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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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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