STENSLAND, Norman 1923-2001

STENSLAND, MYDLAND, KNORR, STENGEL

Posted By: County Coordinator (email)
Date: 8/31/2009 at 20:27:44

Norman Stensland, 78, of Canton, S.D., died Friday, Nov. 30, 2001 at a hospital in Yankton, S.D.

Services were Tuesday at Canton Lutheran Church with interment in Our Savior's Lutheran Cemetery near Inwood.

Mr. Stensland was born Feb. 19, 1923, near Inwood, the son of Ole and Severline (Mydland) Stensland. He grew up and attended school near Inwood. He farmed with his father several years and later farmed on his own until moving to Canton. He worked for the Lincoln County Highway Department 28 years until his retirement.

On Jan. 2, 1953, he married Hazel (Stengel) Knorr in Sioux Falls, S.D. She died April 27, 1993.

Survivors include one stepson, one stepdaughter and three brothers, Hans and Tommy, both of Canton, and Sig of Michigan.

He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Kenneth, Trig and Gerrit, and one sister, Marcene.