Roy Reuben Anderson
Jul 25, 1991
Roy R. Anderson was born September 5, 1898, in Alfsborg Township, Sibley County, Winthrop, Minnesota, to parents Charles J. and Alice (Willander) Anderson. He was baptized and confirmed at Bernadotte Lutheran Church. Roy attended country school, District 68, and graduated from Winthrop High School on May 29, 1918. After graduating from high school Roy moved to Atwater, Minnesota, where...
Benford Elton Brovold
Jul 19, 1991
Benford Elton Brovold was born April 18, 1914, in Lisbon Township to Bernard and Emma Iverson Brovold. He was baptized and confirmed at Bergen Lutheran Church. He was married to Thelma Dagel on June 28, 1939, and moved to Boyd, Minnesota, in 1945 where they have since made their home. The couple has two children, a daughter, Crystal and...
Alice Marie (Droen) Smith
Jul 16, 1991
Alice Marie (Droen) Smith was born December 12, 1916, in Lisbon Township of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Lewis and Alma (Anderson) Droen. She was baptized, confirmed and a lifelong member of Clarkfield Lutheran Church. She attended school in Clarkfield and graduated in 1934. She married Harold Smith June 20, 1942. Harold and Alice farmed her family farm and...
Harold Eugene Smith
Jul 16, 1991
Harold Eugene Smith was born February 7, 1915, in Gilbert, Iowa, to Beatrice and Harry D. Smith. They moved to Minnesota when Harold was three weeks old. He attended school in Clarkfield, Minnesota, and graduated in 1934. In May of 1941, Harold was inducted into service and was a member of the U.S. Army 20th Infantry, 6th Division. He...
Delmore Ellsworth Johnson
Jul 15, 1991
Delmore Ellsworth Johnson was born August 5, 1917, in Normania Township to Alfred B. and Delia (Froland) Johnson. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Lucas Lutheran Church rural Cottonwood, Minnesota. He graduated from Clarkfield High School, Clarkfield, Minnesota, in 1935. Being in ill health most of his adult life he spent the last 17 years in the Canby...
Burnette Selma (Jolstad) Formo
Jul 11, 1991
Burnette Selma Jolstad was born February 6, 1905, to Bernt and Syverinne (Johnson) Jolstad of Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Lucas Lutheran Church, Normania Township. She married Alfred Formo of Granite Falls, Minnesota, on August 16, 1925. They lived in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, where she worked for over 20 years...
Donald Cecil Sudlow
Jul 7, 1991
Donald Cecil Sudlow was born on August 4, 1919, near Tracy, Minnesota to George and Mabelle (Manguson) Sudlow. He was baptized at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Milroy, Minnesota. Don graduated from Tracy High School and thereafter enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1941. He was in the 3rd Infantry Division in the area of communications. He received the...
Maynard Allard Martin
Jun 26, 1991
Maynard Allard Martin was born July 24, 1914, to Albert and Emma (Nelson) Martin in Porter, Minnesota. He was baptized May 9, 1915, at Hope Lutheran Church in Minneota, Minnesota. He was confirmed June 3, 1956, at Faith Lutheran Church in Coquille, Oregon. He attended High School in Clarkfield, Minnesota. Allard married Mildred Swenson December 6, 1939, in Montevideo,...
Judith Odella (Aakvik) Hanson
Jun 21, 1991
Judith Odella Aakvik was born April 17, 1913, in Tyro Township to John and Olga Aakvik. She was baptized on June 8, 1913, and confirmed July 8, 1928, at Clarkfield Lutheran Church. She attended and graduated from Clarkfield High School. On December 13, 1932, she married Winfred M. Hanson. She and Winfred farmed near Clarkfield for 43 years. In...
Hjalmer Larson
Jun 15, 1991
Hjalmer August Larson was born August 1, 1897, to Anton and Marie (Johnson) Larson at home in Eidsvold Township, Lyon County, Minnesota. He was baptized September 5, 1897, at Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County and confirmed July 21, 1912 by Rev. E. J. Hinderlie at Hope Lutheran Church in Minneota, Minnesota. Hjalmer attended school in Taunton, Minnesota. On...
Harold W "Hago" Friberg
Jun 9, 1991
Harold Friberg passed away suddenly on June 9, 1991, at his home at the age of 75. Harold, or Hago, as he was known to his family and friends, was born August 20, 1915, to Swen and Amanda (Willander) Friberg at Clarkfield, Minnesota. He was baptized December 5, 1915, and confirmed March 29, 1931, in the Lutheran faith. He...
Wendell Dawson Knudson
Jun 6, 1991
Wendell Dawson Knudson was born October 21, 1909, in Viroqua, Wisconsin to Julius and Elizabeth Smith Knudson. He was baptized at Viroqua, Wisconsin on November 21, 1909, and confirmed at Cottonwood on June 1, 1924. He spent most of his growing up years and all of his adult life in Cottonwood, Minnesota. On August 7, 1933, he married Rachel...
Florence (Sack) Benton
May 27, 1991
Mrs. Florence (Sack) Benton of Worthington, Minnesota, formerly of the Boyd, Minnesota community, died at the Worthington Regional Hospital on Monday, May 27, 1991, at the age of 80. Florence was born December 4, 1910, in Lac qui Parle County, to parents Christopher Bernard and Bertha (McMullen) Sack. She was united in marriage to Cecil Benton. She was employed...
Grace Acelia (Oraas) Bakken
May 24, 1991
Grace Acelia Bakken was born at Clarkfield, Minnesota, in Normania Township on October 25, 1898, the daughter of late Aslak and Julia (Rikke) Oraas. She was baptized and confirmed at the Spring Creek Lutheran Church and attended school in Normania Township. On April 8, 1933, she married Peder Bakken. They farmed up until 1971 when they retired and moved...
Peder Bakken
May 24, 1991
Peder Bakken was born at Thief River Falls, Minnesota, on May 9, 1909, the son of the late Mathias and Sneva (Rensla) Bakken. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He attended school through the eighth grade. Peder came to the Clarkfield area as a young man looking for work. He met Grace Oraas and they were...
Albert W. (Abe) Pratt
May 9, 1991
Albert W. (Abe) Pratt was born on July 27, 1906, to Edwin and Christina (Walz) Pratt in Oregon. He was baptized there as an infant. The family moved to Minnesota in 1912 where Abe was confirmed in Our Saviour's Lutheran Church of Baxter Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. Abe served in the Army during W.W. II, serving in...
Lawrence Millard Orres
May 5, 1991
Lawrence Millard Orres was born on September 30, 1914, on a farm south of Clarkfield to Oliver and Mary (Severts) Orres. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. On December 26, 1940, he married Harriet Alvina Hansen. They had one daughter Andrea. He joined the Army in January 1941 and served in World War II in the...
Frances Elizabeth Sack
May 1, 1991
Frances Elizabeth Sack was born February 20, 1902, on a farm north of Dawson, Minnesota, to parents Chris and Bertha (McMullen) Sack. She was the oldest of seven children. She was baptized and confirmed by Rev. E. C. Eid at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd, Minnesota. Frances attended elementary school in districts #55 and #56 in Ten Mile Lake...
Raymond Engval Olson
Apr 24, 1991
Raymond Engval Olson was born on February 29, 1912, in Friendship Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to his parents, Rasmus and Inga (Stensaker) Olson. He was baptized on March 31, 1912 and confirmed on July 3, 1927, both at Clarkfield Lutheran Church of Clarkfield, Minnesota. Ray attended school in Clarkfield. It was during his employment with a bridge construction...
Charlotte J Quammen
Apr 24, 1991
Charlotte J. (Runyon) Quammen was born July 9, 1912, to Rollie and Alma (Rhyme) Runyon at Lehigh, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She married Clarence Quammen on May 20, 1936, at the home of her parents in Clarkfield, Minnesota. They lived and farmed near Boyd, Minnesota. After retirement from the farm, Charlotte enjoyed her...
