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Olga Pauline (Johnson) Hennen

Olga Pauline (Johnson) Hennen

Sep 20, 1986

Olga Hennen, 76, died Saturday, September 20, 1986, at the Madison Luthern Home, Madison, Minnesota. She died from cancer. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 23, 1986, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd, Minnesota, with Pastor Jeff Swanson officiating. Mrs. Arvid Rikke was soloist with Mrs. Minnie Hermanson as organist. Casket Bearers were Rory Hennen, Scott Hennen,...

Alvin Stanford Isaacs

Alvin Stanford Isaacs

Sep 13, 1986

Alvin Sanford Isaacs was born November 24, 1892, in Hazel Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Peter L. and Anna (Stevens) Isaacs. He was baptized and confirmed in Hauge Church near Hazel Run, Minnesota. He died on September 13, 1986, at the age of 93 at the Clarkfield Care Center, Clarkfield, Minnesota. On May 24, 1916, Alvin...

William Gunlogson

William Gunlogson

Sep 3, 1986

William Gunlogson, 92, of Brookside Manor in Montevideo, Minnesota, died Wednesday, September 3, 1986, at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 6, 1986, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Minneota, Minnesota, with Pastor Robert Lehner officiating. Organist was Mrs. Wendy Sarazyn with solo music by Mrs. Mary Buysse. Casket Bearers were William's...

Marjorie (Ellefson) Hoiland

Marjorie (Ellefson) Hoiland

Sep 3, 1986

Mrs. Marjorie Hoiland, 72, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Wednesday, September 3, 1986, at the Clarkfield Community Memorial Hospital. Services were held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 8, 1986, at the Lynner Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Gordon Trelstad officiating. Mr. Merrill P. Womack was the vocalist, singing "Beyond the Sunset" and "The Lord's Prayer." Casket Bearers were Floyd Beecher,...

Ema G. (Skaug) Flugstad

Ema G. (Skaug) Flugstad

Aug 22, 1986

Mrs. Ema Skaug Flugstad, 87, died Saturday, August 22, 1986, at the Minnesota Masonic Home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 26, 1986, at the Lynner Funeral Home Chapel in Clarkfield, Minnesota, with Pastor Gordon Trelstad officiating. Vocal music was by Merrill P. Womack. Casket Bearers were Ardine Berkvam, Jon Flugstad, Mark Flugstad and...

Thomas A. Knuth

Thomas A. Knuth

Aug 21, 1986

Thomas A. Knuth, 33, of Hanley Falls, Minnesota, died Thursday, August 21, 1986, in a truck accident near Kasson, Minnesota. Services were held Saturday, August 23, 1986, 2:00 p.m. at the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church of Hanley Falls with Pastor Larry Olson officiating. Mrs. Mavis Gustafson was the organist with Mrs. Mavis Ellingson as soloist. Casket Bearers were Roger...

Laura (Winson) Olson

Laura (Winson) Olson

Aug 3, 1986

Laura Olson, 91, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Sunday, August 3, 1986, at the Clarkfield Care Center. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 6, 1986, at the Hazel Run Lutheran Church, Hazel Run, Minnesota, with Pastor Ralph Belin officiating. Organ music was provided by Mrs. Duane Jacobson with David Rupp as soloist. Final Resting Place is the Hazel...

Melvin Elliot Wilson

Melvin Elliot Wilson

Jul 22, 1986

Melvin Elliot Wilson, 85, died July 22, 1986, at Granite Falls Memorial Hospital, Granite Falls, Minnesota. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 25, 1986, at Hazel Run Lutheran Church, Hazel Run, Minnesota, with Pastor William Klavetter officiating. Mrs. Duane Jacobson was organist, and Loren Norgaard provided solo music. Honorary Casket Bearers were Henry Halvorson, Murl Isaacs, Milfred...

Arthur Lawrence Miller

Arthur Lawrence Miller

Jul 17, 1986

Arthur Lawrence Miller, 83, of Hanley Falls, Minnesota, died Thursday, July 17, 1986, at the Granite Falls Hospital. Services were held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 19, 1986, at the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church of Hanley Falls with Pastor Kenneth Johnson officiating. Organist was Mavis Gustafson with solo music by Mavis Ellingson. Casket Bearers were Marvin Buysee, Stan Engel,...

Ida M. Lachelt

Ida M. Lachelt

Jul 8, 1986

Ida M. Lachelt, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Tuesday, July 8, 1986, from a stroke at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, one day before her 88th birthday. She was the fifth in line of fourteen children born to John and Magdaline (Wiegers) Kopitzke, in Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on July 9, 1898, where she grew to womanhood. She was...

Arthur R. Loose

Arthur R. Loose

Jul 2, 1986

Arthur Loose, 71 of Montevideo, Minnesota, died Wednesday, July 2, 1986, in Montevideo. Services were held Saturday, July 5, 1986, 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Montevideo with Rev. Richard Hamlow officiating. Leona Pedlar was the organist with hymns sung by the congregation. Casket Bearers were Jesse and Orin Willander, Otto and Raymond Lachelt, Vernon Loose and...

Carl Emil "Reuben" Peterson

Carl Emil "Reuben" Peterson

Jun 14, 1986

Reuben C. Peterson, 92, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Saturday, June 14, 1986, in Clarkfield, Minnesota. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 17, 1986, at the Augustana Lutheran Church of Clarkfield with Pastor Ralph B. Belin officiating. Organist was Kathy Jahn. Vocal music by Brian Peterson, "The Lord's Prayer" and "What God Ordains." Congregational Hymns were "Children of...

Karen Lee Haaland

Karen Lee Haaland

Jun 9, 1986

Karen Lee Haaland of Clarkfield, Minnesota, passed away Monday, June 9, 1986, at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital at the age of 23 years, after a 12-year illness with Leukemia. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 12, 1986, from the Clarkfield Alliance Church with Pastor Peter Dorn officiating. The organist was Rhoda Nelson with special music by...

Marriam Adelbert Nilson

Marriam Adelbert Nilson

Jun 9, 1986

Marriam Adelbert Nilson, 75, of Boyd, Minnesota, died Monday night, June 9, 1986, at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 13, 1986, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd with Pastor Jeff Swanson officiating. Organist was Vernon Stevens, soloist Ross Riecke. Casket Bearers were Greg Christenson, Jeffrey Lynne, Bradley...

Melvin Reinhold Anderson

Melvin Reinhold Anderson

May 21, 1986

Melvin Reinhold Anderson, 84, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Wednesday, May 21, 1986, at the Clarkfield Hospital. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 24, 1986, at Augustana Lutheran Church of Clarkfield, Minnesota, with Pastor Ralph B. Belin officiating. The organist was Norma Stretch. The vocal duet sung by Marge Anderson and Georgia Edmunds was "In The Garden." Congregational...

Gladys Bertha (Haaland) Christensen

Gladys Bertha (Haaland) Christensen

May 17, 1986

Gladys Bertha Christensen died Saturday, May 17, 1986, at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital. She was born December 8, 1914, in Friendship Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Gabriel and Barbara (Fenn) Haaland and was baptized January 17, 1915, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church by Rev. Eastvold. She was confirmed in 1930 at Spring Creek Lutheran Church by Rev. J....

Hanford Sylvan Christensen

Hanford Sylvan Christensen

May 17, 1986

Hanford Sylvan Christensen was born November 24, 1908, to parents Herman and Thea (Swenson) Christensen. He was baptized and confirmed in the Christian Faith in Spring Creek Lutheran Church, of which he was a life long member. Hanford attended school in District #23 and then began farming at a very early age, and it became his career. Hanford and...

Kay Knudson

Kay Knudson

May 13, 1986

Kay Knudson was born on February 21, 1924, near Cottonwood to Theodore and Bergitta (Grande) Knudson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith, and was a member of Christ Lutheran Church of Cottonwood, Minnesota, until 1973. Since that time he has been a member of St. Lucas Lutheran Church of Normania Township, rural Cottonwood. Kay was a...

Alyce Jophelia Mathis

Alyce Jophelia Mathis

May 12, 1986

Alyce J. Mathis, 94, died Monday, May 12, 1986, at the Clarkfield Care Center. She was born Alyce Jophelia Hanson on March 3, 1892, at Milton, North Dakota, to Ole and Helga (Trovaten) Hanson, who the following year moved back to the Hanson home farm at Hanley Falls, Minnesota. She was confirmed in the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church of...

Wanda Loirs (Granell) Sharkey

Wanda Loirs (Granell) Sharkey

May 9, 1986

Wanda Loirs Sharkey, 51, died Friday, May 9, 1986, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, Minnesota, following illness due to cancer. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, May 12, 1986, at the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church of Hanley Falls, Minnesota, with Pastor H. N. Schey officiating. Zee Ann Reishus was the organist with Mavis Ellingson as soloist. Casket...

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