John and Marie Torrison Aarestad, Sr.
John Aarestad Sr. of Cooperstown, and Marie Torrison Aarestad of rural McHenry, came to McHenry in 1922, living just north of the schoolhouse, and then moving to the Bostrom house in 1931, where their son John Jr. now resides.
John Sr., a farmer, a cattle buyer, and a real estate dealer, purchased the City Meat Market (still its trade name) from John Dierdorff in 1922. The meat market, established by John Gerhard in the early 1900's, was enlarged for a grocery store in 1930.
The Aarestads had four sons; Elton, born April 14, 1923; Burton, born March 3, 1925, did electrical work, mainly in Alaska, until retiring; John Jr., born September 1, 1930, worked for seven years in the City Meat Market for his father until becoming the owner in 1955; and Wesley, who passed away in 1942 at the age of 4.
Taken from the McHenry Centennial Book 1899-1999, McHenry, North Dakota
The funeral for Marie Aarestad, 84, McHenry, N.D., will be at 2 Tuesday in Our Savior's Lutheran Church, McHenry. Visitation will be from 11 to 9 Monday in Quam-Plaisted-Cushman Funeral Home, Cooperstown, N. D. She died Friday.
Marie Torrison was born January 23, 1903, near McHenry, where she grew up and attended school. She married John Aarestad July 20, 1922, in Binford, N.D. They farmed and operated a grocery and meat market business. He died in 1964.
She is survived by three sons, Elton, Forest Grove, Ore.; Burton, Fairbanks, Alaska; and John Jr., McHenry; three sisters and a brother, Olivia Miller, Fargo; Becky Lima, Cooperstown; Maybelle Miller, Binford; and Selmer Torrison, Warwick, N.D.; and three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Published in the Fargo Forum, Fargo, North Dakota, August 8, 1987.
John Aarestad Sr. of Cooperstown, and Marie Torrison Aarestad of rural McHenry, came to McHenry in 1922, living just north of the schoolhouse, and then moving to the Bostrom house in 1931, where their son John Jr. now resides.
John Sr., a farmer, a cattle buyer, and a real estate dealer, purchased the City Meat Market (still its trade name) from John Dierdorff in 1922. The meat market, established by John Gerhard in the early 1900's, was enlarged for a grocery store in 1930.
The Aarestads had four sons; Elton, born April 14, 1923; Burton, born March 3, 1925, did electrical work, mainly in Alaska, until retiring; John Jr., born September 1, 1930, worked for seven years in the City Meat Market for his father until becoming the owner in 1955; and Wesley, who passed away in 1942 at the age of 4.
Taken from the McHenry Centennial Book 1899-1999, McHenry, North Dakota
The funeral for Marie Aarestad, 84, McHenry, N.D., will be at 2 Tuesday in Our Savior's Lutheran Church, McHenry. Visitation will be from 11 to 9 Monday in Quam-Plaisted-Cushman Funeral Home, Cooperstown, N. D. She died Friday.
Marie Torrison was born January 23, 1903, near McHenry, where she grew up and attended school. She married John Aarestad July 20, 1922, in Binford, N.D. They farmed and operated a grocery and meat market business. He died in 1964.
She is survived by three sons, Elton, Forest Grove, Ore.; Burton, Fairbanks, Alaska; and John Jr., McHenry; three sisters and a brother, Olivia Miller, Fargo; Becky Lima, Cooperstown; Maybelle Miller, Binford; and Selmer Torrison, Warwick, N.D.; and three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Published in the Fargo Forum, Fargo, North Dakota, August 8, 1987.
John and Marie Torrison Aarestad, Sr.
John Aarestad Sr. of Cooperstown, and Marie Torrison Aarestad of rural McHenry, came to McHenry in 1922, living just north of the schoolhouse, and then moving to the Bostrom house in 1931, where their son John Jr. now resides.
John Sr., a farmer, a cattle buyer, and a real estate dealer, purchased the City Meat Market (still its trade name) from John Dierdorff in 1922. The meat market, established by John Gerhard in the early 1900's, was enlarged for a grocery store in 1930.
The Aarestads had four sons; Elton, born April 14, 1923; Burton, born March 3, 1925, did electrical work, mainly in Alaska, until retiring; John Jr., born September 1, 1930, worked for seven years in the City Meat Market for his father until becoming the owner in 1955; and Wesley, who passed away in 1942 at the age of 4.
Taken from the McHenry Centennial Book 1899-1999, McHenry, North Dakota
The funeral for Marie Aarestad, 84, McHenry, N.D., will be at 2 Tuesday in Our Savior's Lutheran Church, McHenry. Visitation will be from 11 to 9 Monday in Quam-Plaisted-Cushman Funeral Home, Cooperstown, N. D. She died Friday.
Marie Torrison was born January 23, 1903, near McHenry, where she grew up and attended school. She married John Aarestad July 20, 1922, in Binford, N.D. They farmed and operated a grocery and meat market business. He died in 1964.
She is survived by three sons, Elton, Forest Grove, Ore.; Burton, Fairbanks, Alaska; and John Jr., McHenry; three sisters and a brother, Olivia Miller, Fargo; Becky Lima, Cooperstown; Maybelle Miller, Binford; and Selmer Torrison, Warwick, N.D.; and three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Published in the Fargo Forum, Fargo, North Dakota, August 8, 1987.
John Aarestad Sr. of Cooperstown, and Marie Torrison Aarestad of rural McHenry, came to McHenry in 1922, living just north of the schoolhouse, and then moving to the Bostrom house in 1931, where their son John Jr. now resides.
John Sr., a farmer, a cattle buyer, and a real estate dealer, purchased the City Meat Market (still its trade name) from John Dierdorff in 1922. The meat market, established by John Gerhard in the early 1900's, was enlarged for a grocery store in 1930.
The Aarestads had four sons; Elton, born April 14, 1923; Burton, born March 3, 1925, did electrical work, mainly in Alaska, until retiring; John Jr., born September 1, 1930, worked for seven years in the City Meat Market for his father until becoming the owner in 1955; and Wesley, who passed away in 1942 at the age of 4.
Taken from the McHenry Centennial Book 1899-1999, McHenry, North Dakota
The funeral for Marie Aarestad, 84, McHenry, N.D., will be at 2 Tuesday in Our Savior's Lutheran Church, McHenry. Visitation will be from 11 to 9 Monday in Quam-Plaisted-Cushman Funeral Home, Cooperstown, N. D. She died Friday.
Marie Torrison was born January 23, 1903, near McHenry, where she grew up and attended school. She married John Aarestad July 20, 1922, in Binford, N.D. They farmed and operated a grocery and meat market business. He died in 1964.
She is survived by three sons, Elton, Forest Grove, Ore.; Burton, Fairbanks, Alaska; and John Jr., McHenry; three sisters and a brother, Olivia Miller, Fargo; Becky Lima, Cooperstown; Maybelle Miller, Binford; and Selmer Torrison, Warwick, N.D.; and three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Published in the Fargo Forum, Fargo, North Dakota, August 8, 1987.
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