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Vera E. Mikkelsen
Sep 17, 2008
Vera was born September 19, 1914 in Clay County, Minnesota to Merle and Cora Cook Schenck. She was the first grandchild of Walter and Jane Cook. She grew up and attended District 58 country school, and then attended high school in Moorhead, MN. Vera was married to Emil Mikkelsen on October 29, 1936 in Moorhead, MN. Following their marriage they...
Gilbert Guttormson
Sep 13, 2008
Gilbert was born February 5, 1908, to Ole and Alma Anderson Guttormson in Clay County, MN. He grew up and attended school in Georgetown, MN, before starting on the family farm. In September of 1942, he married Patricia Stanghelle in Ada, MN, and together raised three children. He will be dearly missed.Gilbert is survived by children, Danny Guttormson of Georgetown,...
Janet P. Nelson
Sep 9, 2008
Janet was born October 18, 1923, to Roy and Ellen Ellenberger Riley in Onaway, MI. She grew up there, attended school, and graduated from Onaway High School. She moved to Detroit, MI, shortly after graduating and started working. There she met Orris Nelson. They were married on May 22, 1943, in Napoleon, OH, and later moved to the Detroit Lakes...
Della J. Peterson
Sep 8, 2008
Della was born June 7, 1923, to Clark and Sena Thompson Askegaard in Comstock, MN, where she grew up and graduated from high school. She then went on to Moorhead State College where she received her teacher's certificate and taught in rural Baker, MN. On October 20, 1943, she married Lauren Peterson in Comstock. Together they settled on the farm...
Gregory K. Palm
Sep 7, 2008
Gregory Palm, 55, Horace, ND, died on Sunday, September 7, 2008, in Innovis Health, Fargo, ND.Greg was born on June 29, 1953, in Oregon City, OR, to Evan and Olga Week Palm. He graduated from high school at Anacortes, WA, and then worked in the fish processing plant at Anacortes. Greg married Barbara Farrens on December 1, 1973, in Anacortes,...
Mildred I. Kuehl
Sep 3, 2008
Mildred I. Kuehl, 79, Glyndon, MN, died on Wednesday, September 3, 2008, in her home surrounded by her family.Mildred Oberg was born in Fargo, ND, on August 29, 1929, to Gudmund and Myrtle Grinde Oberg. She attended elementary school in Kragnes, MN, and graduated from Moorhead High School. She went to work for First National Bank in Moorhead, in the...
Robert “Bob” Cameron
Aug 29, 2008
Bob was born in Erie, North Dakota, on December 3, 1925 to Roy and Mary Esther Sloan Cameron. Bob grew up and attended school in Erie, graduating in 1943. Bob married Eileen Louze in Thief River Falls, MN on November 7, 1948. Together they raised four children in Ada, MN, where Bob worked as the hospital and nursing home administrator....
Luella M. Grover
Aug 26, 2008
Luella "Lu" M. Grover, age 88, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, August 26, 2008 in Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND.Luella M. Stensrud was born on June 9, 1920 to Thor "Tom" and Melissa Snyder Stensrud in Moorhead, MN. Luella grew up and attended school in Moorhead. On July 12, 1940 she married Wilfred "Willy" V. Grover in his parents' home...
Elvina Louise Evavold Smith
Aug 23, 2008
Elvina Evavold Smith was born June 27, 1914, in Eagle Lake Township, MN. She graduated from Northwestern College, Fergus Falls, MN, and attended Moorhead State Teacher's College, Moorhead, MN, and Interstate Business College, Fargo, ND. She worked as a secretary at Cass County Children's Social Service Center in Fargo, ND.Elvina married Leman William Smith on July 18, 1942, at Pontoppidan...
Mabel R. Gunderson
Aug 22, 2008
Mabel Regina Gunderson was born October 18, 1912, in Kensett, Iowa to Knud E. and Randina Asbjornson Gunderson. She moved with her parents to the Hawley area in 1920. She grew up and attended school in Hawley, graduating in 1931. Mabel married Stanley V. Gunderson on November 17, 1935 at Hawley Lutheran Church Parsonage. Mabel was a homemaker and assisted...
Thomas W. ’Tom’ Grover
Aug 19, 2008
Tom W. Grover, age 40, of rural Glyndon, MN, died Tuesday, August 19, 2008, in rural Clay County. Thomas William Grover was born on August 29, 1967 to Otto and Katherine Crawford Grover in Fargo, ND. He grew up and attended school in Glyndon, graduating from Glyndon High School in 1986. After graduating, he farmed on the family farm, Grover...
Myrtle J. Hegland
Aug 19, 2008
Myrtle Josephine Hamre was born on April 28, 1911 to Sjur "Sam" and Bergit Froirak Hamre in McIntosh, MN. She grew up and attended country school in rural McIntosh, MN. She worked on the family farm until she was united in marriage to Leonard Hegland on April 7, 1934 in McIntosh. Later that year, they moved to Moorhead where they...
Evelyn R. Rylander
Aug 13, 2008
Evelyn was born November 17, 1914, in Twin Valley, Minnesota, to Hilmer and Clara Martinson. She moved to San Diego, California, at the age of 18, where she met and married Delbert Rylander on September 26, 1936. In 1972, Evelyn and Delbert moved to Hawley, where they lived for several years. Evelyn loved gardening, quilting, knitting and above all her...
Ruby E. Erickson
Aug 12, 2008
Ruby Evangeline Haug Erickson was born April 24, 1916 in rural Rollag, Minnesota, to Carsten and Selma Mattson Haug. She grew up in the Rollag area on her parents farm, was baptized and confirmed at Rollag Lutheran Church, and attended rural school in the area. On December 28, 1935, Ruby was united in marriage to Clifford Erickson at Hawley, Minnesota....
Dick J. Nieland
Aug 11, 2008
Dick was born on April 18, 1935 in Fargo, ND. He grew up in Breckenridge, MN, as a child, moving to Hawley as a teenager. He graduated in 1953. He spent 14 years in the Army, serving in the Korean Conflict and 2 years in Ethiopia. Dick married Carol Burgess in 1956 in East Bridgewater, MA. He drove truck for...
Marion B. Altnow
Aug 11, 2008
Marion B. Altnow, 92, Moorhead, MN, died on Monday, August 11, 2008, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN.Marion Bernice Fridlund was born on August 20, 1915, in Moorhead, MN, to Adolf and Petranella Sethern Fridlund. She grew up and attended school there, graduating from Moorhead High School. She worked as a dental assistant until she married Lundie Altnow on October...
Jeanette C. Kosen Perala
Aug 10, 2008
Jeanette Caroline Haugtvedt was born July 2, 1931, to Alfred and Mabel Erickson Haugtvedt in Hawley, MN. She graduated from Hawley High School in 1949. On June 29, 1951, she married Norman "Korky" Kosen in Valdasta, GA, where he was stationed in the Air Force. They were also stationed for a short time in Victorville, CA, before moving back to...
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