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OBITUARY: Alida Nina Motland, 1906-2005
Funeral services for Alida Nina Motland, age 99, of Osage, Iowa, will be held on Saturday, November 19, 2005, at Rock Creek Lutheran Church, rural Osage.
Officiating pastors will be Alida's nephews, Philip Luttio, Stephen Luttio, Mark Luttio, Paul Anderson, Paul Birkedal, John Bates, Andrew Anderson, and Nate Johnstone; and local pastor Rev. R. Dawson Tornes. Burial will be in the Rock Creek Cemetery.
Alida died Sunday, November 13, 2005, at Faith Home in Osage.
Alida Nina Motland was born February 25, 1906, on the family farm in West Cedar Township, Mitchell County, Iowa, the daughter of Peder Andreas Ingemundsen and Martha (Maakestad) Motland. Alida and her stillborn twin sister were the youngest of nine children. The oldest were twin boys who died in infancy.
Alida was baptized March 12, 1906, and confirmed June 27, 1920, by Rev. J.A. Urness at the Rock Creek Lutheran Church. She attended Cedar No. 5 country school, one mile from home, where she also taught one year following graduation from Osage High School in 1924. From 1925-27, she attended St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., and in 1929 she graduated from Iowa State College at Ames.
Alida taught Music and Home Economics for 13 years in South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. She was also Home Management Supervisor with the Farm Security Administration in Minnesota and Home Agent with the University of Minnesota Extension Service for six and one half years.
She retired in 1960, when she and her brother Ingolf moved from the farm to Osage. Interspersed throughout these and following years, she was a caregiver for her elderly parents, who died in 1937 and 1949, and for her brother Ingolf, who contracted polio in 1937 and died in 1976.
Music was central to Alida's life. She shared her musical talents with the entire North Iowa community, and she inspired many in the next generations with their musical study. She achieved recognition already during her high school years in Osage, when she was remembered by one classmate as "the most piano playingist girl he ever knew". At Iowa State College, she was a member of the Sigma Alpha Iota music sorority. Alida served Rock Creek Lutheran Church for over 40 years as organist, pianist, and director of the Senior Choir and Ladies' Chorus. Upon her retirement in 1987, she received a plaque that read as follows: "To Alida Motland, whose life of excellence in music has allowed us, the members of Rock Creek Lutheran Church, to share in the joy that is music."
Alida was also a member of the Morning Musicale and played for Sons of Norway and the community "Messiah". She played violin in orchestras at St. Olaf College, Ames, North Iowa and Austin.
She played as both pianist and violinist (often with her brother, Ingolf) at nursing homes in Osage, Mason City, St. Ansgar, Nora Springs, Manly and Charles City. In recent years, she also played at the Osage Senior Center. Alida never gave up playing. In her early 80's, she made a 90 minute recording of pieces that she had memorized.
Although music was Alida's first love, she had many other interests and hobbies; generous philanthropy, Norwegian dialect readings, travel talks, scrapbooks, photo albums, needlework, art work, sewing and baking. She also was an avid traveler. She made seven trips to Norway, where she established a strong contact with many Norwegian relatives. She also visited other countries in Europe, Japan, southeast Asia, Canada, Mexico, Nassau, Hawaii and throughout the United States.
In later years, her activities were curtailed by eye problems, which eventually necessitated her entering a nursing home. Alida greatly blessed the lives of her family, her community and her world. She will be missed by everyone. We are thankful for the many years that she shared her talents and resources with us.
Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, is in charge of arrangements.
[ Posted Nov. 16, 2005 - www.mcpress.com - Mitchell County Press-News ]
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Alida Motland
OSAGE — Alida Nina Motland, 99, of Osage, died Sunday (Nov. 13, 2005) at Faith Home in Osage.
Alida Nina Motland was born on Feb. 25, 1906, on the family farm in West Cedar Township, Mitchell County, the daughter of Peder Andreas Ingemundsen and Martha (Maakestad) Motland.
Alida and her stillborn twin sister were the youngest of nine children. The oldest were twin boys who died in infancy. Alida was baptized on March 12, 1906, and confirmed on June 27, 1920, by the Rev. J.A. Urness at the Rock Creek Lutheran Church. She attended Cedar No. 5 country school, one mile from home, where she also taught one year following graduation from Osage High School in 1924. From 1925-27, she attended St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., and in 1929, she graduated from Iowa State College at Ames. Alida taught music and home economics for 13 years in South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa.
She was also home management supervisor with the Farm Security Administration in Minnesota and home agent with the University of Minnesota Extension Service for six and one half years. She retired in 1960, when she and her brother Ingolf moved from the farm to Osage.
Interspersed throughout these and following years, she was a caregiver for her elderly parents, who died in 1937 and 1949, and for her brother Ingolf, who contracted polio in 1937 and died in 1976.
Music was central to Alida’s life. She shared her musical talents with the entire North Iowa community, and she inspired many in the next generations with their musical study. She achieved recognition already during her high school years in Osage, when she was remembered by one classmate as “the most piano-playingist girl he ever knew.”
At Iowa State College, she was a member of the Sigma Alpha Iota music sorority. Alida served Rock Creek Lutheran Church for over 40 years as organist, pianist, and director of the Senior Choir and Ladies’ Chorus. Upon her retirement in 1987, she received a plaque that read as follows: “To Alida Motland, whose life of excellence in music has allowed us, the members of Rock Creek Lutheran Church, to share in the joy that is music.” Alida was also a member of the Morning Musicale and played for Sons of Norway and the community “Messiah”.
She played violin in orchestras at St. Olaf College, Ames, North Iowa and Austin. She played as both pianist and violinist (often with her brother, Ingolf) at nursing homes in Osage, Mason City, St. Ansgar, Nora Springs, Manly and Charles City. In recent years, she also played at the Osage Senior Center. Alida never gave up playing. In her early 80s, she made a 90-minute recording of pieces that she had memorized.
Although music was Alida’s first love, she had many other interests and hobbies: generous philanthropy, Norwegian dialect readings, travel talks, scrapbooks, photo albums, needlework, art work, sewing and baking.
She also was an avid traveler. She made seven trips to Norway, where she established a strong contact with many Norwegian relatives. She also visited other countries in Europe, southeast Asia, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Nassau, Hawaii and throughout the United States.
In later years, her activities were curtailed by eye problems, which eventually necessitated her entering a nursing home. Alida greatly blessed the lives of her family, her community and her world. She will be missed by everyone. We are thankful for the many years that she shared her talents and resources with us. Blessed be her memory!
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Rock Creek Lutheran Church, rural Osage, Iowa. Officiating pastors will be Alida’s nephews, Philip Luttio, Stephen Luttio, Mark Luttio, Paul Anderson, Paul Birkedal, John Bates, Andrew Anderson, and Nate Johnstone, and local pastor, the Rev. R. Dawson Tornes.
Burial will be in the Rock Creek Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage. Visitation at the church will be one hour before the service.
Alida was preceded in death by her parents and eight siblings: twin brothers, Ingvald and Osvald Motland, Sara Birkedal, Ingolf Motland, Milton Palmer Motland, Milton Andreas Motland, Clara Bratrud, Alida’s twin sister, and her nephew, Palmer Birkedal.
Alida is survived by one sister-in-law, Margery (Milton Andreas) Motland of Palm Beach, Fla.; seven nieces and nephews: Marie Field of Osage, and San Gabriel, Calif.; Margaret Luttio (Philip) of San Pedro, Calif.; Randall Motland (Sandra) of Greenwich, Conn..; Grace Peleaux of Laporte, Minn.; Sylvia Bratrud of Richfield, Minn.; Lowell Bratrud of Hopkins, Minn.; and Lois Duna (Tom Olson) of La Crescent, Minn.; 23 great-nieces and nephews, 45 great-great nieces and nephews; and three great-great-great nieces and nephews.
Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, (641) 732-3706.
Globe Gazette, Nov. 15, 2005
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Photo of Alida from Osage high school annual for 1924, archived at Mitchell Co. Historical Soc. at CRC in Osage. (2011)

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Obituary: #1: OBITUARY: Alida Nina Motland, 1906-2005 Funeral services for Alida Nina Motland, age 99, of Osage, Iowa, will be held on Saturday, November 19, 2005, at Rock Creek Lutheran Church, rural Osage. Officiating pastors will be Alida's nephews, Philip Luttio, Stephen Luttio, Mark Luttio, Paul Anderson, Paul Birkedal, John Bates, Andrew Anderson, and Nate Johnstone; and local pastor Rev. R. Dawson Tornes. Burial will be in the Rock Creek Cemetery. Alida died Sunday, November 13, 2005, at Faith Home in Osage. Alida Nina Motland was born February 25, 1906, on the family farm in West Cedar Township, Mitchell County, Iowa, the daughter of Peder Andreas Ingemundsen and Martha (Maakestad) Motland. Alida and her stillborn twin sister were the youngest of nine children. The oldest were twin boys who died in infancy. Alida was baptized March 12, 1906, and confirmed June 27, 1920, by Rev. J.A. Urness at the Rock Creek Lutheran Church. She attended Cedar No. 5 country school, one mile from home, where she also taught one year following graduation from Osage High School in 1924. From 1925-27, she attended St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., and in 1929 she graduated from Iowa State College at Ames. Alida taught Music and Home Economics for 13 years in South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. She was also Home Management Supervisor with the Farm Security Administration in Minnesota and Home Agent with the University of Minnesota Extension Service for six and one half years. She retired in 1960, when she and her brother Ingolf moved from the farm to Osage. Interspersed throughout these and following years, she was a caregiver for her elderly parents, who died in 1937 and 1949, and for her brother Ingolf, who contracted polio in 1937 and died in 1976. Music was central to Alida's life. She shared her musical talents with the entire North Iowa community, and she inspired many in the next generations with their musical study. She achieved recognition already during her high school years in Osage, when she was remembered by one classmate as "the most piano playingist girl he ever knew". At Iowa State College, she was a member of the Sigma Alpha Iota music sorority. Alida served Rock Creek Lutheran Church for over 40 years as organist, pianist, and director of the Senior Choir and Ladies' Chorus. Upon her retirement in 1987, she received a plaque that read as follows: "To Alida Motland, whose life of excellence in music has allowed us, the members of Rock Creek Lutheran Church, to share in the joy that is music." Alida was also a member of the Morning Musicale and played for Sons of Norway and the community "Messiah". She played violin in orchestras at St. Olaf College, Ames, North Iowa and Austin. She played as both pianist and violinist (often with her brother, Ingolf) at nursing homes in Osage, Mason City, St. Ansgar, Nora Springs, Manly and Charles City. In recent years, she also played at the Osage Senior Center. Alida never gave up playing. In her early 80's, she made a 90 minute recording of pieces that she had memorized. Although music was Alida's first love, she had many other interests and hobbies; generous philanthropy, Norwegian dialect readings, travel talks, scrapbooks, photo albums, needlework, art work, sewing and baking. She also was an avid traveler. She made seven trips to Norway, where she established a strong contact with many Norwegian relatives. She also visited other countries in Europe, Japan, southeast Asia, Canada, Mexico, Nassau, Hawaii and throughout the United States. In later years, her activities were curtailed by eye problems, which eventually necessitated her entering a nursing home. Alida greatly blessed the lives of her family, her community and her world. She will be missed by everyone. We are thankful for the many years that she shared her talents and resources with us. Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, is in charge of arrangements. [ Posted Nov. 16, 2005 - <A HREF="http://www.mcpress.com" >www.mcpress.com</A> - Mitchell County Press-News ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #2: Alida Motland OSAGE — Alida Nina Motland, 99, of Osage, died Sunday (Nov. 13, 2005) at Faith Home in Osage. Alida Nina Motland was born on Feb. 25, 1906, on the family farm in West Cedar Township, Mitchell County, the daughter of Peder Andreas Ingemundsen and Martha (Maakestad) Motland. Alida and her stillborn twin sister were the youngest of nine children. The oldest were twin boys who died in infancy. Alida was baptized on March 12, 1906, and confirmed on June 27, 1920, by the Rev. J.A. Urness at the Rock Creek Lutheran Church. She attended Cedar No. 5 country school, one mile from home, where she also taught one year following graduation from Osage High School in 1924. From 1925-27, she attended St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., and in 1929, she graduated from Iowa State College at Ames. Alida taught music and home economics for 13 years in South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. She was also home management supervisor with the Farm Security Administration in Minnesota and home agent with the University of Minnesota Extension Service for six and one half years. She retired in 1960, when she and her brother Ingolf moved from the farm to Osage. Interspersed throughout these and following years, she was a caregiver for her elderly parents, who died in 1937 and 1949, and for her brother Ingolf, who contracted polio in 1937 and died in 1976. Music was central to Alida’s life. She shared her musical talents with the entire North Iowa community, and she inspired many in the next generations with their musical study. She achieved recognition already during her high school years in Osage, when she was remembered by one classmate as “the most piano-playingist girl he ever knew.” At Iowa State College, she was a member of the Sigma Alpha Iota music sorority. Alida served Rock Creek Lutheran Church for over 40 years as organist, pianist, and director of the Senior Choir and Ladies’ Chorus. Upon her retirement in 1987, she received a plaque that read as follows: “To Alida Motland, whose life of excellence in music has allowed us, the members of Rock Creek Lutheran Church, to share in the joy that is music.” Alida was also a member of the Morning Musicale and played for Sons of Norway and the community “Messiah”. She played violin in orchestras at St. Olaf College, Ames, North Iowa and Austin. She played as both pianist and violinist (often with her brother, Ingolf) at nursing homes in Osage, Mason City, St. Ansgar, Nora Springs, Manly and Charles City. In recent years, she also played at the Osage Senior Center. Alida never gave up playing. In her early 80s, she made a 90-minute recording of pieces that she had memorized. Although music was Alida’s first love, she had many other interests and hobbies: generous philanthropy, Norwegian dialect readings, travel talks, scrapbooks, photo albums, needlework, art work, sewing and baking. She also was an avid traveler. She made seven trips to Norway, where she established a strong contact with many Norwegian relatives. She also visited other countries in Europe, southeast Asia, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Nassau, Hawaii and throughout the United States. In later years, her activities were curtailed by eye problems, which eventually necessitated her entering a nursing home. Alida greatly blessed the lives of her family, her community and her world. She will be missed by everyone. We are thankful for the many years that she shared her talents and resources with us. Blessed be her memory! Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Rock Creek Lutheran Church, rural Osage, Iowa. Officiating pastors will be Alida’s nephews, Philip Luttio, Stephen Luttio, Mark Luttio, Paul Anderson, Paul Birkedal, John Bates, Andrew Anderson, and Nate Johnstone, and local pastor, the Rev. R. Dawson Tornes. Burial will be in the Rock Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage. Visitation at the church will be one hour before the service. Alida was preceded in death by her parents and eight siblings: twin brothers, Ingvald and Osvald Motland, Sara Birkedal, Ingolf Motland, Milton Palmer Motland, Milton Andreas Motland, Clara Bratrud, Alida’s twin sister, and her nephew, Palmer Birkedal. Alida is survived by one sister-in-law, Margery (Milton Andreas) Motland of Palm Beach, Fla.; seven nieces and nephews: Marie Field of Osage, and San Gabriel, Calif.; Margaret Luttio (Philip) of San Pedro, Calif.; Randall Motland (Sandra) of Greenwich, Conn..; Grace Peleaux of Laporte, Minn.; Sylvia Bratrud of Richfield, Minn.; Lowell Bratrud of Hopkins, Minn.; and Lois Duna (Tom Olson) of La Crescent, Minn.; 23 great-nieces and nephews, 45 great-great nieces and nephews; and three great-great-great nieces and nephews. Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, (641) 732-3706. Globe Gazette, Nov. 15, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3: Photo of Alida from Osage high school annual for 1924, archived at Mitchell Co. Historical Soc. at CRC in Osage. (2011)
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