Edor Nilian “Ed” Anseth (1883-1968)

Edor Nilian “Ed” Anseth

Birth

25 Nov 1883

Evansville, Douglas County, Minnesota, USA

Death

30 Aug 1968 (aged 84)

Williston, Williams County, North Dakota, USA

Burial

Round Prairie Cemetery

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Father of Elvina, Bernice, Gloria, Opal, Nyla (148408197), Bernie and Galyn (232129459).

Birth date source:

Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Evansville, MN baptismal records for 1883 which shows "Edor Nilian" son of B. C. and Karen Anseth was born 25 November with baptism performed on 26 December.

The Minot Daily News – Minot, ND

Tuesday – 03 September 1968

Page 6 – Column 3

Ed N. Anseth

WILLISTON – The funeral was today in Round Prairie Lutheran Church, rural Williston, for a Williams County homesteader, Ed N. Anseth, 84, who died Friday in a Williston hospital.

Rev. Conrad O. Krahling officiated at the funeral.

Mr. Anseth was born Nov. 25, 1883, in Evansville, Minn. He was reared in Evansville and moved to Bottineau with his parents in 1903. In 1905 he homesteaded in Round Prairie Township, Williams County, and in 1922, purchased his present farm home in Hebron Township. Mr. Anseth was a member of Round Prairie Lutheran Church. He married Grace Gorger Nov. 29, 1919, at Williston.

Surviving are his wife; a son, Galyn of rural Williston; three daughters, Mrs. Bennie (Gloria) Braaten, Culbertson, Mont., Mrs. Clarence (Opal) DeTienne, Bainville, Mont., and Mrs. Floyd (Nyla Rae) Olson, Williston, 13 grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and a sister, Mrs. Anna Bodell of Landa.

(Sletten-Erdahl Funeral Home, Williston.)

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