Iver O LERDAHL

Notes:

According toe Cathy, Iver was from Lærdal. He may originally have used the surname Rhoem but then changed it to Olson and then to Lerdahl. No one remembers why the initial name change, but he reportedly was having too many mail mix ups with the last name Olson. He settled in Cyrus as a farmer and had 10 children.

Family/Spouse: Ellen SAMUELSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Pilot
• Baptism: 15 Apr 1906, Cyrus, Pope County, Minnesota

Notes:

Witnesses to his baptism were Otto and Anna Steensland and Lizzie and Carl Steensland.

In the 1930 census, he and Mabel lived in Virginia, Minnesota. Herman is a battery man for a garage. They have no children.

In the 1940 census, he and Mabel and their two sons lived in Fairbanks, Alaska. The elder Herman was an aviator for an airplane company. Cathy says he was an Alaskan bush pilot in the ‘30s. The family returned to the lower 48 during WWII because the Japanese were in the Aleutian islands. In his draft registration for World War II, his employer was Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc.

In 1947 he was a pilot for Northwest Airlines. A newspaper article in the 15 Aug 1947 edition of the St. Cloud Times says that that he saw a “flying disc or other unidentified object” over Billings, Montana, in the middle of the afternoon on August 13th.

He lived at 5644 43rd Avenue in south Minneapolis in 1951.

He was married to Daisy K Lerdahl at the time of his death.

Baptism:
St. Petri Lutheran

Herman married Mabel Olive BYE on 14 Jul 1926 in Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota, and was divorced. Mabel (daughter of Olaf Martin Hansen BYE and Bertha Karoline KNUDSEN) was born on 14 Jan 1907 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 13 Jun 1990 in Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 13 Jun 1943, Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Notes:

His confirmation record calls him Herman Oliver Lerdahl, Jr. and says he was born 12 Dec 1927 in Virginia and baptized 12 Feb 1928.

Served in the Air Force 1946-1949.

He lived at 8231 17th Ave. South when his daughter was born in November of 1957. He and Idella sold that home in 1985 and moved to Burnsville.

He was a bank security guard.

He and Idella lived in Bloomington in 1967 when Idella’s step-mother died (her father’s 2nd wife).

Confirmation:
Our Savior Lutheran Church

Died:
Perham

Herman married Idella Mary MORRIS on 29 Apr 1950. Idella was born on 9 May 1930 in Pope County, Minnesota; died on 7 Sep 1992 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Graduated from Virginia, Minnesota’s Roosevelt High School, class of 1957.

He and his wife lived in Maplewood, Minnesota, at 1232 Junction Avenue, at the time Catherine was born.

Beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, & Great Grandfather. Age 78

Passed away peacefully of natural causes after a long battle with Alzheimer’s on July 29, 2018.

Survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Audrey; children Jeffrey (Susan) & Catherine (John) Jylha; 5 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren; & many other family & friends. Special thanks to the staff at The Salvation Army Adult Daycare & Cerenity.

Funeral Service Thursday (8/2) 11:00 AM at OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH, 1390 Larpenteur Ave. E., St. Paul. Visitation one hour prior to Service at church. Interment at a later date.

Robert married A.E. AUTIO [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

No birth certificate or death certificate issued in Minnesota.