David Leroy Isaacs
Mar 4, 1997
David LeRoy Isaacs was born in Clarkfield, Minnesota on August 6, 1946 to parents Ernest and Lurene (Hawkinson) Isaacs He lived in Clarkfield until 1952, when he moved with his parents to Minneapolis. David spent some time at Gillette Hospital and also at Sister Kenny Hospital for treatment of Cerebral Palsey. David lived at Prospect Park from 1976 to...
Jesse Merrit Willander
Mar 2, 1997
Jesse Merrit Willander was born April 30, 1915 in Tyro Township of Yellow Medicine County to parents Edwin and Clara Willander. He attended Country School District # 29. Jesse married Ethel Falkum on February 7, 1941 at the Clarkfield Gospel Tabernacle Church by Rev. Helen Jepsen. Jesse and Ethel were blessed with two children: Jeannine and Eloit. Jesse lived...
Josie Delores (Hovdesven) Haaland
Feb 25, 1997
Josie Delores (Hovdesven) Haaland was born on June 8, 1914, to Albert and Amanda (Kise) Hovdesven in Lyon County, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Lucas Lutheran Church, Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, and was a lifetime member. Josie attended rural school District #56 in Lyon County and graduated from Cottonwood High School, Cottonwood, Minnesota, in...
Arnold James Hegna
Feb 24, 1997
Arnold James Hegna was born October 4, 1932 in Renville County to parents Arthur and Josie (Saby) Hegna. He was confirmed in the Lutheran faith. In 1953 Arnold married Virginia Pederson. To this union were born six daughters: Debra, Julie, Kathy, Kerry, Pam and Amy and one son: Allen. Arnold passed away at his home in Granite Falls on...
John Gunlogson
Jan 31, 1997
John Gunlogson, age 93, died January 31, 1997, at the Clarkfield Care Center. John was born June 8, 1903, to John Senior and Gea (Hofteig) Gunlogson in Swede Prairie Township. He was baptized and confirmed at Westerheim Icelandic Lutheran Church. He graduated from Sweeney School of Automotive Mechanics in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1920. He returned home to the...
Alvin O Cornelius
Jan 29, 1997
Alvin O. Cornelius was born August 13, 1919 in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, to John and Mary (Amundson) Cornelius. He was baptized and confirmed in Bergen Lutheran Church of rural Granite Falls, Minnesota. He attended school in District 77 in Lisbon Township and graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1939. Alvin farmed for a short time before he...
John Alfred Anderson
Jan 26, 1997
John Alfred Anderson March 27th, 1924 ~ May 30th, 2015 John Alfred Anderson was born March 27, 1924, in Hazel Run, Minnesota, to Sena (Lee) Anderson and Alfred Olai Anderson. He was baptized and confirmed at Hazel Run Lutheran Church. He graduated from Granite Falls High School in 1942. He joined the U.S. Navy and while stationed in Houston,...
Dorothy Alicha (Stonequist) Anderson
Jan 26, 1997
Dorothy Alicha (Stonequist) Anderson was born February 14, 1924 in Galveston, Texas to Lorice (Johnson) and Gustav E. Stonequist. She was baptized at United Methodist Church in Galveston. She graduated from Ball High School in 1941. For several years, she worked at American National Insurance Company in Galveston. On February 24, 1946, Dorothy married John Anderson in Houston, Texas...
Joseph Eugene Hoff
Jan 9, 1997
Joseph Hoff, 73, died at his home January 9, 1997 after a long battle with cancer. His funeral was held Tuesday, January 14 at St. Lucas Lutheran Church with Pastor Gary Kubly officiating. Organist was Ann Stensrud and vocalist, Debra Wilson. Interment was in the church cemetery. Military rites were by the Cottonwood American Legion. Joseph Eugene Hoff was...
Harry Oliver Stokke
Jan 7, 1997
Harry Oliver Stokke was born on November 16, 1908, in Normania Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Olai and Helena (Christofferson) Stokke. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Lucas Lutheran Church and attended rural school in Normania Township. Harry married Thelma Leona Christianson on December 10, 1933. They spent their first year of marriage in rural Mapleton,...
Thema Leona (Christianson) Stokke
Jan 7, 1997
Thelma Leona (Christianson) Stokke was born September 28, 1912 in rural Cottonwood, MN to parents Alfred and Thea (Anderson) Christiansen. She was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith and attended rural school in Normania Township and Clarkfield Schools. She and Harry Oliver Stokke were married on December 10, 1933 in Cottonwood, MN. They lived in rural Mapleton for...
Conrad I Fagerlie
Jan 3, 1997
Conrad I. Fagerlie was born on September 7, 1913, at Clarkfield, Minnesota, to parents I.F. and Annie Fagerlie. He was baptized and later confirmed at Clarkfield Lutheran Church. Following graduation from Clarkfield High School, he entered the United States Army. He served as a 1st Lieutenent in World War II, serving in Italy. He was part of the 88th...
Julia Gustava (Anderson) Toner
Jan 1, 1997
Julia Gustava (Anderson) Toner was born July 10, 1906 at Hazel Run, Minnesota to parents Martin and Charolette (Albin) Anderson. As an infant she was baptized and later confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Normania Township. Julia attended Country School in the Hazel Run area and also Milaca High School at Milaca, Minnesota. Julia married John Toner in 1948....
Frieda Antonie Kuhlmann
Dec 18, 1996
Frieda Antonie (Wieting) Kuhlmann was born on January 19, 1905 in Sandkrug, Oldenburg, Germany to parents Arend and Marie Wieting. She was baptized and confirmed at The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hatten, Oldenburg, Germany. Frieda came to Boyd, Minnesota in December of 1923 and on July 11, 1925 was married to Bernhard H. Kuhlmann, formerly of Hunthosen, Oldenburg, Germany....
Mabel Katherine Roseth
Dec 15, 1996
Mabel Katherine (Olson) Roseth was born to parents Oscar and Anna (Fernstrom) Olson on August 10, 1905 at Bristol SD. At the age of two weeks, she moved with her parents to Holmquist, SD. Mabel graduated from Webster High School on May 26, 1924. Following graduation she worked for a time in the Delica Tea Room in Aberdeen. At...
Hilma (Nelson) Heggerston
Dec 8, 1996
Hilma (Nelson) Heggerston was born on July 25, 1902 on a farm near Ivanhoe, Minnesota to parents Ole and Karen Nelson. She attended rural school. On April 3, 1922, she was married to Maurice Heggerston of Walnut Grove, where they lived on a farm. In 1936 they moved to Madison, Minnesota where she worked at the Lutheran Home. Moving...
Chester Burdell Morris
Dec 1, 1996
Chester Burdell Morris was born April 3, 1934 at Clarkfield, Minnesota to parents Frank and Lillian Morris, He was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith. Chester attended school in Clarkfield and Granite Falls. Chester was married to June (Morris) and to this union five children were born: Connie, Carrie, Carol, Chester Jr., and Cheri. He entered the United...
Ardeth Maxine Johnson
Nov 26, 1996
Ardeth Maxine (Dotseth) Johnson was born November 17, 1912 at Clarkfield, Minnesota, the daughter of Alfred and Hilda (Dahlberg) Dotseth. She grew up on the family farm near Clarkfield, where she received her education and graduated from high school. Ardeth married Melvin Christen Johnson, of Granite Falls, on December 20. 1930. To this union two children were born: Gregory...
Doris Marie (Eggen) Fjerkenstad
Nov 23, 1996
Doris Marie (Eggen) Fjerkenstad was born March 8, 1917 in Adair, Iowa to parents Albert and Minnie (Schlee) Eggen. She was baptized and later confirmed into the Lutheran faith. She attended Country School in Tyro Township. Doris married Joseph O. Fjerkenstad on January 11, 1939. This union was blessed with two children, Madalynn and David. Joe and Doris farmed...
Lillian Lucille (Kroger) Iverson
Nov 22, 1996
Lillian Lucille Kroger Iverson was born March 9, 1918 to parents John and Mabel (Henry) Kroger at Cottonwood, Minnesota. She married Melvern G. Iverson on May 31, 1939 at Milbank, SD. Lillian was in the grocery business for over 40 years. She and her husband, Melvern, operated a grocery in Hanley Falls from 1942 until 1972, at which time...
