OLE K. ESPESETH
Funeral services for the Rev. O. K. Espeseth, 70, pastor of Lutheran churches
in this city and nearby charges for 32 years, who died suddenly Wednesday
afternoon, will be held Saturday afternoon. He was stricken with a heart attack
as he was giving a Lenten sermon over Radio Station, WOMT, and was dead upon
arrival at the hospital.
Flowing private services at 1:30 p.m. at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral
home, in charge of the Rev. Ernest Zoerb of the First Lutheran church, there will
be services at 2:30 at Our Saviors Lutheran church at Valdes, in charge of the
Rev. Walter Gigstad of Pulaski, Wis. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
The sudden death of the pastor was a severe shock to his widow and family. He had
eaten dinner as usual yesterday noon and after bidding Mrs. Espeseth goodbye drove
away in his car to give the Lenten sermon. His last word to Mrs. Espeseth was a
request that she listen in to report how his voice came over the air.
She said today she had the radio tuned in and heard her husband give the opening
sentence of his talk, when there was silence and a moment later a station announce-
ment that the program could not be continued. The telephone rang soon after and
she was advised that Rev. Espeseth had been stricken.
The Rev. Espeseth was born at Valders, Norway, in 1869 and came to America with
his parents in 1882. The family settled near Erskine, Polk county, Minnesota.
After he was graduated from high school he attended Valparaiso university and was
graduated with the degrees of bachelor of science and bachelor of arts. He attended
Augsburg seminary at Minneapolis and was graduated from the Chicago Lutheran
seminary of Maywood, Ill., with the degree of bachelor of Divinity.
He was pastor of the Moreland Lutheran church of Chicago from 1899 to 1907. He
married Miss Anna Olson July 11, 1903.
Rev. Espeseth accepted a call from Manitowoc and outlying congregations in July,
1907. These included charges at Valders, Sandy Bay and Kewaunee. He served St.
Paul’s Lutheran church here for 21 years and since 1928 has served the three other
congregations only.
Survivors are the widow; three daughters, Irene, a member of the Lincoln high school
faculty, Constance of the MicKinley school faculty and Aphile, a teacher in the high
school at Litchfield, Ill.; two brothers, Knut of Rosseau, Minn., Halvor of Bagley,
Minn.; three sisters, Ingeberg of Fergus Falls, Minn., Mrs. Anna Duncanson of Byron,
Minn., and Mrs. O. T. Rovang of Erskine, Minn.
The body may be viewed at the funeral home from Friday noon until the hour of services
Saturday. The casket will not be opened at the church.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 15, 1940 P. 2
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[Ole K. Rev./d. 02-14-1940/age 70 yrs./cause: coronary thrombosis]
Funeral services for the Rev. O. K. Espeseth, 70, pastor of Lutheran churches
in this city and nearby charges for 32 years, who died suddenly Wednesday
afternoon, will be held Saturday afternoon. He was stricken with a heart attack
as he was giving a Lenten sermon over Radio Station, WOMT, and was dead upon
arrival at the hospital.
Flowing private services at 1:30 p.m. at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral
home, in charge of the Rev. Ernest Zoerb of the First Lutheran church, there will
be services at 2:30 at Our Saviors Lutheran church at Valdes, in charge of the
Rev. Walter Gigstad of Pulaski, Wis. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
The sudden death of the pastor was a severe shock to his widow and family. He had
eaten dinner as usual yesterday noon and after bidding Mrs. Espeseth goodbye drove
away in his car to give the Lenten sermon. His last word to Mrs. Espeseth was a
request that she listen in to report how his voice came over the air.
She said today she had the radio tuned in and heard her husband give the opening
sentence of his talk, when there was silence and a moment later a station announce-
ment that the program could not be continued. The telephone rang soon after and
she was advised that Rev. Espeseth had been stricken.
The Rev. Espeseth was born at Valders, Norway, in 1869 and came to America with
his parents in 1882. The family settled near Erskine, Polk county, Minnesota.
After he was graduated from high school he attended Valparaiso university and was
graduated with the degrees of bachelor of science and bachelor of arts. He attended
Augsburg seminary at Minneapolis and was graduated from the Chicago Lutheran
seminary of Maywood, Ill., with the degree of bachelor of Divinity.
He was pastor of the Moreland Lutheran church of Chicago from 1899 to 1907. He
married Miss Anna Olson July 11, 1903.
Rev. Espeseth accepted a call from Manitowoc and outlying congregations in July,
1907. These included charges at Valders, Sandy Bay and Kewaunee. He served St.
Paul’s Lutheran church here for 21 years and since 1928 has served the three other
congregations only.
Survivors are the widow; three daughters, Irene, a member of the Lincoln high school
faculty, Constance of the MicKinley school faculty and Aphile, a teacher in the high
school at Litchfield, Ill.; two brothers, Knut of Rosseau, Minn., Halvor of Bagley,
Minn.; three sisters, Ingeberg of Fergus Falls, Minn., Mrs. Anna Duncanson of Byron,
Minn., and Mrs. O. T. Rovang of Erskine, Minn.
The body may be viewed at the funeral home from Friday noon until the hour of services
Saturday. The casket will not be opened at the church.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 15, 1940 P. 2
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[Ole K. Rev./d. 02-14-1940/age 70 yrs./cause: coronary thrombosis]
OLE K. ESPESETH
Funeral services for the Rev. O. K. Espeseth, 70, pastor of Lutheran churches
in this city and nearby charges for 32 years, who died suddenly Wednesday
afternoon, will be held Saturday afternoon. He was stricken with a heart attack
as he was giving a Lenten sermon over Radio Station, WOMT, and was dead upon
arrival at the hospital.
Flowing private services at 1:30 p.m. at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral
home, in charge of the Rev. Ernest Zoerb of the First Lutheran church, there will
be services at 2:30 at Our Saviors Lutheran church at Valdes, in charge of the
Rev. Walter Gigstad of Pulaski, Wis. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
The sudden death of the pastor was a severe shock to his widow and family. He had
eaten dinner as usual yesterday noon and after bidding Mrs. Espeseth goodbye drove
away in his car to give the Lenten sermon. His last word to Mrs. Espeseth was a
request that she listen in to report how his voice came over the air.
She said today she had the radio tuned in and heard her husband give the opening
sentence of his talk, when there was silence and a moment later a station announce-
ment that the program could not be continued. The telephone rang soon after and
she was advised that Rev. Espeseth had been stricken.
The Rev. Espeseth was born at Valders, Norway, in 1869 and came to America with
his parents in 1882. The family settled near Erskine, Polk county, Minnesota.
After he was graduated from high school he attended Valparaiso university and was
graduated with the degrees of bachelor of science and bachelor of arts. He attended
Augsburg seminary at Minneapolis and was graduated from the Chicago Lutheran
seminary of Maywood, Ill., with the degree of bachelor of Divinity.
He was pastor of the Moreland Lutheran church of Chicago from 1899 to 1907. He
married Miss Anna Olson July 11, 1903.
Rev. Espeseth accepted a call from Manitowoc and outlying congregations in July,
1907. These included charges at Valders, Sandy Bay and Kewaunee. He served St.
Paul’s Lutheran church here for 21 years and since 1928 has served the three other
congregations only.
Survivors are the widow; three daughters, Irene, a member of the Lincoln high school
faculty, Constance of the MicKinley school faculty and Aphile, a teacher in the high
school at Litchfield, Ill.; two brothers, Knut of Rosseau, Minn., Halvor of Bagley,
Minn.; three sisters, Ingeberg of Fergus Falls, Minn., Mrs. Anna Duncanson of Byron,
Minn., and Mrs. O. T. Rovang of Erskine, Minn.
The body may be viewed at the funeral home from Friday noon until the hour of services
Saturday. The casket will not be opened at the church.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 15, 1940 P. 2
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[Ole K. Rev./d. 02-14-1940/age 70 yrs./cause: coronary thrombosis]
Funeral services for the Rev. O. K. Espeseth, 70, pastor of Lutheran churches
in this city and nearby charges for 32 years, who died suddenly Wednesday
afternoon, will be held Saturday afternoon. He was stricken with a heart attack
as he was giving a Lenten sermon over Radio Station, WOMT, and was dead upon
arrival at the hospital.
Flowing private services at 1:30 p.m. at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral
home, in charge of the Rev. Ernest Zoerb of the First Lutheran church, there will
be services at 2:30 at Our Saviors Lutheran church at Valdes, in charge of the
Rev. Walter Gigstad of Pulaski, Wis. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
The sudden death of the pastor was a severe shock to his widow and family. He had
eaten dinner as usual yesterday noon and after bidding Mrs. Espeseth goodbye drove
away in his car to give the Lenten sermon. His last word to Mrs. Espeseth was a
request that she listen in to report how his voice came over the air.
She said today she had the radio tuned in and heard her husband give the opening
sentence of his talk, when there was silence and a moment later a station announce-
ment that the program could not be continued. The telephone rang soon after and
she was advised that Rev. Espeseth had been stricken.
The Rev. Espeseth was born at Valders, Norway, in 1869 and came to America with
his parents in 1882. The family settled near Erskine, Polk county, Minnesota.
After he was graduated from high school he attended Valparaiso university and was
graduated with the degrees of bachelor of science and bachelor of arts. He attended
Augsburg seminary at Minneapolis and was graduated from the Chicago Lutheran
seminary of Maywood, Ill., with the degree of bachelor of Divinity.
He was pastor of the Moreland Lutheran church of Chicago from 1899 to 1907. He
married Miss Anna Olson July 11, 1903.
Rev. Espeseth accepted a call from Manitowoc and outlying congregations in July,
1907. These included charges at Valders, Sandy Bay and Kewaunee. He served St.
Paul’s Lutheran church here for 21 years and since 1928 has served the three other
congregations only.
Survivors are the widow; three daughters, Irene, a member of the Lincoln high school
faculty, Constance of the MicKinley school faculty and Aphile, a teacher in the high
school at Litchfield, Ill.; two brothers, Knut of Rosseau, Minn., Halvor of Bagley,
Minn.; three sisters, Ingeberg of Fergus Falls, Minn., Mrs. Anna Duncanson of Byron,
Minn., and Mrs. O. T. Rovang of Erskine, Minn.
The body may be viewed at the funeral home from Friday noon until the hour of services
Saturday. The casket will not be opened at the church.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 15, 1940 P. 2
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[Ole K. Rev./d. 02-14-1940/age 70 yrs./cause: coronary thrombosis]
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