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Alfred & Addie Onstot Molstad

MOLSTAD ONSTOT HURSTAD

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 9/7/2010 at 00:17:20

History of Woodbury County, Iowa 1984

Alfred and Addie (Onstot) Molstad
By Mrs Howard Molstad

Alfred Molstad, son of Jacob and Petra Hurstad Molstad, was born January 21, 1883, at Albaton, near Sloan, Iowa. He was the oldest of three children, a brother, Oscar Molstad and a sister, Julia Molstad Schantel. At the age of five years, Alfred and his family moved to a farm two and one-half miles south of Moville. Alfred graduated with a class of five from the Moville High School and then attended Commercial College in Des Moines. Later he was in the banking business at Lawton and also at Dedham, Iowa. He was united in marriage with Addie P Onstot on June 5, 1917, at the home of her family in Lawton. Addie was the daughter of Jacob and Catharine Marquart Onstot. She was next to the youngest in a family of eight children. She was born in Bronson in 1889. Addie shared her birthdate of September 7 with her older sister, Maude, for eighty-eight years.

After their marriage, Addie and Alfred made their first home at Dedham, where their first son, Wayne, was born on December 24, 1917. When Wayne was two years old the family moved to Morningside. On February 8, 1921, a second son, Howard, joined the family. In 1923, Addie and Alfred decided it was time to have their sons to the country so they moved to a farm at Moville. Irving joined the family on February 1, 1926, and Lloyd made his appearance on January 6, 1927. The Molstads were overjoyed on February 4, 1928, when a beautiful baby girl, Mary, joined her brothers to compete they family.

Wayne Molstad and Dorothy Noffsinger were married at the home of her parents. Walter and Alice Hurd Noffsinger, on February 4, 1942. Wayne and Dorothy began farming at Moville, on the farm where the three youngest children of the Alfred Molstads had been born. They engaged in general farming and the raising of turkeys. Wayne and Dorothy still live on this farm.

The Wayne Molstads are the parents of five children: Sarah Ann- born March 3, 1943. She married Eldon Meissner, June 24, 1962. Their children are: Charles Albert, Randi Ann, Marti Lynn, Jeffery Eldon and Cindi Rae. One son died in infancy. Marbeth Kay – born February 7, 1947. She married Charles Nyquist, March 13, 1971. They are the parents of two daughters, Christiane Angela and Molly Ann. Linda May Molstad Robeson – born October 29, 1948. She and her daughters, Jamie Rae, live in Sioux City. David Wayne – born August 23, 1951, farms the family farm at Moville. Dale Evans – born March 7, 1956, is employed in Sioux City.

Howard Molstad and Ella Marie Davis were married at the home of her parents, Clarence and Ella Renkel Davis, Hubbard, Nebraska, on February 7, 1948. They began farming on a Fred Zellmer farm south of Moville. Two years later they moved to the Molstad family farm south of Moville, where they are still engaged in farming. Donald Howard, born March 25, 1949. He and Sheila Bagan were married June 26, 1971. They live in Sioux City with their two children, Erik Donald and Nora Julia. Donald is a lawyer. Kenneth Eugene was born December 4, 1950. He and two friends were killed in an auto accident on October 22, 1972.

Dr Irving Molstad, Chiropractor, and Regina Wilson were married February 14, 1959. Their son, Thomas, is a student at Iowa State and daughter Susan is a beautician in Sioux City.

Dr Lloyd Molstad, Chiropractor, and Maxine Everett were married September 19, 1985. Their children, Pamela and Craig, live in Arizona.

Mary Molstad and Gilbert Smith were married September 3, 1955. They are engaged in farming south of Whiting. Prior to marriage, Mary was a teacher and later a secretary at the Livestock Market. Their son, Randall, was born August 18, 1957. He and Pamela Evans were married November 14, 1981. He is an Investment Banker in Houston, Texas.

Catherine was born December 30, 1959. She and Carl Paine were married on September 3, 1983. They live in Dallas, Texas, where Catherine is an advertising assistant and husband, Carl, is a car salesman.

Lisa Ann Smith was born April 30, 1964. She is a student at the University of Northern Iowa, at Cedar Falls, Iowa.


 

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