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Alice H. Ferguson, age 86, of Willmar, died Friday afternoon, March 28th, at the Bethesda Heritage Center in Willmar.

Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 1, at the Calvary Lutheran Church Chapel in Willmar with Rev. Timothy Larson officiating. Interment will be in the Cloverleaf Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Memorials are preferred to the Bethesda Heritage Center.

Alice Harriet Ferguson was born April 29, 1921, in Willmar Township, the daughter of Arthur and Hulda (Carlson) Rasmussen. She grew up in the rural Willmar community and attended District 45 School and later Willmar High School, graduating in 1939. On November 9, 1940, she married Marvin Ellingboe. She worked as a cook at Lafayette Elementary School and later as a sales clerk at Thrifty White Drug. On May 28, 1971, she married Carlton Ferguson. She was a resident of Bethesda Heritage Center for the past two years. She was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church. Alice enjoyed reading and spending time with her family, especially Saturday morning coffee and attending her grandchildren’s events.

She is survived by two sons, Larry Ellingboe (and special friend, Jurrie Brandenburg) of Willmar and Steven (and Barb) Ellingboe of Kandiyohi; a stepson, Richard (and Gloria) Ferguson of Willmar; two stepdaughters, Diana Friehl of Willmar and Carol (and Paul) Aasen of New London; twelve grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren. Also surviving are a sister, Helen Johnson of Willmar; several nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by both husbands, Marvin Ellingboe in 1956 and Carlton Ferguson in 1993; a son, Tom Ellingboe; a granddaughter and a great-granddaughter.

RASMUSSEN, Alice Harriet (I10877)

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Alice Irene Stenbakken 87, of Kenyon, died Sunday, January 31, 2010 at the Kenyon Sunset Home.

She was born January 27, 1923 in Wheeling Township, Minnesota the daughter of Oscar and Clara (Severson) Bonde. She grew up on the family farm by Nerstrand. Alice graduated from Faribault High School, and then graduated from Deaconess School of Nursing as an RN in 1947. Alice married Herman Stenbakken June 19, 1948, and the couple later divorced. She then worked as a RN at the Northfield Hospital, and then at the Kenyon Sunset Home, where she later became the director of nursing. She enjoyed playing cards, scrabble, and visiting with family and friends.

She is survived by her daughters Carol Stenbakken, Diane Rasmussen, and Elaine Kraling all of Kenyon, six grandchildren Ann, Michael, and Jenny Kraling, Eddie, David, and Sarah Rasmussen. She is also survived by one sister Helen (Richard) Lodmill of Seattle, three brothers Earl (Charlotte) Bonde of Nerstrand, Robert (Carol) Bonde of Minneapolis, and Harold (Anne) Bonde of Nerstrand.

BONDE, Alice Irene (I35368)

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Alice Junett on her birth certificate. Called Jeanette A. in the 1930 census. Variously called Alice Jeanette or Jeanette Alice on her children’s birth certificates. Called Alice Jeanette at death.

TOSO, Alice Jeanette (I9052)

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Alice Marie (Foss) Reinholdt was born August 20, 1921,on the family farm outside Ray, North Dakota. She was the ninth of ten children born to Bernt and Beret Foss. On Tuesday, March 21, 2017, after 95 fully lived years, she passed away peacefully, surrounded by her children & several other family members, at the Bethel Lutheran Nursing Home in Williston, ND. She will be laid to rest at the Temple Cemetery, next to her husband of 44 years, and in close proximity to several other family members who have gone before her.

Alice had four sisters and five brothers. The family farmed and had some livestock including cows, chickens, and horses. She was a self-described tomboy, liked to run and climb fences, and could care less that she became very tan in the summer, while her older sisters were trying to keep their complexions as white as possible. She was a good student, excelling at spelling, having won local “spelling bees”, as well as math and reading. She remained an avid reader until she began having eyesight difficulties in her later years. She role modeled and shared that love of reading with all of her children. She completed 8th grade and began attending high school in Tioga, but had to leave school to begin working for other people at the age of 14, as her parents could no longer afford to send her. During those years prior to marriage, she was a waitress, cook, housekeeper, and nanny, for several different families, many of whom she continued to have relationships with after she stopped working for them.

Alice met Donald Reinholdt while working on a farm near Sawyer, ND. They met while she was milking cows in the barn. After a period of courtship, which included time spent at “Lovers Lane” they were married on April 28, 1943. They began married life in Sawyer, but then moved to Ray, where they raised their children. Don worked at the Farmers Union Elevator, and they also owned the Ver-Von Motel for several years. Along with being a wonderful wife and mother, Alice had a variety of jobs over her long life, including cooking at the school in Ray, re-upholstering and refinishing furniture (with her big sister Jennie Solberg), making lefse and working at Tioga Air Heaters along with her lifelong friend, Phyllis Thoreson. Alice moved to Williston in 1999. Beginning in her late 70s, Alice became part of the Senior Companion program. She provided companionship and respite care to many people in the area, some of whom were much younger than she was. She loved seeing her "clients”, found great joy in being of service to others, and loved going to classes and getting paid to do that!

Alice loved music and was truly gifted. She could play most anything after hearing it once. Along with playing piano, she played the organ and the accordion. She could transpose a song from one key to another with ease, and do all of this after having only a few piano lessons as a child. Alice's Mom, Beret, sold eggs to pay for the lessons. It took about two dozen eggs to pay for a lesson, which cost 50 cents each. Alice could sing many parts, and taught her children and grandchildren to sing in parts as well, which allowed her to have her own family choir! Some of the family's fondest memories are of singing together at home or at church. Mom was the church pianist for 65+ years, finally retiring from that job at the age of 93!

Alice began her Christian path in the Lutheran Church in Temple, ND, but during her childhood, the family became members of the Church of the Nazarene in Ray. Alice continued as a member of the Nazarene Church in Sawyer, Ray, and Williston her entire life. Alice loved God, even if she didn't always understand or agree with his plan. She communicated with God throughout each day, and prayed for her children as well as many other people. She never feared death, and was absolutely ready to be with Jesus, her Savior!

Alice loved great food and was an incredible cook and baker! As kids, we were spoiled and at the potluck events at church and would not eat something unless we knew who made it, or asked “Mom, did you make this?” She created amazing Scandinavian delicacies, krumkake, beautiful pies and cakes, doughnuts, fudge and other candies, great breads and cookies. When we were growing up, I don't know that we were truly able to appreciate having homemade fresh bread, rolls, and caramel nut rolls! Mom used to can a variety of fruits and vegetables from our garden, until she got into freezing, which she decided was much easier. Alice gave cooking and baking lessons to her family members, and her tips are invaluable in trying to recreate her recipes.

Alice is survived by her children Gary (Audrey), Ron (Mary), and Donnie (Diane), all of Williston, Loren of Ray, and Joyce (Marcel) of Santa Monica, CA; and her son-in-law Dale Shearer of Aberdeen, SD; sister-in-law Mavis Foss, 19 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.

Alice was preceded in death by her parents, Bernt and Beret, and all her siblings, Ole, Ida, Alvin, Bennie, Jennie, Marion, Emil, Ruth, and Morris. Her husband, Don, passed away on November 8, 1987. She was also preceded in death by her daughter Caryl (Nieuwenhuis) Shearer, son-in-law Lyle Nieuwenhuis, daughter-in-law Michelle Reinholdt, grandsons Bryce Reinholdt and Joey Loveless.

FOSS, Alice Marie Bernice (I34263)

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Alice V. Andreasen, 101, of Moorhead, MN, passed away quietly on June 30, 2012, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead.

Alice was born August 26, 1910, to Thor and Ingeborg Hoivik, in St. Paul, MN. Following graduation from Mechanic Arts High School in St. Paul, she attended The Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis, MN, where she met her future husband, Jacob Andreasen. Throughout her life she appreciated poetry, occasionally submitting poems for publication. She loved to play horseshoes and Scrabble, and watch the Minnesota Twins on television. She had a deep loyalty to her extended family and loved her Norwegian heritage. As a devoted pastor's wife, she was the homemaker in several parsonages, including Westby, WI, Roseau, MN, Viroqua, WI, Hitterdal, MN, and St. Paul. As a community volunteer, she served in the library in St. Paul, with her granddaughters, and later with the mailing team at Oak Grove Lutheran School in Fargo, ND.

Alice was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Rev. Jacob Andreasen; two brothers, Tony and Duke Hoivik; and five sisters, Burnette (Andy) Andreasen, Irene (Glenn) Gustafson, Sunway (Almon) Brakke, Thelma (Gordon) Hill, and Lil (Earl) Horazdovsky.

Alice is survived by her three children, Rev. John (Carol Sue) Andreasen, Moorhead, David (Enid) Andreasen, Ada, MN, and Esther Marie Magenta, Spokane, WA; eight grandchildren, Kjerstin Andreasen, Oslo, Norway, Christopher Andreasen, Fargo, Karin Andreasen, Miami Beach, FL, Eric Andreasen, East Grand Forks, MN, Nathan (Alison) Andreasen, Moorhead, Micah Andreasen, Ada, Sara (Andrew) Quinn, Reno, NV, and Kari (Chaedric) Meier, Eagle River, AK; and two great-grandchildren, Jacob and Carter Andreasen, Moorhead.

HOIVIK, Alice Viola (I37077)

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Family: Ole Halvorsen / Gunhild Halsteinsdatter NERBYE (F1570)

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Alison says: According to voter registration, was 52 when he registered to vote on August 19th, 1916. At that point in time, he had resided in Ellensburg for 28 years.

In the 1900 census, he and his family live in North Kittitas Precinct, Kittitas County, Washington, not far from the Wolds. The household consists of Christian O, 36, Sadie M, 26, Elmer O, 6, Otto Clarence, 5, Elna M, 3, and Edna, 4 months. Those are the only four children that Sadie has had. Sadie and Christian had been married for 6 years. Christian had come to the U.S. in 1886, Sadie in 1892.

In the 1910 census, he and his family were living on a farm that they owned in Ellensburg, North Kittitas Precinct, Kittitas County, Washington. The family consisted of Chris, 46, Sadie, 36, Elmer, 16, Otto C., 14, Edna or Elna, 13, Sarah, 10, a daughter Marrs (?), 6, and Roy, 4. Chris and Sadie have been married 17 years and it was the first marriage for both. All the children were born in Washington. The parents were born in Norway. Sadie has had 6 children, all still living. Also living with the family was Sadie’s sister Anna Digen, 24 and single. Sadie is shown as having come to this country in 1892, Chris in 1887, and Anna Digen in 1905.

In the 1920 census, they were in the same location, cited as being on Day Creek Road. ”Criss O. Gidal” is 55, came to this country in 1888 and was naturalized as a citizen in 1909. Sadie is 45, came to this country in 1892, and was naturalized as a citizen in 1909. Living with them were Mamie, 15, and Leroy, 14, both shown as students.

In the 1930 census (April 12), the family was living on what was referred to as State Highway Road, Route 4, in North Kittitas Precinct, Kittitas County. The family consisted of Olsen C. Eidal, 67, his wife Sigrid M., 56, her sister Sarah M., 65, a widow, and a lodger named Charles Peterson, 46, a single man. Sarah was first married at the age of 22, Sigrid at the age of 20, and Olsen at the age of 29. Olsen was born in Siddal, Norway. Sigrid and Sarah were born in Hadlin, Norway, and Charles in Tromso, Norway. The household was owned by Olsen and had a radio. Olsen came to this country in 1888, Sigrid in 1892, Sarah in 1881, and Charles in 1885. The Eidal family lived next door to David J. and Anna Marie Johnson.

Washington State death certificate #6408 (as Christe O.).

Naturalized as Christen Olson Eidal in Kittitas County.

From the Seattle Daily Times, April 15, 1949:

Christen O Eidal, Kittitas Valley pioneer and retired highway engineer, died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank T. Maxson, 5537 Penrith Road, after a long illness. He was 85 years old.

Mr. Eidal made his home in Ellensburg from 1887 until 11 years ago when he moved to Seattle. He retired as an engineer for the State Highway Department 11 years ago. He also operated a ranch near Ellensburg. Burila will be in the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery there.

Surviving are three sons, Elmer O. Eidal of Seattle, Otto C. of Ellensburg, and Roy of Los Angeles and Albuquerque; three daughters, Mrs. Warren F. Gilmour, Ellensburg; Mrs. Haskell C. Carter, Portland, Oregon; and Mrs. Maxson, eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

From An Illustrated History of Kickitat, Yakima, and Kittitas Counties:

CHRISTEN EIDAL is well known among the farmers and stockmen of Kittitas county. He first saw the light of day in Norway, May 15, 1864. His father, Ole Olsen Eidal, a farmer and millwright, was born in 1832, in Norway. He was an active public man, enjoying the trust and esteem of his contemporary townsmen, and died in the land of his birth in 1902. Gullaig (Christensdatter) Eidal, Christen Eidal's mother, still lives in Norway at the ripe age of eighty-one. Mr. Eidal enjoyed the advantage of being educated in one of the military schools of his native land. Hearing of the opportunities America offered to energy and pluck, he came, in 1886, to Minnesota, which state he left the following year to push farther to the west, choosing Kittitas county as his location. He prospered in his work to such an extent that, in 1895, he was enabled to buy his present farm, a tract comprising about seventy acres of well irrigated land four miles northwest of Ellensburg.

On September 2, 1893, Mr. Eidal and Segried M. Digen were married in Ellensburg. Mrs. Eidal is a Norwegian whose date of birth was 1874. Her father and mother are still living in Norway; the father, Michael Digen, having been born in 1835, the mother, Marguerite (Dalen) Digen, in 1845. Mrs. Eidal has two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Wold, near Ellensburg, and Mrs. Juliette Thompson, living in Minnesota; two brothers and one sister living in Norway. Mr. Eidal has one sister, Ingeborg (Eidal), now Mrs. Ole Bjore, living in Minnesota, one brother and two sisters in the old country. To Mr. and Mrs. Eidal have been born four children: Elmer Oliver, Otto Clarence, Elna Marguerite and Sarah Elizabeth.

Mr. and Mrs. Eidal belong to the Lutheran church, and he belongs to the Ellensburg camp, Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he is independent, belonging to no party but casting his ballot for the man best fitted, in his judgment, for the office.

When Christen Eidal settled in Kittitas county, he did so almost without a dollar, but, full of hope and energy, by the dint of relentless toil and perseverance his farm is now one of the garden spots which cover the valley. His annual crops consist in the main of timothy hay; he also conducts a small dairy.

He is optimistic of the valley's future, being of the opinion that any intelligent man who is willing to work jointly with his head and hands can here live a happy and prosperous life. Mr. Eidal's own experience here seems to have exemplified the truth of these deductions.

EIDAL, Christen Olson (I2136)

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Alison shows him dying in Elk River.

Thompson Ronald James, age 54, of Otsego, on July 23, 2002. Preceded in death by his wife, Christine; mother, Gertrude. Survived by his father, Clarence Sr.; brothers, Butch (Wendee) and Kenneth (Dolly). Also survived by many nieces, nephews and friends. Owner of Wright Insurance Agency, Elk River.

THOMPSON, Ronald James (I1620)

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Alison’s Fuchs-Ross Family Tree has Anne dying in Norway in 1910.

DAHLEN, Anne Eriksdatter (I41151)

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Alison’s site has the marriage certificate.

Family: Erik (Erick) Andrew THOMPSON / Gunhild Mikkelsdatter (Julia) DIGENE (F166)