 1920 - 2020 (99 years)
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| Name |
Olive Gertrude Mindrum |
| Born |
14 Nov 1920 |
Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota  |
- Sources 502, 6395, 8146 (misstates date as 13 Nov 1920), 8160 (Roll F, page 275, line 317)
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| Gender |
Female |
| Baptism |
12 Dec 1920 |
Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota [2] |
- Highland Prairie Lutheran Church, witnesses Johannes Overland, Oscar Anfindsen and K., Alethe Overland
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| Confirmation |
27 Aug 1935 |
Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota [3] |
- Highland Prairie Lutheran Church
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| Died |
9 Jul 2020 |
Manchester, Hillsboro, New Hampshire |
| Notes |
- Olive Gertrude Mindrum Bailey died in Manchester, New Hampshire July 9, 2020 at the age of 99. She was born in Norway Township, Minnesota on November 14, 1920, daughter of Otto and Olga (Overland) Mindrum. She graduated from Rushford High School in 1938. On July 16, 1940 she married Merlin Johnson in Norway Township. That marriage ended in divorce. On February 22, 1952, she married Edward Lee Bailey and they raised a daughter, Jeanine, and a son, Edward, Jr. in West Liberty, Iowa City and Cedar Falls, Iowa. Edward, Sr. died in 1974. Olive moved to Amherst, Massachusetts in 1980 and Manchester, New Hampshire in 1997, to be nearer to her children. She lived the last years of her life at the Maple Leaf Health Care Center in Manchester. Olive was kind, caring, funny and gifted in so many ways. She shared her love of music, playing the piano for family sing-alongs and singing with her children and grandchildren. Family members relied on her remarkable memory to connect with ancestors and family history that came alive as she recounted. Olive delighted in learning about the lives of her family, friends and caregivers. She always made it clear to people that she was interested in them and cared about who they were. She treasured the stories they shared with her. She remained optimistic, positive and caring even as aging created a more limited life. Olive embraced life with humor, curiosity, wisdom and enthusiasm. She left behind a circle of family, friends and caregivers who feel richer and blessed for having known and loved her. Olive is survived by her daughter, Jeanine Mindrum (husband Michael Barlow) of Westborough, Massachusetts and son Edward Bailey, Jr., (wife Barbara Widger) of Manchester, grandson Peter Widger (wife Kenyon) of Nashua, and grandson Niels Widger (wife Colleen) of Dover, great grandchildren Malcolm Widger and Evelyn Widger, sister Dagny Isberg of Humboldt, Iowa, brother Ordell Mindrum (Susan) of Hooper, Utah, along with many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Norman Mindrum, and a great granddaughter, Sayge Widger. The family would like to thank the staff at Maple Leaf Health Care Center for the kind and loving care that they gave to Olive. Burial took place in Fairview Cemetery in Cedar Falls, Iowa on July 23. There will be no public service. Contributions in Olive’s memory can be made to the Macular Degeneration Association, https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/macularhope
1940 US Census, Minnesota, Fillmore, Norway, Olive Mindrum, maid, 19, education H4, born MN, maid private family, in home of Tilla R. Sandness
Mrs. Merlin Johnson, living in West Liberty, IA, 1949 [4, 5]
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| Person ID |
I1200 |
Mindrum |
| Last Modified |
24 Jul 2020 |
| Father |
Otto Christian Mindrum, b. 17 Mar 1887, Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota , d. 25 Mar 1949, Winona, Winona, Minnesota (Age 62 years) |
| Mother |
Olga Eleanora Overland, b. 3 Dec 1890, Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota , d. 16 Apr 1935, Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota (Age 44 years) |
| Married |
30 Jun 1915 |
Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota [5, 6] |
- Highland Prairie Lutheran Church, witnesses Melvin Mindrum and Lettie Overland.
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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 |
F403 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Merlin Sealerd Johnson, b. 15 Jan 1917, Minnesota , d. 6 Apr 1962 (Age 45 years) |
| Married |
16 Jul 1940 |
Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota [7] |
- Highland Prairie Lutheran Church, witnesses Erlin Lewis and Dagny Mindrum
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| Divorced |
Bef 1952 |
| Last Modified |
28 Jul 2014 |
| Family ID |
F293 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Edward Lee Bailey, b. 23 Jan 1917, Sibley, Osceola, Iowa , d. 10 Aug 1974, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa (Age 57 years) |
| Married |
22 Feb 1952 |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
20 Sep 2021 |
| Family ID |
F36 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S13] Mindrum GEDCOM file imported on 25 Jan 1999 from Addy Monsen.
- [S8146] Ministerialbog for Highland Prairie, Elstad og Newburg Menigheder i Fillmore Co. Staten Minnesota North America, Paabegyndt 1872, Baptisms, page 178, line 29.
- [S8146] Ministerialbog for Highland Prairie, Elstad og Newburg Menigheder i Fillmore Co. Staten Minnesota North America, Paabegyndt 1872, Confirmations, page 366.
- [S6455] 1940 US Census, Minnesota, Fillmore, Norway, Enum. Dist. 23-24, sheet 6A.
- [S47] Otto C. Mindrum obituary, LaCrosse Tribune, 27 Mar 1949, p. 3.
- [S8146] Ministerialbog for Highland Prairie, Elstad og Newburg Menigheder i Fillmore Co. Staten Minnesota North America, Paabegyndt 1872, Marriages, page 408, line 5.
- [S8146] Ministerialbog for Highland Prairie, Elstad og Newburg Menigheder i Fillmore Co. Staten Minnesota North America, Paabegyndt 1872, Marriages, page 418, line 5.
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