Bertha SOINE

Notes:

“Betsey”, age 9, in the 1870 census.

Born September of 1860 according to the 1900 census.

She is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as Mrs. J N Kildahl of St. Paul. She was a member of the Samband in 1904.

Living with her son Karl in North Dakota at the time of the 1930 census.

Living with her daughter Anna in South Dakota at the time of the 1940 census.

Bertha married Johan Nathan KILDAHL about 1883. Johan (son of Johan Nilssen and Nikolina Andersdatter BUVARP) was born in Jan 1857 in Beitstaden, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 25 Sep 1920 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1951-MN-006230

Notes:

Not shown with the family in the 1885 state census so the 1885 birth date is incorrect.

Living at home with his parents, no occupation shown, in the 1910 census.

St. Olaf, ‘13.

In the 1920 census, he is a “Lutheran preacher” living in Page Twp, Cass County, North Dakota.

In the 1925 North Dakota state census, he and his wife and son live in Norman, Traill County.

In the 1930 census, he and his family, with his mother, are living in Volga, Brookings County, South Dakota.

Karl married Emma Louise MASON in Jun 1916. Emma (daughter of MICHAELSON) was born on 11 Aug 1890 in Iowa; died on 17 Apr 1979 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Presumably he is the 1 year-old John L. living with J. N. and Bertha in the 1885 state census.

Living at home with his parents, no occupation shown, in the 1910 census.

Probably the John L. Kildahl in the St. Olaf class of 1910.

Ordained in June of 1914.

Registered for the draft on June 4, 1917, in Norway, Racine County. He gave his home address as Waterford, Wisconsin. He was a Lutheran clergyman employed by a church in Norway, Wisconsin, with an address of North Cap and Vernon. He was married, claimed to be of the Norwegian race, and claimed exemption on the grounds that he was a clergyman. He claimed to have previous military experience as a musician in the infantry in Minnesota in the years 1909-1911. He was described as 5 feet 10.5 inches tall and of medium build with blue eyes and partly balding brown hair.

Probably the J. L. Kildahl, clergyman of the Lutheran Church, living in Norway, Racine County, Wisconsin, in the 1920 census. He is 32 and his wife Edith is 31. They have no children.

In the 1930 census, they live in Webster, Day County, South Dakota, where Johan is a clergyman. The couple has an adopted son Paul, whose father was born in Sweden and his mother in South Dakota, and another son John P. whose mother and father were born in Minnesota.

Not listed in the index of Minnesota Deaths.

Johan married Edith Amanda GLASCOE in Jun 1915. Edith (daughter of SMITH) was born on 31 Mar 1888 in Minnesota; died on 6 Jul 1977 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Nov 1889, Illinois
• Confirmation: 21 May 1905

Notes:

Living at home with her parents, no occupation shown, in the 1910 census.

St. Olaf, ‘13.

Single, unoccupied, and living with her parents in St. Paul at the time of the 1920 census.

In the 1940 census, she and her husband, daughter, and mother lived in a parsonage in Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota, where Severin Bly was a pastor. Five years earlier, all of the household had lived in Clay County, Minnesota. Anna had had four years of college, her husband had had three.

Family/Spouse: Henry Severin BLY. Henry was born on 10 Oct 1891 in Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa; died on 2 Feb 1984 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1975-MN-003426

Notes:

Living at home with his parents, no occupation shown, in the 1910 census.

St. Olaf, ‘15.

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in the village of Adams, Mower County, where Lars was the superintendent of the Adams Public Schools. He was single. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair. His birth year was shown as 1892 on his draft registration although that was inconsistent with his stated age of 25.

In the 1920 census, he is a “professor” at a public school in Branch, Chisago County, Minnesota. His wife is Hilda L. and they have no children.

The cemetery records, perhaps his gravestone, indicate that Lars was a veteran of WWI. According to the Valdris Book, he was in service from October of 1918 to February of 1919 as a Seaman at the Great Lakes Officers Material School.

In the 1930 census, he and Hilda and their two sons live in Chicago. He is a superintendent of an orphan home.

In the 1940 census, he and his family live in Norwood Park, Illinois, in the same house in which they had lived in 1935. He is the head of the Norwegian Lutheran Childrens Home.

Family/Spouse: Hilda Lavina THOMPSON. Hilda was born on 29 Mar 1893 in Minnesota; died on 3 Nov 1967 in Olmsted County, Minnesota; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A Harold B. Kildahl, who died 30 Aug 1904, is buried in Oaklawn Cemetery in Northfield (B 12 7) with the comments: AGE 9 YRS. 5 MOS. 23 DAS. PAT. JOHN N. ? BORN CHICAGO, ILL. BURIAQL PER RECORDS.

He is not listed with his parents in the 1905 Minnesota Census. He is listed with his parents in the 1900 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1999-MN-020683
• Baptism: 29 Jul 1917

Notes:

St. Olaf, ‘39.

Had season tickets to Twins games. His daughters wrote, in a letter published in the Star on July 16th, that his regular seat was roped off by the staff of the Twins on the day after they learned of Karl’s death.

Baptism:
By J. N. Kildahl, grandfather

Karl married Marion Ardell BATES on 11 Jun 1943 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Marion was born on 25 Jan 1921 in Becker County, Minnesota; died on 17 Feb 1992; was buried in Mountain View Memorial Park, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1923-47366

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1927-30708
• Occupation: Psychologist

Notes:

St. Olaf, ‘49.

John P. Kildahl, of Scarsdale and White Plains, NY, died on June 17, at the age of 91. Born in Owatonna, MN on Christmas Eve, 1927, John was the second son of Johan and Edith Kildahl. His father and grandfather were Lutheran ministers, and John was ordained in the Lutheran ministry in 1953, after graduating first from St Olaf College in 1949 and then Luther Theological Seminary in 1952. John’s only brother, Paul, died in action serving in the US Army in Italy in 1944. John enlisted in the US Navy upon graduation from high school in Webster, South Dakota, and was in naval flight school when the war ended. John married Joyce Peterson, of Mabel, Minnesota, in August of 1951; they met at St Olaf in a Norwegian language class and had five children together, Kent, Margit, Lisa, Karl, and Ann. Joyce died in 2002, the love of John’s life. Their marriage together was a loving and wonderful partnership.

John’s professional life was devoted to psychotherapy and his goal of helping patients be happier, more productive, autonomous people. He earned his Ph.D in clinical psychology from NYU in 1957 and did additional training in psychotherapy at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health and the William Alanson White Institute, both of which he eventually taught at. The author or co-author of eight books on the value of therapy, he saw the analyst’s role as that of helper and supporter; he never strayed far from the “pastoral” side of psychological assistance to patients. John was in private practice in Manhattan from 1958 until 2010. He also taught pastoral counseling at New York Theological Seminary.

An avid traveler with Joyce, and a cunning tennis and platform tennis player, John and Joyce owned and cherished a cabin at Highland Lakes, New Jersey, for sixty years. He was a member of the Fox Meadow Tennis Club in Scarsdale, and a fifty-year congregant of Grace Lutheran Church. John maintained strong ties to St Olaf College, where his grandfather was president from 1899 to 1914.

John’s life was devoted to affirming the value and joy of human life. He was a devoted and deeply loving, supportive father, and in addition to his five children he leaves a legacy of deep affection with his sons and daughter-in-law - - Catharine Hill, William Burmeister, and Alan Highet - - and his eleven grandchildren: John, Tom, and Lizzy Kildahl; Katharine and William Burmeister; Alex and Sarah Highet; Jessica Kildahl; and Karin, Peter, and Nathan Honarvar. John lived a life of loving service to others to the day he passed into the next life. A funeral service to celebrate John’s life will take place on June 26 at Grace Lutheran Church in Scarsdale at 11am.

John married Harriet Joyce PETERSON in Aug 1951. Harriet (daughter of Orrin Nelson PETERSON and Margit Iva HAVNEROS) was born on 30 Oct 1928 in Spring Grove, Houston County, Minnesota; died on 2 Nov 2002 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
as Sonia Kildahl Bly

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Aug 1920, Minnesota

Notes:

He was first baptized by his father at birth in North Branch.

St. Olaf, ’43. Mechanical contractor, Park Ridge.

John Nathan ("Nate") Kildahl, age 88, of Park Ridge, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, November 18. Nate was born July 18, 1920 in North Branch, Minnesota. He attended St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. He was a veteran of both World War II and Korea. He entered military service in 1942 and served in the Army Air Corps as a navigator. Nate was stationed in the Pacific with the 8th Combat Cargo Squadron in New Guinea, Philippines, Okinawa, and eventually Tokyo, Japan. During the Korean War he served as a navigator-bombardier with the 17th Bombardment Group (Light) Night Intruder in Pusan, Korea from 1952-1953. He flew 50 combat missions in the B-26 and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and three Air Medals.

Nate was employed by the Barber Coleman Company as a heating and air conditioning engineer and salesman beginning in 1941. After he returned to the States from Japan in 1946 he rejoined the Barber Coleman Company - and again in 1953 after returing from Korea. He retired from Barber Coleman in 1975 following nearly 30 years of service.

Nate used his innate mechanical and engineering skills constantly, whether helping family, friends, church or condo association. He was a lifelong and avid yachtsman who kept a sailboat or powerboat in the Wilmette Harbor for decades until his death. He, family and friends sailed the Great Lakes every spring, summer and fall. He spent many winters in the Florida Keys.

He was a member of Edison Park Lutheran Church for nearly 80 years and was active in leadership positions in various church committees and organizations.

Nate is survived by his wife of 63 years, Kathryn (nee Larson); daughters, Barbara (David) Adams and Karen (Christopher) Woodward; five grandchildren, Karen (Andrew) Adams-Moran, Matthew (Tierney nee Callahan) Adams, Erik Adams; Spencer and Travis Woodward; and a great-grandson, Ethan (Matthew and Tierney) Adams and two other great-grandchildren soon to arrive. He was preceded in death by his brother Lars Charles ("Chuck") Ingvar Kildahl.

Birth:
North Branch

Baptism:
St. Anthony Lutheran, St. Paul

John married Kathryn Elizabeth LARSON in 1945. Kathryn (daughter of Lars Alfred LARSON and Ellen E) was born on 29 Apr 1921 in Illinois; died on 30 Jan 2012 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Sep 1924, Minnesota

Notes:

Baptism:
First Lutheran, Blooming Prairie