Thomas Dyvig (1877-1940)

DYVIG, LACKOR, TODNEM, BREKKEN, WICKS

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 10/8/2024 at 14:28:01

From Story City Herald May 2, 1940 (page 1)

TOM DYVIG DIED LAST FRIDAY

Funeral of Well Known Farmer Was Held Tuesday Afternoon at St. Pauli Church--Had Undergone Operation

Funeral services for Tom Dyvig were held Tuesday afternoon beginning with a prayer service at the home of his mother, Mrs. Edwin Dyvig, and ending with the service and interment at the St. Paul church and cemetery.

Mr. Dyvig had died at the Story City hospital on Friday, following an operation the previous Wednesday for strangulated hernia. His last illness came on rather suddenly, so that neither his family or wide circle of friends were prepared for the quick ending of his mortal life.

The funeral was largely attended. Rev. Odean Monson, pastor of the church officiated, and preached a short sermon at the home and in the church. At the latter place he took for his text the words: "In my Father's house are many mansions." Rev. Paulsrud also spoke few fitting words at the close of the service. Three appropriate songs were rendered by five members of the Clear Lake octette.

The pall bearers were four nephews and two cousins of the deceased, namely Harold, Neil, Ernest and Eddie Dyvig, Thor Nedebre and Judene Brekken. Some over forty dollars was donated to various missions, including the Story City Sunset Home, by members of the Dyvig family and friends of the deceased in honor of his memory.

Obituary

Thomas Dyvig was born on the old Dyvig farm on April 6, 1877, his parents being Edwin and Trina Dyvig. He was baptized in the St. Petri church, Story City, by Rev. Jacobson, and at the age of 15 was confirmed in the St. Pauli church by Rev. Mikkelson.

The first forty years of his life were spent on the home farm. His father having died in 1908, he helped his mother run the place for about nine years. Then, in 1917, he went to Minnesota, where he farmed for two years, returning to the home place in 1919. He remained there for one year, when, in 1920 he bought and moved to the farm three miles east of Ellsworth, where he resided ever since until this spring when he moved to his mother's farm across the road from the home place.

In 1935 he was married to Mary Lackor, who with his mother, two brothers and three sisters survives him. His brothers are Ed O. and Ben Dyvig, and his sisters Mrs. Martha Todnem, Bertha Dyvig and Mrs. Christine Brekken. Of his nearer relatives there are his aunt, Mrs. Bertine Wicks of Ames, and 6 nephews and 7 nieces, all of whom mourn a man who was uniformly kind and considerate. He was 63 years and 20 days old at the time of his death.