Chris Egeland 1872-1960

EGELAND, MOE, ROESEN, DEWALL

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 5/1/2013 at 00:24:36

Chris Egeland Dies at 87

Chris Egeland, 87, died at 6:50 p.m. yesterday at the Good Samaritan Home here. Death was attributed to lingering illness coupled with old age.

Mr. Egeland was born March 9, 1873 [per cemetery records, 1872] in Bergen, Norway. Coming to the United States at the age of 18, he settled in Story County as a farm hand.

In 1896 he was married to Carrie Moe and they farmed in Story county near Roland until 1907 when they moved to Emmet County.

After farming west of Wallingford for 24 years, the Engelands [Egelands] returned to Roland where Mr. Egeland worked in the Marshall Canning Co. for the next 13 years. During World War II, he moved to Vancouver, Wash., to work in the Kaiser shipyards for 18 months.

Upon returning to Iowa, the couple lived at Fenton for six years until Mrs. Egeland died in 1952. Then Mr. Egeland resided with his children until becoming ill six years ago. He became a resident of the Good Samaritan Home in July, 1956.

Five children survive: Mrs. Ellen Roesen and Mrs. Inga Roesen of Vancourver, Wash.; Clarence of Estherville; Amos of Wallingford; and Mrs. W.M. DeWall (Myrtle) of Fenton.

A brother, John, lives at Billings, Mont. There are 13 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.

His wife, one son, Iver, and a brother, Theodore, preceded Mr. Egeland in death.

He was a member of the Wallingford Lutheran church. Funeral arrangements will be announced in tomorrow’s Daily News. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, August 5, 1960)

Egeland Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for Chris Egeland will be held Tuesday, Aug. 9, at 2 p.m. at the Wallingford Lutheran Church. The body will lie in state at the Martin Funeral Home in Graettinger after 3 p.m. Sunday and at the church from 12:30 until time of services Tuesday. The casket will not be opened after services. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery at Wallingford. Pallbearers will be Raymond Herum, Norman Egeland, Sherman Gunderson, Chester Anderson, Alvin Anderson and Lester Larson. Honorary pallbearers will be Bert Maaland, Clarence Olson, Albert Mitchell, Ed Mitchell, George DeWall and Jake Amdahl. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, August 6, 1960)