He was born February 24, 1924 the only child of Gustav and Sarah (Skibstad) Tollefson in Billings.
Terrill married Karen S. Malde on December 4, 1951 in Billings. He was a lifelong rancher on the family homestead northeast of Big Timber.
He was a member of the Big Timber Lutheran Church. Terrill was a member of the Farm Bureau, ASCS, and the Community Development Organization.
He enjoyed boating, water skiing, fishing at the ranch pond and visiting with friends. In later years the most enjoyable times were spent with his children and grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Karen, and one granddaughter, Jodi.
Survivors include four daughters, Sharon and Doug Lasich of Twin Bridges, Sigrid Laubach of Reed Point, Evelyn and Bill Langford of Big Timber and Linda Tollefson and Mike Turley of Billings; two sons, Arnold and Kathy Tollefson of Ft. Laramie, Wyoming and Tom Tollefson of Big Timber; grandchildren, Shawn and Tye Lasich, Karla Laubach, Kari and Nate Hammond, Kathy Laubach, Billy and Benny Langford and Ty and Tory Riter; and numerous relatives in Norway.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, August 14 at the Big Timber Lutheran Church. Pastor Jim Holmlund officiated the services. Interment followed in Mountain View Cemetery. Lowery Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
He was born February 24, 1924 the only child of Gustav and Sarah (Skibstad) Tollefson in Billings.
Terrill married Karen S. Malde on December 4, 1951 in Billings. He was a lifelong rancher on the family homestead northeast of Big Timber.
He was a member of the Big Timber Lutheran Church. Terrill was a member of the Farm Bureau, ASCS, and the Community Development Organization.
He enjoyed boating, water skiing, fishing at the ranch pond and visiting with friends. In later years the most enjoyable times were spent with his children and grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Karen, and one granddaughter, Jodi.
Survivors include four daughters, Sharon and Doug Lasich of Twin Bridges, Sigrid Laubach of Reed Point, Evelyn and Bill Langford of Big Timber and Linda Tollefson and Mike Turley of Billings; two sons, Arnold and Kathy Tollefson of Ft. Laramie, Wyoming and Tom Tollefson of Big Timber; grandchildren, Shawn and Tye Lasich, Karla Laubach, Kari and Nate Hammond, Kathy Laubach, Billy and Benny Langford and Ty and Tory Riter; and numerous relatives in Norway.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, August 14 at the Big Timber Lutheran Church. Pastor Jim Holmlund officiated the services. Interment followed in Mountain View Cemetery. Lowery Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Inscription
The Grass of Uncle Sam
Farming and ranching are all I know,
So I'll stay on the ranch and grow.
I'll dine on spuds and ham,
And play on the grass of Uncle Sam.
Horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, ten fold,
I'll watch them through heat and cold.
I'll see many calves and lamb,
Get fat on the grass of Uncle Sam.
After many days of tractor's roar,
There lay fields of wheat galore.
Each patch and plot made with plan,
Where stood the grass of Uncle Sam.
Where as a happy family we live and play,
And work together all the day.
We are a happy little band,
Well rooted to the grass of Uncle Sam.
So after seventy, eighty years or so,
To another home I'll go.
My soul in Jesus' hand,
I'll rest beneath the grass of Uncle Sam.
-Terrill Tollefson
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