Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Zoar Lutheran Church here for Mrs. Erick Ovrid, 85, pioneer who died Saturday at Northwood. Rev. Paul Blikstad and Rev. S. H. Njaa will officiate at the service. Burial will be made in Zoar cemetery. Mrs. Orvid was one of the last pioneers of the area.
She was born July 19, 1872, the daughter of the late Torger and Gertrude Mikkelson. She moved with her parents to Nelson County in a covered wagon. The family settled near the present townsite of McVille. They were the first settlers to arrive in the community and 1880 built the first log house, which is now a historic site in the McVille Park.
Later she moved to Hatton and in 1892 was married to Erick Ovrid. They farmed west of Hatton for several years and after Mr. Orvid died May 22, 1940, Mrs. Ovrid and daughter Hazel moved to Hatton where they resided until the daughter's death May 6, 1957, when Mrs. Orvid moved to the Northwood Rest Home.
She was a charter member of the Zoar Ladies Aid and served in various offices of the organization.
She was preceded in death by two daughters Hazel and Evelyn, a son and her husband.
Survivors are two sons Elmer, Seattle, and Theordore, Van Nuys, Calif.; two daughters Mrs. Sidney Paulson, Grand Forks and Mrs. Clarence Kamphaugh, Hatton; a brother Edward Michelson at Erskine, Minn; 15 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Active pallbearers will be Rufus Kamphaugh, Corliss Swenson, Wendell Ostlie, Adloph Ostlie, C.A. Thompson, and Gilmen Bjertness. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. A.A. Kjelland, Nels Lyste, Ostvik Norum, H.M. Nash, O.M. Burud, Bennie Pladson, Oliver Pladson, Carl A. Bye, John L. Thompson, Geo. Brunsvold, Harry Anderson, Ole Heskin and Oliver Bjerke.
She was born July 19, 1872, the daughter of the late Torger and Gertrude Mikkelson. She moved with her parents to Nelson County in a covered wagon. The family settled near the present townsite of McVille. They were the first settlers to arrive in the community and 1880 built the first log house, which is now a historic site in the McVille Park.
Later she moved to Hatton and in 1892 was married to Erick Ovrid. They farmed west of Hatton for several years and after Mr. Orvid died May 22, 1940, Mrs. Ovrid and daughter Hazel moved to Hatton where they resided until the daughter's death May 6, 1957, when Mrs. Orvid moved to the Northwood Rest Home.
She was a charter member of the Zoar Ladies Aid and served in various offices of the organization.
She was preceded in death by two daughters Hazel and Evelyn, a son and her husband.
Survivors are two sons Elmer, Seattle, and Theordore, Van Nuys, Calif.; two daughters Mrs. Sidney Paulson, Grand Forks and Mrs. Clarence Kamphaugh, Hatton; a brother Edward Michelson at Erskine, Minn; 15 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Active pallbearers will be Rufus Kamphaugh, Corliss Swenson, Wendell Ostlie, Adloph Ostlie, C.A. Thompson, and Gilmen Bjertness. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. A.A. Kjelland, Nels Lyste, Ostvik Norum, H.M. Nash, O.M. Burud, Bennie Pladson, Oliver Pladson, Carl A. Bye, John L. Thompson, Geo. Brunsvold, Harry Anderson, Ole Heskin and Oliver Bjerke.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Zoar Lutheran Church here for Mrs. Erick Ovrid, 85, pioneer who died Saturday at Northwood. Rev. Paul Blikstad and Rev. S. H. Njaa will officiate at the service. Burial will be made in Zoar cemetery. Mrs. Orvid was one of the last pioneers of the area.
She was born July 19, 1872, the daughter of the late Torger and Gertrude Mikkelson. She moved with her parents to Nelson County in a covered wagon. The family settled near the present townsite of McVille. They were the first settlers to arrive in the community and 1880 built the first log house, which is now a historic site in the McVille Park.
Later she moved to Hatton and in 1892 was married to Erick Ovrid. They farmed west of Hatton for several years and after Mr. Orvid died May 22, 1940, Mrs. Ovrid and daughter Hazel moved to Hatton where they resided until the daughter's death May 6, 1957, when Mrs. Orvid moved to the Northwood Rest Home.
She was a charter member of the Zoar Ladies Aid and served in various offices of the organization.
She was preceded in death by two daughters Hazel and Evelyn, a son and her husband.
Survivors are two sons Elmer, Seattle, and Theordore, Van Nuys, Calif.; two daughters Mrs. Sidney Paulson, Grand Forks and Mrs. Clarence Kamphaugh, Hatton; a brother Edward Michelson at Erskine, Minn; 15 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Active pallbearers will be Rufus Kamphaugh, Corliss Swenson, Wendell Ostlie, Adloph Ostlie, C.A. Thompson, and Gilmen Bjertness. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. A.A. Kjelland, Nels Lyste, Ostvik Norum, H.M. Nash, O.M. Burud, Bennie Pladson, Oliver Pladson, Carl A. Bye, John L. Thompson, Geo. Brunsvold, Harry Anderson, Ole Heskin and Oliver Bjerke.
She was born July 19, 1872, the daughter of the late Torger and Gertrude Mikkelson. She moved with her parents to Nelson County in a covered wagon. The family settled near the present townsite of McVille. They were the first settlers to arrive in the community and 1880 built the first log house, which is now a historic site in the McVille Park.
Later she moved to Hatton and in 1892 was married to Erick Ovrid. They farmed west of Hatton for several years and after Mr. Orvid died May 22, 1940, Mrs. Ovrid and daughter Hazel moved to Hatton where they resided until the daughter's death May 6, 1957, when Mrs. Orvid moved to the Northwood Rest Home.
She was a charter member of the Zoar Ladies Aid and served in various offices of the organization.
She was preceded in death by two daughters Hazel and Evelyn, a son and her husband.
Survivors are two sons Elmer, Seattle, and Theordore, Van Nuys, Calif.; two daughters Mrs. Sidney Paulson, Grand Forks and Mrs. Clarence Kamphaugh, Hatton; a brother Edward Michelson at Erskine, Minn; 15 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Active pallbearers will be Rufus Kamphaugh, Corliss Swenson, Wendell Ostlie, Adloph Ostlie, C.A. Thompson, and Gilmen Bjertness. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. A.A. Kjelland, Nels Lyste, Ostvik Norum, H.M. Nash, O.M. Burud, Bennie Pladson, Oliver Pladson, Carl A. Bye, John L. Thompson, Geo. Brunsvold, Harry Anderson, Ole Heskin and Oliver Bjerke.
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