Iola Johnson
Sep 5, 2003
Iola Rose Papenfuss was born September 24, 1927 at Farmington, WI, the daughter of Antone and Laura (Stephen) Papenfuss. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church, Farmington, WI. She grew up and attended Osceola, WI High School. On February 12, 1949, Iola was united in marriage to Ormond E. Johnson at Zion Lutheran Church, Farmington, WI. Iola...
Vernon Philipp
Sep 1, 2003
Vernon William Philipp was born July 22, 1923 in Grand Plain Township, Marshall County, MN, the son of John and Sarah (Klockman) Philipp. He was baptized at Germantown and confirmed October 13, 1938 at Zion Lutheran Church, Mavie, MN. He grew up and attended country school District #76 in Grand Plain Township and Goodridge High School. Vernon also attended...
Mary Lane
Aug 30, 2003
Mary Denise Lane was born July 30, 1959, at Thief River Falls, MN, the daughter of Burton Llewellyn and Genevieve Ione (Peterson) Lane. She grew up and attended Lincoln High School and Northland Community Technical School for Medical Secretary. Mary was employed at Arctic Cat, Thief River Falls, the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Digi-Key, Thief River Falls and also...
Edna Gustafson
Aug 29, 2003
Edna Bernice Eggen was born June 3, 1925, in Higdem Township, Polk County, MN, the daughter of Brungulf A. and Emelie (Olson) Eggen. She was baptized, July 5, 1925 and confirmed at Kongsvinger Lutheran Church, Oslo, MN. She attended Oslo High School. On November 28, 1959, Edna was united in marriage to LeRoy Gustafson at Kongsvinger Lutheran Church, Oslo,...
Clifford Arveson
Aug 26, 2003
Clifford Arveson was born December 24, 1916 at home in Hickory Township, MN, the son of Eddie and Hannah (Bakken) Arveson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith. He grew up and attended Little Oak Country School. On January 6, 1946, Clifford was married to Luella Hanson at the H. T. Hanson home. He lived and worked...
Bonnie Johnsrud
Aug 25, 2003
Bonnie Helen Saunders was born November 9, 1909 in Duluth, MN, the daughter of Moses Pendleton and Helen (Foster) Saunders. She was baptized and confirmed as a young adult at Ekelund Lutheran Church. She grew up and attended school in Pennington and Duluth, MN. On January 19, 1927, Bonnie was united in marriage to Enoch Johnsrud at Duluth, MN....
Oscar Johnson
Aug 21, 2003
Oscar William Johnson was born on March 31, 1912 to Peder Adolph and Bertha (Bagne) Johnson in Goodridge, MN. He grew up on the family farm and attended country school. His father died young and Oscar took over caring for the family and the farm. He married Eleanor Charlotte Evenson on March 31, 1943 in Thief River Falls, MN....
Marion Keifenheim
Aug 21, 2003
Marion Helen Gerardy was born on April 4, 1920 on the family farm, four miles north of Plummer, MN in Red Lake County to Matt and Christine (Reiff) Gerardy. She attended country school for eight years and graduated from the Plummer High School in 1937. She then attended the Akers Business College in Grand Forks, ND. After graduating she...
Marie Lehrer
Aug 20, 2003
Marie Matilda Busses father came to the United States from Germany at 14 years of age in 1882. He moved to Wylie, MN, where he met and married Louise Weiss in 1897. Marie was born on July 18, 1912 in Wylie, Minnesota, to Henry and Louise (Weiss) Busse. She attended the Little Red School in Browns Creek through the...
Walter Lambert
Aug 19, 2003
Walter J. Lambert was born July 7, 1913, in Lambert Township, MN, the son of Joseph A. and Marie Louise (Lambert) Lambert. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Francis Xavier Church, Oklee, MN. He grew up and attended country school in rural Oklee, MN. On July 8, 1942, Walter was united in marriage to Evelyn Voxland at St....
Dale Baril
Aug 18, 2003
Dale Baril was born on October 1, 1926 in Red Lake Falls, MN, the son of Art and Mayme (Clement) Baril. He attended school in Red Lake Falls, graduating from Lafayette High School in 1944. Following High School Dale attended UND for two years, where he played football for one season. He entered the United States Navy in 1944...
Bernard Myers
Aug 18, 2003
Bernard Luverne Myers was born March 5, 1921 at Faulkton, SD, the son of David C. and Edna (Schilling) Myers. He was baptized and confirmed at Silver Creek Lutheran Church. In 1936, his family moved to the Excel Township, MN area near Thief River Falls, MN. On July 16, 1944, Bernard was united in marriage to Lucille Jeanette Williams...
Urho Hill
Aug 17, 2003
Urho Woodrow Hill was born September 17, 1912, at Plummer, MN, the son of Gjalmer and Marie (Maki) Hill. He grew up in rural Plummer, on the family farm and attended country school. He went into farming with his father. In 1931, Urho was united in marriage to Marion Berg. The couple made their home Northeast of Plummer, MN....
Louise Duquette
Aug 16, 2003
. Louise A. Duquette was born on December 14, 1920 in Drayton, North Dakota, the daughter of Ernest and Dellina (Chounard) Duquette. She attended Country School in Drayton. She helped area farmers in her young years, shocking corn and harvesting. Louise moved to Grand Forks in 1947, where she worked for Eddys Bakery and Blacks Bakery. She also worked...
Gladyce Thorson
Aug 12, 2003
Gladyce Evelyn Roberts was born on May 25, 1920 in Frederick, Oklahoma, the daughter of Herbert and Hazel (Smith) Roberts. She attended school and was raised in the Baptist Faith. Gladyce raised her four brothers after her mother passed away. She worked in various places and moved to Albuquerque where she met George Thorson. In July of 1947 she...
Elvira Taggart
Aug 11, 2003
Elvira Anna Sophia Hallin was born to Swedish immigrant parents, Hans and Selma (Erickson) Hallin, on September 19, 1906 in Vega Township of Marshall County, Minnesota. She attended school in Vega Township and later worked at the Warren Hospital and the Veterans Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On June 15, 1931, she married Lester Taggart. They lived in the Thief...
Aldon Johnson
Aug 9, 2003
Aldon Jerrol Johnson was born on April 24, 1923 in Esther Township, near Oslo, MN, the son of Andrew Julius and Melva Jane (Braden) Johnson. He was born and raised ten miles northeast of East Grand Forks. At the age of fourteen years, Aldon obtained his first job working for Art Flynn, driving tractor. A few years later he...
Clarence Nelson
Aug 7, 2003
Clarence was born October 26, 1908 in Star Township, Red Lake County, MN and was baptized Ole Clarence Johnson. His father died shortly before his birth and following the marriage of his mother, Gurty Vatne Johnson, to Ole Nelson, he became known as Clarence Nelson. When he was eight years old, his mother and younger sister died in a...
Dianna Lysne
Aug 5, 2003
Dianna Lynn Lysne was born on July 25, 1945 to Ernest M. and Nadine (Lundquist) Nelson in Thief River Falls. She grew up and attended school in Newfolden, graduating from Marshall County Central in 1962. She then went on to attend the Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls. She was united in marriage to Sherman Stanley...
Walter Czeh
Aug 5, 2003
Walter Czeh was born on June 10, 1910 to Peter Frank and Nellie Katherine (Deal) Czeh in Campbell, MN. At an early age the family moved to the Gatzke, MN area where Walter grew up and attended country school. He worked with his dad on the farm and cutting timber. Walter was united in marriage to Linnea A. Westberg...
