Russell was born to Ommund E. and Christine (Mortenson) Oftedahl on their farm near Dawson, Minnesota. He was a first generation American from a Norwegian family (See www.Oftedahl.com/History). He moved from the Rice Lake, Wisconsin area in the mid-thirties to work on estates around Lake Geneva. Russell worked for the Pelouze, Wrigley, and Gartz families as a dairyman, butler, and chauffeur. He then farmed for a while on the south shore of Lake Como, also in Walworth County.
He married Hazel C. Ryan from Lake Geneva, and they had six children: Dorothy Christine, Donald Russell, Alice Patricia, Linda Ruth, David Allen, and Dean Stanely.
In 1945 he went to work for Henry K. Johnson in his bottled liquid propane gas business in Sharon, Wisconsin. His kids went through school there. Russell was an active member of the Lake Geneva Odd Fellows Lodge.
He married Hazel C. Ryan from Lake Geneva, and they had six children: Dorothy Christine, Donald Russell, Alice Patricia, Linda Ruth, David Allen, and Dean Stanely.
In 1945 he went to work for Henry K. Johnson in his bottled liquid propane gas business in Sharon, Wisconsin. His kids went through school there. Russell was an active member of the Lake Geneva Odd Fellows Lodge.
Russell was born to Ommund E. and Christine (Mortenson) Oftedahl on their farm near Dawson, Minnesota. He was a first generation American from a Norwegian family (See www.Oftedahl.com/History). He moved from the Rice Lake, Wisconsin area in the mid-thirties to work on estates around Lake Geneva. Russell worked for the Pelouze, Wrigley, and Gartz families as a dairyman, butler, and chauffeur. He then farmed for a while on the south shore of Lake Como, also in Walworth County.
He married Hazel C. Ryan from Lake Geneva, and they had six children: Dorothy Christine, Donald Russell, Alice Patricia, Linda Ruth, David Allen, and Dean Stanely.
In 1945 he went to work for Henry K. Johnson in his bottled liquid propane gas business in Sharon, Wisconsin. His kids went through school there. Russell was an active member of the Lake Geneva Odd Fellows Lodge.
He married Hazel C. Ryan from Lake Geneva, and they had six children: Dorothy Christine, Donald Russell, Alice Patricia, Linda Ruth, David Allen, and Dean Stanely.
In 1945 he went to work for Henry K. Johnson in his bottled liquid propane gas business in Sharon, Wisconsin. His kids went through school there. Russell was an active member of the Lake Geneva Odd Fellows Lodge.
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