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Kathryn Rose Eggen Janssen

Kathryn Rose Eggen Janssen

Dec 18, 1985

Kathryn Rose Janssen was born at Clarkfield, Minnesota, on November 9, 1944, the daughter of Leonard and Rose (Loose) Eggen. She was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church by Rev. Louis Rosin on December 3, 1944, and confirmed on March 22, 1959, at the Clarkfield Lutheran Church by Rev. P.L. Mork. She attended the Clarkfield School and was graduated from...

Roger Dwight Lancaster

Roger Dwight Lancaster

Dec 18, 1985

Roger Dwight Lancaster, 48, of Hazel Run, Minnesota, died Wednesday, December 18, 1985, at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 20, 1985, at the Hazel Run Lutheran Church with Pastor William Klavetter officiating. Final Resting Place is the Hazel Run Lutheran Cemetery. Roger was born January 17, 1937, at Graceville, Minnesota, to...

Helma Annette (Klyberg) Watson

Helma Annette (Klyberg) Watson

Dec 12, 1985

Helma Annette Watson, 79, of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, died Thursday, December 12, 1985, at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, December 16, 1985, at the Assembly of God Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota, with Pastor Norma Rudd officiating. Final Resting Place is the Terrace Lawn Memory Gardens of Montevideo, Minnesota. She was born August...

Kenneth B. Thompson

Kenneth B. Thompson

Dec 12, 1985

Kenneth B. Thompson, 65, of rural Cottonwood, Minnesota, died Thursday, December 12, 1985, at the Weiner Memorial Hospital in Marshall, Minnesota, following a heart attack at his home. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 16, 1985, at St. Lucas Lutheran Church of Normania Township with Pastor John Christiansen officiating. Final Resting Place is St. Lucas Lutheran Cemetery,...

Mabel (Gudim) [Beltz] Gutsch

Mabel (Gudim) [Beltz] Gutsch

Dec 8, 1985

Mabel Beltz Gutsch, 79, of Montevideo, Minnesota, died Sunday, December 8, 1985, at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 11, 1985, at Clarkfield Lutheran Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota, with Pastors Gordon Trelstad and Ron Mattheson officiating. Final Resting Place is the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery of Boyd, Minnesota. She was born May 11, 1906,...

Helmer Gordon Jolstad

Helmer Gordon Jolstad

Nov 26, 1985

Helmer Gordon Jolstad was born September 10, 1912, to Bernt and Severine (Johnson) Jolstad of Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He was baptized by Rev. Haugen and confirmed at Clarkfield Lutheran Church by Rev. Wee. He married Eldora Kompelien on March 8, 1941. They have two children, Richard of Bloomington, Minnesota, and Leroy of Mankato, Minnesota. Gordon farmed...

Rachel (Ellingson) Harmening

Rachel (Ellingson) Harmening

Nov 21, 1985

Rachel Harmening, 90, of Southview Acres Health Care Center, West St. Paul, Minnesota, died Thursday, November 21, 1985. Funeral Services were Monday, November 25, 1985, 1:30 p.m. from Christ Lutheran Church, Cottonwood, Minnesota. Rachel was born October 16, 1895 to parents Tollef and Betsy (Severson) Ellingson in Minnesota. She was united in marriage to Edward Harmening, who preceded her...

Esther Marie (Osterberg) [Olson] Willander

Esther Marie (Osterberg) [Olson] Willander

Nov 15, 1985

Esther Marie Willander, 75, of Granite Falls, Minnesota, died Friday, November 15, 1985, at the Granite Falls Hospital. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 19, 1985, at Augustana Lutheran Church in Clarkfield, Minnesota, with Pastor Ralph Belin officiating. Organist was Mrs. Rhoda Nelson. Soloist, Ross Riecke sang "Abide With Me" and "The Old Rugged Cross." Congregational Hymns...

Selmer Foss

Selmer Foss

Nov 13, 1985

Selmer Foss, 83, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Wednesday, November 13, 1985, after a lingering illness. He had suffered emphysema and for several years was confined to his home. On April 23 he suffered a stroke and was hospitalized until six days before his death, when he was transferred to the Clarkfield Care Center. Services were held at 11:00 a.m.,...

K. Alvina (Lunow) Sorenson

K. Alvina (Lunow) Sorenson

Nov 8, 1985

Mrs. K. Alvina Sorenson, 88, formerly of the Hazel Run, Minnesota area, died Friday, November 8, 1985, at the Fridley Convalescent Home, Fridley, Minnesota. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 12, 1985, at the Hazel Run Lutheran Church, Hazel Run, Minnesota, with Pastor William Klavetter officiating. At the service the special music was sung by Loren Norgaard...

Bennie O. Dyrdahl

Bennie O. Dyrdahl

Nov 5, 1985

Bennie O. Dyrdahl, 93, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Tuesday, November 5, 1985, at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital, Montevideo, Minnesota. He had been hospitalized on Wednesday with a fractured hip. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, November 8, 1985, at the Lynner Funeral Home Chapel, Clarkfield, Minnesota, with Pastor William Klavetter officiating. Vocal Music was by Merrill P....

Lulu (Quesnell) Webster

Lulu (Quesnell) Webster

Nov 2, 1985

Lulu Quesnell Webster, 91, of St. Paul, Minnesota, died Saturday, November 2, 1985, at the Ebeneezer Home, where she was a resident for the last 10 years. Services were held at the Spielman Funeral Home in St. Paul on Tuesday, November 5, 1985, with her nephew, Rev. Earl Quesnell officiating. She was born September 29, 1894, to Mr. and...

Alma T. (Erickson) Hanson

Alma T. (Erickson) Hanson

Oct 27, 1985

Mrs. Alma (George) Hanson, 86, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Sunday, October 27, 1985, at the Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, Minnesota. Alma was born February 3, 1899, in Boyd, Minnesota, to Olaf and Mathilda (Amundson) Erickson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in Boyd. She married George B. Hanson on June 30, 1921, in Boyd, Minnesota,...

Myrtle Jasefa (Rekkedahl) Haaland

Myrtle Jasefa (Rekkedahl) Haaland

Oct 19, 1985

Myrtle Jasefa Haaland, 80, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Saturday, October 19, 1985, at the Sunwood Care Center in Redwood Falls, Minnesota. Services were held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, October 22, 1985, at the Spring Creek Lutheran Church of Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, with Pastor William Klavetter officiating. The organist was Ella Larson with vocal music by Mrs....

Theodore O. Werth

Theodore O. Werth

Oct 11, 1985

Theodore O. Werth, 89, of the Clarkfield Care Center, died Friday, October 11, 1985, at the Clarkfield Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota. He was hospitalized Sunday, October 6, 1985, after becoming ill at the Care Center. Services were held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 15, 1985, at Zion Lutheran Church of Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, with Rev. Charles Simmons...

Cesyl Jerome Westre

Cesyl Jerome Westre

Oct 7, 1985

Cesyl Jerome Westre, 47, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Monday morning, October 7, 1985, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, Minnesota, following an accident Saturday afternoon in Marshall, Minnesota. Services were 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 9, 1985, at St. Isidore Catholic Church (in the Clarkfield Methodist Church Building) with Rev. John Leonard Berg officiating. The soloist was Jerome Kosbab with...

Florence (Palmer) [White] Velde

Florence (Palmer) [White] Velde

Oct 6, 1985

Florence Velde, 83, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Tuesday, October 6, 1985, at the Clarkfield Care Center, where she was a resident. Florence was born April 28, 1902, to Jeremiah and Rubena (Morton) Palmer. She was raised on a cattle ranch in Dunn County in Western North Dakota, where her parents were pioneer homesteaders. Florence graduated from Dickinson High School,...

Belle T. (Gilbertson) Haroldson

Belle T. (Gilbertson) Haroldson

Oct 4, 1985

Belle T. Haroldson, 88, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Friday, October 4, 1985, at the Clarkfield Care Center. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 7, 1985, at the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church in Hanley Falls, Minnesota, with Pastor H. Norman Schey officiating. The soloist was Mavis Ellingson with Collen Hewitt the organist. Casket Bearers were David Haroldson, Harlan...

Alfred S. Emblem

Alfred S. Emblem

Oct 4, 1985

Alfred S. Emblem, 71, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Friday, October 4, 1985, at the University of Minnesota Hospital. He spent three weeks in the intensive and coronary care units. Services were held at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 9, 1985, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Montevideo, Minnesota, with Pastor Warren Peterson officiating. The soloist was RaNae Thompson with Lois...

Elenora (Anderson) Iverson

Elenora (Anderson) Iverson

Sep 15, 1985

Elenora Iverson, 89, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Sunday, September 15, 1985, at the Clarkfield Care Center. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 17, 1985, from Clarkfield Lutheran Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota, with Pastor Gordon Trelstad officiating. The organist was Karen Donner with solo selections by Ross Riecke. Congregational Hymns were "Amazing Grace" and "How Great Thou Art." Casket...

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