Bio of BUTENHOFF, Floyd (m.1946) and TAASAAS, Dorothy, Clay Co., MN

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Clay County Family Album

A history of Rural Clay County, MN, 1976



FLOYD AND DOROTHY BUTENHOFF



Floyd Butenhoff is the fourth child of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Butenhoff who 

farmed in Alliance Township near Baker. He attended country school 

District 114 West and District 119 and graduated from Barnesville High 

School. In 1946 he married Dorothy Taasaas, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 

Olaf Taasaas who farmed near Comstock in Holy Cross Township. She 

attended both the elementary and high school at Comstock. After attending 

Moorhead State Teachers College for two years, she taught at District 72 

(the Koester School) in Alliance Township for six years and the Primary 

Grades in Comstock for two years. They farm in Alliance Township, raising 

small grains and soybeans.

  The children include: Arlene, now Mrs. Mitchell Gurno of Red Lake, 

Minn. Mitch and Arlene have one daughter, Michelle. James, who is married 

to Jaclyn Lisberg, is now in the army. Ruth, attending M.S.C. and Paul, 

in Barnesville High School. The whole family has been active in the 

American Lutheran Church of Comstock and the A-O:K 4-H club of Baker. 

Family hobbies include hunting, fishing, photography and music.

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