He was the son of Jergon Abelseth and Anna Hatlevik. He survived the sinking of the Titanic (1912). He later married to Anna Grinde. They had three children: George, Helen and Mae.
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The Bismark Tribune
12 Dec 1980
Hettinger - Ole Abelseth, 94, Hettinger, a survivor of the sinking of the oceanliner Titanic, died Dec. 4 in a Hettinger hospital.
Services for Mr. Abelseth were held Monday at Hettinger Lutheran Church, with burial at the Glendo Cemetery, rural Ralph, S.D.
It was April 14, 1912, that the Titanic went down and 1,517 persons died. A brother-in-law and a cousin of Mr. Abelseth's were among those lost. Returning from Norway where he had been visiting family and friends after an absence of nine years, he was among the 690 people who survived the tragedy.
He had been born. June 10, 1886, in a small fishing village, Aalesund, Norway. In 1908, he came to the United States, and with his brother, Hans, homesteaded in Perkins County, S.D. After the fateful trip on the Titanic, he wandered for several months, to Canada, Indianapolis and Montana, trying to put the incident behind him.
Finally, in 1913, he settled down in Perkins County and ranched there until retiring to Reeder in 1946. He then stayed for a while in Washington state before moving to Hettinger. His wife, the former Anna Grinde, was 100 when she died in 1978.
He is survived by a son, George, Ralph; two daughters, Helen a. Locey, Mill Valley, Calif., and May Omodt, Sandpoint, Idaho; eight grandchildren; and seven great-drandchildren.
A memorial fund to purchase reference books has been established at the Minnie Erlandson Library in Hettinger.
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The Bismark Tribune
12 Dec 1980
Hettinger - Ole Abelseth, 94, Hettinger, a survivor of the sinking of the oceanliner Titanic, died Dec. 4 in a Hettinger hospital.
Services for Mr. Abelseth were held Monday at Hettinger Lutheran Church, with burial at the Glendo Cemetery, rural Ralph, S.D.
It was April 14, 1912, that the Titanic went down and 1,517 persons died. A brother-in-law and a cousin of Mr. Abelseth's were among those lost. Returning from Norway where he had been visiting family and friends after an absence of nine years, he was among the 690 people who survived the tragedy.
He had been born. June 10, 1886, in a small fishing village, Aalesund, Norway. In 1908, he came to the United States, and with his brother, Hans, homesteaded in Perkins County, S.D. After the fateful trip on the Titanic, he wandered for several months, to Canada, Indianapolis and Montana, trying to put the incident behind him.
Finally, in 1913, he settled down in Perkins County and ranched there until retiring to Reeder in 1946. He then stayed for a while in Washington state before moving to Hettinger. His wife, the former Anna Grinde, was 100 when she died in 1978.
He is survived by a son, George, Ralph; two daughters, Helen a. Locey, Mill Valley, Calif., and May Omodt, Sandpoint, Idaho; eight grandchildren; and seven great-drandchildren.
A memorial fund to purchase reference books has been established at the Minnie Erlandson Library in Hettinger.
He was the son of Jergon Abelseth and Anna Hatlevik. He survived the sinking of the Titanic (1912). He later married to Anna Grinde. They had three children: George, Helen and Mae.
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The Bismark Tribune
12 Dec 1980
Hettinger - Ole Abelseth, 94, Hettinger, a survivor of the sinking of the oceanliner Titanic, died Dec. 4 in a Hettinger hospital.
Services for Mr. Abelseth were held Monday at Hettinger Lutheran Church, with burial at the Glendo Cemetery, rural Ralph, S.D.
It was April 14, 1912, that the Titanic went down and 1,517 persons died. A brother-in-law and a cousin of Mr. Abelseth's were among those lost. Returning from Norway where he had been visiting family and friends after an absence of nine years, he was among the 690 people who survived the tragedy.
He had been born. June 10, 1886, in a small fishing village, Aalesund, Norway. In 1908, he came to the United States, and with his brother, Hans, homesteaded in Perkins County, S.D. After the fateful trip on the Titanic, he wandered for several months, to Canada, Indianapolis and Montana, trying to put the incident behind him.
Finally, in 1913, he settled down in Perkins County and ranched there until retiring to Reeder in 1946. He then stayed for a while in Washington state before moving to Hettinger. His wife, the former Anna Grinde, was 100 when she died in 1978.
He is survived by a son, George, Ralph; two daughters, Helen a. Locey, Mill Valley, Calif., and May Omodt, Sandpoint, Idaho; eight grandchildren; and seven great-drandchildren.
A memorial fund to purchase reference books has been established at the Minnie Erlandson Library in Hettinger.
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The Bismark Tribune
12 Dec 1980
Hettinger - Ole Abelseth, 94, Hettinger, a survivor of the sinking of the oceanliner Titanic, died Dec. 4 in a Hettinger hospital.
Services for Mr. Abelseth were held Monday at Hettinger Lutheran Church, with burial at the Glendo Cemetery, rural Ralph, S.D.
It was April 14, 1912, that the Titanic went down and 1,517 persons died. A brother-in-law and a cousin of Mr. Abelseth's were among those lost. Returning from Norway where he had been visiting family and friends after an absence of nine years, he was among the 690 people who survived the tragedy.
He had been born. June 10, 1886, in a small fishing village, Aalesund, Norway. In 1908, he came to the United States, and with his brother, Hans, homesteaded in Perkins County, S.D. After the fateful trip on the Titanic, he wandered for several months, to Canada, Indianapolis and Montana, trying to put the incident behind him.
Finally, in 1913, he settled down in Perkins County and ranched there until retiring to Reeder in 1946. He then stayed for a while in Washington state before moving to Hettinger. His wife, the former Anna Grinde, was 100 when she died in 1978.
He is survived by a son, George, Ralph; two daughters, Helen a. Locey, Mill Valley, Calif., and May Omodt, Sandpoint, Idaho; eight grandchildren; and seven great-drandchildren.
A memorial fund to purchase reference books has been established at the Minnie Erlandson Library in Hettinger.
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