Minnie Nordby Solberg, 1906-2005

SOLBERG, NORDBY

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 4/2/2009 at 20:27:48

Minnie Ethel Nordby, the daughter of O.J. and Anna (Nelson) Nordby was born, April 12, 1906, at Depew, Iowa and departed this life on Friday, May 13, 2005, at the Valley Vue Care Center in Armstrong, Iowa at the age of 99 years old.

She received her education in the rural Todd schools graduating from Emmetsburg High School. She then attended Waldorf College. Minnie taught for a couple of years in rural country schools.

On February 12, 1927, she was united in marriage to Oscar Solberg in Cylinder, Iowa. After their marriage, the couple farmed Northeast of Ringsted and near Depew. The couple then moved to their farm North of Armstrong, where they farmed for over forty years. Oscar died September 10, 1981. Minnie has been a resident of the Valley Vue Care Center in Armstrong since July of 2003.

She was a member of Nazareth Lutheran Church and Nazareth Lutheran Women. Minnie was also a member of the Lake Road Club, Farm Bureau and the Election Board.

Left to cherish Minnie's memory are her children, Aloah Welp and her husband, Cyril of Marshalltown, Iowa; Gaylord Solberg and his wife, Deloris of Clinton, Iowa; seventeen grandchildren; thirty-five great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; sisters, Alice Nordby of Laguana Hills, California and Nina Nordby of Norfolk, Nebraska.

Minnie has been preceded in death by her parents; husband; children, Marjorie and Richard; brothers, Otto and Neal; sisters, Orloue, Catherine, Agnes and Clara and grandson, Loni.