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Maria SKOGSTAD

Female 1900 - 1986  (86 years)


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  1. 1.  Maria SKOGSTAD was born on 7 Jun 1900 in Mower County, Minnesota; died on 14 Aug 1986 in Olmsted County, Minnesota; was buried on 18 Aug 1986 in Bear Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Frankford Twp, Mower County, Minnesota.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • MN Death Cert Checked: Y
    • Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1900-15346
    • Minnesota Death Certificate: 1986-MN-021661
    • Baptism: 11 Jul 1900, Mower County, Minnesota

    Notes:

    In the 1940 census, she and Dolores lived with Emil and Emelie Skogstad (indexed as Skrogstad) in Frankford Twp, Mower County. Included in that household was a 24 year-old lodger named Walter Rasmussen.

    She lived in Grand Meadow and died as the widow of Walter Rasmussen. The cause of her death was cardiomyopathy.

    In her first marriage, she married her first cousin, the son of her uncle Martin.

    Died:
    St. Mary’s Hospital, Mayo Clinic

    Maria married Bert SKOGSTAD on 30 Mar 1922 in Denver, Colorado. Bert (son of Martin Olsen SKOGSTAD and Caroline DALEN) was born on 11 Feb 1897 in Mower County, Minnesota; died on 29 Apr 1933 in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota; was buried on 2 May 1933 in Bear Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Frankford Twp, Mower County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Dolores Elaine SKOGSTAD  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Oct 1924 in Mower County, Minnesota; died on 11 Aug 2007 in Grand Meadow, Mower County, Minnesota; was buried on 14 Aug 2007 in Bear Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Frankford Twp, Mower County, Minnesota.

    Maria married Walter RASMUSSEN on 19 Oct 1942 in Mower County, Minnesota. Walter was born about 1916 in Minnesota; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Dolores Elaine SKOGSTAD Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maria1) was born on 8 Oct 1924 in Mower County, Minnesota; died on 11 Aug 2007 in Grand Meadow, Mower County, Minnesota; was buried on 14 Aug 2007 in Bear Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Frankford Twp, Mower County, Minnesota.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Minnesota Death Certificate: 2007-MN-022365

    Notes:

    An obit:

    She died Saturday (Aug. 11, 2007) at the Grand Meadow Health Care Center, where she had resided for the past seven years.

    Dolores Skogstad was born Oct. 8, 1924, in rural Grand Meadow, near Bear Creek. She attended rural elementary schools and graduated from Grand Meadow High School in 1943. While going to school, she worked at the telephone office in Grand Meadow. Following graduation, she worked at Nashold's Cafe and Waters Conley in Rochester. On Sept. 13, 1946, she married Edwin Guy, and they farmed in the Grand Meadow area for several years. After moving to Grand Meadow, her husband worked as a mechanic and she was a homemaker rearing 10 children. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, reading, flowers and plants.

    Survivors include her children, James Olson of Grand Meadow, Gary (Jeanie) Guy of Spring Valley, David Guy of Stewartville, Steven (Sharon) Guy of Elkton, Richard (Chris) Guy, Donna Guy, Patrick Guy, Michael Guy and Sherrie Scrabeck (Kevin Queensland), all of Grand Meadow, and Deanna Guy of McIntire, Iowa; 16 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1983.

    Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Hindt Funeral Home in Grand Meadow, and an hour before the service Tuesday at the church.

    Died:
    as Dolores Elaine Guy at Meadow Manor

    Dolores married Darrell W OLSON on 25 Feb 1946 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and was divorced. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Dolores married Edwin Allen GUY on 13 Sep 1946 in Mower County, Minnesota. Edwin (son of John Robert Laird GUY and Irma DRESBACH) was born on 25 Apr 1920 in Mower County, Minnesota; died on 2 Jan 1983 in Mower County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]