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SEVERSON, Clifford Donald 1908-2003

SEVERSON, ELLINGBOE, GREINER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/6/2009 at 13:05:49

Clifford Severson

Funeral services for Clifford Donald Severson, 95, of Austin, Minnesota, who died Monday, April 28, 2003 at St. Mark's Lutheran Home in Austin, were held Thursday, May 1 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Austin, Mower county, Minnesota.

Clifford Donald Severson was born January 16, 1908, to Sam and Sarah (Ellingboe) Severson. Donald grew up to be a basketball player and baseball player at Carpenter School, Carpenter, Iowa. He lived in Illinois where he made sample hardware for salesmen to use as display for cupboards, etc. He moved to northern Minnesota and later moved back to Iowa.

He married Icle F. (Greiner) on March 28, 1942 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa, and moved to the home place to farm and sell DeKalb corn. In 1953 Don retired from farming and the family moved to Carpenter where he took the job of teller at Carpenter Bank and later became the manager. Don and Icle moved to Florida in 1960 where he got a job as loan officer at Pratt Whitney Aircraft Corporation. After 24 years they returned to the midwest making the home in Austin. Don enjoyed reading, politics and cars.

He is survived by a daughter, Kaye (Irving) Nagel of Rose Creek; a son, Bruce (Susan) Severson of Collinsville, Oklahoma; five grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren, many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by three brothers, Arnold, Roy and Lloyd.

Interment was at Woodbury Cemetery near Lyle, Minnesota.

[St. Ansgar Enterprise - Published May 3, 2003]


 

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