Overhaug, John G. Sr. 1892-1965

OVERHAUG, BONNES, BRANDANGER, JOHNSON, HANSON, OSTERN

Posted By: Cindy Bray Lovell (email)
Date: 8/25/2012 at 22:22:57

John G. Overhaug Sr.

Spring Grove, Minn.

John Gerhard Overhaug Sr., 72, Oak Forest Ill., a native of this area, died Tuesday night in Oak Forest after being ill for a week.

A carpender, he lived in the Waterloo Ridge area near here until moving to the Chicago area about 50 years ago.

He was born Dec. 8, 1892, in Allamakee county, Iowa. He married Minnie Bonnes Sept 5, 1925. He was a veteran of World War I.

Survivors are: His Wife; one son, John jr., Oak Forest; one brother, oscar, Spring Grove, and four sisters, Mrs. George (Julia) Brandanger, Minneapolis; Mrs George (Anna) Johnson, Breinerton, Wash.; Mrs. Hans (Ovidia) Hanson, Minneapolis, and Mrs Louise Ostern, Spring Grove.

Besides his parents, three brothers and three sisters have died.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. CST Sunday at Waterloo ridge Lutheran church, the Rev. S. O. Sorlien officating. Burial will be in the church cemetery, with the Spring Grove American Legion Post conducting graveside services.

Friends may call at Engeil-Roble Funeral Home here Friday and Saturday, and at the church after 12:30 p.m. Sunday.

From the Winona Daily News May 20, 1965