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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
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
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
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
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...
Theodore Rudolf Stenhaug
May 8, 1986
Theodore Rudolph Stenhaug, 78, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Thursday, May 8, 1986, at the Clarkfield Hospital. He had been hospitalized since he suffered a stroke in January. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, May 12, 1986, at the Clarkfield Lutheran Church with Pastor Gordon Trelstad officiating. The organist was Karen Donner with vocal music by David Rupp. Congregational...
Albert Paul Roggenbuck
May 5, 1986
Albert Paul Roggenbuck, 86, of Montevideo, Minnesota, died Monday, May 5, 1986, at Luther Haven in Montevideo. Services were held in form of a mass of Christian Burial at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, May 8, 1986, at the St. Leo Catholic Church with Father Edward Ardolf officiating. Congregational hymns were sung. Casket Bearers were Leo Eckhardt, Greg Koepp, Gilbert Lanners,...
Gladys (Lunde) Hartfiel
May 5, 1986
Gladys Hartfiel, 72, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and formerly of Boyd, Minnesota, died Monday, May 5, 1986, at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 5, 1986, at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Boyd with Pastor Charles Simmons and Pastor William Otte of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, officiating. Mrs. Kathy Jahn was the organist. Casket...
Hilda (Forberg) [Aasen] Olson
Apr 21, 1986
Hilda Aasen Olson, 88, died Monday, April 21, 1986, at the Clara City Nursing Home, Clara City, Minnesota. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 23, 1986, at the Israel Lutheran Church of Swede Prairie Township, rural Clarkfield, Minnesota, with Pastor Gordon Trelstad officiating. The organist was Mrs. Eugene Werner with soloist Ella Holmquist. Casket Bearers were Lynn...
Laurence F. Sharkey
Apr 14, 1986
Laurence F. Sharkey, 80, of Brookside Manor, Montevideo, Minnesota, formerly of the Clarkfield, Minnesota area, died Monday, April 14, 1986. Services were held at 1:30 p.m. on April 17, 1986, from the United Methodist Church of Clarkfield with Pastor Wayne Shelton and Pastor Harris Halstead officiating. Organist was Mrs. Bernice Forsberg with vocal music by Virginia Hagg. Casket Bearers...
Agnes Hildagard (Seagren) Allchin
Apr 12, 1986
Agnes Hildagard (Seagrin) Allchin, 88, died Saturday, April 12, 1986, at the Clarkfield Care Center, Clarkfield, Minnesota. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 15, 1986, in the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church at Hanley Falls, Minnesota, with Pastor Schey officiating. The organist was Mrs. Mavis Gustafson with Mrs. Mavis Ellingson the soloist. Casket Bearers were her grandchildren, Kay...
Walter Listul
Apr 9, 1986
Walter C. Lustil, 65, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died April 9, 1986, at his home. Funeral Services were held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 12, 1986, at Hazel Run Lutheran Church, Hazel Run, Minnesota, with Rev. Wm. Klavetter officiating. Mrs. Duane Jacobson was the organist with Loren Norgaard as soloist. Casket Bearers were David Greseth, George Greseth, Keith Listul, Dennis...
Alma Grace Leppke
Mar 19, 1986
Alma Leppke, 89, of Dawson, Minnesota, and formerly of Boyd, Minnesota, died Wednesday, March 19, 1986, at the Dawson Hospital. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 22, 1986, at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Omro Township, with Pastor Jon N. Wolff officiating. The organist was Mrs. Karen Mamer with special music by the St. John's Choir....
Effie Lenora (Jorgenson) Risa
Mar 14, 1986
Effie L. Risa, 80, of Boyd, Minnesota, died Friday, March 14, 1986, at the Renville County Hospital in Olivia, Minnesota. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 18, 1986, at the Trinity Lutheran Church of Boyd with Pastor Jeff Swanson officiating. The organist was Minnie Hermanson and soloist was Debbie Rath. Casket Bearers were Kaye Christensen, Robert Harms,...
Ruby Evangeline (Larson) Gordon
Mar 7, 1986
Ruby Evangeline Gordon was born August 4, 1908, to Carl Axel and Emma (Knutson) Larson on the farm in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was baptized at the Spring Creek Lutheran Church and confirmed at the Israel Lutheran Church. She married Arthur E. Gordon of Clarkfield on October 25, 1928. They had three children, Ramona, Roger, and...
Leonard Fred Weise
Mar 1, 1986
Leonard Fred Weise, 84, of rural Cottonwood, Minnesota, died Saturday, March 1, 1986, at the Granite Falls Hospital, Granite Falls, Minnesota. Services were held Tuesday, March 4, 1986, 1:30 p.m., at St. John's Lutheran Church, Wood Lake, Minnesota, with the Rev. Chester Zuleger officiating. Mrs. Donald Rebers was the organist at the services. Final Resting Place is the St....
Norman Kise
Feb 15, 1986
Norman Kise, 89, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Saturday, February 15, 1986, at the Clarkfield Care Center. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 18, 1986, at St. Lucas Lutheran Church of Normania Township with Pastor John Christiansen officiating. Organist was Ann Stensrud with vocal solo by Pastor Christiansen. Casket Bearers were Archie Albertson, Floyd Hovdesven, Thurman Kompelien and...
Gertrude Irene (Bly) Dahl
Feb 14, 1986
Gertrude Irene (Bly) Dahl, 86, of Minneota, Minnesota, died Friday, February 14, 1986, at the Minneota Manor Nursing Home. Services were held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 18, 1986, at the Christ Lutheran Church in Cottonwood, Minnesota, with Pastor Kenneth Johnson officiating. Organist was Gwen Arneson with vocal music by Curt Dahl. Casket Bearers were John, Jeffrey and Joel...
Elver Joseph Johnson
Feb 10, 1986
Elver Joseph Johnson, 91, of Hanley Falls, Minnesota, died Monday, February 10, 1986, at Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital. Services were held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, February 13, 1986, 1:30 p.m., Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church of Hanley Falls, Minnesota, with Rev. Norman Schey officiating. The organist was Mrs. Mavis Gustafson with soloist Mrs. Mavis Ellingson. Casket Bearers were Evan Johnson,...
Vernon M. Stensrud
Jan 29, 1986
Vernon M. Stensrud, 63, of Cottonwood, Minnesota, died Wednesday, January 29, 1986, at the Weiner Memorial Medical Center in Marshall, Minnesota. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 1, 1986, at St. Lucas Lutheran Church, Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, with Pastor John Christianson officiating. The organist was Ann Stensrud with solo by Pastor John Christianson. Casket...
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