 1916 - 1992 (75 years)
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| Name |
Ralph Godfred Anfinson |
| Born |
15 Aug 1916 |
Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota  [2, 3, 4] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
1 Oct 1916 |
Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota [3] |
- Highland Prairie Lutheran Church, witnesses Petra and Henry Olson and Clara Ryan
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| Confirmation |
16 Aug 1931 |
Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota [5] |
- Highland Prairie Lutheran Church
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| Died |
10 Jul 1992 |
Winona, Winona, Minnesota [2, 4] |
- Community Memorial Hospital
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| Buried |
13 Jul 1992 |
Highland Prairie Lutheran Church, Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota [4] |
| Notes |
- Baptized Ralf Gotfred
Farmed on Norway Twp., section 33, farm #2
1920 MN Census, Norway Twp., Fillmore Co., Ralph Anfinson, age 3
1940 US Census, Minnesota, Fillmore, Norway, Gina Anfinson, owns farm valued 2000, 61, widow, education 8, born MN, son Ralph, 23, single, born MN, farmer farm, niece Hazel Edenloff, 21, single, born ND, maid private family
Ralph Anfinson obituary from the Tri-County Record, July 16, 1992 and the Fillmore County Journal, July 20, 1992
Ralph Anfinson, 75, of Norway Township, Fillmore County, an active church community leader, died Friday morning July 10, 1992 at Community Memorial Hospital in Winona after a sudden illness. Born August 15, 1916 in Rushford, he lived in Norway Township all his life and farmed until he retired in 1990. He married on February 19, 1944 in Lanesboro. Mr. Anfinson was a member of the Highland Prairie Lutheran Church near Peterson, a charter member of the Highland Prairie Lutheran Church Brotherhood, a past member and past president of the church council. He was the Norway Township Board clerk for 37 years, a charter member of the Norway Go-Getters 4-H club, a member of the Bratsberg Creamery Board and a member of the Maland School Board. Mr. Anfinson also sang in barbershop quartets and choruses from the age of 15 and in 1988 he won the Outstanding Conservation Farmer Award for Fillmore County. Survivors include his wife, a son of rural Whalan; three daughters, 10 grandchildren and a brother, Olaf of Seal Beach, Calif. The funeral was Monday at Highland Prairie Lutheran Church near Peterson with Rev. Lane Doerning officiating. Burial was in the Highland Prairie Lutheran cemetery. Cook Funeral Home in Rushford was in charge of arrangements. [4, 6, 7, 8]
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| Person ID |
I106 |
Mindrum |
| Last Modified |
28 Jul 2014 |
| Father |
Oscar Anfinson, b. 30 Oct 1881, Lanesboro, Fillmore, Minnesota , d. 21 Sep 1937, Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota (Age 55 years) |
| Mother |
Gina Josefine Mindrum, b. 4 Apr 1878, Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota , d. 19 Jul 1945, Lanesboro, Fillmore, Minnesota (Age 67 years) |
| Married |
30 Dec 1912 |
Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota [9, 10] |
- Highland Prairie Lutheran Church, witnesses Otto Mindrum and Richard Anfinson.
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| Photos |
 | Mindrum gathering
Rear: Lettie Overland, Dagny Mindrum, Gina Anfinson, Olive Mindrum, Otto Mindrum, Margit Mindrum, Norman Mindrum, Olaf Anfinson, Palmer Mindrum, Ralph Anfinson; Palmer's children, rear: Paul, Alf; front: Frieda, Ellert, Arne, Ellen |
| Family ID |
F23 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos
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 | Anfinson and Mindrum Families
L-R, rear: Peter M. Olson, Oline Olson, Oscar Anfinson, Gina Mindrum Anfinson
L-R front: Norman Mindrum, Olga Overland Mindrum, Ralph Anfinson, Olaf Anfinson |
 | Anfinson, Gina and Ralph
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 | Anfinson, Gina and Ralph, reverse
Text: This is our big baby when he was 5 weeks old. His name is Ralph Godfred Anfinson |
 | Anfinson, Gina and Ralph
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 | Anfinson, Ralph and Olaf
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 | Anfinson, Ralph and Olaf
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 | Anfinson, Ralph and Olaf
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 | Anfinson, Ralph and Olaf
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 | Anfinson, Ralph and Olaf
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 | Mindrum gathering in Anfinson front yard
Rear: Olga, unk, unk, Peter, Edward, Caroline, Gina, unk; middle: Otto, Norman, Julianna, Oline, Ralph and Olaf; front: Arnold, Eleanor, Emma, James, Orney |
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| Sources |
- [S13] Mindrum GEDCOM file imported on 25 Jan 1999 from Addy Monsen.
- [S111] Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002, www.ancestry.com.
- [S8146] Ministerialbog for Highland Prairie, Elstad og Newburg Menigheder i Fillmore Co. Staten Minnesota North America, Paabegyndt 1872, Baptisms, page 172, line 36.
- [S8156] Ralph Anfinson obituary, Tri-County Record, 16 Jul 1992.
- [S8146] Ministerialbog for Highland Prairie, Elstad og Newburg Menigheder i Fillmore Co. Staten Minnesota North America, Paabegyndt 1872, Confirmations.
- [S8146] Ministerialbog for Highland Prairie, Elstad og Newburg Menigheder i Fillmore Co. Staten Minnesota North America, Paabegyndt 1872.
- [S106] 1920 MN Census, Norway Twp., Fillmore Co., Enum. Dist. 28, p. 4B.
- [S6594] 1940 US Census, Minnesota, Fillmore, Norway, Enum. Dist. 23-24, sheet 4B.
- [S5280] Minnesota Marriages, 1849-1950, www.familysearch.org.
- [S8146] Ministerialbog for Highland Prairie, Elstad og Newburg Menigheder i Fillmore Co. Staten Minnesota North America, Paabegyndt 1872, Marriages, page 406, line 8.
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