Donald Clifford SEVERSON

1908 - 2003  (95 years)

• Name	Donald Clifford SEVERSON
  Birth	16 Jan 1908	St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa
  	Iowa Old Age says 14 Jan
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Death Certificate	2003-MN-014344
  Death	28 Apr 2003	Austin, Mower County, Minnesota
  	St. Mark’s Lutheran Home
  Burial	1 May 2003	Woodbury Cemetery, Lyle, Mower County, Minnesota
  Notes	In the 1925 Iowa state census, he is shown as having gone to school through the 10th grade and attended school for 9 months in 1924. In the 1930 census, he is single and living in a rooming house in Rockford, Illinois. He is a press operator at a lock manufacturer. In the 1940 census, he was still single and living at home with his parents in Barton Twp. He was a salesman of seed corn. He lived in Lake Worth, Florida, at the time of his mother’s death. Obit from the Austin newspaper: Clifford "Donald" Severson, age 95, of Austin, Minnesota, died on Monday morning, April 28, 2003, at St. Mark's Lutheran Home in Austin. The life of Don Severson began January 16, 1908, when Don's 10-year-old brother, Arnold, drove a horse-drawn sled to meet a doctor at the corner between Carpenter and Northwood. He took the doctor back to the farm three miles southwest of Carpenter and brought into the world a son to Sam and Sarah (Ellingboe) Severson. Donald Severson grew up to be a basketball player and baseball player at Carpenter School. He continued to play when he was out of school. Don lived in Illinois where he made sample hardware for salesmen to use as display for cupboards, etc. He moved to northern Minnesota and later moved back to Iowa. He married Icle F. (Greiner) on March 28, 1942, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa and moved to the home place to farm and sell DeKalb seed corn. In 1953, Don retired from farming, and the family moved to Carpenter where he took the job of teller at Carpenter Bank and later became the manager. Don and Icle moved to Florida in 1960 where he got a job as loan officer at Pratt Whitney Aircraft Corporation. After 24 years, they returned to the Midwest, making their residence in Austin. Don enjoyed reading, politics and cars. Survivors include his wife, Icle Severson; a daughter, Kaye (Irving) Nagel of Rose Creek; a son, Bruce (Susan) Severson of Collinsville, Okla.; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Arnold, Roy and Lloyd. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, May 1, 2003, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Austin. Friends may call at the church one hour before the service on Thursday. Interment is at Woodbury Cemetery of Lyle. Worlein Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Memorials are preferred to Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Austin.
  Person ID	I10816	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	9 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Sam SEVERSON,   b. 29 Apr 1877, Worth County, Iowa d. 25 Jul 1959, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Sarah ELLINGBOE,   b. Apr 1878, Worth County, Iowa d. 31 Mar 1961, Worth County, Iowa (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	17 Jun 1898	Worth County, Iowa
  Family ID	F8150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Icle Faye GREINER,   b. 14 Jul 1917, Iowa d. 24 Dec 2015, Mower County, Minnesota (Age 98 years)
  Marriage	28 Mar 1942	Nashua, Chickasaw and Floyd Counties, Iowa
  Family ID	F8162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 May 2021