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Services MRS. ALMA E. ANDERSON, 80, 3816 28TH Av. S., who died Thursday, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Henry W. Anderson Mortuary; 3640 23rd Av. S., and at 2:30 p.m. at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Mona, Iowa.

Mrs. Anderson was born in Risor, Norway. She was a member of Bethesda Free Church.

Survivors include five sons, Howard I., Clyde M. and Russell C., all of Minneapolis, and Merwin E. and Grant E., both of Portland, Ore., and four daughters, Mrs. Carl J. Knutson, Mrs. Clarence E. Rick, Mrs. Stan Larson, and Mrs. Alwood Lee, all of Minneapolis.

Services for CARL M. ANDERSON, 83, 3816 S. 28th Av., will be 1:30 p.m. Friday at Lyle Mission church, Lyle, Minn., burial in Pleasant Hill cemetery, Mona, Iowa.

Born in Norway, he was a painter and decorator and had lived in Lyle before moving to Minneapolis 20 years ago. Henry W. Anderson chapel is handling arrangements.

Memorials to Bethesda Missionary fund or Heart fund are preferred.

Ed Hofland, one of the old settlers of Union, passed away Friday afternoon. Funeral Tuesday afternoon at Six Mile Grove. Burial was in Pleasant Hill cemetery.

Last Rites for Mrs. Louis Sola

News reached here Saturday of the sudden death of a former Mona resident, Mrs. Louis Sola, now at Minneapolis. Mrs. Sola had been at Rochester for treatment of a severe case of asthma. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Worlein Funeral home in Austin at 1 p.m. with burial in the Mona cemetery.

Helen Silbaugh -- Austin

AUSTIN -- There will be a memorial service for Helen Silbaugh at 11 a.m. Saturday at Clasen-Jordan Morotary Chapel in Austin with the Rev. Harold L. Usgaard officiating. A private family interment service will be conducted in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Mona, Iowa.

Mrs. Silbaugh, 91, of Austin, formerly of Lyle, died Wednesday (Aug. 18 1999) at St. Mark's Lutheran Home in Austin.

Funeral is Monday for Genevieve Ross

LYLE -- The funeral for Genevieve Ross will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Clasen-Jordan Chapel in Austin with the Rev. Ralph Williams officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Mona, Iowa.

Mrs. Ross, 95, of Bellingham, Wash., formerly of Lyle, died Friday, (Nov. 29, 1996).

Harriett L. Reistad -- Austin

AUSTIN -- The funeral for Harriett L. Reistad will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Austin with the Rev. James I. Mikkelson officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Mona, Iowa.

Mrs. Reistad, 85, of Austin, a longtime piano teacher, died Saturday (May 22, 1999) at Comforcare Good Samaritan Center in Austin.

Donald Peterson funeral is Wednesday

AUSTIN -- The funeral for Donald I. Peterson, 90, of 400 10th Ave. N.W., a former Hormel employee, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Lyle, the Rev. Harold Luecke officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Mona, Iowa. The VFW and American Legion will perform military rites.

Bennie Olson, once of Lyle, dies at 92

LYLE -- Bennie Olson, 92, a resident of Burr Oak Manor in Austin and formerly of Lyle, died Wednesday morning (Dec. 1, 1993) at St. Olaf Hospital in Austin.

He was born July 4, 1901, in Lyle Township, Mower County, and lived in the Lyle area all his life before moving to Austin. Mr. Olson had several occupations, including farming and a position with the Lyle Police Department. He was married and later divorced.

Funeral services for Vernon Everrett Nelson, age 88, of Conger, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, at the Church of St. Theodore in Albert Lea. The Rev. James Berning and Deacon Mike Ellis will officiate. Interment will be at Pleasant Hills Cemetery in Mona, Iowa, with military honors accorded by the Lyle Legion Post 105. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service.

Vernon died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, in Ardmore, Okla.

Evelyn Nelson Funeral November 17

Funeral services for Evelyn Nelson, 83, formerly of Lime Springs, who died Saturday, November 13, 2004 at Mercy Hospital, Mason City, were held November 17, 2004.

Evelyn was born November 19, 1920 to Otto II and Alvina E (Walk) Braun. She was baptized and confirmed at Grafton Lutheran Church and attended grade school in the Grafton area, worked for local people and in 1941 boarded a train for California and married Clifford M. Nelson on December 31, 1941 at the Little Brown Church around the corner in Inglewood, California.

Delores L. Morgan -- Lyle

AUSTIN -- The funeral for Delores L. Morgan will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Worlein Funeral Home Chapel in Austin with the Rev. Harold Luecke officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Mona, Iowa.

Miss Morgan, 64, of Heritage House in Lyle, died Sunday (Jan. 12, 1997) at Rochester Methodist Hospital.

Born Oct. 3, 1932, in Lyle, she attended Lyle schools. She did domestic work in the Lyle area and took care of her parents until their deaths.

Gladys Meyer -- Austin

AUSTIN -- The funeral for Gladys Meyer will be 1:30 p.m. Friday at Worlein Funeral Home Chapel in Austin, with the Rev. Kristen K. Wee officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Mona, Iowa.

Mrs. Meyer, 86, formerly of Austin, died Monday (Sept. 13, 1999) at Prairie Manor Nursing Home in Blooming Prairie where she had resided 21 months.

Evangeline Krause, 82, Highgrove, dies

AUSTIN -- Evangeline H. Krause, 82, of Route 3, Highgrove, rural Austin, died Monday (Jan. 25, 1993) at her home.

Evangeline H. Dahl was born Oct. 20, 1910, in Lyle. She and her husband, Sterling, were crown direct distributors with Amway and founded Krause Missionary Fellowship. Mr. Krause died in 1986.

Survivors include two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Genevieve Ross of Bellingham, Wash. A son preceded her in death.

Mildred Joan Klema -- Harmony

HARMONY -- A graveside service will be conducted for Mildred Joan Klema at 10 a.m. Friday in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Mona, Iowa.

Miss Klema, 79, of Kemp, Texas, formerly of the Harmony area, died Tuesday (April 27, 1999) at Navarro Regional Hospital in Corsicana, Texas.

Survivors include two brothers, George Klema of Chatfield and Donald Klema of Kemp, Texas.

Worlein Funeral Home in Austin is in charge of arrangements.

1909 Oscar Hofland 1953

Funeral services for Oscar Hofland, 44, of Toeterville, who died as the result of an automobile accident, near Mona, Wednesday, July 29, were held at the Six Mile Grove Lutheran Church, Saturday, August 1, with Reverend Stanley V. Gjervik officiating.

Oscar Emmett Hofland was born July 10, 1909, in Union Township, Mitchell County, Iowa, the son of Elling and Gertrude (Engoseter) Hofland. He was baptized and confirmed in the Six Mile Grove Lutheran Church.

Eugene M. Hofland -- St. Ansgar, Iowa

ST. ANSGAR, Iowa -- The funeral for Eugene M. Hofland will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Schroeder &; Sites Funeral Home in St. Ansgar, Iowa, with the Rev. Lance Kittleson officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Mona, Iowa. Mr. Hofland, 93, of St. Ansgar, died Monday (Sept. 19, 2005) at the Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar.

Clara Helgerson (sic), 99, of Austin, dies

AUSTIN ---- Clara Helgerson, 99, of 2004 First Ave. N.E., died Sunday (July 2, 1995) at St. Marks Lutheran Home in Austin.

She was born Jan. 25, 1896, in Lyle. She attended Red Star School in rural Lyle and farmed with her brother in the Lyle area until 1975 when she moved to Austin. Mrs. Helgeson was a member of Our Saviors Lutheran Church of Lyle.

She is survived by a sister, Helen Silbaugh of Austin. She was preceded in death by three brothers and four sisters.

Henry B. Helgeson, 88, Austin, dies

AUSTIN -- Henry B. Helgeson, 88, of 2004 First Ave. S.E., a retired Lyle-area farmer, died Saturday (June 19, 1993) at St. Olaf Hospital in Austin.

He was born Jan. 24, 1905, at Lyle.

Survivors include two sisters, Clara Helgeson and Helen Silbaugh, both of Austin.

The funeral will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Lyle, with the Rev. Harold Luecke officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Mona, Iowa.

Mrs. Frank Harder

Mrs. Frank Harder was born Sept. 23, 1890, in Mitchell county, Iowa, and passed away in a hospital in Kalispell, Montana, following a paralytic stroke on Dec. 15, 1926.

She was baptized by Rev. J. M. Eggen at Lyle, Minn. At the age of 7 years she went to live with her sister, Mrs. Ole Onnestad, and was confirmed by Rev. Better of Superior. She was a graduate of the superior Wis. high school in 1910 and of the Superior state normal in 1912. She taught school at Alma Center, Wis., Whitefish, Mont., and Miles City, Mont.

O.N. HAGNA MET DEATH SATURDAY

Died as Result of Automobile Accident Near Lyle.

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Car Collided with Illinois Central Train at Crossing A Mile South of Lyle.

O. N. Hagna of Austin was fatally injured early Saturday afternoon, when a truck he was driving crashed into a northbound Illinois Central passenger train, at a crossing a mile south of Lyle. The train crew brought the injured man to Lyle, from where an ambulance rushed him to St. Olaf's hospital here. He died late Saturday, not having regained consciousness.

Mrs. H. Anderson, of Lyle, died Saturday after a long and painful illness. She leaves a husband and a large family to mourn her death. The funeral services were held at the Norwegian Church, Mona, Monday afternoon.

Miss Lena Dock died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Harry Farley, at Stacyville last Wednesday night. The funeral was held at the Farley home Saturday afternoon. Interment took place in the Pleasant Hill cemetery.

Henry Gustav Dahl, born in Orfordville, Wisconsin, Oct. 1, 1871, passed away at St. Olaf Hospital in Austin, Minnesota, on Nov. 13, 1956, after a brief illness. Mr. Dahl, was 85 years of age at the time of his death, which terminated 64 years of active business life, 11 years of which were spent in the hardware and implement line.