Otto Moen was born in the house his father built on the farm in Liberty Township, rural Fertile, in Polk County, Minnesota. He died in that same house. He lived in that house all his life. He raised mostly oats which he used to feed the pigs he raised, and then sold the pigs. Otto never married. He and his brother Oberlin and his sister Hulda all stayed on the farm and lived in the house their father built. I've the the story of the day Otto passed away from Aunt Hulda. Otto had finished his morning chores on the farm, and sat down in the living room to work on the Berean Bible Study Course while Hulda was fixing lunch. When she walked into the living room to ask him to come to lunch, he was slumped in his chair and had quietly passed away. I remember the rainy day I spent with Uncle Otto when I was nine or ten years old. We were all alone in that house his father had built and he asked me if I wanted to know the secret of the Norwegians? I told him I did want to hear that secret. So Uncle Otto had me look out all the windows to make sure no one was listening ( the nearest neighbor was a half mile away). I assured him no one was listening and in a very quiet voice he said, "A real Norwegian, a true Norwegian will make the Scotsman look like a big time spender." I've always remembered that and have found quite often that Uncle Otto was correct.
Otto Moen was born in the house his father built on the farm in Liberty Township, rural Fertile, in Polk County, Minnesota. He died in that same house. He lived in that house all his life. He raised mostly oats which he used to feed the pigs he raised, and then sold the pigs. Otto never married. He and his brother Oberlin and his sister Hulda all stayed on the farm and lived in the house their father built. I've the the story of the day Otto passed away from Aunt Hulda. Otto had finished his morning chores on the farm, and sat down in the living room to work on the Berean Bible Study Course while Hulda was fixing lunch. When she walked into the living room to ask him to come to lunch, he was slumped in his chair and had quietly passed away. I remember the rainy day I spent with Uncle Otto when I was nine or ten years old. We were all alone in that house his father had built and he asked me if I wanted to know the secret of the Norwegians? I told him I did want to hear that secret. So Uncle Otto had me look out all the windows to make sure no one was listening ( the nearest neighbor was a half mile away). I assured him no one was listening and in a very quiet voice he said, "A real Norwegian, a true Norwegian will make the Scotsman look like a big time spender." I've always remembered that and have found quite often that Uncle Otto was correct.
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