Albert IVERSON

Albert married Anne Trondsdatter EIKREN on 26 Mar 1911 in McKenzie County, North Dakota. Anne (daughter of Trond Andersen TØRSTAD and Sigrid Olsdatter EIKREN) was born on 8 Jan 1885 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died about 1954. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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WATFORD CITY -- Stella Van Dyke Wahlund, 92, Watford City, formerly of Bismarck, died Dec. 13, 2003, at a Watford City nursing home. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Wilmington Lutheran Church, Arnegard, with the Rev. Tim Swenson officiating. Burial will be in Schafer Cemetery, Watford City.

Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the services.

Stella was born July 26, 1911, to Albert and Anna (Eikren) Iverson, on her father's farm south of Alexander, N.D. After her father, Albert, passed away, the family moved to Rawson, to run the Heggen Hotel which was owned by Stella's Uncle OJ and Aunt Bessie Iverson. After one year of high school in Rawson, the family moved to Arnegard where Stella graduated in 1930. She attended Dakota Business College in Fargo for one year. As a young woman, she worked in Watford City.

She was married to Raymond Van Dyke in 1939, and they lived in Baltimore, Md. They later moved to Bismarck and Fargo, before retuning to Washington, D.C., where Raymond was employed by the government. They also lived in Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland and New Jersey before returning to Chicago. Mr. Van Dyke passed away in 1964. Stella worked in Evanston, Ill., and later returned to Watford City for a few years. She later moved to Bismarck, where she was employed by the Bank of N.D. as an auditor. She retired in 1978.

She married Elmer Wahlund in Bismarck in 1979. They continued to live in Bismarck, and Elmer died in 1992. After his death, she moved to the Missouri Slope Retirement Home in Bismarck. She later moved to the Horizon Apartments in Watford City, and entered Good Shepherd Nursing Home in April 2003.

She enjoyed drawing and painting all of her life. She loved to play card games, especially pinochle and bridge. She enjoyed bowling and watching the Minnesota Twins. She was known for having a sweet tooth.

She is survived by one son, Doug Van Dyke, and his wife, Marcia, Fishers, Ind., and their children, Eric and Amy; and two sister-in-laws, Lettie Dodge and her husband, Donald, and Wilma Ecklund, all of Watford City.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; her twin sister, Thelma B. Stenehjem in 2001; her younger sister, Julia Essen; and her younger brother, Elmer Iverson.

Died:
as Stella A Wahlund

Family/Spouse: Raymond VAN DYKE. Raymond was born on 24 Jan 1917 in North Dakota; died on 12 Feb 1964. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]