Amey Bernie CHERLAND

CHERLAND, JACOBSON, JENSEN, NEVE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/23/2008 at 21:32:33

Amey Bernie Cherland was born January 26, 1907 to John and Ellen (Jacobson) Cherland on a farm in Humboldt County, Iowa; baptized at Trinity Lutheran in rural Hardy, Iowa. At eight years of age he moved with his parents to a farm northwest of Burt, Iowa. He attended country school and graduated from Lone Rock High School in 1926. He was confirmed at Blakjer Lutheran Church, Seneca Township where he attended and took an active part till he retired from the farm in 1976. After graduating from High School, he worked at various farm jobs for several years till, together with his brother Odey, rented a farm in the area and later purchased. He married Ella Naomi Jensen August 28, 1941 at Ringsted, Iowa. She was the daughter of Jens Peter Jensen and Jensena Marie (Neve) Jensen. To this union three sons and one daughter were born; Donald, Roger, Steven and Phyllis. They lived and operated the same farm till they retied and moved to Algona in 1976. He was a member of First Lutheran Church. He belonged to Golden (K) Kiwanis Club. He liked to drive out in the country to see what the farmers were doing and help his boys with the work. Amey Cherland died October 4, 2002. He was 95 years old at the time of his death.

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