Oscar Fagre, 1885-1967

FAGRE

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 1/31/2009 at 16:32:10

Oscar Fagre, 81, Builder Here, Dies

Oscar Fagre, 81, died at 9:30 p.m. Friday [May 19, 1967] at his home after a few days' illness from emphysema and complications.

Mr. Fagre had been in the construction business for many years in Estherville.

Born May 24, 1885 at Ringerike, Norway, the son of Carl and Maren Fagre, he received his education in Norway and came to the United States as a young man.

He was married June 28, 1913, in Chicago to Anna Bjorvik. He did construction work in Minneapolis and Chicago before coming to Emmet County in 1917.

He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, of the Blue Lodge, Commandery, Easter Star and Shrine and served as an officer in the East in Commandery for three years.

Surviving are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Marian L. Dole of Los Altos Hills, Calif.; three sons, Roland of Boulder, Colo., Stanley and Kenneth of Estherville; 14 grandchildren; one brother, Otto, of Big Lake, Minn.

His parents, four brothers and three sisters, preceded him in death.

Services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Fuhrman Funeral Home. Masonic graveside services were held in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Honorary pallbearers were C. J. Mathieson, Harry Simpson, William H. Hunt, William T. Neilsen, Rolin C. Edelen, and O. E. Morton.

Active pallbearers included Dr. C. V. Lindholm, C. W. Robinson, Dr. Eugene Coon, Dr. Leland Bunge, Don L. McAdams and Wayne H. Crim.

Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa; May 20, 1967.