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,...
Bonnie Ann Larson
Jun 21, 1983
Bonnie Ann Larson age 19, of Boyd, Minnesota, died Tuesday, June 21, 1983, at Madden's Resort of Brainerd, Minnesota. She was born September 24, 1963, in Montevideo, Minnesota, to parents Harold C. and Dorothy (Olson) Larson. She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church of Boyd and graduated from Dawson-Boyd High School in 1981. Bonnie attended Willmar Community...
George Stanton Silver
Jun 11, 1983
George Stanton Silver of St. Paul, Minnesota, was born September 26, 1930, in Clarkfield, Minnesota, to George and Rose Silver. He graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1948 and was employed by the Clarkfield Telephone Co. for many years. He moved to St. Paul in 1959 and was married to Beatrice Smith Garry on November 4, 1967. He was...
Selmer C. "Sam" Wilson
May 12, 1983
Selmer C. (Sam) Wilson died Thursday, May 12, 1983, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota. He was born August 8, 1889, in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the son of Hans G. and Elsie (Sorenson) Wilson. He was baptized and confirmed at the Bergen Lutheran Church. After attending the School of Agriculture in St. Paul, Minnesota, he...
Lewie Gautefall
Apr 22, 1983
Lewie Gautefall was born February 28, 1903, in Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Lars and Sophia (Haugen) Gautefall. He was baptized and confirmed in the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church, Hanley Falls, Minnesota. He lived all of his life on the home place. Lewie passed away April 22, 1983, at the Weiner Memorial Hospital in Marshall, Minnesota,...
Louis A. Kronabetter
Apr 18, 1983
Mass of Christian Burial for Louis A. Kronabetter, 47, who died April 18, 1983, at Sibley, Iowa, the result of a truck, train crash, was held April 21, 1983, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Leo Catholic Church in St. Leo, Minnesota, with Father John Gleason celebrant of the mass. Vocal music was by the St. Leo Catholic Church Choir....
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...
