Oppedal, Mons (1873-1926)

OPPEDAL, TREDAL, TRADALL

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 4/8/2024 at 14:37:41

From Story City Herald November 4, 1926 (page 2)

Mons Oppedal

Funeral services for Mons Oppedal, conducted by the Rev. Hans Oppedal, pastor of the Stanhope Lutheran church. A very large number of friends of the deceased came to pay their last tribute of respect to him. The floral offerings were many and very beautiful. The song service was in charge of the Stanhope double quartet. Interment was made in the Lake Center cemetery. Pall bearers were: Iver B. Iverson, I. E. Iverson, Albert Iverson, John Catre, Hans Thoreson and Albert Olson.

Those who attended the funeral from a distance were: Mrs. Barney Sampson and son from Ruthven, Miss Gertrude Oppedal of Graettinger, Miss Sina Oppedal of Chicago, Iver, Sirlene, Bert and Harold Oppedal, Dr. George H. Skule and Mrs. Alice D. Hamilton, all of Belmont, Annas Jacobson and Miss Gertrude Warley of Mason City, Hans Satre and family and Mrs. Satre's mother of Bridelyn, Minn.

Hans Hanson Oppedal [should be Mons Hanson Oppedal] was born in Norway April 19, 1873. There he spent his childhood days and received his secular and Christian instruction and grew to manhood.

In 1896 he came to America and located din the Lake Center community, working about as a farm hand for some year. On the first day of August 1902, he was married to Oline Tredal, who came from Norway to help Mons make a home. They started out farming in this community and remained here. The last twenty years they wored the H. E. Fardal farm near Lake Center and here he died from heart failure the 29th day of October, 1926, being 53 years, 6 months and 10 days old at the time of his death.

His wife and all five children, Aastrid, Hans, Lillie, Ludvig and Marie are surviving to mourn his sudden departure. With them we join in saying: "Blessed be his memory." He also leaves an aged father, 3 brothers and 2 sisters.