Ingeborg "Belle" (Holmedahl/Holmedal) Skromme (1885-1947)

HOLMEDAL, HOLMEDAHL, SKROMME, THOMPSON, BEATY

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 4/20/2021 at 09:57:32

From Nevada Evening Journal March 28, 1947 (page 8)

Mrs. Belle Skromme Laid to Rest on Friday, March 21

Funeral services for Mrs. Belle Skromme of Huxley, Iowa, were held on Friday, March 21, 1947, with a short prayer service at the home in Huxley at 1:20 and at 2 p.m. from the Bethany Lutheran church at Kelley, Iowa with Rev. P. E. Onstad officiating. Interment was in the Bethany cemetery at Kelley. The pallbearers were Leonard and Melvin Sandvold of Ellendale, Minn., Torval Thompson and Lewis Fjelland of Detroit, Mich., Andrew Tjelmeland and Erling Shold of Roland. Mrs. LeRoy Brendeland and Mrs. Clyde Stensland had charge of the flowers.

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At the service in the home, Mrs. T. A. Sorem of Roland sang a favorite Norwegian hymn, "Den Store Vida Flok." Rev. Onstad chose as his funeral text the words found in John 14:1-6. He also read a telegram which was received the day before from Mrs. Skromme's brothers and sisters in Norway, extending condolence to the bereaved family and greetings from the words found in St. John 5:24-28.

Lowell Accola and LeRoy Brendeland sang two duets, "Beautiful Garden of Prayer" and "No Shadows There," and Rev. Onstad sang a solo, "I Know of a Sleep in Jesus Name."

There were many beautiful floral tributes and also a large sum of money given to missions in her memory.

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The deceased was born in Holmedal, Norway, on February 23, 1885, and was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She came to America with her sister, Mrs. Johanna Thompson in the spring of 1905. On February 24, 1909 she was united in marriage to Austin Skromme and to this union seven children were born, the oldest daughter, Glendora, having died at the age of 5 years.

Mr. and Mrs. Skromme lived on farms in Story county until 3 years ago when they retired and moved to Huxley.

After a lingering illness, Mrs. Skromme passed away at the Mary Greeley hospital in Ames, Iowa, on Tuesday, March 18, at the age of 62 years and 23 days.

She was a good Christian mother and devoted to her family and home and was always concerned more about others than about her own welfare, and was kind to everyone.

Survivors include her husband and six children Mrs. Judith Beaty of Ames, Lawrence of Detroit, Mich., Arnold of St. Joseph, Mich., Mrs. Margaret Thompson of Huxley, and Robert and Austin Jr. at home and eight grandchildren. A sister, Mrs. Johanna Thompson of Huxley, and five brothers and two sisters in Norway also survive.

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Those from a distance who attended the funeral were Lawrence Skromme, Torval Thompson and Lewis Fjelland of Detroit, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Skromme of St. Joseph, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. Leland Seversike of Prairie Du Sac, Wis., Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sandvold and Melvin Sandvold of Ellendale, Minn., Mrs. Joe Moon of Albert Lea, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. Beal Gleason of Vinton, Mr. and Mrs. W W. McKim, G. P. Brown, Belle Hoveland, Thea Mehle, Mrs. Julia Freeland and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Peterson all of Des Moines, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Shold, Mrs. T. A. Sorem, Mrs. Belle Tjelmeland and Harry, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bakke, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Aasheim, Mr. and Mrs. John Sorem, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tjelmeland, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Tjelmeland, Mr. and Mrs. Erling Shold, Andrew Tjelmeland and Mr. and Mrs. Art Fausch all of Roland, Mrs. S. M. Helgeland and Lewis Eide of Ankeny, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Beaty of Ames and many friends from the surrounding communities.