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Emil Ernest Sievers

Emil Ernest Sievers

Jan 16, 1988

Emil E. Sievers, 87, died January 16, 1988, at the Clarkfield Care Center, Clarkfield, Minnesota. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 20, 1988, at Zion Lutheran Church, Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, with Pastor Charles Simmons officiating. The organist was Kathy Jahn with special music by the Jessen family. Honorary Casket Bearers were Arlen Moe,...

Arnold Walter Krugerud

Arnold Walter Krugerud

Jan 15, 1988

Arnold Walter Krugerud, 71, died January 15, 1988, at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital, Montevideo, Minnesota. Funeral services were held Tuesday, January 19, 1988, 11:00 a.m., Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church, Hanley Falls, Minnesota, with Pastor Larry Olson officiating. Casket Bearers were grandsons Brian Knight, Kevin Knight, Brad Knight, Kurt Krugerud, Keith Krugerud, Scott Krugerud and Justin Krugerud. Organist was...

Hugo Galow

Hugo Galow

Jan 9, 1988

Hugo Galow, 90, died Saturday, January 9, 1988, at the Clarkfield Care Center, Clarkfield, Minnesota. Services were held 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 13, 1988, from the Augustana Lutheran Church of Clarkfield with Pastor Ralph Belin officiating. Organist was Mrs. Karen Donner and soloist was Mr. Ross Riecke. Final Resting Place is Clarkfield City Cemetery, Clarkfield, Minnesota. Casket Bearers were...

Harold William Schuler

Harold William Schuler

Dec 28, 1987

Harold Schuler, 69, died Monday, December 28, 1987, at his home. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 2, 1988, at the Granite Falls Lutheran Church, Granite Falls, Minnesota, with the Rev. John Bjorge and Rev. Orlando Gunderson officiating. Soloist was Leo Sebring and organist was Elenor Sandquist. Casket Bearers were his nephews, Ken Schuler, Larry Schuler, Chad...

Karen Marie Knutson

Karen Marie Knutson

Dec 21, 1987

Marie Knutson, 97, passed away on Monday, December 21, 1987, at the Clarkfield Care Center, Clarkfield, Minnesota. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 23, 1987, from the Clarkfield Lutheran Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota, with Pastor Gordon Trelstad officiating. Organist was Karen Donner and vocal soloist was Loren Norgaard. Casket Bearers were Harold Huseby, Murlon Knutson, John...

Orph Mccoy

Orph Mccoy

Dec 18, 1987

Mr. Orph McCoy, 92, died December 18, 1987 at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital, Montevideo, Minnesota, after a short illness. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 22, 1987, from the Clarkfield United Methodist Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota, with Pastor Wayne Shelton officiating. Organist was Mrs. Bea Forsberg and soloist was Mrs. Henry Hagg. Casket Bearers were...

Arne Francis Berg

Arne Francis Berg

Dec 13, 1987

Arne Berg, 83, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Sunday, December 13, 1987, at the Clarkfield Care Center. Services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 16, 1987, from Clarkfield Lutheran Church with Pastor John T. Christiansen officiating. Organist was Karen Donner with vocal solos by Mr. Loren Norgaard and Pastor John Christiansen. Final Resting Place is the Israel Lutheran...

Edith Lillian Willander

Edith Lillian Willander

Dec 11, 1987

Edith Lillian Willander, 75, formerly of Minneapolis, Minnesota, died on December 11, 1987, at Clarkfield, Minnesota, after a lengthy illness. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, December 11, 1987, from the Clarkfield Assembly of God Church with Pastor Lloyd Jacobson and Pastor Jay Norman officiating. Organist was Mrs. Marvin Hildahl with vocal solo by Mrs. Arnold Johnson. Casket...

Gustav (Gust) Lindquist

Gustav (Gust) Lindquist

Dec 9, 1987

Gust Lindquist, 80, died December 9, 1987, at the Clarkfield Care Center, Clarkfield, Minnesota. Services were at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 12, 1987, at the Assembly of God Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota, with Pastor Jay Norman officiating. Organist was Becky Benson and the soloists were Paulette Heald and Pat Nelson. Final Resting Place is the Clarkfield City Cemetery, Clarkfield, Minnesota....

Esther Margaret Lund

Esther Margaret Lund

Dec 5, 1987

Esther Margaret Lund was born September 19, 1912, in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents, John L. and Annie (Weland) Lund. She was baptized November 5, 1912, by Rev. O.T. Storaaslie at Clarkfield Lutheran Church, where she was also confirmed on July 3, 1927, by Rev. O.M.O. Wee. She attended school in Clarkfield. Esther was a Homemaker...

Amanda (Selness) Varpness

Amanda (Selness) Varpness

Nov 16, 1987

Amanda Varpness, 91, died at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital, Montevideo, Minnesota, November 16, 1987, after suffering a heart attack a few days earlier. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, November 20, 1987, at the St. Lucas Lutheran Church, Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, with Pastor John Christiansen officiating. Mrs. Sheldon Haaland served as organist and accompanied...

Donald Russell Willander

Donald Russell Willander

Nov 14, 1987

Donald Russell Willander of Minneapolis, Minnesota, formerly of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died November 14, 1987, at the Veterans Hospital in Minneapolis, after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 18, 1987, from the Assembly of God Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota, with Pastor Lloyd Jacobson and Pastor Jay Norman officiating. Organist was Mrs. Marvin Hildahl with vocal...

Myrtle E. Haugen

Myrtle E. Haugen

Oct 28, 1987

Myrtle E. Haugen, 87, died at the Clarkfield Care Center, Clarkfield, Minnesota, on October 28, 1987. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 31, 1987, from the Spring Creek Lutheran Church of Normania Township with Pastor Robert Lehner officiating. Organist was Stefanie Rysdahl with vocal music by Ross and Kayann Riecke. Casket Bearers were Marlo Hoff, Henry Jacobson,...

Inez Josephine (Gjervold) Hoiland

Inez Josephine (Gjervold) Hoiland

Oct 13, 1987

Mrs. Inez (Gjervold) Hoiland, 79, died October 13, 1987, at the Colonial Manor Nursing Home of Balaton, Minnesota. Services were held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, October 16, 1987, from Christ Lutheran Church, Cottonwood, Minnesota, with Pastor Arthur W. Holmes officiating. Organist was Mrs. Gwen Arneson and soloist was Mr. Curt Dahl. Casket Bearers were Roland Boehne, Floyd Hovdesven, Orville...

Elvin Hartford Lundin

Elvin Hartford Lundin

Oct 9, 1987

Elvin Hartford Lundin, 64, died October 9, 1987, at the Weiner Memorial Hospital of Marshall, Minnesota. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 13, 1987, from the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church, Hanley Falls, Minnesota, with Pastor Larry Olson officiating. Organist was Colleen Hewitt and soloist was Mavis Ellingson. Honorary Casket Bearers were LeRoy Alm, Glen Blomke, Virgil Kockelman,...

Melvin Clarence Anderson

Melvin Clarence Anderson

Sep 30, 1987

Melvin Clarence Anderson was born April 5, 1905, in Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He was the fourth of five children born to Joseph and Anna (Pehrson) Anderson. He was married to Evelyn Sylvia Reese on March 6, 1948. They had two daughters. He was proceeded in death by his parents, a sister Lillie Lange and brothers...

Clara Anna (Loose) Galow

Clara Anna (Loose) Galow

Sep 26, 1987

Clara Anna Galow, 78, died September 26, 1987, at the Luther Haven Nursing Home of Montevideo, Minnesota, after a short illness. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 29, 1987, from St. John's Lutheran Church of Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, with Pastor Jon N. Wolff officiating. Organist was Karen Mamer with Congregational hymns being sung. Casket...

Verva May (Hemm) Stroup

Verva May (Hemm) Stroup

Sep 15, 1987

Verva May Stroup, 91, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, passed away September 15, 1987, at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital, Montevideo, Minnesota. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, September 18, 1987, from the United Methodist Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota. Officiating was Pastor Wayne Shelton. Organist was Bea Forsberg with vocal music by Sue Shelton. Casket Bearers were Arden Berg, Stanley...

John Winfred "Fred" Friberg

John Winfred "Fred" Friberg

Sep 2, 1987

Fred Friberg was born on November 29, 1898, in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Charley and Louise (Anderson) Friberg. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at the Fridhem Church. Fred passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 1987 at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital, Montevideo, Minnesota, following a stroke. He spent his life in the...

Minnie Kopasek

Minnie Kopasek

Aug 30, 1987

Minnie Kopasek was born June 7, 1898, at Echo, Minnesota, daughter of Herman and Louise (Bendix) Meyer. She was baptized in 1902 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Sibley Township, Gaylord, Minnesota and confirmed at American Lutheran Church, Echo, Minnesota. She passed away at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital, Montevideo, Minnesota, August 30, 1987, at the age of 89 years, 2...

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