Nordahl T FLATEN

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1960-MN-025633

Notes:

Living with his mother in the 1905 state census.

In the 1910 census he is living in Minneapolis with his sister Nellie Pedersen and her family. He is a clerk in a butcher shop.

He registered for the draft in Minneapolis on June 5, 1917. At that time he lived at 2411 11th Avenue South in Minneapolis. He was self-employed with a grocery business at 910 East 24th Street. He was married with a wife and child and claimed their dependancy as grounds for exemption from the draft. He was tall and slender with blue eyes and light hair.

In the 1930 census, he and his family live at 4101 41st Avenue South in Minneapolis. He has a grocery store.

In 1937, he was licensed to sell “lunch, groceries, soft drinks and confectionery” at 2507 East 38th Street in Minneapolis.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife and four children still lived at 4101 41st Avenue in south Minneapolis. He was a the manager of a confectionery.

He was the informant for his brother Walter’s death certificate. At that time, Nordahl lived at 4101 41st Avenue S.

According to Mark, Nordahl owned the building his store was in and rented out several stores in the building to others.

Birth:
birth location according to his draft registration

Nordahl married Almida Caroline RENNING on 8 Sep 1914 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Almida (daughter of Conrad RENNING and Marie PETERSON) was born on 25 Mar 1896 in Minnesota; died on 11 Jan 1980 in Scott County, Minnesota; was buried on 14 Jan 1980 in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1916-44991
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1961-MN-023936

Notes:

Her mother’s maiden name was shown as Rennie in the death index.

According to her death certificate, for which her mother was the informant, Helen was a bookkeeper for Werner Transport. She never married and died of cancer. Her usual residence was 4101 41st Avenue in south Minneapolis.

Died:
St. Barnabas Hospital

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2002-MN-027166

Notes:

Flaten Paul, Sr. of Deephaven, MN. Survived by wife, Mickii (Margaret); son, Paul, Jr & daughter, Randi. Memorial service Friday, Aug 16th, 2 pm at St. Luke Presbyterian Church, Groveland School Rd., Wayzata, MN.

Died:
SSDI last residence Wayzata, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Family/Spouse: Margaret Edna VAN PATTER. Margaret was born on 19 Jun 1923 in Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin; died on 14 Dec 2010 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2013-MN-033132

Notes:

He lived at 2411 West 60th Street at the time that his son was born in 1953.

He lived in Burnsville in 1994.

Nordahl T. Flaten Jr., age 88, of Burnsville, went home to heaven on October 19th . Nord is survived by his wife Mertha; his children Sonja (Fred) and Mark (Sharon), four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Nord was born in Minneapolis and graduated from Roosevelt High in January 1943. After graduation he was inducted into the US Army and was trained for both the infantry and aviation training. In early 1945 he was shipped to Europe where he fought in the battle of the Ruhr Pocket and Drabenderhoe where he received the Bronze Star. In April 1945 his division liberated the German concentration camp at Flossenburg, Germany where two weeks earlier the Christian pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer had been put to death by the Nazi regime by hanging. Upon the end of the war in Europe his division was deployed to Japan for the invasion of Japan and was part of the occupation forces.

Nord was a gifted creative engineer who could imagine and build most anything. During his career he was awarded several patents. He enjoyed and spent many hours on his farm in southeastern Minnesota. He also loved listening to pipe organ music on his stereo. He will be deeply missed by his wife and family.

Funeral Service, 11am Friday, October 25, 2013 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Burnsville. Visitation will be held from 10-11am prior to the service. Internment at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.

Nordahl married M.A. JOHNSON [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was the informant for his mother’s death certificate. At that time he lived at 2601 Hayes Drive in Burnsville.

Died:
last residence Burnsville

James married Shirley Elaine MOE on 1 Jul 1951 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]