Erick B. Rockne 1876-1948

ROCKNE, JOHNSON, TRAEFOLD, ISAKSON

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 9/2/2013 at 22:59:08

Rites Held at Wallingford for E.B. Rockne
Funeral services for E.B. Rockne were held on Monday afternoon at 1:30 at the L. Isakson home, and at 2:00 o’clock at the Immanuel Church, the Rev. C.B. Gunderson officiating. Burial was at the High Lake cemetery.

Erick Rockne, son of B.K. and Inger Johnson Rockne, was born July 2, 1876 on a farm in High Lake Township and lived on the same farm all his life.

He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Church and was a life long member of this church.

He was preceded in death by two brothers and sisters. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Knute Traefold of Mora, Minn., and Mrs. Louis Isakson of Wallingford; two brothers, Lars of Estherville and Andrew of Wallingford, and twenty-two nieces and nephews. (Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, May 20, 1948)