Berit Olsdatter GROVE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Apr 1867, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The church book shows that her parents were unmarried and were Ole Olsen Grøv and Kari Olsdatter Strand.

In the ELCA records, a Berit Lerold, apparently a few days old, died in November of 1894 and was buried through the Wang Lutheran Church in Maynard. This may have been Berit Olsdatter because Anders Lerohl is shown in the 1900 census as having a 2nd wife Dina, with whom he has been married for 2 years.

Died:
see notes

Berit married Andris Kristofferson LEROHL on 28 Jun 1887 in Renville County, Minnesota. Andris (son of Kristoffer Kristofferson LEROHL and Randi Andrisdatter HERMUNDSTAD) was born on 3 Dec 1857 in Norway; died on 2 May 1927 in Renville County, Minnesota; was buried on 6 May 1927 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived in Lethbridge, Canada, at the time of his sister Christine’s death.

Family/Spouse: Christopher Nilson HOLIEN. Christopher (son of Nils Olsen HOLIEN and Berith Christophersdatter GJEVRE) was born on 9 Jul 1883 in Renville County, Minnesota; died on 20 May 1980 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
as Mrs. Christine Flatin

Family/Spouse: Ole THEODORSON. Ole was born in 1885 in Gjøvik, Oppland, Norway; died in 1916 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lewis FLATIN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gladys married Olaf Theodore HOVDA on 17 Jun 1934 in Renville County, Minnesota. Olaf was born on 17 Dec 1906 in Minnesota; died on 14 Jul 1975 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Florence E. Larson, age 82, of Willmar, died Friday morning, January 2, at the Folkstone Living Center in Wayzata.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 6, at Vinje Lutheran Church in Willmar. Interment will be at Wang Lutheran Cemetery near Maynard. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Monday, January 5, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and will continue for one hour prior to the service at the church.

Florence Elizabeth Holien Larson was born on December 15, 1932, in Montevideo, Minnesota, the daughter of Christ and Clara (Holien) Lerohl. She was the youngest of seven children that grew up on the family farm where the Hawk Creek meets the Spring Creek near Maynard. She received her education in country schools and graduated from Granite Falls High School in 1950. After high school, Florence went to Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. She graduated in 1954 with majors in social science and education. She was a four year member of the Luther College Concert band and was involved in student government.

On December 19, 1954, at the Wang Lutheran Church near Maynard, Florence was united in marriage to Conrad E. Larson. For a year she and Conrad taught school in Mora, Minnesota. In 1955, they moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan where Conrad entered graduated school and Florence taught in the Ypsilanti, Michigan schools. In 1959, Florence received a Master of Arts Degree from the University of Michigan in education. After Conrad received his M.D., they moved to Toledo, Ohio where she taught school in Norwood, Ohio. Their two children were born in Toledo, Ohio, Eric and Kristin. After Conrad completed his residency, they moved to Traverse City, Michigan and later to Decorah, Iowa. In Decorah, Florence was an instructor in Educational Psychology and Student Teacher Supervisor at Luther College. In 1975, they moved to Willmar. Florence was an active member of Vinje Lutheran Church and the Willmar community. She served on the church council and as council president, Release Time Director for third through sixth grade children, Esther Circle, Green Lake Bible Camp board and co-chairman, the Willmar HRA chairman, Rice Hospital Auxiliary and state board member, President of the Minnesota State Medical Alliance and as Advisory Committee Chairman for the West Central Community Services Center. In 1979, Florence received the Distinguished Service Award from Luther College.

She is survived by her husband, Conrad of Wayzata; one son, Eric (and Karen) Larson of Apple Valley; one daughter, Kristin (and Kevin) Amundson of Golden, Colorado; two granddaughters, Hannah and Heidi Larson and one sister, Evelyn Underwood of Morris, besides other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Clifford and Walter Holien and three sisters, Gladys Hovda, Bertha Weisbrod and Helen Velde.

Family/Spouse: Conrad Ervin LARSON, Jr. Conrad was born on 11 May 1929 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 31 Mar 2017 in Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Luella Eldora ZIMMERMAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]