Robert Linnevold 1914-1977

LINNEVOLD, PETERSON, GRAVITT, DAVIS, RICHARDS, HOFF

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Marshalltown Times-Republican; March 30, 1977

ROBERT LINNEVOLD DIES AT AGE OF 62; SERVICES FRIDAY

Services for Robert G. Linnevold, 62, 601 E. South St., who died Tuesday, will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Pursel-Davis Chapel with the Rev. Walter Rasmussen officiating. A flag presentation will be made at the burial by Frank Lewis Glick Post 46 of the American Legion.

Mr Linnevold was born Nov. 30, 1914 in Mayville, N.D., the son of Ingeman and Emma Peterson Linnevold. He was reared in Decorah and attended Luther College there.

On Nov. 16, 1964 he married Marie Gravitt at St. Peter, Minn. She survives, as do two stepsons, William Davis, Ankeny, and Donald Davis, Mesa, Ariz. Also surviving are four grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Nora Richards, Des Moines, and Mrs. John (Ethel) Hoff, Minneapolis, Minn.

Mr. Linnevold was preceded in death by one brother and one sister.

Before coming to Mrshalltown in 1963, he was employed by Hamilton County. He was a veteran of World War II and was a member of Frank Lewis Glick Post 46.