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Oscar Eric Gustavson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

John "Johnny" Lynner

John "Johnny" Lynner

Sep 24, 1984

John Lynner was born March 12, 1891, in Clarkfield, Minnesota to Jens and Ingeborg (Rognstad) Lynner. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and was a life long member of Clarkfield Lutheran Church. He attended Clarkfield School, Minnesota School of Business and the University of Minnesota School of Mortuary Science. On his return to Clarkfield he joined...

Wallace Oscar Timgren

Wallace Oscar Timgren

Aug 16, 1984

Wallace Oscar Timgren, 85, died Thursday, August 16, 1984, at the Granite Falls Hospital. Services were held August 18, 1984, at the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church of Hanley Falls, Minnesota, with Pastor H. Norman Schey officiating. Music soloist was Mrs. Mavis Ellingson with Mrs. Zee Anne Reishus as organist. Final Resting Place is the Cottonwood Community Cemetery, Cottonwood, Minnesota....

Arthur Henry Lusk

Arthur Henry Lusk

Aug 14, 1984

Arthur H. Lusk, 80, died Tuesday, August 14, 1984, at his home in Boyd, Minnesota. Funeral Services were held Friday, August 17, 1984, by Pastor Scott C. Jorgenson at the Lynner Funeral Home Chapel of Clarkfield, Minnesota. Final Resting Place is the Dawson City Cemetery, Dawson, Minnesota. He was born May 11, 1904, to Hugh and Johanna (Moe) Lusk....

Alfred J. Hagren

Alfred J. Hagren

Jul 22, 1984

Alfred J. Hagren, 93, of Faribault, Minnesota, died on Sunday morning, July 22, 1984, in the Rice County District One Hospital in Faribault. Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 24, 1984, in the Clarkfield Lutheran Church in Clarkfield, Minnesota, with Pastor John T. Christiansen officiating. Soloist was Pastor Christiansen, who sang "Behold a Host Arrayed in...

Paul Eugene Blais

Paul Eugene Blais

Jun 26, 1984

Paul Eugene Blais, 33, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Tuesday, June 26, 1984, the result of an automobile accident near Clarkfield. He was born November 30, 1950, to parents Leonard and Evelyn (Grabowenski) Blais in Anoka, Minnesota. Paul served his country in military service. Funeral Services were held Friday, June 29, 1984, 11:00 a.m. at the Thurston-Lindberg Funeral Home Chapel,...

Martha Gertrude (Olson) Rupp

Martha Gertrude (Olson) Rupp

Jun 19, 1984

Martha Gertrude Rupp, 83, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Tuesday, June 19, 1984, at the Granite Falls Manor, Granite Falls, Minnesota. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 22, 1984, at the Augustana Lutheran Church of Clarkfield with Pastor Ralph B. Belin officiating. The soloist was Loren Norgaard with organist Miss Norma Streich. Final Resting Place is the Clarkfield...

Mattie (Johnson) Lukken

Mattie (Johnson) Lukken

Jun 1, 1984

Mattie Lukken, 95, of Boyd, Minnesota, died Friday, June 1, 1984, at Clarkfield Community Memorial Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota. Services were held Monday, June 4, 1984, 11:00 a.m., at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd with Rev. Scott Jorgenson officiating. Final Resting Place is Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Boyd, Minnesota. She was born October 26, 1888, on a farm near Hanley...

Clarence Gunnar Widmark

Clarence Gunnar Widmark

May 30, 1984

Clarence Gunnar Widmark, 91, of Boyd, Minnesota, died Wednesday, May 30, 1984, at the Madison Lutheran Home, Madison, Minnesota. Services were held Saturday, June 2, 1984, 1:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd with Pastor Scott Jorgenson officiating. Final Resting Place is the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery at Boyd, Minnesota. He was born March 22, 1893, to John and...

Bessie Marie Ludwig

Bessie Marie Ludwig

May 23, 1984

Mrs. Bessie Marie Ludwig, 76, died Wednesday, May 23, 1984, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, Minnesota. She was born December 27, 1907, in Iowa to Charles M. and Mary M. (Hall) Madison. She married Garvin C. Ludwig. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her son, Charles of Cottonwood; three grandchildren; two sisters, Helen Dyke and Marion DuChene. She...

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