BIOGRAPHIES:  George A. GRINDE, MD, Cumberland, Barron County, WI

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George A. Grinde, M. D., a skilled practitioner of Cumberland, one of the
leading professional men of the northwestern part of the county, and master
physician and surgeon of the Island City Hospital, is a native of this
state and descended from one of its earliest Scandinavian families. He was
born on a farm near De Forest, Dane County, Wis., Feb. 15, 1880, son of
Lars and Emma (Engesether) Grinde. He received his early education in the
schools of his native place, took his classical studies in Decorah College,
at Decorah, Iowa, and in 1908 was graduated from the College of Physicians
and Surgeons in Chicago. Then after the usual period as an interne in the
West Side Hospital at Chicago, he came to Cumberland and started general
practice. His skill and personality have won him a large practice in city
and country. In 1914, seeing the need of a local institution for the more
adequate care of his patients, especially the surgical cases, he
established the Island City Hospital, which has 20 beds, is modernly
furnished and has complete X-ray facilities and other modern equipment for
diagnosis and treatment. A partner has been secured in Dr. S. 0. Lund, and
the firm is known as Grinde & Lund. Dr. Grinde is a member of the Masonic
order and of the Knights of Pythias. He was married at De Forest, Wis.,
Nov. 20, 1904, to Bertha Thoe, daughter of Haldur and Ingebor Thoe. This
union has been blessed with four children: Iva, born in De Forest in 1904;
Herald, born in Cumberland in 1908; Rene, born in 1911, and Gertrude, born
in 1918.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 562.