ODDEN, Lars Olaf 1902-2000

ODDEN, MAAKESTAD

Posted By: Deidre Badker (email)
Date: 1/10/2015 at 10:40:30

Lars Olaf Odden was born September 2, 1902 at Osage, Mitchell, Iowa to Hans Andreas Odden and Oline Christine Maakestad, the first of their three children. After graduating from high school at Osage, Iowa, Olaf attended colleges at St Olaf, Northfield, Minnesota and Harvard at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Found in the 1905 - 1940 censuses at Osage, Mitchell, Iowa:
1905: Lars Odden age 2.

1910: Hans A Odden 41, Lena (Oline) Christine Maakestad Odden 38, Lars O Odden 7, Constance O Odden 4.

1920: Hans Odden 50, Lena Odden 47, Lars Odden 17, Constance Odden 14, Hilmer Odden 9.

1925: Hans A Odden 55, Lena C Odden 52, Lars O Odden 22, Constone Odden 19, Hilman A Odden 14.

1940: Hans A Odden 70, Lena C Odden 67, Lars O Odden 37, Elmer H Yohe 27.

Found in the 1930 census at Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota: Lars O Odden age 27. Staying in a room at the YMCA; working as a clerk at a flour mill.

Believe Lars married a Marie (surname unknown) and lived and worked in Minneapolis, Minnesota after 1940. The couple had one son.

Lars O Odden died March 10, 2000 at Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota and was buried at Osage City Cemetery, Osage, Mitchell, Iowa.

There is a memorial for him at Find a Grave #69676669.