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18971

She was “Emelia” as the Mother’s maiden name in Walter’s entry in the birth index.

JAVANAARD, Hilda (I15716)

18972

She was “of rural Fergus Falls” at the time of her brother Everett’s death in 2007.

Gladys Margaret Bye, 85, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, January 8, 2013, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls.

She was born December 4, 1927, in Elizabeth, Minnesota, the daughter of Frank Persey and Ida Steib Persey. Gladys attended school until the 8th grade at a rural country school north of Elizabeth.

On June 12, 1951 she was united in marriage to Harold Arthur Bye at her family home in Elizabeth. A consummate mother, farmer, and homemaker, Gladys was an excellent baker and cook and enjoyed preparing meals for her family and friends. Gladys began her career as a waitress at Runnigan’s (now Viking) Café. After uniting in marriage to Harold, she became a farmer’s wife. She spent 31 years on the farm milking, plowing, baling, etc. and then retired from farming in 1982. Gladys then took a job at the Laundry Mat in Fergus Falls, ironing doctors and nurses uniforms early in the morning before going to her second job delivering the newspaper for the Daily Journal for 25 years.

When Gladys could find spare time in her busy schedule she enjoyed reading the bible, listening to the radio, gardening, canning, and traveling with Harold to attend Thrashing shows throughout Minnesota and Iowa.

Gladys is survived by her husband, Harold Bye, of Fergus Falls; three children, Duane (Annette) Bye of Fergus Falls, David (Renata) Bye of Sturgeon Lake, and Marilyn (Roger) Mittelstadt of Fergus Falls; four grandchildren, Daniel Bye, Melissa Bye, Adam Bye, and Trissica Rodgers; four step-grandchildren, Ashley, Thomas, Trey and Teryn; and four great-grandchildren, Natalie, Levi, MacKenzie and Ayden. Gladys also has several nephews, nieces and great nephews and nieces, and great-great-nephews and nieces.

She was preceded in death by her father, Frank Persey, her mother, Ida Steib Persey, two brothers, Eldon Persey and Everett Persey, and step-granddaughter, Ann Marie Walker.

Interment: Trinity-Faith Cemetery in Fergus Falls

PERSEY, Gladys Margaret (I7065)

18973

She was “Sister Roselda of Springfield, Illinois,” in her father’s obituary.

Her 25 years in the Order of the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis at Springfield, Illinois, was celebrated on June 13, 1958, at St. Francis Church at the “motherhouse”, six miles outside of Springfield. Present at the ceremony were Sister Roselda’s mother, her sister Edna, her sister Delavine, and her brother Henry. Sister Roselda’s two priest nephews, Joseph and Adrian, were part of the service.

She served at St. Joseph’s hospital in Chippewa Falls from 1969 to 1987 when illness forced her to return to Springfield. She served as “teacher and organizer of two schools of Medical Technology, and as a librarian and x-ray techmician.

MERCIER, Irene Mary Agnes (I8014)

18974

She went to America with her mother and twin brother.

The Weflen Family Tree has her marrying Ole/Olaf Helgeson and living in Minnesota or North Dakota in 1900.

By about 1905, they were in Saskatchewan. Ole and family was recorded in Prince Albert in Saskatchewan in the 1916 Canadian census.

VEFLEN, Ingeleiv Kristoffersdatter (Ida) (I24666)

18975

She worked extensively in community theatre as actress, producer, and director. Her day job was with Home Depot in a technical capacity.

Amy (I36430)

18976

She worked for Munsingwear and for 27 years at Honeywell.

BERGLOF, Jane Elaine (I27566)

18977

She would have been born 2 weeks before her father died.

Emigrated May 16, 1881, according to Jan Webb. The portion of the family leaving Sweden at that time were Emma, Josephine, Charlie, Ida, and Hedda Sofia. Carl Oscar and Johan Alfred stayed behind in Sweden. The oldest, John, emigrated the year before.

From the Emibas CD:

Post 244733

Lundberg, Hedda Sofia Linnea
Dotter (unmarried woman)

b. 12/9/1876 in Annerstad, Kronobergs län (Småland)

Emigrated 5/16/1881
from Berghem Westregård, Kånna, Kronobergs län (Småland)
to Nordamerika

Source: Emibas migration file ID: Kånna G 1881 018

Not listed in the 1885 state census so she had apparently died by then.

CARLSON, Hedda Sofia Linnea (I16)

18978

She, like her husband, died a pauper at the Fluberg poor farm. According to her death record, she was born on Nerbyeie on 1 Jan 1819.

NERBŸE, Berte Maria Christiansdatter (I28817)

18979

Sheldon L. Toso, 69, of Hoffman, MN, died Sunday, April 24, 2011, at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, MN.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 28 at the Erickson-Smith Funeral Home in Hoffman. Family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Sheldon was born May 30, 1941, in Baker, ND, to Otto and Magnhilda (Olstad) Toso. He attended school and graduated from Devils Lake High School in 1959. On July 3, 1960, Sheldon married Beverly Dahl in Hampden, ND.

The couple moved to International Falls where Sheldon was an assistant manager for Woolworth’s. The family then moved to Devils Lake where he worked in a service station. They later moved to Moorhead where he worked for Mathison Tire in Fargo, and on to Duluth where Sheldon worked for Seiberling Tire Company and Mathison Tire. In November 1983, they moved to Hoffman where Sheldon and Beverly had “Toso’s Hoffman House.” He later went to work for Cenex in Hoffman and retired in 2006.

Sheldon was devoted to his family and loved spending time with them. He also enjoyed reading and watching the Minnesota Twins and Vikings.

Survivors include his wife, Beverly; sons, Dean (Donna) Toso of Moorhead, MN, Brian (Kelly) Toso of Little Falls, MN and Daryn (Nicolle) Toso of Fergus Falls, MN; grandchildren, Jeffrey, Erick, Derek, Blake, Kylie, Trent and Mitchell; and two brothers, Wallace (Arlyce) Toso and Dennis (Doris) Toso.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Mavis; and four brothers, Howard, Orvin, Donald, and Alvern.

TOSO, Sheldon Lowell (I18541)

18980

Shell Rock

HELLAND, Brita (I36521)