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Ruth Eleanor ORFALD

Female 1905 - 1978  (73 years)

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  • Name Ruth Eleanor ORFALD 
    Birth 6 Jul 1905  Biwabik, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    MN Birth Cert Checked
    Minnesota Birth Certificate 1905-25170 
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1978-MN-023691 
    Death 27 Sep 1978  St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • In the 1924 Virginia city directory, which includes Biwabik, she is listed as living at home and working as a clerk for A H Tandberg.

      Her birth certificate was amended on August 1, 1967, from “Babe.”

      Her obituary was published on p. 6C:2 of the September 28, 1978, edition of the Duluth News-Tribune:

      Ruth E. (Harry) Saxhaug, 73, Virginia, died Wednesday in the Virginia hospital. Surviving are a son, Vernon, Virginia; a daughter Harriett (Roy) Tucker, Franklin, Ohio; a brother, Robert Orfald, Virginia; and four sisters, Edna (Arthur) Cartwright and Jennie Goodman, Biwabik; Marie Lehto, Wichita, Kansas; and Mabel Croon, Chicago. Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday in Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Virginia. Arrangements are by the Range Funeral Home.
    Person ID I1311  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2016 

    Father Johannes (John) Berntson ORFALD,   b. 1 Aug 1866, Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1947, Biwabik, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Marie Othelie Martinusdatter BYE,   b. 27 Apr 1873, Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1966, Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 3 Apr 1893  Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F103  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harry Delford SAXHAUG,   b. 20 Aug 1901, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1980, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 23 Dec 1925  St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William Harry SAXHAUG,   b. 1 Jan 1927, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1927, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     2. Vernon Delford SAXHAUG,   b. 8 Jan 1928, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 2016, Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F951  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 May 2015