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Gerhard Johan Nelson
Feb 26, 1985
Gerhard Johan Nelson, 89, died February 26, 1985, at his home in Montevideo, Minnesota. Services were held at Community Bible Church of Montevideo on Saturday, March 2, 1985, 10:30 a.m., with Pastors Philip Sorensen, James Ferguson, and Peter Dorn officiating. Organist was Mrs. James Rightler and solists were Mr. David Rupp and Mr. Vernon Zempel. He was born September...
Charles Glenn Jorgenson
Feb 26, 1985
Charles Glenn Jorgenson, 27, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Tuesday, February 26, 1985, from injuries suffered in a farm accident. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 1, 1985, at the Clarkfield Lutheran Church with Pastors Gordon Trelstad and Peter Dorn officiating. Organist was Rhoda Nelson with vocal music by Ross and Kayann Riecke. Casket Bearers were Kent Hegna,...
Tosten "Tom" Thostenson
Feb 23, 1985
Tosten (Tom) Thostenson, 89, of Hanley Falls, Minnesota, died Saturday, February 23, 1985. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 26, 1985, at the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church in Hanley Falls with Rev. H.N. Schey officiating. Soloist was Mavis Ellingson with organist Coleen Hewitt. Casket Bearers were grandsons Mark Thostenson, Paul Thostenson, Allen Enger, Gary Enger, Brian Enger...
Clifford Hanson
Feb 19, 1985
Clifford Hanson, 86, of the Clarkfield Care Center, Clarkfield, Minnesota, died February 19, 1985, at the Care Center. Clifford was born November 19, 1898, in Iowa to parents Milton and Olive (Laura) Hanson. Clifford's life occupation was farming. Funeral Services were held Friday, February 22, 1985, 2:00 p.m. at the Lynner Funeral Home Chapel, Clarkfield, Minnesota, with Pastor John...
Martha "Marcie" Kathleen Reishus
Feb 13, 1985
Martha (Marcie) Kathleen Reishus, 61, of rural Wood Lake, Minnesota, died Wednesday, February 13, 1985, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, Minnesota. Services were held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, February 16, 1985, at the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church in Hanley Falls, Minnesota, with Rev. H. Norman Schey officiating. Colleen Hewitt was organist and Mavis Ellingson soloist. Casket Bearers were...
Vesta Marie Kaupang
Feb 7, 1985
Vesta Marie Kaupang, 74, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Thursday, February 7, 1985, at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital, Montevideo, Minnesota. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 9, 1985, at the Clarkfield Lutheran Church with Pastor Gordon Trelstad officiating. Herb Jessen was the soloist and Mrs. Karen Donner the organist. Casket Bearers were Larry Agre, Bill Elliott, Dean...
Fred O. Sr. Larson
Jan 31, 1985
Fred O. Larson, 95, of Edgerton, Minnesota, and formerly of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Thursday, January 31, 1985, at the Edgebrook Rest Center in Edgerton. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 2, 1985, at the Lynner Furneral Home Chapel in Clarkfield with Pastor Gordon Trelstad officiating. Vocal Music was by Mr. Merrill P. Womack. Casket Bearers were Charles...
Mathilda Anna Rysdahl
Jan 23, 1985
Mathilda Anna Rysdahl, 95, of Clarkfield,Minnesota, died Wednesday, January 23, 1985, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 26, 1985, at the Clarkfield Lutheran Church with Pastor Gordon Trelstad officiating. Organist was Mrs. Annette Patel with vocal music by Mrs. Lyle Roschen. Casket Bearers were Deborah Christiansen, Sandra Wallen, Paul Rysdahl,...
Anna "Annie" Iverson
Jan 10, 1985
Anna "Annie" Iverson was born on November 19, 1886, in Clarkfield, Minnesota to Arnie and Johanna (Olson) Iverson. Annie was baptized and confirmed at the Clarkfield Lutheran Church and graduated from the Clarkfield High School. She worked in Clarkfield as a telephone operator and also as a clerk in several local businesses including Ted Stenhaug's Variety Store and Larson...
Oscar Eric Gustavson
Jan 2, 1985
Oscar Eric Gustavson was born June 23, 1894, in Sweden to parents Gustav and Charlotte Jansson. On June 23, 1929, he was united in marriage to Valborg Josephine Noren. They lived and farmed the family farm until 1951. Three children were born to Oscar and Valborg, Muriel, Walter, and Floyd. In 1951, they retired from farming and moved to...
Valborg Josephine (Noren) Gustavson
Jan 2, 1985
Valborg Josephine Noren was born November 1, 1905, at rural Clarkfield, Minnesota. She was the younger of two children born to John and Augusta (Peterson) Noren. She was baptized on December 31, 1905, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Boyd, Minnesota, by Pastor Reinerston and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran by Pastor E. C. Bid. She spent her childhood years on the...
Helma Marie (Oftedahl) Olson
Dec 31, 1984
Helma Marie Olson was born November 25, 1898, in Minnesota to parents Einar and Ellen (Ness) Oftedahl. She passed away Monday, December 31, 1984, at the Granite Manor, Granite Falls, Minnesota. Helma was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Roy D. Olson in 1975 and a son. She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Sally Olson. Funeral Services...
Leslie Lynn Ellingson
Dec 29, 1984
Leslie Lynn, infant daughter of Bruce and Geryl Lynn (Stucky) Ellingson was born on December 2, 1984, at the Granite Falls Hospital, Granite Falls, Minnesota. She passed away at the University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on December 29, 1984 at the age of 27 days. Leslie was baptized on December 19 by Rev. Judith Klepperich. Services were...
Walter Wilhelm Friberg
Dec 15, 1984
Walter Friberg, 80, a life-long resident of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Saturday, December 15, 1984. Funeral Services were held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 18, 1984, at Augustana Lutheran Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota, with Pastor Ralph B. Belin officiating. The organist was Rhoda Nelson with congregational hymns, "Children of the Heavenly Father", "Blest Be the Tie That Binds", "He Leadeth Me",...
Emil J. Amundson
Dec 1, 1984
Emil Amundson was born November 22, 1898, to Olai and Anna (Hanson) Amundson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Clarkfield Lutheran Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota. His first marriage was to Freda Enger in 1922. In 1939 he again married to Ida Thorhaug Severson. Emil lived in Clarkfield all his life. The last two years he resided in the Clarkfield...
Lillie Peterson
Nov 28, 1984
Lillie Peterson, 88, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Wednesday, November 28, 1984, at the Clarkfield Community Care Center. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 1, 1984, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd, Minnesota, with Pastor Scott C. Jorgenson officiating. Vernon Stevens was organist and soloist. Final Resting Place is the Garfield Lutheran Cemetery, Garfield Township, Lac qui...
Tilda Reishus
Nov 9, 1984
Mrs. Tilda Reishus died Friday, November 9, 1984, at the Willmar Hospital in Willmar, Minnesota. She was 89. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 13, 1984, at the St. Lucas Lutheran Church of Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, with Pastor John T. Christianson officiating. Organist was Mrs. lone Knudson with music by Henry Broughton. Casket Bearers...
Josephine Angeline Anderson
Oct 25, 1984
Josephine Angeline Anderson was born February 4, 1903, in Minnesota, the daughter of Anton and Belinda Anderson. She passed away October 25, 1984, in San Antonio, Texas, at the age of 81. Memorial Services were held November 24, 1984, 2:00 p.m. at the Lynner Funeral Home Chapel, Clarkfield, Minnesota, with Pastor Gordon Trelstad officiating. She is survived by Jean...
Lars Erikson Amdahl
Oct 24, 1984
Lars Erikson Amdahl was born August 13, 1887, in Suada, Norway to Erik Larsen Amdal and Brita Hovland. He came to America at the age of 13 and married Josie Olson on July 25, 1913. Lars worked in the grain business in Clarkfield, Minnesota, and Dawson, Minnesota, Revillo and Ahnberg, South Dakota, and in Lamberton, Minnesota. He then retired...
Eldrid M. Nelson
Oct 3, 1984
Eldrid M. Nelson was born June 9, 1928, near Clarkfield, Minnesota, to William and Randi (Berg) Nelson. He was baptized and confirmed at Bergen Church in Clarkfield. He graduated from Clarkfield High School. He was a State Farm Insurance Agent for the past twenty-five years. Four children were born into his marriage with Yvonne Jacobson: Randee Kay Lee of...
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