Oliver G. Blakestad, 74, Dies at Lyle, Sunday, July 28

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Our Saviors Lutheran church at Lyle for Oliver G. Blakestad, father of Mrs. L. R. Falk and Mrs. Luther Tollefson of St. Ansgar. Mr. Blakestad died at his home in Lyle early Sunday morning following a lingering illness. The Rev. T. G. Torvik, pastor of the Lutheran church was in charge of the obsequies with burial in the Mona cemetery.

Herbert Ralph Bjork -- Austin

AUSTIN -- The funeral for Herbert Ralph Bjork will be 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Austin with the Rev. James Mikkelson officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Mona, Iowa.

Mr. Bjork, 83, of 1205 Ninth St. N.W., a retired Hormel Foods Corp. employee, died Monday (May 12, 1997) at Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, N.Y.

Mona, Iowa- Dale T. Bensend, 75, of Mona, Iowa died on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa. A Funeral was held Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Lyle, Minn., with Rev. Barbara Finley-Shea officiating. Burial was at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Mona, Iowa.

THE OBITUARY OF THEODORE ARNESON

(Mona Correspondent)

Theodore Arneson was born in October, 1854, in Solor, Norway, and emigrated to America in 1882. He made his home with Mr. Martin Hanson south of here for three years.

In the year of 1885 he was united in marriage with Miss Lena Arneson. They settled on the Arneson farm, where he resided until his heath on January 23. He had always been in good health until about two weeks before his death but appeared as well as usual until the evening of January 23, when he was taken suddenly ill and died in a short time.

Funeral services were held on Thursday, June 27, 1985, at Mona Lutheran Church, for Mrs. Norris (Ardella) Anderson, 62, of Toeterville who died on Tuesday, June 25, 1985, at the St. Ansgar nursing home. The Rev. G. Grant officiated and burial was in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Mona.

Ardella Grace (Kittleson) Anderson was born in St. Ansgar, on September 12, 1922. She was baptized in the Methodist Church in St. Ansgar. She attended grade school in St. Ansgar. She was later employed by the local produce company of St. Ansgar.

A crew of men are now at work putting down new telegraph poles along this line of railroad and we are informed that another wire will be stretched from Waterloo to Lyle, in order to accommodate the increased business of the telegraph company.

William J. Koopal, 77

William J. “Bill” Koopal, 77, of rural Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, at his home.

He was born Oct. 17, 1939, in Sheldon, Iowa, the son of Cornelius and Jennie (Buss) Koopal. Bill grew up in Lyle and graduated from Lyle High School. He worked for Alton Wilder Farms, and then for the Freeborn County Co-op.

Raymond Reuter
Funeral Held
At Six Mile Grove

Funeral services were held Sunday, July 7 at Six Mile Grove Lutheran church for Raymond C. Reuter, 53, who was killed in a car accident south of Rose Creek July 3. The Rev. Stanley Klemerud officiated and interment was in the church cemetery.

Raymond Chris Reuter, was born July 19, 1909 in Jone County, Iowa, the son of Carl and Lena (Decker) Reuter.

At the age of three he moved to Mona with his parents and at the age of nine they moved to a farm south of Austin.

Services for Mrs. John Hanson held At Six Mile Grove

Funeral services for Mrs. John Hanson, 69 were held Monday, December 16, at Six Mile Grove Lutheran church with Rev. Stanley Klemesrud officiating and interment will be in Oakwood, Austin.

She passed away Friday, December 13, at Comforcare Nursing Home in Austin where she had been since her release from Mitchell County Memorial Hospital in Osage following a stroke.

John Lenth
Funeral Held
In Rochester

Mr. and Mrs. Irving Weber, Mary, Patricia and Kathy of Lyle, James Weber of Austin and Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ellingson of Osage attended the funeral of Irving's uncle, John Lenth, 86, last Monday at Ranfranz Funeral Home in Rochester.

Mr. Lenth a former Lyle resident farmed many years ago west of the Lyle Feed Mill. He had been in failing health for sometime and had a leg amputated several years ago.

Merrit Olsen Rites Held at Six Mile Grove

Funeral services were held Saturday, July 6, 1963 at Six Mile Grove Lutheran Church for Merrit Chris Olsen, age 6, with the Rev. Stanley Klemesrud officiating.
Interment was in the church cemetery.

Merrit Chris Olsen was born August 2, 1956 at Osage, Mitchell, Iowa, the son of Garmen and Agnes (Austinson) Olsen.

He attended kindergarten and first grade at the Lyle Public school, Sunday school at Six Mile Grove church and Bible school this summer.

Emma Sandvig
Funeral Held At
Six Grove

Funeral services for Miss Emma Sandvig, 74, who died at her home in Lyle June 9, were held Wednesday, June 12 at Six Mile Grove Lutheran church with the Rev. Stanley Klemesrud officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery.

Emma Sandvig, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jens Sandvig, was born October 29, 1888 in Otranto township, east of Mona in Mitchell county.

Harry Warrington
Dies In Canada

relatives of the death of a former resident, Harry Warrington, 82, of Loverna, Sask., Canada who died there May 13.

He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Warrington and was born near Osage and grew to manhood there. He left Mitchell county 43 years ago to make his home in Canada where he was engaged in farming until his retirement.

He is survived by his wife, Mary and twelve children, besides a number of nieces and nephews in the Osage, St. Ansgar and Lyle area.

Philip Martin Funeral Friday
Six Mile Grove

Funeral services were held Friday, November 16 at Six Mile Grove Lutheran church for Philip A. Martin, 71, with the Rev. Stanley Klemesrud officiating with interment in th e church cemetery.

He died at his farm home northeast of Lyle November 13 following a heart attack.

Mrs. Nels Sorenson
Rites Held At
St. Augustine's

Funeral services were held Saturday at St. Augustine's church in Austin for Mrs. Nels Sorenson, 65, life long resident who died at Mitchell County Memorial Hospital in Osage on Thursday, October 11 following a heart attack. Interment was in Calvary Cemetery at Austin. A complete obituary will be published next week.

Henry Volstad
Rites Held At
Clear Lake

Funeral services were held Monday in Clear Lake for a former Lyle man Henry T. Volstad, 67, who passed away Friday, September, 28, at the Iowa Soldiers Home, Marshalltown, Iowa where he had been for the past four years.

Services held at Wards Funeral Home with the Rev. Arthur Krebs pastor of the Congregational church officiating. Interment was in Memorial Park Cemetery with Military rites by Stafford Post 222 of the American Legion.

Slinde Infant Funeral Rites Held In Austin

The 17-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albin Slinde of Lyle died at Variety Heart Hospital in Minneapolis following heart surgery August 9. He had been admitted to the Memorial Hospital in Osage August 7, and was rushed by ambulance to Minneapolis for surgery.

Albin Slinde, Jr. was born at Mitchell County Memorial Hospital July 23. Funeral services were held at Worlein Funeral Home in Austin, August 11 with the Rev. Stanley Klemesrud officiating with interment in Six Mile Grove Lutheran cemetery.

Judith Beeman
Rites Held At
St. Olaf, Austin

Lyle residents were grieved to hear of the sudden death of Miss Judith Beeman, age 21, Sunday at Minneapolis from unknown causes. Funeral services were held at St. Olaf Lutheran church, Austin, Minn. Tuesday August 7.

Her sister Karen Beeman, age, 23, is in St. Olaf Hospital Austin, Minn. following an automobile accident Saturday evening south of Blooming Prairie. She sustained a fractured pelvis in the accident. She was riding with her companion Ron Carothers, 22, in a foreign made car.

Mrs. Clifford Horgen
Funeral Held
At Our Savior's

Funeral services for Mrs. Clifford Horgen, 75, were held at Our Savior's Lutheran church in Lyle Wednesday, August 1 with the Rev. Merland Johnson officiating with interment at Rose Creek Enterprise cemetery north of Lyle.

Mrs. Horgen died July 29 from a lingering illness of several strokes and had been confined to St. Olaf Hospital in Austin the past five weeks.

Mrs. Adolph Jahr
Rites Held Tuesday
At Mona Lutheran

Mrs. Adolph Jahr, 57, died on Saturday morning at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital in Osage from a lingering illness of five years. She had been a patient at the hospital for the past six weeks.

Funeral services were held Tuesday of this week at Mona Lutheran church with the Rev. Stanley Klemesrud officiating.

A complete obituary will appear next week in the Leader

Thorman Lund Rites Held At Six Mile Grove

Funeral services were held for a former Lyle resident, Thorman O. Lund, 66, at Redeemer Lutheran CHurch at Moorhead, Minnesota Friday, June 8 and also at Six Mile Grove Lutheran church east of Lyle Saturday, June 9 with interment in the church cemetery, with the Rev. Stanley Klemesrud officiating.

Thorman Lund, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ole T. Lund was born in Lyle February 22, 1896. His parents operated a General Merchandise store there until 1918. He attended the Lyle high school and graduated there.

Norman Nelson Rites Held At Six Mile Grove

Norman Leslie Nelson, age 33, son of Nordahl and Lenore (Olson) Nelson, was born January 29, 1929 in Nevada township near Lyle, Minn.

He was baptized and confirmed in Six Mile Grove Lutheran church by the Rev. O. A. Langehough. He spent his life at the family farm east of Lyle, engaged in farming with his father.

He received his elementary education in District No. 11, also Lyle high school and the Minneapolis Society for the Blind.

Norman Nelson
Dies Enroute
To Hospital

Norman Nelson, age 33, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nordahl Nelson passed away enroute to the hospital Sunday evening, February 25 about 9 p. m.

Norman had been a diabetic for a number of years and lost his eyesight from the result several years ago.

A complete obituary will appear next week.

Gilbert Nelson Funeral Held In Albert Lea

Funeral services for a former Lyle area farmer Gilbert T. Nelson, age, 75, were held at First Lutheran Church, Albert Lea, Tuesday, February 20 with the Rev. Otto Wedul officiating. Interment was in Six Mile Grove Lutheran cemetery. A nephew, the Rev. Orin Thompson of Minneapolis also gave a short sermonette.

Mr. Nelson died of a heart attack Saturday, evening, February 17 shortly after eating his evening meal.

George Ziegler
Dies Wednesday
At Memorial Hospital

George Ziegler, 78 of Lyle and formerly a retired St. Ansgar area farmer died early Wednesday morning at Osage, Mitchell County Memorial Hospital. Services are pending arrival of relatives.