She was born Jan. 19, 1935, in Scambler Township near Pelican Rapids, the daughter of Thorwald and Gusta (Teigen) Bakken. She was baptized and confirmed at Grove Lake Lutheran Church in rural Pelican Rapids. She attended school in Pelican Rapids and graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1953.
On Dec. 30, 1953, she married Dr. Kenneth D. Albright in Pelican Rapids. In 1955, they moved to Minneapolis until 1958, when they moved to Hawley. The couple moved to Pelican Rapids in 1960, where they raised their four children. Mr. Albright died Dec. 13, 1997.
She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Pelican Rapids. She enjoyed baking and reading and playing the organ and piano.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth; a son, Mark; her parents; a brother, Garfield Bakken; and three sisters, Evelyn Fisher, Ellen Olson and Myrna Steeves.
Visitation: Friday from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service at the church
Service: 2 p.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Pelican Rapids
Clergy: Rev. D. Josh Nelson
Burial: Pelican Valley Cemetery, Pelican Rapids
Funeral Home: Larson Funeral Home, Pelican Rapids
Obituary: Fergus Falls Daily Journal - December 21, 2000
She was born Jan. 19, 1935, in Scambler Township near Pelican Rapids, the daughter of Thorwald and Gusta (Teigen) Bakken. She was baptized and confirmed at Grove Lake Lutheran Church in rural Pelican Rapids. She attended school in Pelican Rapids and graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1953.
On Dec. 30, 1953, she married Dr. Kenneth D. Albright in Pelican Rapids. In 1955, they moved to Minneapolis until 1958, when they moved to Hawley. The couple moved to Pelican Rapids in 1960, where they raised their four children. Mr. Albright died Dec. 13, 1997.
She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Pelican Rapids. She enjoyed baking and reading and playing the organ and piano.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth; a son, Mark; her parents; a brother, Garfield Bakken; and three sisters, Evelyn Fisher, Ellen Olson and Myrna Steeves.
Visitation: Friday from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service at the church
Service: 2 p.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Pelican Rapids
Clergy: Rev. D. Josh Nelson
Burial: Pelican Valley Cemetery, Pelican Rapids
Funeral Home: Larson Funeral Home, Pelican Rapids
Obituary: Fergus Falls Daily Journal - December 21, 2000
Gravesite Details
Provided courtesy of the Otter Tail County Historical Society (www.otchs.org), which has further information available in its research library and on its web site.
Family Members
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Olivia R Bakken Church
1917–2013
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Eunice Harriet Bakken Kirkham
1918–2007
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Garfield Tyler Bakken
1920–1993
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Gerald W. "Bud" Bakken
1925–2010
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Ellen L. Bakken Olson
1928–1997
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Ferdinand Kenneth Bakken
1930–2019
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Arleen Delores Bakken Wahlstrom
1932–2010
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Loretta Marilyn Bakken Harr
1937–2016
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Myrna Annette Bakken Steeves
1939–1994
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