Alfred Skjeret Obituary:
Funeral Today At 2 For Alfred Skjeret
Alfred Skjeret, 69, of rural Dazey died early March 11 at his home. The funeral will be this afternoon at 2 in St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Walum, the Rev. S. S. Urberg officiating.
Mr. Skjeret was born July 18, 1893 at Trondheim, Norway, and came to Moorhead, Minn., in 1913. He married Helen Jonasen May 26, 1923.
He moved to Karnak in 1916, and farmed there until 1930, when the family moved to the farm just south of Walum in Barnes county where they have lived ever since. He farmed land in both Barnes and Griggs counties.
Mr. Skjeret was a veteran of World War I.
Besides his wife, he is survived by three sons and four daughters, Mrs. Glenn (Audrey) Ouren, Mrs. Gilman (Vivian) Goplen, Alfred Jr., Leon, Mrs. Barton (Myrna) Thompson, Connie, and Loren ; Fourteen grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Andrew (Nina) Torgerson; and a brother, Magnus.
Military rites will be by Mervin J. Armstrong Post 113, the American Legion of Hannaford. Quam Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Music by Mrs. Glen Broten, organist, Gerald Fogderud, Richard Johnson, Harry Haugen, Martin Haugen, quartet, and Martin Haugen, soloist.
Pallbearers: Lloyd Campbell, Claude Freer, Conrad Fogderud, Carl J.L. Haugen, Alvin Johnson, Vernon Wogsland.
Honorary Pallbearers: A.C. Brown, Carl Heyerdahl, Edwin Everson, Sig Romsaas, O.H. Hoffman, Christ Grinager, A.P. Nelson, and Lewis Trelstad. (Submitted by G Thompson)
Roster of the Men and Women Who Served in the Army or Naval Service (Including the Marine Corps) of the United States or its Allies from the State of North Dakota in the World War, 1917-1918 Volume 4 Rich to Zygmond
Name: Alfred Meier Skjeret
Army #: 2,788,503
Registrant: yes, Griggs county
Birth Place: Trondhjem, Norway
Birth Date: 18 Jul 1893
Parent's Origin: declarant citizen
Occupation: farmer
Comment: inducted at Cooperstown on May 24, 1918; sent to Camp Lewis, Wash.; served in Company D, 144th Machine Gun Battalion, to Oct. 15, 1918; Machine Gun Company, 125th Infantry, to discharge; overseas from Aug. 11, 1918, to May 18, 1919. Engagement: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on May 26, 1919, as a Private.
Funeral Today At 2 For Alfred Skjeret
Alfred Skjeret, 69, of rural Dazey died early March 11 at his home. The funeral will be this afternoon at 2 in St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Walum, the Rev. S. S. Urberg officiating.
Mr. Skjeret was born July 18, 1893 at Trondheim, Norway, and came to Moorhead, Minn., in 1913. He married Helen Jonasen May 26, 1923.
He moved to Karnak in 1916, and farmed there until 1930, when the family moved to the farm just south of Walum in Barnes county where they have lived ever since. He farmed land in both Barnes and Griggs counties.
Mr. Skjeret was a veteran of World War I.
Besides his wife, he is survived by three sons and four daughters, Mrs. Glenn (Audrey) Ouren, Mrs. Gilman (Vivian) Goplen, Alfred Jr., Leon, Mrs. Barton (Myrna) Thompson, Connie, and Loren ; Fourteen grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Andrew (Nina) Torgerson; and a brother, Magnus.
Military rites will be by Mervin J. Armstrong Post 113, the American Legion of Hannaford. Quam Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Music by Mrs. Glen Broten, organist, Gerald Fogderud, Richard Johnson, Harry Haugen, Martin Haugen, quartet, and Martin Haugen, soloist.
Pallbearers: Lloyd Campbell, Claude Freer, Conrad Fogderud, Carl J.L. Haugen, Alvin Johnson, Vernon Wogsland.
Honorary Pallbearers: A.C. Brown, Carl Heyerdahl, Edwin Everson, Sig Romsaas, O.H. Hoffman, Christ Grinager, A.P. Nelson, and Lewis Trelstad. (Submitted by G Thompson)
Roster of the Men and Women Who Served in the Army or Naval Service (Including the Marine Corps) of the United States or its Allies from the State of North Dakota in the World War, 1917-1918 Volume 4 Rich to Zygmond
Name: Alfred Meier Skjeret
Army #: 2,788,503
Registrant: yes, Griggs county
Birth Place: Trondhjem, Norway
Birth Date: 18 Jul 1893
Parent's Origin: declarant citizen
Occupation: farmer
Comment: inducted at Cooperstown on May 24, 1918; sent to Camp Lewis, Wash.; served in Company D, 144th Machine Gun Battalion, to Oct. 15, 1918; Machine Gun Company, 125th Infantry, to discharge; overseas from Aug. 11, 1918, to May 18, 1919. Engagement: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on May 26, 1919, as a Private.
Alfred Skjeret Obituary:
Funeral Today At 2 For Alfred Skjeret
Alfred Skjeret, 69, of rural Dazey died early March 11 at his home. The funeral will be this afternoon at 2 in St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Walum, the Rev. S. S. Urberg officiating.
Mr. Skjeret was born July 18, 1893 at Trondheim, Norway, and came to Moorhead, Minn., in 1913. He married Helen Jonasen May 26, 1923.
He moved to Karnak in 1916, and farmed there until 1930, when the family moved to the farm just south of Walum in Barnes county where they have lived ever since. He farmed land in both Barnes and Griggs counties.
Mr. Skjeret was a veteran of World War I.
Besides his wife, he is survived by three sons and four daughters, Mrs. Glenn (Audrey) Ouren, Mrs. Gilman (Vivian) Goplen, Alfred Jr., Leon, Mrs. Barton (Myrna) Thompson, Connie, and Loren ; Fourteen grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Andrew (Nina) Torgerson; and a brother, Magnus.
Military rites will be by Mervin J. Armstrong Post 113, the American Legion of Hannaford. Quam Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Music by Mrs. Glen Broten, organist, Gerald Fogderud, Richard Johnson, Harry Haugen, Martin Haugen, quartet, and Martin Haugen, soloist.
Pallbearers: Lloyd Campbell, Claude Freer, Conrad Fogderud, Carl J.L. Haugen, Alvin Johnson, Vernon Wogsland.
Honorary Pallbearers: A.C. Brown, Carl Heyerdahl, Edwin Everson, Sig Romsaas, O.H. Hoffman, Christ Grinager, A.P. Nelson, and Lewis Trelstad. (Submitted by G Thompson)
Roster of the Men and Women Who Served in the Army or Naval Service (Including the Marine Corps) of the United States or its Allies from the State of North Dakota in the World War, 1917-1918 Volume 4 Rich to Zygmond
Name: Alfred Meier Skjeret
Army #: 2,788,503
Registrant: yes, Griggs county
Birth Place: Trondhjem, Norway
Birth Date: 18 Jul 1893
Parent's Origin: declarant citizen
Occupation: farmer
Comment: inducted at Cooperstown on May 24, 1918; sent to Camp Lewis, Wash.; served in Company D, 144th Machine Gun Battalion, to Oct. 15, 1918; Machine Gun Company, 125th Infantry, to discharge; overseas from Aug. 11, 1918, to May 18, 1919. Engagement: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on May 26, 1919, as a Private.
Funeral Today At 2 For Alfred Skjeret
Alfred Skjeret, 69, of rural Dazey died early March 11 at his home. The funeral will be this afternoon at 2 in St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Walum, the Rev. S. S. Urberg officiating.
Mr. Skjeret was born July 18, 1893 at Trondheim, Norway, and came to Moorhead, Minn., in 1913. He married Helen Jonasen May 26, 1923.
He moved to Karnak in 1916, and farmed there until 1930, when the family moved to the farm just south of Walum in Barnes county where they have lived ever since. He farmed land in both Barnes and Griggs counties.
Mr. Skjeret was a veteran of World War I.
Besides his wife, he is survived by three sons and four daughters, Mrs. Glenn (Audrey) Ouren, Mrs. Gilman (Vivian) Goplen, Alfred Jr., Leon, Mrs. Barton (Myrna) Thompson, Connie, and Loren ; Fourteen grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Andrew (Nina) Torgerson; and a brother, Magnus.
Military rites will be by Mervin J. Armstrong Post 113, the American Legion of Hannaford. Quam Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Music by Mrs. Glen Broten, organist, Gerald Fogderud, Richard Johnson, Harry Haugen, Martin Haugen, quartet, and Martin Haugen, soloist.
Pallbearers: Lloyd Campbell, Claude Freer, Conrad Fogderud, Carl J.L. Haugen, Alvin Johnson, Vernon Wogsland.
Honorary Pallbearers: A.C. Brown, Carl Heyerdahl, Edwin Everson, Sig Romsaas, O.H. Hoffman, Christ Grinager, A.P. Nelson, and Lewis Trelstad. (Submitted by G Thompson)
Roster of the Men and Women Who Served in the Army or Naval Service (Including the Marine Corps) of the United States or its Allies from the State of North Dakota in the World War, 1917-1918 Volume 4 Rich to Zygmond
Name: Alfred Meier Skjeret
Army #: 2,788,503
Registrant: yes, Griggs county
Birth Place: Trondhjem, Norway
Birth Date: 18 Jul 1893
Parent's Origin: declarant citizen
Occupation: farmer
Comment: inducted at Cooperstown on May 24, 1918; sent to Camp Lewis, Wash.; served in Company D, 144th Machine Gun Battalion, to Oct. 15, 1918; Machine Gun Company, 125th Infantry, to discharge; overseas from Aug. 11, 1918, to May 18, 1919. Engagement: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on May 26, 1919, as a Private.
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