Carold Menford Soppeland
Nov 1, 1980
Carold Soppeland was born August 22, 1915, to Otto and Lena (Pederson) Soppeland in Friendship Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at Clarkfield Lutheran Church, and married Gladys Larson on October 12, 1940, at Israel Lutheran Church. They lived at various places until 1958 when they moved to the present homeplace five miles south of...
Dr. Victor L. Silver
Oct 27, 1980
Victor L. Silver was born July 24, 1896, at Clarkfield, Minnesota, to parents Peter N. and Elida (Erickson) Silver. Dr. Silver attended school at Clarkfield and graduated in 1915 after which he attended College of Dentistry at the University of Minnesota where he graduated in 1918. He began his dentistry profession in Clarkfield in February of 1919 and served...
Ella F. Marquardt
Oct 18, 1980
Ella F. Marquardt was born December 15, 1887, in Chippewa County, Minnesota, to William and Minnie Thiede. She was baptized by Rev. Heinrich Vetter and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church of Omro Township, by Pastor E.G. Fritz. On November 22, 1910, she married John Marquardt. She had lived at Omro Township since she was three years old and...
Mattie (Jacobson) Anderson
Oct 18, 1980
Mattie R. Anderson was born April 13, 1890, in Hazel Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Magnus and Turina (Halvorson) Jacobson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. On November 7, 1907, she was united in marriage to Theodore C. Anderson of Hazel Run in the Hazel Run Lutheran Church. They farmed in the Hazel...
Alma Luella Emblem
Oct 16, 1980
Alma Luella Emblem was born May 19, 1901, in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Sam and Ragnild (Mork) Emblem. She was baptized and confirmed at Israel Lutheran Church, Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was an active member there until 1946 when she moved to Montevideo, Minnesota, residing at the home of her aunt and...
Agnes Lucretia (Hofteig) Hoff
Oct 13, 1980
Agnes Lucretia Hofteig Hoff was born August 16, 1891, at Jasper, Minnesota, to David and Anna (Sigurdson) Ross. She was orphaned at an early age and was taken into the family of her uncle and aunt, the Sigbjorn Hofteigs. She was baptized at the Westerheim Islandic Church in September 1891, by the Rev. Thorkelsson and confirmed May 6, 1906,...
Ada L. (Olson) Wangsness
Oct 12, 1980
Ada L. Wangsness was born October 1, 1891, in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Ambrose and Bella (Olson) Olson. She was baptized in Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church of Hanley Falls, Minnesota, and confirmed at Silo Lutheran Church of Cottonwood, Minnesota. On November 2, 1912, she was united in marriage to Evan Wangsness. They lived in Underwood, Minnesota, until...
Ellen Johanna Lovsness
Sep 23, 1980
Ellen Johanna Lovsness was born March 22, 1900, at Stavanger, Norway, to John and Martha Marie (Ueland) Skarass. When she was three years old her parents moved to the United States. She has lived in the Cottonwood, Minnesota area all of her life. She was baptized in Stavanger and confirmed in the Silo Lutheran Church of Cottonwood. In 1924...
Harold John Benson
Aug 21, 1980
Harold J. Benson was born January 4, 1912, in Stony Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota to Thomas and Bertina (Eide) Benson, as the fourth of twelve children. He was baptized and confirmed in the Bergen Lutheran Church, of Stony Run Township, and was raised in an active agricultural environment. Harold entered the United States Army in March, 1942,...
Svea Ingeborg Nelson
Jul 29, 1980
Svea Ingeborg Nelson was born in Sweden on September 11, 1908, to Gustav and Brita (Sjoberg) Sjoblom. As an infant she moved with her family to Duluth, Minnesota, and later to International Falls, Minnesota. For a short time she worked in Chicago, Illinois, where she met and married Albin G. Nelson. They later moved to Clarkfield, Minnesota. Mrs. Nelson...
Rebecca (Kjelleberg) Bestland
Jul 3, 1980
IN LOVING MEMORY OF Mrs. Rebecca Bestland Born January 1, 1901, in Minnesota to parents Kjittel and Bendina (Hognestad) Kjelleberg Passed Away July 3, 1980, at Granite Falls Manor, Granite Falls, Minnesota Preceded in death by husband, Gilbert Bestland in 1961 Survivors include son, Virgil, daughter, Beverly Wolfe, daughter, Phyllis Carlson, and son David Bestland. FUNERAL SERVICES Monday, July...
Amy Charlotte (Youngmark) Skaug
Jul 3, 1980
Amy Charlotte Skaug was born April 26, 1885, at Carver, Minnesota, to Andrew and Sophie (Olander) Youngmark. At an early age she moved with her family to the Clarkfield, Minnesota area. On December 1, 1910, she married Emil Skaug. Amy and Emil had three children: Cleo, Allen and Stanley. Since Emil's death in 1971 Amy has resided at Careview...
Selma (Ellingson) Anderson
Jun 22, 1980
Selma Ellingson Anderson, the daughter of Tollef and Betsy (Severson) Ellingson was born in Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on January 26, 1900. She was baptized and confirmed at Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church of Hanley Falls, Minnesota, of which she was a lifelong member. She was united in marriage to Arthur Anderson on December 10, 1919. To this...
Allan Mckee Erie
Jun 21, 1980
Allan McKee Erie was born February 16, 1923, in Clarkfield, Minnesota, to Martin O. and Agnes (Holm) Erie. He was baptized and confirmed in the Clarkfield Lutheran Church. He attended school in Clarkfield and graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1941. He served four years in the Army until the end of the war. After his discharge he attended...
William Anton Macht
Jun 19, 1980
William Anton Macht was born November 27, 1900, at Springfield, Minnesota, to parents Joseph and Frances (Fisher) Macht. As a little boy, he moved with his parents, sister and brothers to a farm in Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, where he spent most of his life, also receiving his education in a little country school nearby. He was...
Theodore W. Hartfiel
Jun 18, 1980
Theodore W. Hartfiel was born March 27, 1896, in the Omro-Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota to Theodore and Emma (Kelm) Hartfiel. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. November 26th, 1916, he was united in marriage to Hulda Galow. From this union there resulted two children, Lionel and Marilyn. Theodore operated the Hartfiel Oil Bulk Station...
Dr. Malvin Ingmar Hauge
Jun 1, 1980
Dr. Malvin I. Hauge was born March 9, 1904, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Malvin M. and Anna (Schjelderup) Hauge. His father started his medical practice in Clarkfield when Malvin was three years old. He was confirmed in the Clarkfield Lutheran Church and was graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1923. He enrolled at the University of Minnesota and received...
Lloyd Paul Ecklund
May 20, 1980
Lloyd Paul Swen Ecklund was born on December 18, 1910, in Swenoda Township, Swift County, Minnesota, to Swen and Anna (Skold) Ecklund. He grew to manhood in Swenoda and went to school there. As a young man he worked as a farm hand until he joined the Armed Forces where he served for four years, three and one-half of...
Gerda Anna Jacobson
May 12, 1980
Gerda Anna Jacobson was born in Cokato, Minnesota, on January 23, 1939, to John and Elvira Carlson. She attended rural school there and moved to Dassel, Minnesota, with her family in 1947. She was confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Dassel in 1953 and graduated from high school in 1956. She attended St. Cloud State College and the Minnesota...
Ella Peterson
Apr 29, 1980
Ella Peterson was born on August 26, 1896, at Traverse, Minnesota, to John and Anna Rudell. She was bapitzed at St. Peter, Minnesota, on October 3, 1895, by Rev. M. Sandell and confirmed at the Ebenezer Church in Clarkfield, Minnesota, on July 3, 1910, by Rev. Carl Larson. Ella was united in marriage to Reuben Peterson at Holmes City,...
