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...
Agnes Vivian Haroldson
Jan 24, 1983
Agnes Vivian Haroldson died Monday, January 24, 1983, at the Clarkfield Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota. She was born June 11, 1904, to Carl and Emma (Paulson) Haroldson. She was baptized and confirmed at Swede Home Lutheran Church, Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Survivors include two sisters, Helen Hanson of Mankato, Minnesota, and Ethel Culbertson of Hutchinson, Minnesota; five...
Harold Iree Gullickson
Jan 20, 1983
Harold Gullickson was born May 18, 1906, to Sam and Johanna (Simonson) Gullickson and passed away January 20, 1983, at the Clarkfield Community Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, at the age of 76 years and eight months. He was a member of Yellow Mediciine Lutheran Church all his life through baptism and confirmation. He attended school at the old Vineland District...
Clara Ellingson Martinson
Jan 18, 1983
Clara Martinson was born November 6, 1897, to Toffef and Betsy (Severson) Ellingson of Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church of Hanley Falls, Minnesota. December 10, 1919, she was married to Oliver Martinson of Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, where they farmed and raised their family. To this...
Nina (Gunlogson) Christensen
Jan 12, 1983
Nina Christensen was born September 14, 1995, to John and Gea (Hofteig) Gunlogson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She attended Gustavus Adolphus Academy in St. Peter, Minnesota and taught in the country school briefly. Nina married Carl Christensen on January 5, 1921. They built their home and farmed south of Clarkfield, Minnesota, where they were...
Clara Odella (Berg) Severson
Jan 5, 1983
Clara Odella Berg Severson was born February 18, 1914 to Carl and Caroline (Opheim) Berg at their farm home near Clarkfield, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at the Norwegian Lutheran Church in Clarkfield and was a graduate of Clarkfield High School. On December 26, 1940, she was married to John N. Severson of Kathryn,...
John Nelious Severson
Jan 5, 1983
John Nelious Severson was born June 29, 1914, in Kathryn, North Dakota, to Andrew J. and Ragnhild Mary (Sandbeck) Severson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Preston Lutheran Church near Kathryn, North Dakota. In the mid-thirties he came to the Clarkfield, Minnesota area. On December 28, 1940, he married Clara Berg of Clarkfield. They farmed...
Nettie Louise Mattison
Jan 5, 1983
Nettie Louise Mattison was born August 23, 1898, at Linn Grove, Iowa, to Nels Edward Olson and Martina (Larson) Olson. She moved with her parents to a farm near Dovray, Minnesota, in 1902. She was confirmed in Our Saviors Lutheran Chruch at Dovray. In July 1916 she was married to William R. Mattison. They made their first home in...
Ludwig Bernard Halverson
Dec 25, 1982
Ludwig Bernard Halverson was born on March 6, 1905, in Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, of parents Lewis and Bertina (Stokke) Halverson. He was baptized on March 26, 1905, at St. Lucas Lutheran Church of Normania Township by Rev. Martin Romstad and confirmed at the same church in 1919 by Pastor Romstad. He attended Public Schools in District...
Arnold Ralph Lindall
Dec 3, 1982
Arnold Ralph Lindall was born August 21, 1904, in Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to John and Caroline (Willander) Lindall. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Swede Home Church, Swede Prairie Township, of which he was a member. In 1933 he was united in marriage to Mabel Friberg. To this union five children...
Ellen Theresia (Olson) Albin
Dec 2, 1982
Ellen Theresia Albin passed away December 2, 1982, at the Clarkfield Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, at the age of 89 years. She was born August 3, 1893, in Elmo, Minnesota, the daughter of Andrew and Anna Mathilda (Carlson) Olson. She was baptized and confirmed at the First Lutheran Church in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota. Ellen was united in marriage to Carl...
Orvin Stensrud
Dec 2, 1982
Orvin Stensrud was born July 31, 1900, in Westerhiem Township, Lyon County, Minnesota, to Oscar and Anna (Broughton) Stensrud. He died at the Clarkfield Hospital, Clarkfield, Minnesota, December 2, 1982, at the age of 82. Orvin lived in the Clarkfield and Minnesota area most of his life. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Lucas Lutheran Church in Normania...
Archie Earl Halverson
Nov 18, 1982
Archie Earl Halverson was born on October 23, 1930, in Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Hardine and Thrina (Tufte) Halverson. He was baptized in the Norwegian Lutheran Church, Hazel Run, Minnesota, and confirmed at Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church, Hanley Falls, Minnesota. Archie married Diane M. Behrman on September 1, 1956, in Wood Lake, Minnesota. He spent his...
Jay Stanley Smolley
Nov 17, 1982
Jay Stanley Smolley was born in Clarkfield, Minnesota, on December 18, 1911, to Andrew and Annie Smolley. He was baptized and confirmed at Clarkfield Norwegian Lutheran Church. Upon graduation from Clarkfield High School, he attended Concordia College and graduated from Dunwoody Industrial Institute in 1939. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy on December 8, 1941, and served as...
Kenneth W. "Sam" Rikke
Nov 13, 1982
Kenneth W. "Sam" Rikke was born on September 17, 1911, in Grace Township, Chippewa County, Minnesota, to Ole O. and Carrie (Egeland) Rikke. Sam was baptized in Grace Lutheran Church and confirmed in Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church. He married Luella M. Maasch in August 1935 in Vesta, Minnesota. Since 1952 they lived in Hanley Falls, Minnesota, where Sam and...
Kurt Edward Wendschuh
Nov 4, 1982
Kurt Edward Wendschuh was born August 5, 1914, in rural Lyon County, Minnesota, to Otto and Emma (Schultz) Wendschuh. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He attended school in Lyon County. On September 15, 1946, he was married to Vivian Reishus at St. Lucas Lutheran Church. They farmed east of Marshall, Minnesota for two years before...
