1922 - Orville Thelmer Kulsrud - 1953
Orville Thelmer Kulsrud was born July 15, 1922, at Jasper, Minnesota, the son of Oscar and Tena Kulsrud.
He died at St. Olaf Hospital August 15, 1953, at the age of 31 from complications following surgery.
He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith, and was a member of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Sterling Addition.
He spent his early boyhood at Jasper and moved to a farm with the family, near Austin in 1929.
He attended rural school near Austin, graduating from Austin High School in 1940. During his school years he was very active in 4-H work.
In December, 1941, he joined the 6th Marine Division and landed at Okinawa in June, 1945. He was wounded in action on the second day of the invasion.
Following his return to the States, he was united in marriage to Miss Marvel Madsen, on February 23, 1947 at St. Ansgar, Iowa. To this union were born two children: a daughter, Sherrie, age 5 1/2 years, and a son, Gary, age one year.
Mr. Kulsrud was employed at Geo. A. Hormel & Co. He was a member of the Disabled Veterans Organization.
Immediate survivors include his wife, Marvel, and children, Sherrie and Gary, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar W. Kulsrud, LeRoy, five sisters, Miss Lula Kulsrud and Mrs. Raymond Bergen, (Ruth), LeRoy, Mrs. Robert McAnally, (Violet), Minneapolis, Mrs. Thomas Armstrong, (Norma), Riceville, Iowa, Mrs. David Matthiessen, (Doris), Greenville, O., two brothers, Oscar, Jr., Owatonna. and Norman, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Also surviving are his father and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Martin C. Madsen, St. Ansgar, Iowa; and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Madsen and family, brother-in-law, St. Ansgar.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, August 18, at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Rev. G. C. Knutson of Our Savior's Lutheran Church conducted the services. Burial was in the family lot at St. Ansgar. Rev. Roland Oswold, Dubuque, Iowa, a close friend of the family, offered the graveside prayer.
Pallbearers were Eugene Jorgenson, Harold Hoffman. Charles Dessler, Arthur Nelson, Paul Chapman and Roger Cochlin.
[ Austin Daily Herald, Aug. 19, 1953, page 19 ]
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Minnesota Death Index:
Name: Orville Thelmer Kulsrud
Death Date: 15 Aug 1953
Death County: Mower
State File Number: 009791
Certificate Number: 009791
Certificate Year: 1953
Record Number: 1221937
Orville Thelmer Kulsrud was born July 15, 1922, at Jasper, Minnesota, the son of Oscar and Tena Kulsrud.
He died at St. Olaf Hospital August 15, 1953, at the age of 31 from complications following surgery.
He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith, and was a member of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Sterling Addition.
He spent his early boyhood at Jasper and moved to a farm with the family, near Austin in 1929.
He attended rural school near Austin, graduating from Austin High School in 1940. During his school years he was very active in 4-H work.
In December, 1941, he joined the 6th Marine Division and landed at Okinawa in June, 1945. He was wounded in action on the second day of the invasion.
Following his return to the States, he was united in marriage to Miss Marvel Madsen, on February 23, 1947 at St. Ansgar, Iowa. To this union were born two children: a daughter, Sherrie, age 5 1/2 years, and a son, Gary, age one year.
Mr. Kulsrud was employed at Geo. A. Hormel & Co. He was a member of the Disabled Veterans Organization.
Immediate survivors include his wife, Marvel, and children, Sherrie and Gary, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar W. Kulsrud, LeRoy, five sisters, Miss Lula Kulsrud and Mrs. Raymond Bergen, (Ruth), LeRoy, Mrs. Robert McAnally, (Violet), Minneapolis, Mrs. Thomas Armstrong, (Norma), Riceville, Iowa, Mrs. David Matthiessen, (Doris), Greenville, O., two brothers, Oscar, Jr., Owatonna. and Norman, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Also surviving are his father and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Martin C. Madsen, St. Ansgar, Iowa; and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Madsen and family, brother-in-law, St. Ansgar.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, August 18, at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Rev. G. C. Knutson of Our Savior's Lutheran Church conducted the services. Burial was in the family lot at St. Ansgar. Rev. Roland Oswold, Dubuque, Iowa, a close friend of the family, offered the graveside prayer.
Pallbearers were Eugene Jorgenson, Harold Hoffman. Charles Dessler, Arthur Nelson, Paul Chapman and Roger Cochlin.
[ Austin Daily Herald, Aug. 19, 1953, page 19 ]
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Minnesota Death Index:
Name: Orville Thelmer Kulsrud
Death Date: 15 Aug 1953
Death County: Mower
State File Number: 009791
Certificate Number: 009791
Certificate Year: 1953
Record Number: 1221937
1922 - Orville Thelmer Kulsrud - 1953
Orville Thelmer Kulsrud was born July 15, 1922, at Jasper, Minnesota, the son of Oscar and Tena Kulsrud.
He died at St. Olaf Hospital August 15, 1953, at the age of 31 from complications following surgery.
He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith, and was a member of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Sterling Addition.
He spent his early boyhood at Jasper and moved to a farm with the family, near Austin in 1929.
He attended rural school near Austin, graduating from Austin High School in 1940. During his school years he was very active in 4-H work.
In December, 1941, he joined the 6th Marine Division and landed at Okinawa in June, 1945. He was wounded in action on the second day of the invasion.
Following his return to the States, he was united in marriage to Miss Marvel Madsen, on February 23, 1947 at St. Ansgar, Iowa. To this union were born two children: a daughter, Sherrie, age 5 1/2 years, and a son, Gary, age one year.
Mr. Kulsrud was employed at Geo. A. Hormel & Co. He was a member of the Disabled Veterans Organization.
Immediate survivors include his wife, Marvel, and children, Sherrie and Gary, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar W. Kulsrud, LeRoy, five sisters, Miss Lula Kulsrud and Mrs. Raymond Bergen, (Ruth), LeRoy, Mrs. Robert McAnally, (Violet), Minneapolis, Mrs. Thomas Armstrong, (Norma), Riceville, Iowa, Mrs. David Matthiessen, (Doris), Greenville, O., two brothers, Oscar, Jr., Owatonna. and Norman, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Also surviving are his father and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Martin C. Madsen, St. Ansgar, Iowa; and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Madsen and family, brother-in-law, St. Ansgar.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, August 18, at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Rev. G. C. Knutson of Our Savior's Lutheran Church conducted the services. Burial was in the family lot at St. Ansgar. Rev. Roland Oswold, Dubuque, Iowa, a close friend of the family, offered the graveside prayer.
Pallbearers were Eugene Jorgenson, Harold Hoffman. Charles Dessler, Arthur Nelson, Paul Chapman and Roger Cochlin.
[ Austin Daily Herald, Aug. 19, 1953, page 19 ]
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Minnesota Death Index:
Name: Orville Thelmer Kulsrud
Death Date: 15 Aug 1953
Death County: Mower
State File Number: 009791
Certificate Number: 009791
Certificate Year: 1953
Record Number: 1221937
Orville Thelmer Kulsrud was born July 15, 1922, at Jasper, Minnesota, the son of Oscar and Tena Kulsrud.
He died at St. Olaf Hospital August 15, 1953, at the age of 31 from complications following surgery.
He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith, and was a member of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Sterling Addition.
He spent his early boyhood at Jasper and moved to a farm with the family, near Austin in 1929.
He attended rural school near Austin, graduating from Austin High School in 1940. During his school years he was very active in 4-H work.
In December, 1941, he joined the 6th Marine Division and landed at Okinawa in June, 1945. He was wounded in action on the second day of the invasion.
Following his return to the States, he was united in marriage to Miss Marvel Madsen, on February 23, 1947 at St. Ansgar, Iowa. To this union were born two children: a daughter, Sherrie, age 5 1/2 years, and a son, Gary, age one year.
Mr. Kulsrud was employed at Geo. A. Hormel & Co. He was a member of the Disabled Veterans Organization.
Immediate survivors include his wife, Marvel, and children, Sherrie and Gary, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar W. Kulsrud, LeRoy, five sisters, Miss Lula Kulsrud and Mrs. Raymond Bergen, (Ruth), LeRoy, Mrs. Robert McAnally, (Violet), Minneapolis, Mrs. Thomas Armstrong, (Norma), Riceville, Iowa, Mrs. David Matthiessen, (Doris), Greenville, O., two brothers, Oscar, Jr., Owatonna. and Norman, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Also surviving are his father and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Martin C. Madsen, St. Ansgar, Iowa; and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Madsen and family, brother-in-law, St. Ansgar.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, August 18, at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Rev. G. C. Knutson of Our Savior's Lutheran Church conducted the services. Burial was in the family lot at St. Ansgar. Rev. Roland Oswold, Dubuque, Iowa, a close friend of the family, offered the graveside prayer.
Pallbearers were Eugene Jorgenson, Harold Hoffman. Charles Dessler, Arthur Nelson, Paul Chapman and Roger Cochlin.
[ Austin Daily Herald, Aug. 19, 1953, page 19 ]
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Minnesota Death Index:
Name: Orville Thelmer Kulsrud
Death Date: 15 Aug 1953
Death County: Mower
State File Number: 009791
Certificate Number: 009791
Certificate Year: 1953
Record Number: 1221937
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