Harland Francis Jacobson
Jul 15, 1992
Harland Francis Jacobson was born December 11, 1920, on the family homestead in Normania Township, rural Hanley Falls, Minnesota, to Alex and Julia Stevens Jacobson. At Spring Creek Lutheran Church, Harland was baptized in January of 1921 and confirmed May 12, 1935. He attended country school in District 45. On October 1, 1949 he married Norma Smolley. Harland was...
Gordon Howard Day
Jul 11, 1992
Gordon Howard Day was born October 5, 1934, to Sidney Roy and Laurena Reiten Day. He graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1952, spent two years in the U. S. Army, eighteen months of which was in Korea, graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, in 1960 and received his Masters Degree in Social Work from the University...
Ruth Alma Piipke
Jul 7, 1992
Ruth Alma Piipke was born October 30, 1914, to John and Ella Theide Marquardt. She was baptized at St. John's Lutheran Church of Omro Township. Ruth attended the parochial school of Omro Township and became a confirmed member of the church. She was raised as the second oldest of four children. Ruth and Walter Piipke were married November 12,...
Johannes Anderson
Jun 17, 1992
Johannes Anderson was born January 9, 1903, to Andrew and Gjertrud (Nilsen) Anderson in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He attended rural school in Yellow Medicine County. On January 14, 1930, he was united in marriage to Margaret Stensrud. To this union five children were born: Marlys, Arden, Gordon, Dorothy and...
Melvin Medchill
Jun 15, 1992
Melvin Medchill was born near Fertile, Minnesota, on December 22, 1891. His parents were Ole and Julia (Christiansen) Medkil. Melvin was the sixth of ten children. He spent his first 17 years on the farm. In 1909, he went to work for the Great Northern Railroad, locating in Havre, Montana. He married Olena Tongen on June 2, 1920. In...
Clarence S Rosetter
Jun 4, 1992
Clarence S. Rosetter was born April 28, 1905, in Stony Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the son of Lewis C. and Bertina (Hagen) Rosetter. He was baptized and confirmed at Bergen Lutheran Church. He grew up in Stony Run Township and attended grade school there and graduated from the Morris, Minnesota, Ag School. Clarence married Bertha Henden in...
Alice Nellie Nelson
May 26, 1992
Alice Nellie Nelson was born August 20, 1912, to Nils and Alma (Erickson) Nilson on the family farm near Brookpark, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith by Rev. Palm. She attended a country school by Brookpark. In 1926 the family moved to Boyd. During her younger years Alice helped with the housework and the children....
Christine Veronica Langer
May 22, 1992
Christine Veronica Langer, 98, of Valley City, North Dakota, passed away Friday, May 22, 1992, at the Clarkfield Care Center. Funeral Mass was celebrated Tuesday, May 26, 1992 at 10:30 a.m. from the St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Valley City, North Dakota, Rev. Stephen Dickinson, officiant. Interment was at the church cemetery. Christine was born August 18, 1893, at...
Melvin Hegna
May 19, 1992
Melvin Hegna was born June 4, 1893, to Albert O. and Julia Hegna in Sandnes Township, Hanley Falls. He was baptized and confirmed in Hanley Falls and attended country school. On June 8, 1922, he was united in marriage to Theoline Thompson. To this union fifteen children were born. He farmed for many years in North Dakota and Minnesota....
Sam O "Buddy" Dahl
May 15, 1992
Sam O. (Buddy) Dahl, 58, of the Clarkfield Care Center and formerly of Cottonwood, died Friday, May 15, 1992, at Granite Falls Municipal Hospital. Funeral services were held Thursday, May 21, 1992, at the Lynner Funeral Home Chapel in Clarkfield, Minnesota, with Dr. Arthur Holmes of Christ Lutheran Church, officiating. Music was by Mr. Merril Wolmach. Pallbearers were Ole...
Christine Bertina (Midboe) Olson
May 8, 1992
Christine Bertina Midboe was born February 19, 1900, in Vallers Township, Lyon County, Minnesota, to Smith and Sophia Helena Barstad Midboe. She was baptized by Pastor Ramstad, April 15, 1900, at Silo Lutheran Church in Cottonwood, Minnesota and confirmed by Pastor Ole Lokensgaard in August of 1915 at Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church. She attended rural country schools in the...
Clarence Theodore Quammen
May 8, 1992
Clarence Theodore Quammen was born January 18, 1910, in Ten Mile Lake Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, to Theodore and Mella (Johnson) Quammen. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Petri Lutheran Church. Clarence married Charlotte Runyon, at the home of Charlotte's parents in Clarkfield, Minnesota, on May 20, 1936. Clarence died May 8, 1992 at Luther Haven...
Arlen Dean "Tootie" Loose
Apr 14, 1992
Arlen (Tootie) Dean Loose, 55, died April 14, 1992, at the Johnson Memorial Hospital in Dawson, Minnesota, of a heart attack. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 17, 1992, at Zion Lutheran Church in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, with Pastor Travis J. Schmidt officiating. The organist was Mrs. Bill Jahn and vocal music...
Nobel J. Steffenson
Apr 8, 1992
Nobel J. Steffenson, 82, died Wednesday, April 8, 1992, at the Fairview Nursing Home in Dodge Center, Minnesota. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, April 14, at the Israel Lutheran Church with Pastor Gary Kubly officiating. Organist was Helen Werner. Soloist was Ross Riecke. Honorary casket bearers were Hilmer Appelwick, Bennie Eye, Ray Homan, Joe Hoff, John Gunlogson, Alfred...
Esther Ovidia (Benson) Dahlgren
Apr 6, 1992
Esther Ovidia Benson was born in Stony Run Township, rural Granite Falls, Minnesota, on April 22, 1907, to Thomas O. and Bertina (Eide) Benson. She was baptized and confirmed at the Bergen Lutheran Church. She attended Country School District #4 and later took nurses training at Pokegema, Minnesota. She was employed at the Glen Lake, Minnesota Sanitarium, the Riverside...
Anna Magdalena (Wiegers) Hveem
Apr 6, 1992
Anna was born on September 30, 1901, on the farm in Omro Township to Benny and Ottilie Bittler Wiegers. She was baptized October 20, 1901, by Rev. E. G. Fritz and confirmed April 16, 1916, by Rev. Wm F. Pankow at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Omro Township. Helmer Hveem and Anna were married March 10, 1926, by...
Samuel Olaf Norgaard
Apr 5, 1992
Samuel Olaf Norgaard was born in Hazel Run Township on January 7, 1918, to his parents, Tarold and Gudvie (Lundberg) Norgaard. He was baptized by Rev. John Salhus and confirmed by Rev. A. Haugland at the Hazel Run Lutheran Church. He attended school in Hazel Run and graduated salutatorian of his class from Hanley Falls in 1936. Sam was...
Michael Duane Schmitz
Apr 1, 1992
Mike Duane Schmitz was born December 5, 1963, in Brookings, South Dakota to Donald and Susan Kiehn Schmitz. He was baptized on January 24, 1965, at St. James Catholic Church in Dawson, Minnesota. He grew up in the Boyd, Minnesota area. Mike attended elementary school in Boyd, high school in Dawson and later earned his GED. Mike worked in...
Myrtle Judith (Stokke) Hanson
Mar 27, 1992
Myrtle Judith Stokke was born in Clarkfield, Minnesota, on September 27, 1915, to Nels and Alma Anderson Stokke. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Lucas Lutheran Church and also attended country school in Normania Township. Myrtle and Alvin Hanson were united in marriage on September 30, 1934, at the Lutheran parsonage in Granite Falls, Minnesota. Myrtle and Alvin...
Verner David Rodness
Mar 20, 1992
Verner David Rodness was born January 27, 1917, in Minneapolis to Charles and Ida Trayer Cassel. He became a foster child of Anna and Peter Rodness at the age of one year. He was baptized March 24, 1918, in the Lutheran church. He attended Clarkfield schools. In 1932 Verner was confirmed at Augustana Lutheran Church. On November 11, 1942,...
