JANUARY
1 – Mrs. Ingebret Tollefson, 86, at her Bristol Township home. Mrs. Hanna B. Wormer, 88, former Gordonsville resident, at Center Point, Iowa.
2 – Mrs. Erna Luth, 59. Mrs. Andrew Hengesteg, 78, Hartland Township resident all her life.
4 – E. J. McQuatters, 82, in a Mason City hospital following illness.
5 – Theodore Knutson, 68, Glenville, resident of Freeborn County all his life.
9 – C. S. Espelund, 86, native of Norway, resident here 63 years.
12 – Mrs. Jennie Crowell, 90, of Manly
13 – R. H. Goodell, 77, Hanlontown, in a Mason City hospital of injuries suffered Dec. 9 when struck by a car near his home.
16 – Mrs. F. L. Suby, 75, a Joice resident.
19 – Mrs. Chris J. Nelson, 52, after extended illness.
20 – Martin A. Harmon, 79, at Muskegon, Mich.; funeral here Jan. 24th.
27 – Mrs. Otto Smeby, 75, in a Mason City hospital.
28 – Robert S. Hickock, 68, Fertile, in a Mason City hospital.
FEBRUARY
5 – Robert E. Hove, 55, in a Mason City hospital after a long period of ill health. Arndt Olson, 68, at Paul Thompson home, Deer Creek.
7 – Charles Reeder, 82, in the hospital at Albert Lea.
12 – Andrew L. Garnas, 62, former resident, at Tacoma, Wash.
15 – Mrs. Augusta Ziebell, 83, of Myrtle, Minn.
17 – J. F. Ogden, 63, former resident near Meltonville, at Osage.
22 – Mrs. J. W. Godfrey, 68, died suddenly at her home. Fred Fluhrer, 65, at Grafton.
25 – Arnold B. Anderson, a well known Lake Mills funeral director.
27 – Mrs. J. H. Burke, 81, former Northwood and Grafton school teacher, at Fitzgerald, Ga.
MARCH
6 – Arthur E. Finch, 74, at a Mason City hospital.
11 – Hannes Janssen, 46, died suddenly of heart attack at his home.
14 – Iver Nelson, 64, died suddenly at his desk at Falk Machine Shop.
15 – C. J. Magnusen, 67, former Northwood baker, at Blue Earth, Minn. Ward Barnes, 63, Eagle Grove, editor and prominent Republican leader.
20 – Wallace Edwards, 37, at veteran’s hospital, Des Moines. Ill since receiving medical discharge from the Navy in 1943.
21 – Mrs. J. A. Lande, 77 died suddenly at her home.
24 – Miss Louise Butler, 72, after long period of ill health.
26 – Word received of the death of Mrs. Lena M. Henderson, 83, former Northwood resident, at San Diego, Calif.
27 – Lage G. Iverson, 74, at Kensett, ill three years.
28 – Hans P. Christianson, former resident here, at Mason City.
29 – Mrs. Henry Talle of Silver Lake Township, killed when auto overturned on highway near her home. Earling Reierson, 34, former Kensett resident killed in a car collision near Gordonsville. Francis Nugent, 29, of Mason City, driver of the other car, killed in same crash. Delia Heiny, 62, Manly, following surgery.
30 – Caleb Stock, 71, Kensett. Henry Hagen, 61, former Northwood resident, at Waterloo.
APRIL
1 – Mrs. Knut Knewtson, 78, of Joice.
3 – Rev. H. O. Bjorlie, 70, of Faribault, Minn., native of Worth County and son of Caroline Loberg Bjorlie, who was the first white child born in Silver Lake Township.
6 – Mrs. Daniel Miller, Hanlontown, former Northwood resident.
7 – Sam J. Sorenson, Silver Lake Township farmer.
11 – Mons Monson, 88, of Hanlontown.
16 – Mack Gullickson, 75, in a Mason City hospital after a stroke.
18 – Mrs. Hugo Wolff, 77, at the home of her daughter north of Northwood.
19 – Anton Sundvold, 58, Northwood contractor.
24 – Elling Harmon, 75, resident of Brookfield Township all his life.
27 – Louis Foss, 67, at his home near London.
MAY
6 – Emil Anderson, 84, at home of daughter, Mrs. Anna Nummedahl.
8 – H. H. Douglass, 68, at his home; resident here 29 years; served as elevator manager 23 years; president of fair society 13 years; active in civic affairs. Nels O. Sorbo, 87, at the home of son, Selmer, in Silver Lake Township.
15 – Wm. C. Carmody, 65, at Albert Lea; invalid several years.
22 – Mrs. Carrie Thorson, 89, oldest resident in Otranto Township. Mrs. Wm. J. Smith, 56, former Northwood resident, at Mason City.
23 – H. E. Gray, 87, former Kensett business man, at Baltimore, Md.
26 – Mrs. A. P. Dahlby, 87, Joice, at a Mason City nursing home. Mrs. Johanna Amundson, 62, died suddenly at her home in Joice.
JUNE
1 – Albert Woods, 43, died suddenly of heart attack.
2 –Mrs. Henry T. Hanson, 71, died suddenly of a stroke.
3 – “Jimmie” Wright, 66, resident of Worth County all his life, at Kensett.
5 – Bert Perry, 53, died suddenly of heart attack. Arne Arneson, 83, at his farm home near Joice.
6 – Selmer Lee, 47, lifelong resident of Carpenter vicinity, in a hospital at Austin, Minn. Ross Cobeen, 38, Manly, accidentally killed at Lehigh Cement plant, Mason City.
7 – Mrs. George Gillerman, 65, of Grafton, after a long illness.
16 – C. D. Cottingham, 74, ill three years. James Hall, 65, former Deer Creek Township resident, at Mason City.
17 – Dr. Dow A. Rice, 55, at Marshalltown. Nels Foley, 71, at home of daughter, Mrs. W. F. Becker, north of Northwood.
18 – Mrs. John Bork, 68, Grafton resident more than 50 years.
28 - Miss Amanda Irene Myli, 42, near Kensett. Martin L. Strand at Strool, D. Dak; burial here July 5. Martin Bergstad, 63, former Northwood resident, at Sterling, Ill.; burial here
JULY
8 – Clarence O.Sheimo, 69, Fertile, in Mason City hospital.
10 – Jacob Rusley, 74, died suddenly at his home at Joice.
13 – Adel Hanson, 86, Worth County resident 80 years.
18 – Edwin Alertson, 19, killed in a hay baler accident west of Northwood.
20 – Gilbert H. Hanson, 76, after a long illness. Mrs. Paul Staebler, 44, the former Bernice Pangburn, of Kensett, killed in an auto accident near Floyd.
21 – R. M. Sherrard, 65, died suddenly at his home near Bolan.
22 – Mrs. Nils Lunde, 76, former Deer Creek resident, at Adams, Minn.
23 – Mrs. W. H. Pangburn, 60, Kensett, died of heart attack in Charles City hospital; stricken en route to the rites held for her niece, Mrs. Paul Staebler.
28 – Claire Aanrud, 2 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Aanrud, in a Mason City hospital, where he was taken after he had eaten pills at his home that he mistook for candy.
29 – Harlan Olson, 3 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Olson.
30 – Mrs. Nora Hambly, 54, in a Rochester, Minn. Hospital.
AUGUST
1 – Mrs. John Holt, 57, at her home west of Northwood.
4 – Mrs. Elizabeth Olmstead, 88, Mason City, formerly of Kensett.
12 – Mrs. Ingval Walswick, 62, native of Worth County, at Northwood, N. Dak.
13 – Albert Schuhmacher, 51, formerly of Myrtle, died while driving his car in Albert Lea.
14 – Mrs. Ellen Loberg, 73, at her home in Northwood.
16 – Mrs. E. J. Collins, 61, London, at a hospital in Albert Lea.
23 – Thomas Knutson, 85, found dead in the yard of his home at Hanlontown of natural causes. Mrs. C. J. Wall, 67, died suddenly at her home in Northwood.
24 – Mrs. Mikkel Bratrud, 81, at her home in Danville Township. Ole R. Moen, 63, former Kensett resident, at a hospital in Los Angeles, Calif.
28 – Mrs. Martie Y. Moore, 85, at the Eastern Star Home in Boone.
SEPTEMBER
10 – Mrs. Jean Sawin, 98, at Western Old People’s Home, Cedar Falls; came to Worth County from her native Scotland when 9 years old.
12 – John Eagen, 81, formerly of Kensett, at home near Glenville. Selmer Anderson, 45, former Carpenter resident, at Indianapolis, Ind.
13 – Ed Thompto, 82, at his home in Grove Township.
14 – Guy C. Toye, 91, former Northwood postmaster and prominent in business, at his home here. Kaye Ann Adrian, 7 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Adrian of Carpenter of leukemia in a Mason City hospital. Mrs. John Landdeck, 94, widow of early pastor of Grafton Lutheran Church, at Maple Leaf, Iowa.
27 – Mrs. Melvin J. Peters, 21 formerly of Glenville, in an auto crash at Minneapolis.
OCTOBER
2 – Mrs. Oscar Brua, 58, Fertile, in a Forest City hospital.
4 – Colbert Colbertson, 84, St. Ansgar, in Charles City hospital.
10 – Mrs. Ira Erickson, 67, formerly of Kensett, at Graettinger.
11 – G. L. Torgerson, 54, Glenville, son of Abraham Torgerson of Northwood, in an auto collision north of Glenville.
17 – Miss Anne Nystuen, 89, at her home in Northwood.
19 – Miss Bertha Kirchgatter, 79, Grafton, in a Mason City hospital.
20 – Mrs. Mary McQuatters, 82, a Worth County resident 63 years, at Gordonsville.
21 – Mrs. Amanda Boutelle, 90, of Kensett. Mrs. Louis Reindl, 41, of Manly, died in a Mason City hospital of burns suffered at her farm home.
23 – Miss Vina Halverson, 63, Fertile.
24 – Oluf L. Brunsvold, 75, resident of Kensett 74 years, died suddenly in the office of a Clear Lake doctor. Dorothy Lou Christian, 13, died suddenly while sitting in a chair, visiting with schoolmates in the Emmons, Minn. School gymnasium.
27 – Mrs. Chris Schott, 76, at her home in Hanlontown.
NOVEMBER
2 – E. M. Glassel, 80, Grafton, in a Mason City hospital. Arthur Ball, 47, Joice, while en route to a doctor’s office in Lake Mills. Rev. Jacob Rugland, 80, Fargo, N. Dak., native of Worth County.
7 – Mrs. K. O. Roppe, 69, died while at evening meal at her home in Brookfield Township. Teman N. Gordon, 75, at his home near Kensett.
8 – Diana Pike, 30, formerly of Deer Creek, died in an Austin hospital after a few hours’ illness.
13 – Mrs. R. A. Hinman, 67, at her home in Northwood after an extended illness.
24 – A. M. Gilpin, 64, Mason City, former Northwood merchant and insurance agent.
25 – Elmer G. Gullickson, 60, at Minneapolis veterans’ hospital. Nels Levorson, 85, at home in Brookfield Township.
28 – Mrs. George Bloker, 85, of Kensett, at Mason City.
29 – Raymond Moen, 37, formerly of Kensett, at Detroit, Ore., burial at Elk Creek Cemetery.
DECEMBER
1 – Sam Groff, 67, formerly of Northwood, at Albert Lea. Elon Nack, formerly of Grafton, at Phoenix, Ariz., on his 31st birthday.
7 – Col. H. A. White, 77, native of Worth County and prominent retired military officer, at San Antonio, Texas.
9 – Albert L. Harmon, 64, at his home here. Mrs. Nels Nelson, 81, Fertile resident, at home of a daughter, near Lake Mills.
14 – Mrs. Katherine Baldwin, 81, of Fertile, in a Mason City hospital.
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