Timbercoulee, Wisconsin. Dale graduated from Hillsboro High School. He spent four years in...
Wilhelm Carl Arnold Lund
Sep 11, 2000
Wilhelm Carl Arnold Lund, age 92, died September 11, 2000, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Born in Clarkfield, Minnesota, he was a former resident of St. Peter, Minnesota and Pine River, Minnesota, before relocating to Minneapolis in 1987. During his life, he farmed, managed grain elevators and retired from the State Mental Hospital in St. Peter, Minnesota, in 1973. A lifelong...
Margaret Pelz
Aug 20, 2000
Margaret (Hiemstra) Pelz was born on July 21, 1926, at Oskaloosa, Iowa, to parents William and Lena (Bosvold) Hiemstra. She was one of three siblings. She married Harold E. Pelz on June 21, 1949, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This marriage was blessed with three children: Marguerite, Carol, and Dale. Margaret and Harold lived in the Redwood Falls-Delhi-Wabasso, Minnesota areas...
Juell Phillip Oakland
Aug 19, 2000
Juell Phillip Oakland was born on August 2, 1923, in Swede Prairie Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Lars and Maye (Anderson) Oakland. He was baptized on August 12, 1923, and later confirmed at St. Lucas Lutheran Church. He attended school at Clarkfield, Minnesota, and graduated with the Class of 1941. Juell and Gladys R. Knutson were...
Camilla Josephine (Olson) Wilson
Aug 15, 2000
Camilla Josephine (Olson) Wilson was born on August 6, 1926, in Tyro Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Clarence and Hilda (Olson) Olson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Camilla attended Clarkfield High School and graduated with the Class of 1944. Following graduation, she worked for the County Agent, George Gehant, as his secretary....
Donald C. Bock
Jul 17, 2000
Donald C. Bock was born March 20, 1925, to parents Ernest and Martha (Zabel) Bock at Balaton, Minnesota. Donald was married to Alice Mae Westphal. He was a veteran of military service. He was engaged in farming. He died July 17, 2000, at the Minnesota Veterans Home, Luverne, Minnesota, reaching the age of 75 years. Arrangements by Lynner Funeral...
Lyle Christine (Westergard) Husby
Jul 4, 2000
Lyle Christine Westergard was born February 3, 1918, in Chester, South Dakota, to parents Chris and Mary Zeitling Westergard. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church in Chester. Lyle attended school and graduated from Chester High School. Following graduation she attended Nurses Training at Asbury Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lyle and Arthur Husby were married on...
Ethel Elnora Leenerts
Jun 11, 2000
Ethel Elnora (West) Leenerts was born on May 6, 1903, at Gilead, Nebraska, to parents Henry and Mary (Rader) West. As a young child she was baptized and later confirmed, both in Nebraska. Ethel married George S. Leenerts on February 1, 1922. This marriage was blessed with four children: Dale, Betty, Robert, and Kenneth. George and Ethel moved from...
Judith Gjerting Rysdahl
Jun 3, 2000
Judith Gjertine Berg Rysdahl was born January 8, 1906, and baptized at Thor, Iowa. In 1911, she moved with her parents to Clarkfield, Minnesota, on a freight train. On March 8, 1921, she was Konfirmation (confirmed) at the Clarkfield Norweigan Evangelical Lutheran Church by Pastor O.T. Storaasli. Judith married Lewis Rysdahl on March 7, 1928. She passed away June...
Janet Marie (Iverson) Satre
May 27, 2000
Janet Marie Satre was born November 21, 1928, at Montevideo, Minnesota, to parents Chester and Mary (Feldhake) Iverson. She was baptized as an infant and was confirmed on July 11, 1942. Janet attended Montevideo Public Schools, and graduated from Montevideo's last Normal Training Class in 1948. She then attended St. Cloud College, St. Cloud, Minnesota, and received a teaching...
Florence Amy Evangeline (Bjorklund) Anderson
May 25, 2000
Florence E. Anderson, 97, formerly of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Thursday, May 25, 2000, at the Knute Nelson Memorial Home in Alexandria, Minnesota. Florence Amy Evangeline Anderson was born March 1, 1903, in Nicollet County, St. Peter, Minnesota. She grew up on a farm in the New Sweden area where she attended country school. She was confirmed at Scandian Grove...
