Harry Marvin Iverson
Apr 18, 1983
Harry Marvin Iverson was born to Halvor O. and Maren (Lund) Iverson on March 1, 1908, in Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at the Bergen Lutheran Church where he has been a lifelong member. He farmed and operated the home farm in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, with his brother Clarence until his brothers death in January of...
Jennie (Listul) Greseth
Apr 17, 1983
Mrs. Jennie Halverson Listul Greseth was born on a farm near Hazel Run, Minnesota, December 1, 1891, eldest daughter of Ellef and Ingeborg (Davidson) Halverson. She was baptized by Rev. Knute Thorstenson and confirmed by Rev. John Salhus in the Lutheran Church. She grew to womanhood on the farm helping her father farm and also helping her mother keep...
John Gilman Rikke
Apr 8, 1983
John Gilman Rikke was born July 4, 1896, in Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Oscar and Hannah (Gaarder) Rikke. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Lucas Lutheran Church, Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. On May 17, 1925, he married Alma Kopitzke at St John's Lutheran Church of Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County. Following their...
Nuel Omar Dotseth
Apr 6, 1983
Nuel Omar Dotseth was born April 16, 1914, in Friendship Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Oscar and Susie Dotseth. He was baptized and confirmed at Spring Creek Lutheran Church, Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County. He received his elementary education in the rural school and graduated from the University of Agriculture, Morris, Minnesota, and spent many years working in...
Ida Miller
Apr 6, 1983
Mrs. Ida Miller, daughter of Haakon and Anlaug Brusven, was born November 18, 1889, in Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith at the St. Lucas Lutheran Church of Normania Township by the Rev. Knut Thortenson and was confirmed by the Rev. Martin Romstad at the same Church. She has beeen a lifelong...
Bertha (Myren) Foss
Apr 5, 1983
Bertha Foss of Clarkfield, Minnesota, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 1983, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital at the age of 90. Bertha was born in Norway on May 23, 1892, to Halvor and Gunhild (Olsdatter) Myren. On July 6, 1916, she was united in marriage to Kittle O. Foss. They lived a farming life and Bertha was an active...
Selian Vagle
Apr 3, 1983
Selian Vagle, age 89, of Clarkfield, Minnesota, died Sunday, April 3, 1983, at the Clarkfield Care Center. He was born July 6, 1893, at Hanley Falls, Minnesota, to parents John and Martha (Haaland) Vagle. He was baptized and confirmed at Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church of Hanley Falls. He received his schooling at the Hanley Falls District School. Selian and...
Gustave Alvin Hoel
Mar 30, 1983
Alvin Hoel was born May 25, 1890, in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Lars and Mathia (Baalson Anderson) Hoel. He grew up on a farm west of Clarkfield, Minnesota. He spent most of his years working on various farms in Canada and the United States. During World War I, he spent his Army time in France. In...
Inga (Melbostad) Brenaman
Mar 9, 1983
Inga M. Brenaman was born December 8, 1890, at Grandpa P.C. Cornelius' home in Clarkfield, Minnesota. (There was an Indian uprising at that time near their home in rural Webster, South Dakota, so Mrs. T.O. Melbostad went to her father's home for a short period of time.) Inga's parents were T.O. and Ingeborg (Cornelius) Melbostad of Webster, South Dakota....
Nettie Brenden Mauland
Mar 8, 1983
Nettie Louise Brenden was born June 20, 1896, and was baptized in July of that year in Albaton, Iowa. She moved with her parents, Helge H. and Marit (Doken) Brenden to Minnesota where she was confirmed at the St. Lucas Lutheran Church in Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Nettie attended Cottonwood High School and later attended Madison Lutheran...
Bernhard (Bernie) Mauland
Mar 8, 1983
Bernhard (Bernie) Mauland was born October 20, 1900, in Vallers Township, Lyon County, Minnesota, the son of Tollef and Bertha (Lende) Mauland. He was baptized and confirmed at Silo Lutheran Church of Cottonwood, Minnesota. Bernie graduated from Cottonwood High School in 1919 and went on to teach school in North Dakota until his marriage. On March 18, 1925, he...
Gladys Viola (Afdem) Mikelson
Feb 26, 1983
Gladys Viola Mikelson was born in Clarkfield, Minnesota, on March 11, 1903, to John and Belle (Brekke) Afdem. She was baptized and confirmed at the Norweigan Lutheran Church in Clarkfield and graduated from the Clarkfield school. On March 11, 1931, she married Arnold Mikelson. They raised a family of four children: Peter, Janice, Gayle, and Donald. Except for eight...
Ole Gautefall
Feb 20, 1983
Ole Gautefall, son of Lars and Sophia (Haugen) Gautefall, was born April 6, 1893, in Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed by Ole Lokensgard in the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church. He lived on the home place until November 1982 when he went to the Clarkfield Care Center. Along with his farming, he drove school...
Minnie (Stolldorf) Dagel
Feb 20, 1983
Minnie Stolldorf Dagel was born February 4, 1897, in Cheskawa, Illinois, to William and Mary (McKee) Storlldorf. She married Peter Dagel and they lived and farmed in the Hanley Falls, Minnesota area. To this union, seven children were born. Minnie passed away at the Granite Manor in Granite Falls, Minnesota, on Sunday, February 20, 1983, at the age of...
Ida M. (Miller) Slavick
Feb 18, 1983
Ida Miller was born December 6, 1905, of German descent in Odessa, Russia, and came to the United States in June, 1914 with her parents, August and Minnie (Schubbe) Miller, one older brother and two younger sisters. They lived on a homestead near Medora, North Dakota during the remainder of her school days. After graduating from high school, she...
Harold William (Swede) Forsberg
Feb 13, 1983
Harold (Swede) Forsberg died at the Clarkfield Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, on February 13, 1983, at the age of 70 years, five months. Besides his wife Bernice, he is survived by four children, Janice (Mrs. Robert Hansen) of Hazel Run, Minnesota, David of Clarkfield, Alan of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Ann Hanson of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also surviving are two brothers,...
Emma Margaretha (Wiegers) Weise
Feb 12, 1983
Emma Margaretha Weise, the daughter of Benny and Ottilia (Bittler) Wiegers was born August 28, 1902, in Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She became a child, of God through the sacrament of holy baptism on September 7, 1902, at St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church in Omro Township. In her youth, Emma attended grade school at St. John's Parochial...
Helen O. (Maltrud) Wolsund
Feb 7, 1983
Helen O. Wolsund was born October 11, 1889, to David and Mary (Larson) Maltrud at the Maltrud homestead in Stony Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Helen was a lifelong member of Bergen Lutheran Church where she was baptized and confirmed. On December 16, 1911, she married Olaf A. Wolsund and to this union one child, Margaret was born....
Chester Conrad Wilson
Feb 7, 1983
Chester Conrad Wilson was born March 30, 1914, in Minnesota to Clarence O. and Tilda Wilson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Bergen Lutheran Church. He served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945 overseas in the European theater. In September of 1949, he married Lorraine Dotseth of Clarkfield, Minnesota. After leaving Minnesota, Chester worked in Ohio...
Amanda Josephine (Larson) Hansen
Feb 4, 1983
Amanda Hansen passed away February 4, 1983, at the Clarkfield Care Center, Clarkfield, Minnesota, at the age of 91. Amanda Josephine Larson was born February 26, 1891, to Peter and Anna (Larson) Larson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She was united in marriage to Martin J. Hansen by Rev. Mason of Montevideo, Minnesota. To this...
