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Source for: Ervin Alfred Afdahl, 19 MAR 1894 - 21 DEC 1980
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Birth source: Place: S3434Birth source: S36Page: 1930 for Hill, Montana
Date: APR 2005
Birth source: S41Birth source: S58Page: 517-42-1175
Date: SEP 2012
Residence source: Place: S1736Residence source: S36Page: 1930 for Hill, Montana
Date: APR 2005
Occupation source: S36Page: 1930 for Hill, Montana
Date: APR 2005
Residence source: Place: S1736Residence source: S36Date: JAN 2013
Death source: Place: S1736Death source: S58Page: 517-42-1175
Date: SEP 2012
Death source: S41Death source: S73Page: Montana - Havre
Date: JAN 2013
Text: Ervin Alvin Afdahl was born on March 19, 1894 in Baldwin, Wisconsin. His parents were Knute and Josephine (Johnson) Afdahl and he was second eldest of four children. Ervin attended schools in Baldwin then in 1913 came with his parents to Montana where they homesteaded three miles northwest of Rudyard. Times were tough in those early years with the hazards of drought, cutworms, grasshoppers, etc., so Ervin helped on the family farm during the summer months, but spent the winter months working on a ranch and at lumber mills near Kalispell. On June 26, 1918, he married Bernadette LeCuyer in Havre. They took over the family homestead in 1928. Bernadette died in 1933. Ervin kept himself busy with the farm work and raising three children. On Oct. 20, 1959 he married Ella Grayson in Marshtown, Iowa. They made their home in Rudyard in 1962, but Ervin continued to farm until 1971 when failing eyesight forced him to retire. Following a relatively short illness, Ervin died at the Liberty County Hospital in Chester on Sunday, Dec. 21. He was 86 years old. He had been a Rudyard school board member for many years and had been active in Farmer's Union. He was an active member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church. Ervin loved the Hi-Line area and the people here. His greatest love was agriculture: nothing pleased him more than driving a tractor, working with cattle, or bringing in the harvest. His favorite pastime was reading a good book.
Ervin is survived by his wife, Ella of Rudyard; two sons, Kenneth of Rudyard and Elmer of Shoshone, Idaho; one daughter, Mrs. Dale (Loyce) Lumsden of Havre; one brother, John of Great Falls; 9 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Ervin was preceded in death by his first wife, a brother, Clarence, and a sister, Hilda.
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Source for: George Grayson, 6 JAN 1908 - 15 JUN 1910
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Birth source: Place: S889Birth source: S41Residence source: Place: S3322Residence source: S36Date: DEC 2010
Death source: Place: S889Death source: S41
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Source for: Earl Melvin Grayson, 16 APR 1910 - 25 OCT 1979
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Birth source: Place: S889Birth source: S41Residence source: Place: S872Residence source: S36Date: DEC 2010
Death source: S41