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Robert William ORFALD

Male 1910 - 1982  (72 years)

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  • Name Robert William ORFALD 
    Birth 28 Feb 1910  St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    MN Death Cert Checked
    Minnesota Birth Certificate 1910-23644 
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1982-MN-007492 
    Social Security Number 062-12-8316 issued in New York before 1951 
    Death 4 Mar 1982  Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Virginia Regional Medical Center
    Burial Lakeside Cemetery, Biwabik, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Called Roy in the 1910 census.

      Living with his parents at the time of the 1930 census.

      In the 1940 census, he and Arla lived in White Plains, Westchester County, New York. They had no children. Five years earlier, they had both lived in Virginia in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Robert is a blacksmith in tunnel construction.

      According to Veterans’ Memorial Hall, “Robert W. Orfald entered the Army on Feb. 23, 1943. He was a private in the continental U.S. and was separated on July 9, 1943.”

      Robert, with his wife, accompanied his mother to her sister’s funeral.

      Of Virginia at the time of his sister Ruth’s death.

      Robert died of cancer. He worked at Virginia Ready-Mix. He lived at 325 S 8th Street South in Virginia, Minnesota. That was also the address shown for him when he was the informant for his mother’s death certificate.

      His obituary was published on p. A4:3 of the March 6, 1982, edition of the Duluth News-Tribune:

      Robert W. Orfald, 72, of Virginia, died Thursday at the Virginia Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are pending with the Cron-Harris-Clarke Funeral Home in Virginia.
    Person ID I1313  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2016 

    Father Johannes (John) Berntson ORFALD,   b. 1 Aug 1866, Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1947, Biwabik, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Marie Othelie Martinusdatter BYE,   b. 27 Apr 1873, Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1966, Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 3 Apr 1893  Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F103  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Arla SCOTT,   b. 7 Feb 1917, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1992, Washington County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 7 Sep 1935  St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F14824  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Jul 2013 

    Family 2 B.L. MCCUMBER 
    Family ID F953  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Jul 2013