Emma Berthine Nordgaard - 1894-1989

NORDGAARD, HAUGEN

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 1/9/2011 at 14:25:30

SOURCE: Waukon, Iowa WAUKON DEMOCRAT March 23, 1989
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Emma Berthe Nordgaard, age 94, of Spring Grove, Minnesota died Sunday March 19, 1989 at Tweeten-Lutheran Nursing Home in Spring Grove, Minnesota. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday March 22 at Highland Lutheran Church, Spring Grove, Minnesota. The Rev. Philip L. Larson officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. Roble Funeral Home of Spring Grove was in charge of arrangements.

Emma was born September 5, 1894 in Waterloo Township, Allamakee County, Iowa to Gilbert and Berit (Haugen) Nordgaard. She attended Valders College in Decorah, Iowa and earned a bachelor's degree from Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, Iowa. She also attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa and the University of Colorado. She was a teacher in various towns in Iowa and Minnesota. She spent her last 12 years of teaching in Waukon, Iowa and retired in 1967. She was a lifelong member of Highland Lutheran Church and a member of American Legion Auxiliary in Spring Grove, Minnesota.

Seven brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. Surviving are a sister, Nora Nordgaard of Spring Grove, Minnesota and several nieces and nephews.