OBITUARY: Brede O. Wamstad, 1856-1938, Mitchell County, Iowa




                          Brede O. Wamstad

Brede O. Wamstad was born at Gran, Hadeland, Norway on December 11, 1856.
He came to America in 1887 and lived for some time in the Rock Creek
community.  He received his education in the school of Norway and also
at the St. Ansgar Seminary.

After finishing his schooling, he taught for a few years in the parochial
school of Rock Creek Lutheran Church.  Later he was employed by the
Cargill Elevator Company for thirty-five years at Clifford, ND, and in
Minneapolis, MN until retiring about ten years ago.

While in North Dakota, he was married to Christina Olson of Aberdeen, SD.

The nearest surviving relatives besides his widow, are two brothers: Ole,
of Parma, ID and Iver, of Oslo, Norway.

After a lingering illness, a stroke of apoplexy terminated his active and
useful life at his home in Minneapolis on July 18, 1938.

Funeral services were conducted at the Rock Creek Lutheran Church by his
pastor, O.S. Reigstad, of Minneapolis, assisted by the local pastor,
O.C. Myhre, on July 21, 1938.  Interment was in the Rock Creek cemetery.



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