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Stevens Point Daily Journal - March 9, 1961 
Phillip P. Wrolstad

Phillip P. Wrolstad
Funeral services for Phillip Palmer Wrolstad, 53, Pickerel (Langlade County), will be held at the Northland Lutheran Church at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, with the Rev. Harold Naig officiating. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call at the Voie Funeral Home, Iola, from 2 p.m. Friday until 11 a.m. Saturday, and from noon until the time of the services at the church.

Mr. Wrolstad, a former resident of the Town of New Hope and the Northland area, died late Tuesday afternoon at Langlade Memorial Hospital at Antigo. He had been ill for two and a half years and a patient at the hospital for two weeks. Born in New Hope on Sept. 18, 1907, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wrolstad. His father at one time operated the store at Peru in New Hope.

As a young man, Mr. Wrolstad moved to Milwaukee where he lived for many years. He was a machine operator for the A. O. Smith Co. About 10 months ago, he moved to Pickerel, where he had a summer cottage.

Mr. Wrolstad was married in Milwaukee on July 11, 1936 to the former Eleanore Strelow, who survives.

Other survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Ken (Phylis) McBride and Mrs. Tony (Edythe) Hank, Milwaukee; two grandchildren: three brothers. Julian and Oliver, Iola. and Vernon, Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Tony (Margaret) Peterson, Town of Harrison (Waupaca County).

Stevens Point Daily Journal - March 13, 1961 
Phillip P. Wrolstad

 
Rites For Mr. Wrolstad
The Rev. Harold Naig conducted funeral services Saturday afternoon at the Northland Lutheran Church for Phillip P. Wrolstad, of Pickerel (Langlade County).

Mr. Wrolstad, 53, a former resident of the Town of New Hope and the Northland area, died last Tuesday afternoon at an Antigo hospital. Pallbearers for the funeral were Harold and Roger Peterson, Everett Aasen, Charles Olson, Donald Carter and Earl Dobbe.

Burial was made in the parish cemetery at Northland.

Attending the rites were Mr. Wrolstad's mother, Mrs. Oscar Wrolstad. who lives at Northland, members of his immediate family, and other relatives and friends from Milwaukee and the Scandinavia, Iola, Rosholt, Nelsonville and Northland areas.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - September 14, 1966
Mrs. Oscar Wrolstad (Emma Dobbe)

 
Mrs. Oscar Wrolstad, 85, Route 1, Iola, died unexpectedly Tuesday evening at the Waupaca County Hospital at Weyauwega.

The former Ida Dobbe was born June 9, 1881, in the Town of Alban, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Dobbe. She grew up in the Rosholt area
and on July 10, 1901, was married to Oscar Wrolstad at the Alban Lutheran Church.

The couple settled in Peru, where Mr. Wrolstad started and operated the Peru general store. The couple later moved to Northland, where they
made their home. After Mr. Wrolstad's death several years ago, Mrs. Wrolstad continued to make her home in Northland, until entering the
Waupaca County hospital a year and a half ago.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Northland Lutheran Church, with burial to follow in the parish cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Friday until 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Voie Funeral Home, Iola, and from noon Saturday until the time of services at the church.

Mrs. Wrolstad is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Tony (Margaret) Peterson, Route 1, Iola; three sons, Julian and Oliver, both of Route 1, Iola. and Vernon, Seattle, Wash.; one brother, Oliver Dobbe, Rosholt; three sisters, Mrs. Oscar (Olga) Thompson, Eau Claire, Mrs. O. C. (Josie) Olson, Route 2, Iola, and Mrs. Perry (Alma) Carter. Rosholt; 10 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - June  7, 1975
Mrs. Henry Wrolstad (Gladys Dobbe)


Mrs. Henry Wrolstad, 64, Route 1, Iola, unexpectedly died at home Friday morning.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Northland Lutheran Church. The Rev. Paul Rooning will officiate. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call after 3 p.m. Sunday at the Vote Funeral Home, Iola. The former Gladys Dobbe was born Aug. 30, 1910, in the Town of Alban, a
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ole P. Dobbe. She lived in the Iola area most of her life, but she was married in Waukegan, III, to Henry Wrolstad on April 13, 1932.

Survivors include her husband; five sisters, Mrs. Eliza Olson, Rosholt, Mrs. Dora James, Wittenberg, Mrs. Felix (Mae) Johnson. Gowen, Mich., and Mrs. Helmer (Florence) Loken and Mrs. Norrin (Emelia) Johnson, both of Route 1, Iola; and four brothers, Edward and A.P. Dobbe, both of Rosholt, Lester, Wittenberg, and Roy, Mercer. She was preceded in death by one son, Jerome, who died in 1964, and by her parents, two brothers and one sister.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - March 8, 1976
Henry Wrolstad

Henry Wrolstad, 71, Route 1, Iola, was found dead Saturday after an apparent suicide at his home.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m, Tuesday at Northland Lutheran Church. The Rev. Paul Rooning will officiate. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call today at the Vole Funeral Home,. Iola, Mr. Wrolstad was born Nov. 15, 1904, in the Town of Harrison, Waupaca County, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wrolstad. He married Gladys Dobbe on April 13,1332, in Waukegan, Ill. He was a farmer and a logger.

Survivors include one brother, John E., Sunland, Calif., and three sisters, Mrs. Viola Brown, Sunland, Calif., Mrs. Leona Bergman, Tujunga, Calif., and Mrs. Rudy Meyer, 1317 College Ave. His wife died last June. One son and two brothers also preceded him in death.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - February 9, 1960
Ole K. Olson

Ole K. Olson, 71, died at 2:30 this morning at his home in the Town of Iola (Waupaca County). Death was attributed to a heart attack.

The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hans Olson, he was born in Hitterdal, Norway, on June 3, 1888. In 1893, he came to the United States with his parents, who settled in the Iola area.

He was married at the Northland Lutheran Church on Dec. 20, 1916, to the former Alma Helgeson.

His wife survives, along with five daughters. Mrs. Jerome (Ihla) Liebe. Iola. Mrs. Ralph (Genevieve) Wheelan, Anoka, Minn., Mrs. Russell (Burnette) Herman and Mrs. Werner (Janice) Wathke, Janesville, and Miss Diane Olson, Milwaukee; a son, Hanford, Iola; two brothers. Andrew and Thomas Olson. Iola; four sisters, Mrs. Thora Swenson, Wabeno, Mrs. Marie Larson and Mrs. Clara Peterson, Iola, and Mrs. Irvin (Helma) Crandall, and 21 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Northland Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Harold Naig officiating, and burial will take place in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call at the Voie Funeral Home in Iola from 3 p.m. Thursday until noon Friday.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - May  22, 1961
Mrs. Ole K. Olson (Alma)

Mrs. Ole K. Olson
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Northland Lutheran Church for Mrs. Ole K. Olson, 66, Town of Iola (Waupaca County), who died Saturday at 11:30 a. m.

Her death occurred at the Iola Hospital, where she had been a patient for about two weeks.

She was the former Alma Helgeson. daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.John Helgeson. Her marriage took place on Dec. 20, 1916. Mrs. Olson's husband preceded her in death. She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Jerome (Ihla) Liebe, Iola, Mrs. Ralph (Geneva) Wheelan,
Coon Rapids, Minn., Mrs. Russell (Burnette) Hermanson and Mrs. Warner (Janice) Wathke, Janesville, and Mrs. Wilham (Diane) Thoma, Manawa: a son, Hanford, Iola, and 23 grandchildren.

The Rev. Harold Naig will officiate at the funeral, and burial will take place in the Northland Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call at the Voie Funeral Home, Iola.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - December 9, 1957
Emory Wogsland
 
Emory Wogsland
An Iola area resident until recently Emory Wogsland, 42, died suddenly last Saturday afternoon at his home in Wittenberg.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Northland Lutheran Church, of which he was a member. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call at the Voie Funeral Home in Iola from Tuesday noon until Wednesday noon, and afterward at the church.

Mr. Wogsland was born in the Town of Harrison (Waupaca County) Jan. 30, 1915, a son of the late Henry Wogsland and Mrs. Wogsland, who now lives
in Appleton.

He was married at Hitterdal to the former Evelyn Wolberg Aug. 25, 1938, They lived in the Iola vicinity until moving to Wittenberg two and one half years ago. Surviving, besides his wife and mother, are five children, Shirley, Sharon. Judith, Stephen and Connie Say, all at home; three brothers, Harry and Willard, Green Bay, and Norris, who lives with the mother in Appleton; and a sister, Mrs. Theodore Langdok, Town of Iola (Waupaca County).

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - October  5, 1956
Mrs. Carl Moen

Mrs., Carl Moen, a lifelong resident of the Town of Iola (Waupaca County), died Thursday at 12:15 p.m. at the
Iola Hospital. She was 79 years old.

Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Northland Lutheran Church, with the Rev, A. D. Halvorson officiating, and burial will follow in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call at the Voie Funeral Home in Iola from Sunday noon to Monday noon, when the body will be taken to the church.


Mrs. Moen was born July 26, 1877, in the Town of Iola, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Erick Wogsland. Her marriage to Mr. Moen took place
July 10, 1892, at Northland.

Her husband died in 1947. She had been in ill health for the last several years.

Survivors include a son, Hanford, Town of Iola four brothers, Adolph Wogsland, Iola, Eddie, Amherst Junction, Carl Shawano, and Harry, Hollywood, Calif., and a sister, Miss Emma Wogsland.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - September 10, 1971
Irving Wogsland

Irving Wogsland, 60, Route 1, Iola, died at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Homme Home for the Aged in Wittenberg. He had been at the home since March and had been ill for several years.

Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Northland Lutheran Church. The Rev. Paul Ronning will officiate. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call today at the Voie Funeral Home, Iola.Mr. Wogsland was born March 7, 1911, in the Town of Iola, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wogsland. He resided there most of his life and worked as a farmer.

He married Verna Bestul on Oct. 18, 1941, in Rosholt and she is among survivors.

Other survivors include two sons, the Rev, John Wogsland, Waubay, S.D., and Sherman Wogsland, Route 1, Iola; one grandchild; one brother, Leonard, Scandinavia, and one sister, Mrs. Norman (Ihla) Sorenson, Iola.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - March 1, 1976
Emma Annette Wogsland

Emma Annette Wogsland, 91, a former Nelsonville resident, died Sunday at her niece's family home in the Town of Oconomowoc, Waukesha County.
She had been living with Mr. and Mrs. Byron (Lorraine) Peterson.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Northland Lutheran Church. The Rev. Paul C. Ronning will officiate. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the Notbohm Funeral Home, Oconomowoc, and from 11 a.m. until time of services Tuesday at the church.

Miss Wogsland was born Oct. 11,1884, in Northland, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Erik Wogsland. She was a domestic worker, living in Nelsonville for 20 years before moving to the Town of Oconomowoc about four months ago.

Survivors include nieces and nephews. Two brothers and six sisters preceded her in death.

NOTE: Error in obituary Obit states two brothers and six sisters Should be six brothers and two sisters

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - August 13, 1960
Mrs. Edith Wogsland

Mrs. Edith Wogsland, 73, of Iola, died at 5:15 a.m. today at St. Michael’s Hospital, She entered the hospital as a patient last Sunday. Funeral arrangements are being made at the Voie Funeral Home at Iola,

Stevens Point Daily Journal - August 15, 1960
Edith Wogsland

Mrs. Wogstand's Rites Set.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday at the Northland Lutheran Church for Mrs. Edith Wogsland, 73, of Iola. who died Saturday at 4:30 a.m. at St. Michael's Hospital.

The Rev. Harold Naig will officiate at the services and burial will be made in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call at the Voie Funeral Home at Iola until noon on Tuesday, when the body will be taken to the church.

Mrs. Wogsland the former Edith Omit, was born Oct. 29, 1886, at Nelsonville, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nels Omit. She was married on Oct. 28, 1909, at Rosholt. to Henry Wogsland. and they fanned in the Town of Harrison (Waupaca County) for many years. Mr. Wogsland died in September 1947.

Mrs. Wogsland is survived by three sons, Norris, of Iola, and Willard and Harry, of Green Bay, and by a daughter, Mrs. Martin (Ruby) Langdok,. of the Town of Iola (Waupaca County).

She was preceded in death by her husband and a son Emery, who died in December 1957.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal = August 16, 1956
Sam A. Johnson


Sam Albert Johnson, 77, of the Town of
Harrison (Waupaca County) died at 2 a,, m. Wednesday at Riverside Community Hospital, Waupaca, following a two-year illness.

The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Northland Lutheran Church. with the Rev. H. P. Walker officiating, and burial will follow In the parish cemetery. The body is at the Voie Funeral Home in Iola.

Mr. Johnson was born in the Town of Iola Feb. 10, 1879, and spent most of his life farming in the Town of Harrison. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Severt Johnson.

In November, 1911, he was married to the former Gertie Lonnem, who survives.

Also surviving are six daughters, Mrs. Harold Ahlberg and Mrs. Tony Leonardi, Chicago, Miss Myrtle Johnson, at home, Mrs. Ellsworth Hanson, Waupaca. and Mrs., Daniel Stallman and Mrs. Dominick Accorsi, Melrose Park, Ill, and four sons, Melvin Town of Harrison, James, Scandinavia,
Sam Jr., Amherst Junction, and Edwin, Chicago.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal- June 22, 1959
Edwin A. Johnson

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Northland Lutheran Church for Edwin Arnold Johnson, 38, Chicago, a native of Iola.

Mr. Johnson died Saturday at Chicago after an illness of two weeks. The body is at the Voie Funeral Home at Iola, where friends may call from noon on Tuesday until noon on Wednesday, when the body will be taken to the Northland Church.

Mr. Johnson was born at Iola on March 23, 1921, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johnson. He lived at Chicago for the past 14 years.

He is survived by his mother, who lives at Northland; his wife, the former Alpha Hansen, whom he married on June 1, 1946; a daughter, Carole Ann, at home; three brothers, Melvin, Northland, James, Scandinavia, and Sam, Amherst Junction, and six sisters, Mrs. Harold Allberg and Mrs. Tony Leonardi, Chicago, Miss Myrtle Johnson, Northland, Mrs. Ellsworth Hansen, Waupaca, Mrs. Daniel Stallman, Franklin Park, Ill., and Mrs. Dominic Accorsi, Melrose Park, Ill.

The Rev. Karel Lunde will officiate at the funeral services and burial will be made in the parish cemetery.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - April 9, 1985
Mrs. Gertie Johnson

Mrs. Gertie Johnson
Services for Mrs. Gertie Johnson, 99, who died Sunday at the Iola Nursing Home, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Northland Lutheran Church. The Rev. Paul Ronning will officiate. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Voie Funeral Home in Iola. Mrs. Johnson was born Oct. 30, 1885, in Stenjer, Norway, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lonnom.

She came to the United States at age 25 when she moved to Waubay, S.D. She resided in the Iola area from 1911 until the time of her death. She was married to Albert Johnson on Nov. 18, 1911. He died Aug. 15, 1966.

Mrs. Johnson is survived by three sons, Melvin, Iola, James, Scandinavia, and Sam, Amherst Junction; six daughters, Mrs. Lawrence (Elvina) Krogwold, Amherst, Mrs. Anthony (Clara) Leanardi, Chicago, Mrs. Daniel (Arlene) Stallman, Rosell, Ill., Mrs. Dorothy Accorsi, Elgin, Ill, Mrs. Ellsworth (Violet) Hansen, Waupaca, and Myrtle Johnson, Weyauwega; 30 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one son, two brothers and two sisters

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Melvin Johnson

Melvin Johnson, 90, Iola, brother of a Stevens Point man, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004, at
Riverside Medical Center in Waupaca.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Northland Lutheran Church. Burial will be in the Northland Lutheran Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Voie Funeral Home in Iola.

Mr. Johnson was born on Dec. 23, 1913, in Iola, a son of the late Sam and Gertie (Lonnem) Johnson.

He was married to Ruby Helgeson on Feb. 1, 1938, in Chicago. She died Aug. 1, 1989.

He was a stockroom worker for Four Wheel Drive Corp. in Clintonville.

Survivors include one daughter, Judy (Bob) Uttecht, Wittenberg; one son, Lowell (Linda), Tigerton; two brothers, Sam (Edna), Stevens Point, and James (Grace), Appleton; four sisters, Elvina Krogwold, Amherst, Clara (Tony) Leonardi and Arlene Stallman, both of Chicago, Ill., and Dorothy Accorsi of Elgin, Ill.; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, WI December 20, 1976
Mrs. Sophia Wrolstad


Mrs. Sophia Wrolstad died at 5 30 p m Sunday at Bethany Home, Waupaca, where she had been a resident since 1970. She would have been 99 on Christmas Day.

Mrs. Wrolstad was a former teacher, and she and her late husband, J Lorin Wrolstad, operated a general store at Northland Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:30 pm at the Northland Lutheran Church, with the Rev Paul Ronning, the pastor, and the Rev A S Petersen, chaplain at Bethany, officiating. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call at the Voie Funeral Home, Iola, after 3 pm Wednesday. Mrs. Wrolstad was born at Scandinavia Dec 25, 1887, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Jacobson.

She attended public school in Scandinavia and the old Scandinavia Academy.

She was a public school teacher in the Towns of Harrison and Scandinavia, Waupaca County, and was a clerk at the old E C Leean Furniture Store in Scandinavia.

Her marriage to Mr. Wrolstad was on Nov 30, 1905, at Scandinavia, and together they operated the store at Northland.

Mrs. Wrolstad was a charter member of the Northland Lutheran Church. Her husband died Jan 24,1937

Surviving are two sons, Russell, Marshfield, and Vernon, Bemidji, Mn., three daughters, Mrs. John (Evelyn) Chellevold, Waverly, Iowa, Mrs. ER (Flossie) Oligney, Iola, and Mrs. Frank (Belva) Hanna Rosholt, 11 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. John (Elvina) Berge, Missoula, Mont

Ten brothers and sisters preceded her in death.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, WI January 27, 1937
John Lorin Wrolstad


John Lorin Wrolstad, 58, postmaster and general merchant at Northland, Waupaca county, and active in the lumbering industry for many years, died suddenly Sunday morning at 7:30 o'clock at his home. He had been ill for only two or three days.

A lifelong resident of the Northland vicinity, Mr. Wrolstad was born there on August 4, 1878, a son of the late John Olson Wrolstad and Mathea Mortenson Nyfloti. He was graduated from the Loberg school at Northland and from a two-year commercial course at Scandinavia academy on June 12, 1896. He was confirmed in the
New Hope church on July 16, 1893, by Rev. Mr. Eidahl. When he was 15 he moved with his parents to Scandinavia.

Following his graduation from the academy, Mr. Wrolstad was employed in the Nels Johnson store at Iola for a period of year. For the past 35 years he had conducted his own general merchandise business at Northland along with his lumbering interests. He served as the Northland postmaster continuously for about the past 15 years and intermittently for a period of years prior to that time.

His marriage to Sophia Jacobson took place on Thanksgiving day, November 30, 1905. They were the parents of five children, all of whom survive. They are Russell Wrolstad of Curtiss, Mrs. John (Evelyn) Chellevoid of Waverly, Iowa, Vernon Wrolstad of Emmons, Minnesota, Mrs. Ellsworth (Florence) Oligney of Stevens Point and Belva Wrolstad, a student at Warturg college at Waverly, Iowa. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Nels (Sina) Johnson of Fremont and Mrs. E. H. (Mabel) Westgore of Genoa City; two brothers, Alfred and Martin Wrolstad of Northland, and two grandchildren, Terrence Lorin Oligney and Thomas Loren Wrolstad. He was preceded in death by six brothers and sisters. His father died in 1907 and his mother passed away in 1910.

Mr. Wrolstad was chairman of the town of Harrison, Waupaca county was treasurer for a period of years and was school clerk. He had held directorships in the Central Wisconsin college at Scandinavia and the Scandinavia Telephone company and was a member of the county board.

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Northland church. Burial will follow in the Northland cemetery.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, WI - April 3, 1974
Frank G. Hanna

Frank G. Hanna, 65, in education for 36 years and a coach and teacher at Rosholt for 27 years, was pronounced dead on arrival at 12:20 am today at St. Michael's Hospital.

Mr. Hanna, a social studies teacher, had been active in community affairs, particularly in the operation of the Wisconsin Lions Camp near Rosholt.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Northland Lutheran Church, rural Iola. The Rev. Paul Ronning will officiate. Burial, with a military graveside ceremony by Nelson-Kaminski Post No. 509, American Legion, Rosholt, will be in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call after 3 p.m. Thursday at the Voie Funeral Home, Iola. Mr. Hanna was born April 15, 1908, in Colfax, Iowa, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Hanna. He graduated from the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, in 1935. He earned his masters degree from Colorado State University, Greeley, in 1952.

He taught for nine years in Iowa and moved to Rosholt and began teaching there 27 years ago. He retired in August 1972. Mr. Hanna enlisted in the United States Navy and served with the Seabees in the northern Pacific during World War II. He was discharged in August 1943.

His marriage to Belva Wrolstad was on Nov. 25, 1943, in Newton, Iowa. Mr. Hanna was a member of the Rosholt Lions Club. He worked at the
Wisconsin Lions Camp near Rosholt for 12 years and was camp director for 10 years. He was a member of the American Legion and Portage County Voiture 831, 40 et 8.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, David, at home, James, Wausau; four brothers, Mark Hanna, Paramount, Calif., and Roy, George and Norman, Colfax, Iowa, and three sisters, Mrs. George (Kathryn) Rinker and Mrs. Michael (Carolyn) Marcsisak, both of Colfax, and Mrs. Al (Esther) Hindman, Newton, Iowa, Preceding Mr. Hanna in death were one sister and one infant brother.

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Portage County Gazette - Stevens Point, WI
Belva A. Hanna

Belva A. Hanna, 85, Rosholt, died Friday, March 1, 2002, at North Crest in Stevens Point.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Northland Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Daniel Somers officiating. Burial will be in Northland Lutheran Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Voie Funeral Home in Iola.

Mrs. Hanna was born Nov. 21, 1916, in Northland, a daughter of the late John and Sophia (Jacobson) Wrolstad. She graduated from Scandinavia High School and then Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, in 1939.

She taught high school English in Iowa from 1939 to 1944 before moving back to Rosholt. She was a part-time teacher at Rosholt High School.

She was married to Frank Hanna on Nov. 25, 1943, at Peace Lutheran Church in Newton, Iowa. He died April 3, 1974.

She was the Sunday School superintendent and teacher at the Northland Lutheran Church and a member of the Northland Church Women.

She was a charter member of the Nelson-Kaminski Post of the American Legion Auxiliary and a member of 55 years.

She worked as a library aide at the Rosholt Village Library and spent the summer months as a volunteer at the Wisconsin Lions Camp at Rosholt.

Survivors include one son, David, Stevens Point; one brother, Vernon Wrolstad, Bemidji, Minn.; and one granddaughter.

She was also preceded in death by one son, James; one brother, Russell Wrolstad; and two sisters, Florence Oligney and Evelyn Chellevold.