Broen Memorial Home.
Services will be Monday, Nov. 26, at 2 p.m. at Hamar Lutheran Church, Rothsay, with Rev. Eric Holleque officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Balken, the son of John and Mathia Balken, was born Jan. 28, 1885, near Rothsay and was baptized, confirmed, and a lifelong member of Hamar Lutheran Church.
He was married to Emma Fosse in 1907 and they farmed near Rothsay for 51 years. They retired to Rothsay in 1958 and lived there until her death in 1967. He had been a resident of the Broen Home for the past six years. He was preceded in death by one son, Lester.
Visitation will be Sunday at the Grina Funeral Home in Rothsay.
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Jerome was born the 13th of 14 children.
~~Find A Grave Contributor: TJBB (47303118)
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Broen Memorial Home.
Services will be Monday, Nov. 26, at 2 p.m. at Hamar Lutheran Church, Rothsay, with Rev. Eric Holleque officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Balken, the son of John and Mathia Balken, was born Jan. 28, 1885, near Rothsay and was baptized, confirmed, and a lifelong member of Hamar Lutheran Church.
He was married to Emma Fosse in 1907 and they farmed near Rothsay for 51 years. They retired to Rothsay in 1958 and lived there until her death in 1967. He had been a resident of the Broen Home for the past six years. He was preceded in death by one son, Lester.
Visitation will be Sunday at the Grina Funeral Home in Rothsay.
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Jerome was born the 13th of 14 children.
~~Find A Grave Contributor: TJBB (47303118)
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Family Members
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Caroline Mathilde Balken Flatin Amundson
1877–1941
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Halvar Balken
1879–1888
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Iver Balken
1881–1888
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Martha Balken Zimmerman
1883–1926
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Inga Iverson/Balken Hegseth
1886–1964
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Helga Balken Stras
1888–1973
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Edwin Balken
1890–1934
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Oscar Nicholas Balken
1891–1986
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Albert J. Balken
1893–1921
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Alice Malvine Balken Erickson
1895–1989
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Clara Ovida Balken Barks
1897–1963
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Theovold Fred "Ted" Balken
1899–1991
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Eunice Myrtle Balken Bergerud
1907–1996
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William Arthur "Bill" Balken
1909–1990
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Frederick Julian "Fred" Balken
1912–1990
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Evelyn Jenora Balken Bilden
1914–1984
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Lester Harold Balken
1916–1977
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Roy Eugene Balken
1918–2008
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Clarice Marion Balken Barrett
1920–2017
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Albert "Leonard" Balken
1921–1998
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Vernon Floyd Balken
1923–2012
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Jane Carol Balken Griffin
1925–2019
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Earnest Jewell "Earnie" Balken
1928–2014
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Baby Boy Balken
1929–1929
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Jerome Duane "Jerry" Balken
1932–2017
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