Funeral services for Carl B. Sletteland, 67, who died at his home at Holmen Monday, October 4, were held in that village Thursday with burial in Halfway Creek cemetery, the Rev. H.C. Smeby officiating. Undertaker Ernest A Sletteland of Pigeon Falls, nephew of the deceased, had charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Sletteland was born January 29, 1870 in Dale, Syndefjord, Norway, son of Annaias and Bergetta Rising Sletteland. Employed a few years on a steamer plying between his home and the fjord and Bergen, he came to America at the age of 20 and joined his brother, Ben M. Sletteland at Pigeon Falls. He arrived at Pigeon Falls on September 4, 1890, and remained in that village 18 years, employed as clerk by the Peter Ekern Company.
On April 22, 1902, Mr. Sletteland married Miss Bertha Fredrickson of Onalaska. The ceremony was performed in LaCrosse by the Rev. E.O. Vik. They resided at Pigeon Falls six years and then moved, in 1908, to Holmen, where Carl was engaged in the mercantile business for 20 years. Until 1921, he was in partnership with Ben Mikkelson of Pigeon Falls, after whose death Mr. Sletteland assumed entire control of the business. He retired in 1928. Surviving the deceased are his wife; three children, Margaret, teacher at Prairie du Chien, Mrs. Chester Tolvstad of Holmen and Arthur, member of the Whitehall high school faculty; one granddaughter, and a sister, Mrs. Amanda Hofland, of Dale, Norway.
THE WHITEHALL TIMES - OCTOBER 14, 1937
Mr. Sletteland was born January 29, 1870 in Dale, Syndefjord, Norway, son of Annaias and Bergetta Rising Sletteland. Employed a few years on a steamer plying between his home and the fjord and Bergen, he came to America at the age of 20 and joined his brother, Ben M. Sletteland at Pigeon Falls. He arrived at Pigeon Falls on September 4, 1890, and remained in that village 18 years, employed as clerk by the Peter Ekern Company.
On April 22, 1902, Mr. Sletteland married Miss Bertha Fredrickson of Onalaska. The ceremony was performed in LaCrosse by the Rev. E.O. Vik. They resided at Pigeon Falls six years and then moved, in 1908, to Holmen, where Carl was engaged in the mercantile business for 20 years. Until 1921, he was in partnership with Ben Mikkelson of Pigeon Falls, after whose death Mr. Sletteland assumed entire control of the business. He retired in 1928. Surviving the deceased are his wife; three children, Margaret, teacher at Prairie du Chien, Mrs. Chester Tolvstad of Holmen and Arthur, member of the Whitehall high school faculty; one granddaughter, and a sister, Mrs. Amanda Hofland, of Dale, Norway.
THE WHITEHALL TIMES - OCTOBER 14, 1937
Funeral services for Carl B. Sletteland, 67, who died at his home at Holmen Monday, October 4, were held in that village Thursday with burial in Halfway Creek cemetery, the Rev. H.C. Smeby officiating. Undertaker Ernest A Sletteland of Pigeon Falls, nephew of the deceased, had charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Sletteland was born January 29, 1870 in Dale, Syndefjord, Norway, son of Annaias and Bergetta Rising Sletteland. Employed a few years on a steamer plying between his home and the fjord and Bergen, he came to America at the age of 20 and joined his brother, Ben M. Sletteland at Pigeon Falls. He arrived at Pigeon Falls on September 4, 1890, and remained in that village 18 years, employed as clerk by the Peter Ekern Company.
On April 22, 1902, Mr. Sletteland married Miss Bertha Fredrickson of Onalaska. The ceremony was performed in LaCrosse by the Rev. E.O. Vik. They resided at Pigeon Falls six years and then moved, in 1908, to Holmen, where Carl was engaged in the mercantile business for 20 years. Until 1921, he was in partnership with Ben Mikkelson of Pigeon Falls, after whose death Mr. Sletteland assumed entire control of the business. He retired in 1928. Surviving the deceased are his wife; three children, Margaret, teacher at Prairie du Chien, Mrs. Chester Tolvstad of Holmen and Arthur, member of the Whitehall high school faculty; one granddaughter, and a sister, Mrs. Amanda Hofland, of Dale, Norway.
THE WHITEHALL TIMES - OCTOBER 14, 1937
Mr. Sletteland was born January 29, 1870 in Dale, Syndefjord, Norway, son of Annaias and Bergetta Rising Sletteland. Employed a few years on a steamer plying between his home and the fjord and Bergen, he came to America at the age of 20 and joined his brother, Ben M. Sletteland at Pigeon Falls. He arrived at Pigeon Falls on September 4, 1890, and remained in that village 18 years, employed as clerk by the Peter Ekern Company.
On April 22, 1902, Mr. Sletteland married Miss Bertha Fredrickson of Onalaska. The ceremony was performed in LaCrosse by the Rev. E.O. Vik. They resided at Pigeon Falls six years and then moved, in 1908, to Holmen, where Carl was engaged in the mercantile business for 20 years. Until 1921, he was in partnership with Ben Mikkelson of Pigeon Falls, after whose death Mr. Sletteland assumed entire control of the business. He retired in 1928. Surviving the deceased are his wife; three children, Margaret, teacher at Prairie du Chien, Mrs. Chester Tolvstad of Holmen and Arthur, member of the Whitehall high school faculty; one granddaughter, and a sister, Mrs. Amanda Hofland, of Dale, Norway.
THE WHITEHALL TIMES - OCTOBER 14, 1937
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