Austin B BREKKEN

1888 - 1968  (79 years)

• Name	Austin B BREKKEN
  Birth	7 Dec 1888	Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	6 Jan 1889
  Death	6 Sep 1968	Rice County, Minnesota
  Burial	Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Notes	Funeral services were held for Austin B. Brekken Sr., at 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9, at the Vang Lutheran Church with Rev. Terrence Fretheim officiating. At the church service Mrs. Fretheim sang "The Lord Is My Sheperd". Mrs. Cyrus Midge presided at the organ. Honorary pallbearers were LeRoy Brekken, David Lenway, and Mark Lenway. Dennis Brekken, Robert Reko, Richard Lenway, Burnett Jacobson, Merle Svien and Iver Halvorson served as pallbearers. Interment took place a the Vang Cemetery. Austin was born Dec. 7, 1888 to parents Knut and Sissel Ives Svien. After baptism on Jan. 6, 1889 he was taken to live with foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Even S. Brekken of Dennison. Mrs. Brekken was his aunt. He grew to manhood on their family farm, later moving to Northfield where he attended High School and Saint Olaf college. He also attended college at Saint Ansgar, Iowa. Dec. 14, 1910, at the Methodist Church at Monticello, he was united in marriage to Tulie Read. They established their home on the Brekken farm for 46 years, then retired to Northfield where they resided until May of 1968 when due to ill health they became residents of the Kenyon Sunset Home. Mr. Brekken served as Warsaw Township Clerk for many years and on the School board. He was a life member of Vang Lutheran Church where he was baptized and confirmed. He was preceded in death by his parents, one son Evan who was a casualty of Pearl Harbor, two grandsons; Bruce Sunde and Larry Brekken, five brothers and two sisters. He is survived by his wife Tulie, five sons; Austin, Jr. of Dennison, Lyle of Cannon Falls, Levi of Portland, Oregon, Wilfred and Harvey both of Northfield, and four daughters; Caroline (Mrs. Vernon Reko) of Kenyon, Adeline (Mrs. Harold Lenway), Bertha (Mrs. Sanford Sunde) both of Faribault and Avis of Minneapolis, also 23 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and one brother Knut Svien of Red Wing.
  Person ID	I32852	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Knut SVIEN,   b. 1852, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Mother	Sissel Ivarsdatter,   b. Abt 1853, Norway d. 11 Apr 1942, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F17787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Even BREKKEN,   b. 27 Aug 1828, Norway d. 18 Feb 1895 (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Berte Ivarsdatter LEINE,   b. 26 Jan 1836, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 25 Aug 1925, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F11555	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Tulie READ   d. 22 Aug 1970, Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Children	1. Evan Benhart BREKKEN,   b. 20 Oct 1911, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 7 Dec 1941, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F22630	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2021