George Grinager
Nov 12, 1983
George Grinager was born May 3, 1900 to parents Gunerius and Mathia (Sorum) Grinager in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. George was baptized and confirmed in Bergen Lutheran Church of Stony Run Township. He was confirmed May 24, 1914. He was married to Cora Lageson on December 31, 1929. They made their home in Lisbon Township, where George...
Amanda (Grinager) Cornelius
Nov 6, 1983
Amanda Cornelius was born on December 7, 1893, in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Gunerius and Mathia (Sorum) Grinager. She passed quietly away at Northridge Nursing Home, Ortonville, Minnesota, on Sunday afternoon, November 6, 1983, at the age of 89 years, 11 months. She was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith at Bergen Lutheran Church...
Menferd P. Anderson
Oct 28, 1983
Menferd Palmer Anderson, 58, passed away Friday, October 28, 1983, at his farm home. Menferd Anderson was born December 11, 1914, in Lisbon Township to Peder and Minnie (Iverson) Anderson. On April 29, 1945, he was united in marriage to Marcella Kolstad of Montevideo, Minnesota. He lived on the home farm his entire life. Preceding him in death were...
Herbert August Beecher
Oct 20, 1983
Herbert A. Beecher, a lifelong area farmer, died at the Graceville, Minnesota Hospital October 20, 1983. Funeral Services were held on Monday, October 24, 1983, at 2:00 p.m. from the Spring Creek Lutheran Church in Normania Township with Pastor Ted Kunze officiating. Elsie Carlson and Inez Carlson sang two solos, and Ella Larson was organist. Final Resting Place is...
Hannah Belle Bestland
Oct 19, 1983
Hannah Belle Bestland was born May 6, 1887, to Halvor and Kari (Norgaard) Bestland in Wood Lake Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She grew up in Hanley Falls, Minnesota, moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the age of 17. She worked as a professional seamstress for Harold's Store in Minneapolis until her retirement, twenty years ago. She was a resident...
Roger Edward Stevens
Sep 26, 1983
Roger Edward Stevens was born on a farm in Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the youngest son of Carl A. and Mary (Gullickson) Stevens. He received Holy Baptism at his home by Rev. Lokensgard and confirmed his faith at the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church at Hanley Falls, Minnesota, with Rev. Alf Jorgenson officiating. Roger attended Country School at...
Alma M. Johnson
Sep 13, 1983
Obituary in Memory of ALMA M. JOHNSON Alma M. Johnson, 84, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, passed away as a result of an accident on Tuesday, September 13, 1983. She was born on April 15, 1899, to Lars and Thea (Olson) Winson in Stony Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was one of ten children. Alma attended rural school there...
Marie (Waggoner) Ferguson
Sep 11, 1983
Marie Ferguson was born September 14, 1913, in Washington (state) to parents Emery and Ida (Geist) Waggoner. She was married to Don Ferguson. Marie passed away September 11, 1983, at the Granite Falls Hospital, Granite Falls, Minnesota, at the age of 69. Survivors include son, Lester (and Phyllis) Ferguson; son, Walter (and Diane) Ferguson; daughter, Nellie (and David) Idso;...
Richard Paul Mcroden
Aug 28, 1983
Richard Paul McRoden, formerly of Clarkfield, Minnesota, passed away Sunday, August 28, 1983, at the age of 21. Richard was born February 1, 1962, to Margaret (Bouska) McRoden and Paul E. McRoden, Jr. Richard attended school in Clarkfield and after serving two years in the Navy, he moved to St. Cloud, Minnesota, where he was employed by the St....
Wallace W. Larson
Aug 20, 1983
Funeral Services for Wallace W. Larson were held August 24, 1983, 2:00p.m., at Spring Creek Lutheran Church, Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, with Pastor Ted Kunze Officiating. Organist was Ella Larson. Soloists were Mrs. Oren Christensen, Gustav Haaland and Mavis Ellingson. The congregational hymn was "Beautiful Savior." Casket Bearers were Lyman Ellingson, Kenneth Elllingson and Gary Ellingson of...
Ida (Thorhaug) Amundson
Aug 5, 1983
Obituary in Memory of MRS. EMIL (IDA) AMUNDSON Ida Amundson was born March 23, 1901, to Ole and Carrie (Anderson) Thorhaug. She was baptized and confirmed in the Spring Creek Lutheran Church, Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She graduated from McPhail School of Music. Her first marriage was to Syver Severson. Ida married Emil Amundson in 1939. All...
Fred G. Koepp
Aug 1, 1983
Almighty God, our Heavenly Father called Mr. FRED G. KOEPP out of this vale of tears to His eternal home from the Clarkfield Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, on Monday, August 1, 1983. Fred was born on May 11, 1906, to George F. and Ida (Heintze) Koepp in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on the farm where he lived out...
Dell Roy Zietlow
Aug 1, 1983
DELL ROY ZIETLOW was born to Ordell and Hila Mae (Erickson) Zietlow on December 22, 1963, in Montevideo, Minnesota. He was baptized at Salem Lutheran Church, Montevideo and in 1978 he was confirmed at Redeemer Lutheran Church of Boyd, Minnesota. He attended Boyd School through the 6th grade and then attended Dawson-Boyd School, Dawson, Minnesota, graduating in 1982. He...
Evertt D. Nilson
Jul 24, 1983
Evertt D. Nilson, age 58, passed away at the Johnson Memorial Hospital in Dawson, Minnesota, on July 24, 1983, from lung cancer. Evertt was born on August 31, 1924, to Nils and Alma (Erickson) Nilson in Brook Park, Minnesota. The Nilson family moved to Boyd, Minnesota in 1926 where Evertt attended school and worked. On May 20, 1943, he...
Ellsworth Virgil Anderson
Jul 20, 1983
Ellsworth Virgil Anderson was born in Friendship Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, May 29, 1918, to Henry and Anna (Nelson) Anderson. He was baptized by Pastor Storaasli and confirmed by Pastor Anderson. December 16, 1942, Ellsworth was united in marriage to Inez Long. Three children were born to this union: Mally Anderson of Clarkfield, Minnesota; Jane (Mrs. Charles) Bertsch...
Ida A. Kise
Jul 19, 1983
Mrs. Alfred (Ida) Kise was born November 16, 1889, to Christ and Ragnild (Frostly) Garthe, in Hanley Falls, Minnesota. She married Alfred Kise on November 26, 1907, in Hanley Falls. She lived with Alfred in Hanley Falls until his death in 1962. Ida left Hanley Falls in 1964 to live with her son, Morris in Tucker, Georgia and later...
Henrik Brentford Hassel
Jul 15, 1983
Henrik Brentford Hassel passed away on Friday, July 15, 1983, at the Veterans Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, from Cancer. He had suffered with the dreaded disease for eight years. Henrik was 75 years of age. Henrik Hassel was born on May 25, 1908, in Brentford, South Dakota, and was united in marriage to Ruth Ling on February 2, 1934. To...
Victor Alvin Friberg
Jul 8, 1983
Victor Alvin Friberg was born January 28, 1900, to Charley and Louise (Anderson) Friberg. He was baptized and confirmed in the Fridhem Church. He passed away on July 8, 1983, at the Lutheran General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from the Agricultural School in St. Paul, Minnesota. He served in the Army during WWII. He spent most of...
Orrin Myron Martinson
Jul 8, 1983
Orrin Myron Martinson was born to Albert and Clara (Kompelien) Martinson on Noverber 29, 1923. He was a lifetime resident of Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Lucas Lutheran Church of Normania Township. He attended school and graduated from Clarkfield High School, Clarkfield, Minnesota, in 1942. He farmed for many years until...
Gary Ronald Haaland
Jun 21, 1983
Gary Ronald Haaland was born to Jewell and Josie (Hovdesven) Haaland at Clarkfield, Minnesota on March 23, 1942. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Lucas Lutheran Church, Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1960. On August 13, 1966, he and Lorraine Wogen were married at Marshalltown, Iowa. They have two children,...
