Lars Engebritson Nestegaard, 1824-1915

NESTEGAARD

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/28/2009 at 09:27:41

DEATH OF AGED PIONEER

LARS INGEBRITSON [ENGEBRITSON] NOSTEGAARD, [NESTEGAARDE],
FATHER OF MRS. I. S. REFSELL,
DIED SATURDAY, AGE 91 YEARS

FUNERAL HELD MONDAY AFTERNOON
MOVED TO EMMET COUNTY IN 1885 WHERE HE HAS SINCE RESIDED

Mr. Lars Ingebritson [Engebritson] Nostegaard [Nestegaard] died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. I. S. Refsell near Wallingford Saturday [25 September 1915] at the ripe age of 91 years, 3 months and 11 days. Funeral was held Monday and internment made in the Wallingford cemetery.

Deceased was born in Hvel, Hullingsdel [Hallingdal], Norway, June 14, 1824. From 1846 to 1870 he served as an army officer for his country and did valiant service. In 1885 he came with his family to the United States and settled on a farm in High Lake township, this county, where he has since resided. On March 5, 1913, his beloved wife [Bergit S.] passed to the great beyond since which time Mr. Nostegaard (sic) lived with his children. There are left to mourn his death five sons, three daughters and twenty-eight grandchildren.

Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: The Vindicator and Republican weekly, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, September 29, 1915; also info from tombstone inscription.