Rande Olsdatter SÖLAND

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 5 Jun 1887, Iowa

Notes:

Called Ragnild in the birth record for Oliver.

In the 1910 census, she had had 9 children, only 7 still living. All 7 of those children were living at home in 1910. She is shown as 48 years old in that census but she was actually only 38.

Birth:
most sources say 10 Jul 1871 in Minnesota

Confirmation:
Silver Lake

Rande married Trond Jonsen KVÅLE about 1893. Trond (son of Jon Dy Pedersen KVÅLE and Guri Trondsdatter MYRE) was born on 4 Nov 1854 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 3 Jan 1932 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Oct 1893

Notes:

Sponsors at his baptism: Marin Lokken, Peder Lokken, Ellen Soland, and P. Kvale.

In the 1940 census, he and his family lived in the village of Conger in Freeborn County, Minnesota. Oliver was a butter maker for a co-op creamery. Oliver had a 5th grade education, Esther was a high school graduate.

Baptism:
recorded in the records of the Immanuel Lutheran Church of Forest City, Iowa

Oliver married Esther Alice BERG on 8 Jun 1922 in Worth County, Iowa. Esther (daughter of William H LARGHE and Sarah Evelyn VARGASON) was born on 12 Feb 1903 in Hazleton, Buchanan County, Iowa; died on 14 Nov 1989 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Apr 1897, Iowa

Notes:

This Gilbert died before the 1910 census. There is another Gilbert (age 1) living with his parents in the 1910 census.

Baptism:
Immanuel Lutheran, Forest City

Notes:

Sylven "Sid" Kvale passed away on Dec. 13, 2009 at the Bob Stump VAMC Hospice Unit in Prescott, Arizona.

He was born March 2, 1923 in Joice, Iowa, the son of Oliver and Esther Kvale. Sid was married to the love of his life, Betty. Together they shared many years of love and memories.

Sid served his country proudly in the United States Marine Corps and was a WWII veteran who was honorably discharged as a Sergeant.

He worked for 25 years as a salesman in the chemical field for Pennwalt Corp. Sid was the manager of a creamery in Houston, Minnesota, and was a salesman at Vista Del Lago, each for 10 years. He was a member of Prescott Elks Lodge #330 and the VFW for 39 years. Sid belonged to and attended the American Lutheran Church in Prescott.

He is survived by wife, Betty, of Prescott; daughter, Pamela and son-in-law Jeff, of Ogden, Utah; grandchildren, Brian and Katy Paulson and Heather and Erik Kvale; brother, Basil Kvale, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Oliver and Esther; brother, Orvis Kvale; and his son, Craig Kvale.

Family/Spouse: Betty Jean WACHOLZ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 May 1924, Minnesota

Notes:

Baptismal sponsors were Mr. and Mrs. Sivert Berg and Mr. and Thrond and Ida Kvale.

A note in the July 15, 1936, edition of the Mason City Globe Gazette says that Sidney and Orvis Kvale returned to their home in Conger, Minnesota, following a stay in the S. K. Berg home in Hanlontown, Iowa.

Orvis died in an auto accident.

Birth:
baptismal record says 5 May

Baptism:
recorded at Emmons Lutheran Church but that record says that he was baptized at home, not in church

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2017-MN-037539

Notes:

USMC, WWII and Korea.

He celebrated his 90th birthday at the Oaklawn Care Center in Mankato on January 7, 2016.

He owned a Super Value store in Howard, South Dakota.

Birth:
in Birth Index as Basel Revel, mother’s maiden name Berglund

Died:
Hillcrest Health Care Center, Mankato

Basil married Alice Marie STEELE on 3 Nov 1946 in Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota, and was divorced on 10 Jul 1981 in Rice County, Minnesota. Alice was born on 27 Oct 1926 in Minnesota; died on 20 Dec 1991 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Concordia Pickerel Lake Cemetery, Conger, Freeborn County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Undergraduate degree in wildlife biology from the University of Minnesota. Masters degree in wildlfe management from the University of Idaho in Moscow.

Research biologist and regional wildlife manager, Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

Family/Spouse: K. KIRKEMO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]