Peter Amundsen GOLBERG

Notes:

Terry says that Peter was one of the first settlers in St. Ansgar, arriving in 1853-54 with the second wave of the Clausen colony, founders of the town of St. Ansgar and the First Lutheran Church there.

Family/Spouse: Bergit BENTRUD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 census, she (indexed as Dalayer) and her children live in Minot, North Dakota. Her marital status is unclear. The girls are unmarried, Blanche is a school teacher, Ruth works for a millinery. Also living with the family is Elwin Dalager, Olive’s nephew, a bookkeeper for the railroad.

In the 1915 Iowa census, she is back in St. Ansgar and is divorced.

At the time of the 1920 census, Olive, as Olina Dalager, is still in St. Ansgar and is now a widow. The girls are still unmarried: Blanche is a school teacher, Ruth works in a millinery shop. Roy is not listed with his mother and sisters. The household includes two lodgers, a pair of spinster school teachers.

Olena married Anders Olsen DALÅKER about 1881. Anders (son of Ole Andersen 2 DALÅKER and Ingeborg Amundsdatter BØ) was born on 15 Feb 1854 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1915. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Feb 1882, Austin, Mower County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1940 census, she is a school teacher in Austin. Also living with her is her sister, Ruth P Clareson, a widow, no occupation and Blanche’s nephew, Thomas D Clareson, age 13.

Birth:
some sources say 2 Jan 1882

Baptism:
as Blanche Olava, probably St. Olaf Lutheran Church

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Feb 1887, Austin, Mower County, Minnesota

Notes:

Baptism:
perhaps St. Olaf Lutheran Church

Ruth married Thomas A CLARESON about 1924. Thomas was born about 1885 in New York; died in 1932 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Dentist
• Baptism: 4 Mar 1890, Austin, Mower County, Minnesota

Notes:

In his World War II draft registration, he listed his address as 7737 Bennett Avenue, Chicago. He was a dentist and his place of business was at 55 E Washington, Room 1721.

Baptism:
as Arthur Roy Palmer Dalager, probably at St. Olaf Lutheran Church

Roy married Catherine B SEERY on 11 Aug 1920 in Cook County, Illinois. Catherine was born on 17 Sep 1894 in Illinois; died in Mar 1969 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: writer, editor, English professor
• Baptism: 27 Aug 1926, Austin, Mower County, Minnesota

Notes:

Attended the University of Minnesota.

Baptism:
probably St. Olaf Lutheran Church

Died:
last residence Wooster

Thomas married Alice Jane SUPER on 23 Dec 1954. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Served in the U.S. Army in World War II.

Richard married Mary Louise FOLEY on 28 Apr 1952 in Cook County, Illinois. Mary was born on 31 Dec 1929 in Cook County, Illinois; died on 21 Dec 2002 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Donna Delaney passed away peacefully in the company of her family on October 26th. She was the beloved wife of the late Gene Delaney; loving mother of Dan (Kathy), Dick (Millie), Chris (Anne), Kathy Delaney (Bill Saunders and son Craig), Terry and Tom Delaney; dear grandmother of Dan, Walt, Annie (Dave) Porter, Miles (Katie), Ryan (Suzie), Lexie, Lauren, Matt, Meaghan, Jenny, Kevin and Mike; great granddaughter Addie. 

Donna was born in Chicago to Dr. Roy A. and Catherine B. Dallager (née Seery) and raised in South Shore, first on Euclid then on Bennett Ave. One of the high points of her early years, and the source of many stories, was spending time during the summer at the cottage her father Roy built by himself in Momence, Illinois down by the wild Rock River. This was the site of endless pranks by her brother Dick (aka The Big Dealer, Uncle Tully, Old Gus), whom she loved dearly in spite of, or perhaps because of, his constant kidding of her. 

Her parish and grammar school was Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. Here began a lifelong friendship with Monsignor Ignatius McDermott, MSW (“Father Mac”), a young assistant pastor who later dedicated his life initiating trail-blazing programs for those fighting addiction. Fr. Mac provided important support and consolation at two key times in Donna’s life - when her father died unexpectedly after surgery and again 51 years later during the final days of her husband Gene. 

After four years at Aquinas Dominican H.S., she attended Barat College and then Mundelein College for nearly a year, but college was not her cup of tea. It was back to beloved South Shore and work in the city at the offices of Peabody Coal Co. 

Donna delighted in telling her kids of the time during her courtship with Gene when he was picked up by Chicago police while he waited for her to return home in his father’s black Buick. Turns out that idling a black Buick down the block from the home of reputed Chicago Outfit racketeer Murray “The Camel” Humphreys was not the ideal way to begin a date. However, the incident did not deter Gene and they were married in May of 1949. 

After early years in their garden apartment in Chatham, Donna and Gene, with 4 kids in tow, moved to their first house in La Grange, spending 10 years raising a growing family and meeting lifelong friends like Lou & Otto Molidor. A family can be thought of as the sum of its stories and the years in LaGrange provided hundreds, which were told and re-told amidst laughter throughout the years, right up to her last days. It doesn’t get any better than that. 

After 2 years in Connecticut, Donna and Gene returned to the Chicago area and completed raising their family in Northbrook. During these years, Donna was Eucharistic Minister for more than a decade at Our Lady of the Brook and even had a short-lived career in real estate at Lake Bay Realty. It became clear pretty quickly that Donna’s heart was in filling a home with food, joy and fun rather than selling it. 

One of her longest-lasting achievements was hosting an annual Thanksgiving Turkey Bowl for 36 years in her Northbrook backyard. Family, school friends and neighbors would take to the field in games where the same plays seemed to be run each year and the games always ended in a tie, thanks to the officiating of Gene Delaney and Jack McCarthy. One year, several players opted to stay for Thanksgiving dinner, which warmed Donna’s heart. 

That was what Donna cherished the most – her family and happy meals around her well-stocked table. Her family will all miss those meals, but will always remember them.

Donna married Eugene Francis DELANEY on 14 May 1949 in Cook County, Illinois. Eugene was born on 1 Mar 1925; died on 19 Nov 2000 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]