Oscar Albert Anderson
Apr 28, 1995
Oscar Albert Anderson was born April 27, 1906 at his farm home in Swede Prairie Township to Olaf A. Anderson and Mary Marie Larson Anderson. He was baptized confirmed at Swede Home Lutheran Church by Pastor Anderson. He attended Country School District 90. Oscar helped his dad with his farm work until June 6, 1936 when he and Elsie...
Walter Herman Galow
Apr 28, 1995
Walter Herman Galow, age 93, of the Clarkfield Care Center, died Friday, April 28, 1995 at the Care Center. Services were held Monday, May 1, at St. John's Lutheran Church of Omro Township with Pastor Joseph Schlawin officiating. Organist was Karen Mamer. Casket bearers were Dale Anhalt, Myron Anhalt, Rick Anderson, Earl Footh, Ross Galow, Randy Pierce and Mark...
Leonard William Beecher
Apr 20, 1995
Leonard William Beecher was born June 21, 1926 to parents Herbert August Beecher and Jennie Mathilda (Carlson) Beecher. He was born at Canby, Minnesota. He attended Country School and in 1945 he entered the United States Army and served until his discharge at Fort Sheridan, Illinois in November 1946. While in the service he received Victory Medal, Asiatic Pacific...
Ruby Jean (Hanson) Wharton
Apr 5, 1995
Ruby Jean Hanson Wharton, a Montevideo resident since 1973, passed peacefully away at the Montevideo Hospital on April 5, 1995, at the age of 91, after a short illness. Ruby Jean Hanson was born on September 17, 1903 in Lyons, Nebraska, the daughter of Alonzo Jacob Hanson and Elvina Alberta Davidson Hanson. One of eight children, she moved with...
Verna Lokensgard
Mar 22, 1995
Verna Lokensgard was born October 17, 1903, in rural Boyd to Julius and Helen (Stevens) Kirkeby. She attended a rural school near Boyd, and on November 9, 1929, she married Oscar T. Lokensgard at Mankato, Minnesota. For 13 summers Verna and Oscar traveled to Yellowstone National Park where they were caretakers, which they dearly loved and worked out well...
Palmer Clarence Strand
Feb 10, 1995
Palmer Clarence Strand was born June 24, 1908 in Baxter Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota to parents Peder C. and Caroline (Lageson) Strand. He was baptized on August 9, 1908 and confirmed November 25, 1923 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church of Baxter Township. Palmer attended District #30 (Baxter Township) and Lutheran Normal School at Madison. He married Mildred...
Mildred Judith (Iverson) Strand
Feb 6, 1995
Mildred J. Strand was born on February 7, 1907 in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Halvor and Julia (Flaa) Iverson. She was baptized on March 3, 1907 and confirmed on June 19, 1921 at Bergen Lutheran Church of Stony Run Township. She attended grade school at District #12 of Yellow Medicine County, and high school in Montevideo....
Leonard Elmer Lange
Jan 20, 1995
Leonard Elmer Lange was born December 17, 1908 in Boyd, Minnesota to Emil and Lilly (Sommerfeld) Lange. He was baptized on January 17, 1909 and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church of Omro Township in 1923. At the age of five, he moved to a farm in Omro Township. Leonard became active in running the family farm upon his...
Dorothy A Radunz
Jan 20, 1995
Dorothy Radunz was born July 30, 1907 in Bemidji, Minnesota. She and her first husband, Earl Adams, lived in the Bemidji area. To his union four children were born. Gerald, Eileen, Ronald, and Earl. Dorothy and Arthur Radunz of Granite Falls, Minnesota were married on May 6, 1982. They resided at Arthur's home in Granite Falls. She loved working...
Harry Emil Peter West
Jan 10, 1995
Harry Emil Peter West was born on November 30, 1904 to Selma (Olson) and Peter West in Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at Spring Creek Lutheran Church, rural Clarkfield. Emil attended Country School and finished the Eighth Grade. He farmed for several years with his brother, Alfred. On December 12, 1953, he married...
Petra Theodora (Trandahl) Kompelien
Jan 3, 1995
Petra Theodora Trandahl was born on October 16, 1903 at Hjorundfjord, Norway. Petra was baptized on November 15, 1903 in Hjorundfjord Church, Norway. Petra was five years old when she came to America. She was confirmed at Israel Church by P.O. Wee on May 18, 1919. On November 9, 1922, Petra married Thorvold Alfred Kompelien in Dawson, Minnesota, at...
John E "Jack" Lynne
Jan 3, 1995
John (Jack) Lynne, Sr. went home to his Heavenly Father on Tuesday, January 3, 1995 at the Veterans Hospital in Minneapolis due to complications following open heart surgery. Jack was born on August 30, 1932 to Elsie and Melford Lynne at Boyd, Minnesota. He graduated from Clarkfield in 1950. He worked for Standard Oil before he entered the Army...
Eleanor Valborg (Solberg) Caswell
Nov 26, 1994
Eleanor Valborg Solberg Caswell, 80, of Bloomington and formerly of Clarkfield, died Saturday, November 26, 1994, at Midwest Community Hospice, Home Place in Bloomington. A family memorial and graveside service is planned for Saturday afternoon, December 3, 1994, at the Clarkfield Cemetery. Rev. Clyde Burmeister will precide. She was born February 13, 1914, in Clarkfield to Konrad K. and...
Agnes Evelyn Friberg
Nov 15, 1994
Agnes Evelyn Friberg was born February 18, 1908 in Clarkfield, Minnesota to parents Theodore and Jenny (Benson) Friberg. She was baptized and later confirmed at Augustana Lutheran Church. Anges was active in her church. She enjoyed Senior Citizens, the Valhalla Serving Club, and also being a volunteer worker. She also enjoyed quilting, crocheting, knitting, and embroidery and fancy work...
Harvey Johannes Rekkedahl
Nov 12, 1994
Harvey Johannes Rekkedahl was born March 7, 1913 to parents Ole and Anne (Pearson) Rekkedahl in Swede Prairie Township. He was baptized and later confirmed at Israel Lutheran Church. Harvey married Irene C. Dornquast on September 15, 1936. To this union, one daughter, Ann, joined the family. Harvey and Irene lived in the Minneota area and were engaged in...
Ward Bruce Gehant
Nov 9, 1994
Ward Bruce Gehant was born in rural Canby, Minnesota, August 17, 1922. He was one of four siblings born to George and Janette Gehant. Ward was educated in a rural country school and later attended Clarkfield Consolidated School and a welding school in Bay City, Michigan. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps August 6, 1943, and served...
Virgil Murl Thompson
Nov 8, 1994
Virgil Murl Thompson was born July 21, 1930 on a farm near Almora, Minnesota, to Oluf and Emma (Peterson) Thompson. He was baptized at St. Lucas Lutheran Church of Cottonwood and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Marshall. In 1952 he was inducted into the U.S. Marine Corps and again in 1955 he was inducted into the Army and...
Stewart O. Berg
Nov 6, 1994
Stewart O. Berg was born May 14, 1906 to Bert and Ellen (Otterness) Berg on the farm in Hazel Run Township. He was baptized and confirmed in the Bergen Lutheran Church of Stony Run Township, where he was a lifetime member. He attended Rural School in Hazel Run Township and in later years served as a School Board member....
Oscar Wendell Willander
Oct 28, 1994
Oscar Wendell Willander was born February 14, 1928 in rural Clarkfield, Minnesota to parents Oscar and Emelia (Anderson) Willander. He was baptized on April 8, 1928 at the First English Lutheran Church and confirmed on May 2, 1943 at the same church. Wendell attended School District 29 of rural Clarkfield. He entered the United States Army in Minneapolis, Minnesota...
Timothy Jon "Timmy" Koepp
Oct 4, 1994
Timothy Jon Koepp was born at the Montevideo Hospital on September 5, 1986 to Arlen and Julie (Helgeson) Koepp. He was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church on September 28, 1986. Timmy enjoyed being read to, listening to music and being with his sister and brothers. Timmy died October 4, 1994 after a long battle with a degenerative nerve disease....
