Obit for IDSO, Olaus (b.1860 d.1943) Rice Co., MN
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 OLAUS IDSO, RICE COUNTY
    Olaus Idso
 Northfield News, May 13, 1943, page 4

"Olaus Idso, father of Mrs. Orpha Johnson, died suddenly Thursday morning, 
May 6, at his home, 118 Orchard street.
Funeral services were conducted Monday at Mr. Idso's former home at Paullina, 
Iowa, with the Rev. A. M. Heggre officiating.  Burial was made in Prairie 
View cemetery.
Olaus Idso, son of Olen Olson and Amborn Larson, was born January 21, 1860, 
at Stavanger, Norway.  As a young man of 21 years he came to the United States, 
having been a sailor for nine years before that.  He settled for a year in 
Marshall county, later moving to Paullina, Iowa, where he engaged in farming 
until he moved to Northfield in 1920 so his children might have the advantages of 
an education at St. Olaf College.  
Mr. Idso was married Nov. 24, 1883, at Marshalltown, Iowa, to Miss Gabrielle 
Lura, who preceded him in death.  During his residence here, Mr. Idso has been 
a devout member of St. John's Lutheran church.
Mr. Idso is survived by four sons, Alfred of Charles City Iowa; Oscar, Sioux 
Rapids, Iowa; Otter, Fullerton, Calif.; Chester, Paullina, Iowa, and five 
daughters, Mrs. Vernon Floyd (Gertrude), Kenyon; Mrs. Orpha Johnson, with whom he 
made his home in Northfield; Mrs. Daniel Nelson, (Esther), Hartford, Conn.; 
Mrs. Arthur Ellingson (Palma) of Roswell, New Mexico; and Mrs. William Taylor 
(Milda) of Spokane, Wash., also one brother, Albert Larson of Paullina, Iowa."