Signe Grace Eleanor BAKKEN

Notes:

Signe Grace Eleanor Bakken Huseth, age 92, passed away on May 29 at Northfield Retirement Center.

Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 1, at the Vang Lutheran Church of rural Dennison, Minn., with burial at the Vang Cemetery. Visitation was from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the Bierman Funeral Home in Northfield.

Signe Grace Eleanor Bakken Huseth was born in rural Dennison on Dec. 14, 1920, to Thea (Holien) and Abraham Bakken. She was baptized and confirmed at Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison. She graduated from Kenyon High School in 1939. She was united in marriage to Olaf Huseth on Sept. 26, 1942. Together they raised three children on the family farm.

Grace was an inherently gifted artist and musician. She instilled her love of the arts in her children and her companions. Painting was her passion. She was inspired by the beauty in nature and painted many landscapes and still lifes. She loved to play the organ and the piano, and she continued to do so even into her 90s. Her music filled the rooms and hearts of many. She was a dedicated wife and mother. She prepared five meals a day every day of the year. She baked fresh bread every week, washed laundry with a wringer washer, and hung clothes on the line. And when the day's work was completed, she picked up her paint brushes and made time to tap the artist within. Grace loved to share her early memories with her family: what life was like when she was a young girl in the 1920s and '30s, walking to District 128 Schoolhouse, having family picnics in the woods with sketchpad in hand. She was able to pass along those memories up to the very end of her life so that the stories could be preserved for the next generations.

She is survived by son Ronald Huseth and wife Diana of Dennison; daughters Ann Percuoco and husband Michael of Avon, Minn., Marjorie Huseth and husband Brian Powers of Minneapolis; grandchildren Jonathan (Melissa) Huseth, Kristina (Kent) Wedeven, Jeremy Huseth, Emily Percuoco, Kate (Eduardo Cardenas) Percuoco, Nick (Lindsay) Percuoco; great-grandchildren Hailey, Rachel, Luke, and James Huseth, Quinn Wedeven, Felix Cardenas Percuoco, Benjamin Percuoco.

Signe married Olaf HUSETH on 26 Sep 1942. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Abraham Bakken, 76, route 1, Dennison, passed away on friday, Dec. 15, 1972, at Northfield hospital after a brief illness. He was admitted to the hospital on Thursday, Dec. 14. The funeral service was held at Vang Lutheran church at Dennison on Tuesday, Dec. 19, at 2:00 P. M. , the Rev. Jeno Weisz officiating. Mrs. Cyrus Midje was the organist and Mrs. Delbert Ryberg was the vocal soloist. Interment was in Vang cemetery. Pallbearers were Edward Haugen, Herman Haugen, Joel Stenhaug, Alva King, Joseph Flom and Arlie Johnson. Mr. Bakken was born on December 20, 1896, at Decorah, Iowa, the son the Rev. Knute and Signe (Jacobson) Bakken. He moved with his family to Minnesota in 1911. On January 3, 1920, he married the former Thea Holien and he farmed in the Dennison area most of his life. Surviving are his widow, Thea; one daughter, Mrs. Olaf Huseth (Grace) of rural Dennison; three grandchldren; two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and three brothers.

Abraham married Thea HOLIEN. Thea (daughter of Hans Asbjørnsen HOLIEN and Synnøve (Synneva) Endresdatter HOLIEN) was born in 1892; died on 23 Dec 1986 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thea Bakken, 94, of Dennison, died Tuesday, Dec. 23 at the Odd Fellows Nursing Home, Northfield. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the Vang Lutheran Church, the Rev. Curtis Schneider officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Hanson Funeral Home, Kenyon, from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and at the church one hour prior to services. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Olaf (Grace) Huseth of Dennison; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Clergyman

Notes:

Rev. Knut E. Bakken died at his home east of the village here on Saturday evening, Oct 23, after an illness of five months. He became ill this spring while pastor of a charge at Verndale, Minn., and was forced to resign on account of poor health, and returned to his farm in the township of Warsaw. his illness was heart trouble and he gradually grew weaker until at last succumbed on Oct 23.

Knute E. Bakken was born in Warsaw Township, Goodhue county, on July 24,1861. He attended St., Olaf College from 1880 to 1882. During the winter of 1882 he attended Decorah Institute, Decorah, Iowa. In 1883 he entered Archibald’s Business College at Minneapolis and graduated from that institution the 29th of May, 1884. in 1885 and 1886 he was engaged as a school teacher. From 1887 to 1889 he was clerk in the Minnesota legislature and during the summer of 1890 he was appointed United States Census Enumerator at St. Paul. In the fall of 1890 he entered the United Church Seminary and graduated June 3, 1893. He accepted a call from Springfield congregation in Winneshiek county, Iowa and was ordained as a minister on the 15th of June 1893, at Minneapolis. He served as pastor in this charge from 1893 to 1911.

On the 15th of November, 1894, he was joined in marriage to Miss Signe Augusta Jacobson of Winneshiek county, Iowa. Besides his wife he leaves nine children, four sons and five daughters, to mourn his death. He also leaves his aged mother, who lives at the old homestead and two brothers, Rev. G.H. Bakken of Wautomah, Wis., and Thomas Bakken of Warwas township, and also two sisters, Mrs. Ole J. Hamre of Erskine, Minn, and Miss Carrie Bakken who lives at the old homestead.

The funeral was held on Thursday oct 28, with a short service at the home and reguar service at Vangs church. Rev. H.O. Fjelstad of Holden congregation preached the funeral sermom. Rev. S. O. Simundson of Kenyon also made a short speech. Prof I.F. Grose of St. Olaf college read a resolution of thanks from the congregation in Winneshiek county, Iowa, where Rev. K.E. Vakken had been pastor for 18 years. During the service John T. Eltun of Northfield rendered a vocal solo. The paulbearers were Rev. A, Hauge, Rev. S.O. Simundsomn, Prof. I.F. Grose, David Jacobson, John Eltun and Sever Stende. The floral offerings were many and beautiful. Vangs churh was filled with friends and relatives who were present to attend the funeral services of a man who was loved and respected by a large circle of friends. The remains were laid at rest in Vangs cemetery.

Those who came from a distance to attend the funeral were the following: Otto Jacobson of Hettinger, ND; David Jacobson, Mrs. L. W. Boe, Mrs. C.J. Hovey, Mrs and Mrs. A.G. Gross of Minneapolis, Miss Clara Jacobson, Mrs. Hans Jorgenson, Mrs. Gullik Gullikson of Decorah, Iowa; Miss Anna Jevne of Red Wring, and Prof I.F. Grose of St. Olaf College.

Knute married Signe Augusta JACOBSEN in 1894. Signe was born on 4 Jul 1870; died on 1 May 1961 in Olmsted County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Holien 18/

Hans married Synnøve (Synneva) Endresdatter HOLIEN. Synnøve (daughter of Endre Knutsen HOLIEN and Ragnhild Gudbrandsdatter BØ) was born on 20 Jun 1851 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 May 1936 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Holien 18/

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 May 1834, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Birth:
Heen 70/1 Nordre, Larsbakken

Helge married Kari Knutsdatter TASA. Kari (daughter of Knut Thomassen LO and Kari Jonsdatter STEINDE) was born in 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came to Decorah, Iowa, in 1851.

Survived her son Knut, who died in 1896.

Birth:
Tøso 19/2-3

Notes:

Married as Asbjørn Asbjørnsen Hamre, age 22, to Maren Andersdatter Qvale-Eiet, age 22.

His father was Asbjørn Olsen.

Birth:
Nordland 57/2 Hagastrønd

Asbjørn married Sigrid Knutsdatter HOLIEN. Sigrid (daughter of Knut Endresen HOLIEN and Synneva Håkonsdatter KVAMME) was born on 14 Jul 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 28 Mar 1891 in Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1860 census, she is probably the 50 year-old Sarah Canuteson living in Holden Twp, Goodhue County, with her son Hans “Buranson”, age 20, and her daughters Susan, 15, and Anna, 12.

In the 1880 census, she lived in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, as the 65 year-old widow Sigrid Holien. Living with her was her son Hans and his family.

By the time of the 1880 US census, Sigrid Holien is listed as the 65 year-old head of the household at Warsaw, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Living with her are 39 year-old son Hans Holien, daughter-in-law Synner Holien (28), granddaughter Dinah (6), nephew Hulbrand Holien (20), grandson Almer Holien (2), nephew Gulbrand Holien (20), Andrew K Anderson (36), Andreas Overby (16) and grandson Endre Holien (10). Only the three youngest Holien grandchildren had been born in Minnesota and all others had been born in Norway.

Birth:
Holien 18/

Notes:

He is I1830 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Han reiste ofte til Oslo for å selge varer, spesielt fra jakt han selv drev, og med ryper, harer, smør og ost som han også kjøpte fra bøndene. Han var alltid på Kristianiamarknan. Endre og Ragnhild hadde også sønnen Gudbrand E Holien (1859- ) so m dro til USA i 1876 og datteren Brita E Holien (1863- ).

Birth:
Holien 18/

Died:
Holien 18/

Endre married Ragnhild Gudbrandsdatter BØ. Ragnhild (daughter of Gudbrand Olsen BØ and Ragnhild Johannesdatter SVIEN) was born in 1827 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1907 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Bø 8/ i Øye

Died:
Holien 18/