Lloyd "Pee Wee" Wohlford, Sr. 1924-2004
WOHLFORD, IVERSON, HALVERSON, BOLSON, WALTER, WITZKE, GRAHAM
Posted By: D Cunningham (email)
Date: 3/25/2020 at 10:30:14
Lloyd "Pee Wee" Wohlford, Sr., age 79, of Decorah, died Friday, January 9, 2004 at the Gunderson Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, WI following a long illness.
Lloyd Cyrus "Pee Wee" Wohlford was born on December 31, 1924, the son of Harry and Anna Marie (Iverson) Wohlford in Bluffton Township on the Lang farm by Babe Quandahl, who also baptized him at birth. The family moved to the Luther College farm living there for twenty-five years.
He attended the Moore country school near Luther. While in high school, Pee Wee played baseball and football, and graduated from Decorah in 1943. On July 21, 1946 he married Olive "Ossie" Beatrice Halverson at the First Lutheran Church in Decorah. Pee Wee worked for Vernon and Margaret Wold near Caledonia, MN for four years; farmed for Fred McLain for sixteen years; worked for Juve, Inc. doing equipment and then for Kirkeby Welding until he retired. He also tended bar at Matters Ballroom and managed the Legion Club before it was Nob Hill. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church. Pee Wee never worked on Sundays and always spent his day with his family, fishing, canoeing or hunting.
Pee Wee's survivors include his wife: Olive "Ossie" Wohlford, Decorah. Two daughters: Chris Bolson & husband Daryl, Lansing and Margaret "Mugs" Walter & husband Wayne, Decorah. Five grandchildren: Brett and Anna Bolson; Cory Walter; Adrian Walter & wife Linda and Todd Walter. One great-grandson: Luke Walter. Two special nieces; Lisa Witzke and Tina Graham. One Aunt: Viola Halverson, La Crosse, WI.
Lloyd was preceded in death by his parents: Harry and Anna Marie Wohlford; one son; Lloyd, Jr. in 1967, and one brother: Harold in 1986.
Source: Allamakee Journal-Wednesday, January 14, 2004
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