Olga LaVerne Bengtson, 83, formerly of Erhard, died at the Good Samaritan Home in Pelican Rapids on Monday, May 31, 2010.
She was born March 21, 1927, in Pelican Rapids, the daughter of Swen and Olga (Opsahl) Swenson. She was baptized and confirmed at Bagstevold Lutheran Church in Erhard. She was a lifetime member of Bagstevold Lutheran Church, now Grace Lutheran Church.
In 1944 she married Newman Erickson at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. To this union a son, Garry, was born. Newman was a casualty of World War II, on Feb. 28, 1945.
In 1947 she married Arnold Bengtson at the Ringsaker Parsonage in Pelican Rapids. They had 61 years together until Arnold's death in February of 2009.
Olga was a devoted mother to her family and her husband, Arnold. They lived near Erhard for 59 years, moving to Fergus Falls in 2006. She worked in the Erhard State Bank, and at the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center, from which she retired in 1980.
During her retirement she enjoyed traveling and wintering in Llano, Texas, listening and dancing to old time music, fishing, gardening, canning, crocheting, and doing hardanger while watching the Minnesota Twins on television.
Preceding her in death were her parents, Swen and Olga Swenson; her husbands, Newman Erickson and Arnold Bengtson; her sister, Olena (Kenneth) Monson; and her brothers, Carl (Gladys) Swenson and Selvin Swenson.
Visitation: One hour prior to the service at the church
Service: 11 a.m. Friday, June 4, at Grace Lutheran Church in Erhard
Clergy: Rev. Brad Soenksen
Interment: Bagstevold Cemetery near Erhard
Funeral home: Olson Funeral Home, Fergus Falls
Obituary: Fergus Falls Daily Journal - June 2, 2010
She was born March 21, 1927, in Pelican Rapids, the daughter of Swen and Olga (Opsahl) Swenson. She was baptized and confirmed at Bagstevold Lutheran Church in Erhard. She was a lifetime member of Bagstevold Lutheran Church, now Grace Lutheran Church.
In 1944 she married Newman Erickson at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. To this union a son, Garry, was born. Newman was a casualty of World War II, on Feb. 28, 1945.
In 1947 she married Arnold Bengtson at the Ringsaker Parsonage in Pelican Rapids. They had 61 years together until Arnold's death in February of 2009.
Olga was a devoted mother to her family and her husband, Arnold. They lived near Erhard for 59 years, moving to Fergus Falls in 2006. She worked in the Erhard State Bank, and at the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center, from which she retired in 1980.
During her retirement she enjoyed traveling and wintering in Llano, Texas, listening and dancing to old time music, fishing, gardening, canning, crocheting, and doing hardanger while watching the Minnesota Twins on television.
Preceding her in death were her parents, Swen and Olga Swenson; her husbands, Newman Erickson and Arnold Bengtson; her sister, Olena (Kenneth) Monson; and her brothers, Carl (Gladys) Swenson and Selvin Swenson.
Visitation: One hour prior to the service at the church
Service: 11 a.m. Friday, June 4, at Grace Lutheran Church in Erhard
Clergy: Rev. Brad Soenksen
Interment: Bagstevold Cemetery near Erhard
Funeral home: Olson Funeral Home, Fergus Falls
Obituary: Fergus Falls Daily Journal - June 2, 2010
Olga LaVerne Bengtson, 83, formerly of Erhard, died at the Good Samaritan Home in Pelican Rapids on Monday, May 31, 2010.
She was born March 21, 1927, in Pelican Rapids, the daughter of Swen and Olga (Opsahl) Swenson. She was baptized and confirmed at Bagstevold Lutheran Church in Erhard. She was a lifetime member of Bagstevold Lutheran Church, now Grace Lutheran Church.
In 1944 she married Newman Erickson at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. To this union a son, Garry, was born. Newman was a casualty of World War II, on Feb. 28, 1945.
In 1947 she married Arnold Bengtson at the Ringsaker Parsonage in Pelican Rapids. They had 61 years together until Arnold's death in February of 2009.
Olga was a devoted mother to her family and her husband, Arnold. They lived near Erhard for 59 years, moving to Fergus Falls in 2006. She worked in the Erhard State Bank, and at the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center, from which she retired in 1980.
During her retirement she enjoyed traveling and wintering in Llano, Texas, listening and dancing to old time music, fishing, gardening, canning, crocheting, and doing hardanger while watching the Minnesota Twins on television.
Preceding her in death were her parents, Swen and Olga Swenson; her husbands, Newman Erickson and Arnold Bengtson; her sister, Olena (Kenneth) Monson; and her brothers, Carl (Gladys) Swenson and Selvin Swenson.
Visitation: One hour prior to the service at the church
Service: 11 a.m. Friday, June 4, at Grace Lutheran Church in Erhard
Clergy: Rev. Brad Soenksen
Interment: Bagstevold Cemetery near Erhard
Funeral home: Olson Funeral Home, Fergus Falls
Obituary: Fergus Falls Daily Journal - June 2, 2010
She was born March 21, 1927, in Pelican Rapids, the daughter of Swen and Olga (Opsahl) Swenson. She was baptized and confirmed at Bagstevold Lutheran Church in Erhard. She was a lifetime member of Bagstevold Lutheran Church, now Grace Lutheran Church.
In 1944 she married Newman Erickson at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. To this union a son, Garry, was born. Newman was a casualty of World War II, on Feb. 28, 1945.
In 1947 she married Arnold Bengtson at the Ringsaker Parsonage in Pelican Rapids. They had 61 years together until Arnold's death in February of 2009.
Olga was a devoted mother to her family and her husband, Arnold. They lived near Erhard for 59 years, moving to Fergus Falls in 2006. She worked in the Erhard State Bank, and at the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center, from which she retired in 1980.
During her retirement she enjoyed traveling and wintering in Llano, Texas, listening and dancing to old time music, fishing, gardening, canning, crocheting, and doing hardanger while watching the Minnesota Twins on television.
Preceding her in death were her parents, Swen and Olga Swenson; her husbands, Newman Erickson and Arnold Bengtson; her sister, Olena (Kenneth) Monson; and her brothers, Carl (Gladys) Swenson and Selvin Swenson.
Visitation: One hour prior to the service at the church
Service: 11 a.m. Friday, June 4, at Grace Lutheran Church in Erhard
Clergy: Rev. Brad Soenksen
Interment: Bagstevold Cemetery near Erhard
Funeral home: Olson Funeral Home, Fergus Falls
Obituary: Fergus Falls Daily Journal - June 2, 2010
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