Jøger Gulbrandsen

Family/Spouse: Marit Jacobsdatter KVÅLE. Marit was born on 29 May 1791 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Jun 1829, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Judging from the names of Juel’s baptismal sponsors, Jakob seems to have had a sister named Marith Jögersdatter Haavi.

In the 1865 census, he was Jakob Jøgersen, age 37, a husmann med jord on Granum farm in Nordre Aurdal, Ulnæs og Svænnæs.

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Johnsdatter TUF. Ingeborg was born on 15 Jul 1833 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Sep 1857, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Mistakenly shown as age 3 in the transcription of the 1865 census.

In his marriage record, he is shown to have been born in Vestre Slidre.

In the 1900 census, he was a farmer in Martin Twp, Rock County, Minnesota. He had come to the U.S. in 1870.

His obit said that he had farmed southwest of Hills for more than 60 years and just recently moved into town. He was survived by his widow and nine children. His funeral was at Bethlehem Lutheran on April 26th. His obit said that he was 88 years old.

Birth:
Tildens farm

Baptism:
not long after birth he was given a home baptism by Reier Eriksen Tildens.

Juel married Rangdi HELGESON on 24 May 1888 in Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota. Rangdi (daughter of Helge Julsen RAGNÆS and Guri Tollefsdatter) was born on 29 Apr 1868 in Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
10 Jan in his WWII draft registration

Melvin married Selma SJOLSETH on 13 Jun 1917 in Rock County, Minnesota. Selma was born on 1 Jan 1893 in Hills, Rock County, Minnesota; died on 12 May 1995 in Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin; was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: WLASCHIN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her obit said that she had lived “all of her life” in Rock County, Minnesota.

Died:
a Garretson, S.D., nursing home

Family/Spouse: Unknown BRENNAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Owned and operated Luverne Glass Co.

Family/Spouse: Elaine Isabelle KNOWLTON. Elaine was born on 25 Sep 1920 in Rock County, Minnesota; died on 23 Nov 1994 in Riverside County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and four others were returning from a dance when the car in which they were riding rolled over on a curve. He and two others, both young women, were killed.

Died:
“tragic auto crash on edge of Luverne”

Notes:

Patricia Nuffer, age 85 of Hills, MN died Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at the Tuff Memorial Home of Hills.

Funeral service will be 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 16th at the United Methodist Church in Luverne, MN, with Rev. Theodora Hull officiating.

Private family burial will follow the meal at Pleasant View Cemetery rural Luverne, MN.

Visitation will be Friday, February 15th from 4:00 to 8:00 PM with family present from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Jurrens Funeral Home of Hills.

Patricia Lou Nuffer was born April 12, 1927 in St. Paul, MN. She graduated from Hills High School and attended Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD. Patricia met her husband to be, Cletus Nuffer, while they both were playing the clarinet in the high school band and on December 12, 1946 they were united in marriage at Salem Evangelical Church in Fairmont, MN. To this union six children were born. She and her husband farmed near Hills. Patricia was a member of the United Methodist Church in Luverne, MN. She took part in the Extension Club in Hills, the Women's Church Circle and the Friendship Club. She enjoyed embroidery.

Patricia is survived by her children, Elizabeth (Morris) Fick of Luverne, MN; Cleo (Mark) Granneman of Northfield, MN; Allen (Sue) Nuffer of Hills, MN; George (Jo) Nuffer of Sioux Falls, SD; Mary (Rick) Martens of Madison, SD; Janice Nuffer of Steen, MN; 18 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Judy Qualley; husband, Cletus Nuffer; granddaughter, Jamie Nuffer.

Family/Spouse: Cletus NUFFER. Cletus was born on 27 Aug 1924 in Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota; died on 4 Aug 2009 in Hills, Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Janice Kay Nuffer was born in Luverne, MN, on July 20, 1947, to Cletus and Patricia (Qualley) Nuffer. She grew up on a farm north of Hills. The oldest of 6 children, she graduated from Hills High School in 1965. After graduating, Janice attended Worthington Community College. From there, she transferred to Mankato State University, where she graduated with a major in Elementary Education/Special Education.

Her 1st teaching position was in Philip, SD. From there, she taught at a country school in Philip, SD. Eventually, she resumed her education at Mankato State University, where she graduated with a 6-year Specialist Degree. She then served as Elementary Principal at Morgan, MN. Her next position was as Superintendent/Principal at the Magnolia School, Magnolia, MN. After leaving that position, she worked at Morgan Stanley-Dean Witter, Sioux Falls, SD. After retiring from that position, due to increasing health problems related to her 40-year battle with rheumatoid arthritis, she became a full-time aunt to her many nieces and nephews.

Janice valued education and was an avid reader. She is fondly remembered as an aunt who had a knack for picking out good books for kids to read. In her later years, she was a master of the computer and her iPhone. She took a special shine to grand nieces, Afton and Aubrey. Part of her daily routine was picking them up from school along with friend, Kelsey Baker. She brought them to her house where she fed and tutored them, until their parents could pick them up.

Janice is survived by her 5 siblings: Mary (Rick) Martens, Madison, SD; George (JoAnn) Nuffer, Johnstown, CO; Allen (Sue) Nuffer, Hills, MN; Cleo (Mark) Granneman, Northfield, MN; and Beth (Morris) Fick, Luverne, MN. She is also survived by 18 nieces and nephews, 38 great nieces and nephew, with another great nephew scheduled to join the family in February.

She was proceeded in death by her parents, Cletus and Pat Nuffer, and a niece, Jamie Nuffer.

She managed the Nuffer Family Tree on Ancestry.