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...
Clifford Homstad
Aug 5, 2003
Clifford Francis Homstad was born September 29, 1915 in rural Hallock, MN son of Elias and Annie (Johnson) Homstad. He grew up in rural Hallock and attended Riverside School Dist. #29 and graduated from the Agricultural College in Crookston, MN in 1935. He worked in California and Washington and returned home for a time before entering the United States...
Morris Swenson
Aug 2, 2003
Morris Duane Swenson was born December 1, 1934 at Argyle, MN the son of Carl M. and Olga (Skadsem) Swenson. He was baptized at the Alma Church. He grew up and attended country school in Marshall County and finished school in Thief River Falls, MN. He worked on farms in North Dakota. Morris served during the Korean War. He...
June Bugge
Aug 1, 2003
June Lyla Lund was born on November 8, 1920 in Divide County, Wildrose, ND daughter of the late Oscar and Margaret (Zelmar) Lund. She was baptized and confirmed at Glenwood Lutheran Church in Crosby, ND. June attended school and grew to adulthood in Wildrose, ND. She then moved to Thief River Falls, MN where she worked at Mercy Hospital....
Lester Brown
Jul 30, 2003
Lester Brown was born on June 6, 1925 in Poplar River Township, Red Lake County, Minnesota, the son of Chris and Mary (Stahl) Brown, where he was raised and attended county school District #14 near Brooks, MN. He never married and lived on the farm with his parents, two miles south of Brooks. On June 22, 1977 his father...
