Iver Olson SØNDROL

1908 - 2003  (94 years)

• Name	Iver Olson SØNDROL
  Birth	4 Jul 1908	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Jan 2003	Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
  Notes	The third of 8 children (6 boys, 2 girls). In the 1928 Minneapolis city directory, he was a clerk for N T Flaten. He lived with his brother at 3936 25th Avenue S. In the 1929 and 1930 city directories, he was a clerk for Janney, Semple, Hill & Co. He and his brother lived at 3936 25th Avenue S. Probably the Iver Sondrol, roomer, living in Minneapolis in the 1930 census. He was 21 years old and working as a salesman for a hardware company. He had come to the U. S. in 1926. Living with him, also a roomer, was 20 year-old Knute Sondrol who had come to the U. S. in 1924. Knute was a shipping clerk for a mail order company. Together, the two young men lived at the house of the spinster sisters Mildred and Lillian Skattos at 3936 25th Avenue South. In the 1934 Minneapolis city directory, Iver and Evelyn live at 639 E 17th, apartment 4. Iver is still a clerk with Janney Sample Hill. In the 1939 and 1941 and 1942 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, city directories, Iver and Evelyn live at 2012 Bever Ave SE. Iver is a salesman. In the 1950 and 1951 Cedar Rapids directories, Iver is a salesman. He and Evelyn live at 2056 Eastern Boulevard SE. In the 1954 and 1956 and 1957 and 1958 Cedar Rapids directories, he and Evelyn still live at 2056 Eastern Boulevard SE. He owns Sondrol’s Variety and Hardware at 1507 1st Avenue E. His obit: Iver O. Sondrol, 94, of 322 Liberty Drive SE, Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2003, at St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness. Services are 3 p.m. today at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories. Burial will be at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Cedar Memorial Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids, is handling the arrangements. Mr. Sondrol was born July 4, 1908, in Vang, Valdres, Norway, the son of Ole and Gertrude Sondrol. He married Evelyn June 30, 1934, in Minneapolis. He attended high school in Norway and at age 17 immigrated to the United States, arriving at Milaca, Minn., in March 1926. As a young man he worked on farms and in small businesses in Minnesota before moving to Minneapolis in 1927, where he met his wife. In 1933, he returned to Norway to visit his brothers and sisters, his mother and his ailing father. In working to attain U.S. citizenship, he took night classes at the University of Minnesota. He began his career working for Janney-Semple-Hill, a hardware wholesale business, and continued that career as a hardware salesman on the road until 1952. For 22 years, he and his wife owned and operated Sondrol's Variety & Hardware, Cedar Rapids. During that time, he was active in his church, community and in organizations such as the Sons of Norway. Survivors include his wife; his children, Trudy Wasson of Eden Prairie, Minn., Hal Sondrol of Cedar Rapids and Iver Sondrol Jr. of Muscatine; six grandchildren, one of whom preceded him in death; and four great-grandchildren.
  Person ID	I9167	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Ole Torsteinsson SØNDROL,   b. 5 Apr 1864, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 3 Dec 1936, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Gjartrud Ivarsdotter ELLINGBØ,   b. 15 Mar 1874, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 17 Jan 1949, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1905
  Family ID	F6879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Evelyn Margrethe OAS,   b. 14 Dec 1910, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 5 Sep 2007, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	30 Jun 1934	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  Children	1. Gertrude Emelie (Trudy) SONDROL,   b. 25 May 1938, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 28 Dec 2009, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F6880	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2010