Niels C. Bjorholm, son of Niels C. and Magdalene (Jensen) Bjorholm, was born Dec. 19, 1919. in Battle Creek, Iowa, and passed away on June 9, 1992, at the Veterans Center in Muskogee, OK. Services were held at the First Presbyterian Church, Battle Creek, with Rev. Benjamin Ray officiating.
He married Marlene (Rudisill) Boyce Oct. 15, 1984. He was a contract mail carrier for the Postal Service in Palmer, Alaska, before moving to Vinita, when he was a truck driver and farmer.
Mr. Bjorholm was a member of the American Legion Post in Vinita. He served in the Air Force during World War II.
Survivors include his wife; 4 daughters, Sharon Sleppy of Stanton, Ca.; Ethel Swearingen of Seligman, Mo.; Mrs. Shirley Novak of Sutton, Alaska; and Mrs. Christi Scheelhaase of Knoxville; 8 stepchildren, Mrs. Diana Pettyman, Russell Boyce, Lavonna, Angela, Jimmie Loyd, Jim Laverne, David Allen Boyce and Linda Mae Bennett; 20 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; and two sisters, Elaine Palmer of Kasota, Mn., and Viola Bjorholm of New York.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Marie Sarah Bjorholm; a stepson, Lonnie Boyce; and a great grandson, Levi Swearingen.
He married Marlene (Rudisill) Boyce Oct. 15, 1984. He was a contract mail carrier for the Postal Service in Palmer, Alaska, before moving to Vinita, when he was a truck driver and farmer.
Mr. Bjorholm was a member of the American Legion Post in Vinita. He served in the Air Force during World War II.
Survivors include his wife; 4 daughters, Sharon Sleppy of Stanton, Ca.; Ethel Swearingen of Seligman, Mo.; Mrs. Shirley Novak of Sutton, Alaska; and Mrs. Christi Scheelhaase of Knoxville; 8 stepchildren, Mrs. Diana Pettyman, Russell Boyce, Lavonna, Angela, Jimmie Loyd, Jim Laverne, David Allen Boyce and Linda Mae Bennett; 20 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; and two sisters, Elaine Palmer of Kasota, Mn., and Viola Bjorholm of New York.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Marie Sarah Bjorholm; a stepson, Lonnie Boyce; and a great grandson, Levi Swearingen.
Niels C. Bjorholm, son of Niels C. and Magdalene (Jensen) Bjorholm, was born Dec. 19, 1919. in Battle Creek, Iowa, and passed away on June 9, 1992, at the Veterans Center in Muskogee, OK. Services were held at the First Presbyterian Church, Battle Creek, with Rev. Benjamin Ray officiating.
He married Marlene (Rudisill) Boyce Oct. 15, 1984. He was a contract mail carrier for the Postal Service in Palmer, Alaska, before moving to Vinita, when he was a truck driver and farmer.
Mr. Bjorholm was a member of the American Legion Post in Vinita. He served in the Air Force during World War II.
Survivors include his wife; 4 daughters, Sharon Sleppy of Stanton, Ca.; Ethel Swearingen of Seligman, Mo.; Mrs. Shirley Novak of Sutton, Alaska; and Mrs. Christi Scheelhaase of Knoxville; 8 stepchildren, Mrs. Diana Pettyman, Russell Boyce, Lavonna, Angela, Jimmie Loyd, Jim Laverne, David Allen Boyce and Linda Mae Bennett; 20 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; and two sisters, Elaine Palmer of Kasota, Mn., and Viola Bjorholm of New York.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Marie Sarah Bjorholm; a stepson, Lonnie Boyce; and a great grandson, Levi Swearingen.
He married Marlene (Rudisill) Boyce Oct. 15, 1984. He was a contract mail carrier for the Postal Service in Palmer, Alaska, before moving to Vinita, when he was a truck driver and farmer.
Mr. Bjorholm was a member of the American Legion Post in Vinita. He served in the Air Force during World War II.
Survivors include his wife; 4 daughters, Sharon Sleppy of Stanton, Ca.; Ethel Swearingen of Seligman, Mo.; Mrs. Shirley Novak of Sutton, Alaska; and Mrs. Christi Scheelhaase of Knoxville; 8 stepchildren, Mrs. Diana Pettyman, Russell Boyce, Lavonna, Angela, Jimmie Loyd, Jim Laverne, David Allen Boyce and Linda Mae Bennett; 20 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; and two sisters, Elaine Palmer of Kasota, Mn., and Viola Bjorholm of New York.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Marie Sarah Bjorholm; a stepson, Lonnie Boyce; and a great grandson, Levi Swearingen.
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