OBITUARY: Arlene J. Hopperstad, 1919-2002, Worth county, Iowa



                      Arlene J. Hopperstad

[The Northwood Anchor - www.northwoodanchor.com - posted November 12, 2002]
                      
Funeral services were Friday, Nov. 8, 2002, at the First Lutheran Church,
with Rev. Paul Holmer officiating.  Burial was in the Sunset Rest Cemetery
in Northwood.  

Conner Colonial Chapel, Northwood, was in charge of arrangements.

Arlene J. Hopperstad, the daughter of Carl and Inga (Peterson) Hopperstad
was born on Jan. 22, 1919, at Reeder, ND and was baptized at Slim Butte
Lutheran Church in South Dakota.  At the age of one-year she and her
parents moved to her grandfather's P.O. Peterson farm in Brookfield
Township, rural Northwood, IA.  She was a member of Elk Creek Lutheran
Church, where she reaffirmed the faith of her baptism through confirmation.
She attended the Brookfield Township School and graduated from the Kensett
High School in 1937.  Arlene also attended Waldorf College in Forest City,
Iowa.  In 1959, she and her parents moved to Northwood where she was a
member of the First Lutheran Church.  She was employed by Mortenson's
Produce and Carroll George Inc. both in Northwood.

Arlene made two trips to Vik, Norway to visit with cousins.  In 1996, she
moved to her cousin June Brown's daughter's home, Kathleen and Ron Fulton
in Brandon, IA.  June Brown made her home with the Peterson and Hopperstad
family. 

She enjoyed reading, crocheting, walking, and playing the piano.

She was a member of First Lutheran Church in Northwood, and was a former
member of the Elk Creek Norwegian Girls Chorus. 

Left to cherish her memory is many cousins and friends. 

Her parents preceded her in death.



Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: Not necessarily related to the subject of this obituary.)

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