Clarence and Isabelle Madsen
Clarence Lewis Madsen was born September 14, 1885, at Arlington to C.L and Petrina Madsen. He passed away June 3, 1985, at the age of 99, at the Arlington Care Center. He attended the rural Bangor school. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Bangor Lutheran Church
Clarence married Isabelle Caroline Thorsness on Feb 19, 1914 in the East Church at Sinai, February 19, 1914, with the ceremony conducted by the Reverend Opstad. Isabelle was the daughter of Hans and Inger (Peterson) Thorsness, who had a farm close to the Madsens'. Clarence and Isabelle built a home in Bangor township the following summer. The couple farmed near Arlington until their retirement, and they moved into the house in Brookings that Herman and Lila Thompson were living in, and then they moved to Arlington in 1945.
Mr. Madsen served on the church council and on his local township and school boards. For a time, he was part owner of the grain elevator at Ahnberg.
Isabelle died July 19, 1970 after a lengthy battle against agnogenic myeloid metaplasia, a form of bone marrow cancer, complicated by diabetes.
Their daughter, Lila wrote: “We lived on a farm south of Arlington in the house Mom and Dad built in 1914. We were five—Mom sewed almost everything we wore, especially Ruth and I, only coats, overalls and shirts were bought, but Ruth and I didn’t wear overalls. We had a nice home, cook stove that burned wood and cobs and a hard coal heater. We had nice cars, even a new one a couple of times. We went mostly to the neighbors, to Bangor Church and eventually to Arlington Trinity Lutheran church and school was one room Bangor 3."
A granddaughter remembered all the cooking and baking Isabelle did for the neighbor men during threshing season. We would take food to the field for morning lunch and afternoon lunch. We put dishtowels in large pans and filled them with sandwiches, cakes and cookies. In between Isabelle would cook a huge dinner for them at noon with homemade pies. One time Uncle Clare came home from a neighboring place and that lady served wieners and beans, and he came home and said, "shooting is too good for that woman!"
She recalled that flour and chicken feed came in print sacks in those days, and most of her school dresses were made by Grandma from those pretty prints. Lila didn't sew, so Grandma made most of her clothes. When all her cousins were little, she sewed little coats and dressy suits for all the little boys from old men's pants and coats. I always had a new dress that she sewed for the 4th of July when we would go to Sinai for their program and festivities. It was one of the highlights of the year other than Christmas.
Clarence and Isabelle sold their farm to their oldest son Clare and moved to Arlington.
Clarence Lewis Madsen was born September 14, 1885, at Arlington to C.L and Petrina Madsen. He passed away June 3, 1985, at the age of 99, at the Arlington Care Center. He attended the rural Bangor school. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Bangor Lutheran Church
Clarence married Isabelle Caroline Thorsness on Feb 19, 1914 in the East Church at Sinai, February 19, 1914, with the ceremony conducted by the Reverend Opstad. Isabelle was the daughter of Hans and Inger (Peterson) Thorsness, who had a farm close to the Madsens'. Clarence and Isabelle built a home in Bangor township the following summer. The couple farmed near Arlington until their retirement, and they moved into the house in Brookings that Herman and Lila Thompson were living in, and then they moved to Arlington in 1945.
Mr. Madsen served on the church council and on his local township and school boards. For a time, he was part owner of the grain elevator at Ahnberg.
Isabelle died July 19, 1970 after a lengthy battle against agnogenic myeloid metaplasia, a form of bone marrow cancer, complicated by diabetes.
Their daughter, Lila wrote: “We lived on a farm south of Arlington in the house Mom and Dad built in 1914. We were five—Mom sewed almost everything we wore, especially Ruth and I, only coats, overalls and shirts were bought, but Ruth and I didn’t wear overalls. We had a nice home, cook stove that burned wood and cobs and a hard coal heater. We had nice cars, even a new one a couple of times. We went mostly to the neighbors, to Bangor Church and eventually to Arlington Trinity Lutheran church and school was one room Bangor 3."
A granddaughter remembered all the cooking and baking Isabelle did for the neighbor men during threshing season. We would take food to the field for morning lunch and afternoon lunch. We put dishtowels in large pans and filled them with sandwiches, cakes and cookies. In between Isabelle would cook a huge dinner for them at noon with homemade pies. One time Uncle Clare came home from a neighboring place and that lady served wieners and beans, and he came home and said, "shooting is too good for that woman!"
She recalled that flour and chicken feed came in print sacks in those days, and most of her school dresses were made by Grandma from those pretty prints. Lila didn't sew, so Grandma made most of her clothes. When all her cousins were little, she sewed little coats and dressy suits for all the little boys from old men's pants and coats. I always had a new dress that she sewed for the 4th of July when we would go to Sinai for their program and festivities. It was one of the highlights of the year other than Christmas.
Clarence and Isabelle sold their farm to their oldest son Clare and moved to Arlington.
Clarence and Isabelle Madsen
Clarence Lewis Madsen was born September 14, 1885, at Arlington to C.L and Petrina Madsen. He passed away June 3, 1985, at the age of 99, at the Arlington Care Center. He attended the rural Bangor school. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Bangor Lutheran Church
Clarence married Isabelle Caroline Thorsness on Feb 19, 1914 in the East Church at Sinai, February 19, 1914, with the ceremony conducted by the Reverend Opstad. Isabelle was the daughter of Hans and Inger (Peterson) Thorsness, who had a farm close to the Madsens'. Clarence and Isabelle built a home in Bangor township the following summer. The couple farmed near Arlington until their retirement, and they moved into the house in Brookings that Herman and Lila Thompson were living in, and then they moved to Arlington in 1945.
Mr. Madsen served on the church council and on his local township and school boards. For a time, he was part owner of the grain elevator at Ahnberg.
Isabelle died July 19, 1970 after a lengthy battle against agnogenic myeloid metaplasia, a form of bone marrow cancer, complicated by diabetes.
Their daughter, Lila wrote: “We lived on a farm south of Arlington in the house Mom and Dad built in 1914. We were five—Mom sewed almost everything we wore, especially Ruth and I, only coats, overalls and shirts were bought, but Ruth and I didn’t wear overalls. We had a nice home, cook stove that burned wood and cobs and a hard coal heater. We had nice cars, even a new one a couple of times. We went mostly to the neighbors, to Bangor Church and eventually to Arlington Trinity Lutheran church and school was one room Bangor 3."
A granddaughter remembered all the cooking and baking Isabelle did for the neighbor men during threshing season. We would take food to the field for morning lunch and afternoon lunch. We put dishtowels in large pans and filled them with sandwiches, cakes and cookies. In between Isabelle would cook a huge dinner for them at noon with homemade pies. One time Uncle Clare came home from a neighboring place and that lady served wieners and beans, and he came home and said, "shooting is too good for that woman!"
She recalled that flour and chicken feed came in print sacks in those days, and most of her school dresses were made by Grandma from those pretty prints. Lila didn't sew, so Grandma made most of her clothes. When all her cousins were little, she sewed little coats and dressy suits for all the little boys from old men's pants and coats. I always had a new dress that she sewed for the 4th of July when we would go to Sinai for their program and festivities. It was one of the highlights of the year other than Christmas.
Clarence and Isabelle sold their farm to their oldest son Clare and moved to Arlington.
Clarence Lewis Madsen was born September 14, 1885, at Arlington to C.L and Petrina Madsen. He passed away June 3, 1985, at the age of 99, at the Arlington Care Center. He attended the rural Bangor school. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Bangor Lutheran Church
Clarence married Isabelle Caroline Thorsness on Feb 19, 1914 in the East Church at Sinai, February 19, 1914, with the ceremony conducted by the Reverend Opstad. Isabelle was the daughter of Hans and Inger (Peterson) Thorsness, who had a farm close to the Madsens'. Clarence and Isabelle built a home in Bangor township the following summer. The couple farmed near Arlington until their retirement, and they moved into the house in Brookings that Herman and Lila Thompson were living in, and then they moved to Arlington in 1945.
Mr. Madsen served on the church council and on his local township and school boards. For a time, he was part owner of the grain elevator at Ahnberg.
Isabelle died July 19, 1970 after a lengthy battle against agnogenic myeloid metaplasia, a form of bone marrow cancer, complicated by diabetes.
Their daughter, Lila wrote: “We lived on a farm south of Arlington in the house Mom and Dad built in 1914. We were five—Mom sewed almost everything we wore, especially Ruth and I, only coats, overalls and shirts were bought, but Ruth and I didn’t wear overalls. We had a nice home, cook stove that burned wood and cobs and a hard coal heater. We had nice cars, even a new one a couple of times. We went mostly to the neighbors, to Bangor Church and eventually to Arlington Trinity Lutheran church and school was one room Bangor 3."
A granddaughter remembered all the cooking and baking Isabelle did for the neighbor men during threshing season. We would take food to the field for morning lunch and afternoon lunch. We put dishtowels in large pans and filled them with sandwiches, cakes and cookies. In between Isabelle would cook a huge dinner for them at noon with homemade pies. One time Uncle Clare came home from a neighboring place and that lady served wieners and beans, and he came home and said, "shooting is too good for that woman!"
She recalled that flour and chicken feed came in print sacks in those days, and most of her school dresses were made by Grandma from those pretty prints. Lila didn't sew, so Grandma made most of her clothes. When all her cousins were little, she sewed little coats and dressy suits for all the little boys from old men's pants and coats. I always had a new dress that she sewed for the 4th of July when we would go to Sinai for their program and festivities. It was one of the highlights of the year other than Christmas.
Clarence and Isabelle sold their farm to their oldest son Clare and moved to Arlington.
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