OBITUARY: John Gjerstad, 1891-1981, Mitchell County, Iowa

[St. Ansgar Enterprise, 12 NOV 1981]



                            John Gjerstad

  Funeral services for John Gjerstad, 90, who died at Burr Oak Manor
November 7, were held November 9 in Humboldt.

  John Gjerstad was born March 14, 1891 in Ytre Arna-Bergen, Norway, the
son of Haldor and Johanna (Blom) Gjerstad. He was baptized and confirmed
in the Lutheran church in Norway.

  He received his education in Norway, and came to the United States in
1911. He worked in St. Ansgar, and later farmed there. He returned to
Norway in 1920 for one year, and again in 1935 for a three-year visit with
his family.

  Mr. Gjerstad then moved to Austin, Minn. where he was employed at the
Hormel Company until his retirement. Because of ill health he has lived
at Burr Oak Manor for the past few years. He was preceded in death by his
parents and five brothers and sisters in Norway, and two brothers in the
United States, Olaf Gjerstad of Minneapolis and Gerhard (Guy) Gjerstad of
Eagle Grove.

  Mr. Gjerstad is survived by one sister, Mrs. Malmfrid Kalsaas of Ytre
Arna-Bergen, Norway, and nieces and nephews in Norway and the United
States.

  Burial was in Union cemetery in Humboldt.




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