OBITUARY: Ingri (Troe) Oyer, 1868-1948, Worth Co., Iowa



                           Mrs. Ingri Oyer

Mrs. Ingri Oyer (80) died March 26, 1948, with her funeral being held at 
Silver Lake, with the Rev. G.B. Odegaard officiating.  Ingri was born 
January 26, 1868 to Nils N. Troe and Liv Baardsdatter, in Silver Lake 
Township, on the farm now occupied by Gustav K. Sorbo.  She was baptized
by the Rev. T.A. Torgerson, and confirmed by Rev. L. Tosdal.

She married Nels H. Oyer on March 12, 1892 at the Silver Lake Church,
by the Rev. Boe.  There was a double wedding with her brother, Baard
N. Troe, marrying Christine Horvei.  The two couples celebrated their
golden anniversaries together a few years ago.

Ingri and Nels settled on a farm 1/2 mile NW of Silver Lake where they
lived the rest of their lives.  They had ten children:  Mrs. Floyd (Mable)
Henderson, Chrles City; Norris, Silver Lake; Mrs. Hamlin (Bertha) Nordahl,
Seattle, Washington, who died April 8, 1919 while a student at Waldorf
College, Forest City; Mrs. Leo (Laura) Halvorson, Emmons; Mrs. Leonard
(Minnie) Brua, Albert Lea; Mrs. Wilfred (Sarah) Nordahl, White Bear Lake,
Minnesota; Mrs. Lorenz (Nellie Hahn, Boyd, Minnesota; Mrs. Lawrence
(Nellie) Hahn, Forest City; Melvin Oyer, Tennys Oyer, Emmons.   A son,
Burns, died in 1919.



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