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Jens Gotfred Rowberg
Nov 27, 1986
Jens Gotfried Rowberg, 93, died November 27, 1986, at the Clarkfield Care Center, Clarkfield, Minnesota. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, December 1, 1986, at the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church in Hanley Falls, Minnesota, with Pastor Larry Olson officiating. Organist was Mavis Gustafson. Casket Bearers were Stanley Berg, Everett Eye, Keith Harris, David Oftedahl, Allen Torke and Larry...
Alvin Clifford Borg
Nov 20, 1986
Alvin Clifford Borg, 84, died November 20, 1986, at the Granite Falls Hospital, Granite Falls, Minnesota. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 25, 1986 at the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church in Hanley Falls with Pastor Larry Olson officiating. Soloist was Mrs. Mavis Ellingson and the organist was Mrs. Colleen Hewitt. Casket Bearers were Keith Borg, Ron Borg,...
John Harms
Nov 15, 1986
John Harms passed away at the age of 72 years at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital on November 15, 1986. John was born October 28, 1914, at George, Iowa, to Henry and Lena (Renken) Harms. He attended school in George. In 1932 the family moved to the Canby, Minnesota area. John was confirmed at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in...
Orville Milton Nyland
Nov 6, 1986
Orville Milton Nyland was born on July 24, 1912, to Olaus and Ida (Berg) in Friendship Township, Yellow Medicine County. He was baptized and confirmed at Spring Creek Lutheran Church south of Clarkfield, Minnesota. On November 15, 1941, he married Ruby Hanson who passed away February 12, 1958. They had a son Paul Wayne who passed away July 22,...
Susanna Rachie Nyland
Nov 6, 1986
Susanna Nyland, 73, of Boyd, Minnesota, died Thursday, November 6, 1986, at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Dawson, Minnesota. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, November 9, 1986, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd with Pastor Jeff Swanson officiating. Organist and soloist was Vernon Stevens. Final Resting Place is the Bergen Lutheran Church Cemetery, Stony Run Township, Yellow...
Bert Lee
Nov 5, 1986
Bert Lee was born July 7, 1895, at Fister, Stravanger, Norway to parents Olai and Bertha (Thompson) Lee. He was baptized in August of that same year and was confirmed in September, 1909 at Fister Kirche, Norway. Bert came to America and joined Clarkfield Lutheran Church of Clarkfield, Minnesota in 1921. He farmed in the Clarkfield area for many...
Anna A. (Thorson) West
Nov 4, 1986
Anna A. West, 72, died November 4, 1986, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota. Services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 7, 1986, from Spring Creek Lutheran Church of Normania Township with Pastor Robert Lehner and Pastor Lyndon West officiating. Soloist was Mrs. Mavis Ellingson and the organist was Mrs. Lyndon West. Casket Bearers were grandchildren,...
Clawson Hewitt Bennett
Nov 4, 1986
Clawson Hewitt Bennett, 69, of Hanley Falls, Minnesota, died on Tuesday, November 4, 1986, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 8, 1986, at the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church of Hanley Falls, Minnesota. Burial was in the East Yellow Medicine Lutheran Cemetery, with dedication of grave given by Reed Whitehead....
Mabel Hazel (Helgeson) Borg
Nov 1, 1986
Mabel Hazel Helgeson Borg was born to Helge and Christiana Helgeson on January 16, 1908 in Aitkin, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. On June 3, 1929 she married Alvin Borg at the Sacred Heart Lutheran parsonage. They lived in the Granite Falls area until 1942 when they moved to Hanley Falls, where they farmed...
Lavern Martin Gebers
Oct 31, 1986
LaVern Martin Gebers, 74, died October 31, 1986, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, Minnesota. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 4, 1986, at Clarkfield Lutheran Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota, with Pastors Gordon A. Trelstad and Phillip O. Berg of Willmar officiating. Soloist was Anita Rolighed and organist was Karen Donner. Congregational Hymns were "What A Friend We...
Geneva Nelson
Oct 26, 1986
Geneva Nelson, 84, died Sunday, October 26, 1986, at Luther Haven in Montevideo, Minnesota. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 29, 1986, at the Trinity Lutheran Church of Boyd, Minnesota, with the Rev. Jeff Swanson officiating. Final Resting Place is the Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery. Rev. Jeff Swanson was the soloist and Minnie Hermanson, the organist. Casket...
Mary Elizabeth Roggenbuck
Oct 25, 1986
Mary Elizabeth Roggenbuck, 84, formerly of rural Boyd, Minnesota, died at the Luther Haven Nursing Home in Montevideo, Minnesota, on Saturday, October 25, 1986. Mass of Christian Burial Serices were held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 29, 1986, at the St. Leo Catholic Church with Father Robert Mraz officiating. Congregational hymns were sung. Casket Bearers were Leo Eckhardt,...
Basil Joseph Johnson
Oct 24, 1986
Basil Joseph Johnson, 89, passed away Friday evening, October 24, 1986, at Clarkfield Memorial Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 28, 1986, at the Lynner Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jay Norman officiating. Musical selections were by Mrs. Melvin Falkum and Mrs. Darryl Benson with Mrs. Benson accompanying on the organ. Casket Bearers were...
Carl Oscar Anderson
Oct 21, 1986
Carl Oscar Anderson, 95, of Granite Falls, Minnesota, died October 21, 1986, at the Granite Falls Manor. Services for Carl Oscar Anderson were held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 24, 1986, at the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church of Hanley Falls, Minnesota, with Pastor Larry Olson officiating. The organist was Zee Anne Reishus and soloist was Mavis Ellingson. Casket Bearers...
Julian Theodor Foss
Oct 17, 1986
Julian Theodor Foss, 78, of Hazel Run, Minnesota, died Friday, October 17, 1986, at the Granite Falls Hospital, Granite Falls, Minnesota. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 21, 1986, at the Community Bible Church of Montevideo, Minnesota, with Pastor Raymond Wuerch officiating. The organist was Joann Hildahl and duets were sung by Pastor and Mrs. Wuerch and...
Doris Frances "Fran" Williamson
Oct 14, 1986
Doris Frances "Fran" Williamson died on October 14, 1986, at the age of 70. She was born on April 3, 1916, in Pierre, South Dakota. She lived for a short time with her adoptive parents in Milesville, South Dakota, before moving to a farm near Columbia Falls, Montana, where she went to school. She graduated from Columbia Falls High...
Norman Elmer Eckhardt
Oct 9, 1986
Our Heavenly Father called Norman Elmer Eckhardt out of this vale of tears to His eternal home, on Thursday, October 9th, 1986. Norman was born August 1, 1938, at the Blue Earth Hospital, Blue Earth, Minnesota, to Elmer and Ida (Berndt) Eckhardt. He was baptized August 21, 1938, at Immanuel Lutheran Church of Emerald Township, rural Blue Earth. He...
Rebecca T. (Oraas) Dotseth
Oct 8, 1986
Mrs. Ole (Rebecca) Dotseth, 97, died Wednesday, October 8, 1986, at the North Ridge Care Center in New Hope, Minnesota. Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m., October 11, 1986 at the Spring Creek Cemetery in rural Clarkfield, Minnesota. There also was a short service at the Lynner Funeral Home with Pastor Lehner officiating. Music was furnished by Mrs....
Elizabeth Petersen
Oct 8, 1986
Elizabeth Peterson, 97, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Wednesday, October 8, 1986, at the Clarkfield Care Center. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 11, 1986, at the Community Bible Church in Montevideo, Minnesota, with Pastor Raymond Wuerch officiating. The organist was Joann Hildahl with solos by Phyllis Johnson. Casket Bearers were Duane Anderson, Louis Grussing, Marvin Hildahl, David...
Mabel Belvina (Hardy) Stevens
Oct 6, 1986
Mabel Belvina Stevens, 89, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Sunday, October 6, 1986, at the Clarkfield Care Center. Services were held Wednesday, October 8, 1986, at the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church in Hanley Falls, Minnesota, with Pastor Larry Olson officiating. The organist was Colleen Hewitt with soloists Mavis Ellingson of Hanley Falls and Ardith Maki of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Casket Bearers...
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