Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery
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Stevens Point Daily Journal - April 1, 1957
Edward S. Erickson

A resident of Scandinavia Village, Edward S. Erickson, 80, died Sunday at 6:30 p. m. at the Iola Hospital after a short illness.

Mr. Erickson was a resident of the Scandinavia area all his life farming in the Town of Scandinavia until moving to the village 20 years ago.

He was born in Scandinavia Feb. 4. 1877. a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ole Erickson. On July 23, 1907, he was married in Scandinavia to Annie Mork who survives.

Also surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Bobbe, Amherst, Mrs. Walter Snyder, Chicago, Mrs. Clifford Otterson, Scandinavia, and Mrs. George Radtke. Neenah; a granddaughter; four grandsons, and a niece. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Scandinavia Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Elmer R. Larson officiating, and burial will follow in the parish cemetery.

The body is at the Voie Funeral Home. Iola.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - June 7, 2005
Ruth Otterson


Ruth Otterson, 92, of Scandinavia died Saturday, June 4, 2005, at Riverside Medical Center in Waupaca.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at Scandinavia Lutheran Church. Burial is in Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation is from noon until the time of services today at the church. Voie Funeral Home of Iola is in charge of arrangements She was born March 25, 1913, in Scandinavia to the late Edward and Annie (Mork) Erickson.

Ruth was married to Clifford Otterson on July 19, 1952, in Scandinavia. He died on March 25, 1997.

She and her husband operated Otterson Keenway grocery store in Scandinavia.

Survivors include one son, Gary (Darlene) Otterson of Independence, Mo.; one stepson, Matthew (Elizabeth) Cusack of Northbrook, Ill; one stepdaughter, Joan Matz of Chicago; one sister, Lorretta Radtke of Neenah; two grandchildren; three step grandchildren; and eight step great-grandchildren.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - Date Unknown
Evelyn
I. Voight

Evelyn I. Voight, 92, Scandinavia, sister of a Stevens Point man, died Sunday, Aug. 25, 2002, at St. Michael's Hospital.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Scandinavia Lutheran Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the church until the services. Voie Funeral Home in Iola is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Voight was born Jan. 27, 1910, in the town of Scandinavia in Waupaca County, a daughter of the late Emil and Olga (Gurholt) Hotz. She was married to Raymond M. Voight on July 20, 1940, in Scandinavia. He died Dec. 14, 1971.

She taught at Iola-Scandinavia Elementary School.

Survivors include one brother, Gordon (Lorraine) Lewison, Stevens Point.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - December 15, 1971
Raymond Voight

The manager of the Scandinavia Telephone Co. for the past 15 years, Raymond M. Voight, 63, died at 11:35 a.m. Tuesday at St. Michael's Hospital. He had been ill for the past two months.

Funeral services are scheduled for 1:30 p. m. Friday at Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery The Rev. Arthur J. Reesenes will officiate. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Thursday at the Voie Funeral Home, Iola.

Mr. Voight was born April 3, 1908, in Tigerton, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Otto Voight He was raised in Tigerton and graduated from Oshkosh Normal School in 1935. He then worked for his lather in the building construction business for five years He later moved to Scandinavia and became manager of the telephone company. He married the former Evelyn Hotz on July 20, 1940, in Scandinavia and she is among survivors.

Other survivors include one sister, Mrs. Dale (Marcella) Schwertfeger, Oshkosh, and nieces and nephews.

Mr. Voight was the president of the Scandinavia Cemetery Association.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - September 3, 1963
Mrs. Olga Hotz


A life long resident of the Scandinavia area died Sunday at 11:45 a.m. at Iola Hospital after a brief illness. She was Mrs. Olga Hotz, 80, of .the Village of Scandinavia.

Friends may call at the Voie Funeral Home in Iola after 3 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Scandinavia Lutheran Church with the Rev. Eldon Person officiating. Mrs. Hotz was born in Scandinavia Aug. 23, 1883, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ole Gurholt.

On April 9, 1908, she married Emil A. Hotz at Scandinavia. They lived in the Village of Scandinavia since 1916. Mr. Hotz died in 1961.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Raymond (Evelyn) Voight, Scandinavia; one foster son, Gordon Lewison, Wisconsin Rapids; one brother, Otto Gurholt, Scandinavia; five grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal = April 17, 1961
Emil Hotz

Emil Hotz, Scandinavia, for many years secretary and treasurer of the Scandinavia Telephone Co., died at 8 o'clock Saturday morning at the Iola Hospital. Ill for two weeks, he had been a hospital patient 10 days.

Mr. Hotz, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hotz, was born in the Town of Scandinavia on Oct. 26, 1875.

As a young man, he was a rural school teacher, and later was a dairy farmer in the Scandinavia area. He moved to the Village of Scandinavia in 1916, and was manager of the Farm Produce Co. there for several years and secretary-treasurer of the Telephone Co. for 22 years. Mr. Hotz served on the Scandinavia town and village boards and the Scandinavia school board, and was a member of the Waupaca County Board.

His marriage to the former Olga Gurholt took place at Scandinavia on April 9, 1908.

He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Raymond (Evelyn) Voight, Scandinavia; a foster son, Gordon Lewison, Wisconsin Rapids; three grandchildren; two brothers, Henry, Fayetteville, Ark., and Oscar, Shawano. and a sister, Mrs. Louis (Florence) Olson, Watertown.

Mr. Hotz was a member of the Scandinavia Lutheran Church, where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. L. R. Jurgensen will officiate, and burial will take place in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call at the Voie Funeral Home, Iola, from 3 p.m. Tuesday until noon Wednesday. when the body will be taken to the church.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - January 20, 1955
Albert Trinrud


Funeral services for Albert Trinrud, 77, retired town of Scandinavia farmer, will be held Saturday at 2:30 p. m. at the Scandinavia Lutheran church, with Rev. Elmer R. Larson officiating. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call at the Swenson funeral home, Iola, after Friday noon. Mr. Trinrud died Wednesday morning at St. Michael's hospital. He had entered the hospital the night before.

He was born in the town of Scandinavia April 3. 1877. a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Trinrud, and spent all his life there with the exception of one year in Waupaca.

His marriage to the former Martha Sodersten, who preceded him in death, took place March 23. 1905.

Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Lynn Olson, Holman, Miss Eunice Trinrud, in California, Mrs. Sylvan Gurholt and Mrs. Delmar Gurholt, town of Scandinavia, and Mrs. Edwin Carr, Amherst Junction, and two sisters. Mrs. Amelia Bestul and Mrs. George Sheveland. village of Scandinavia,

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - November 16, 1939
Miss Phyllis Tobie

Miss Phyllis Tobie, 32, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Arthur Tobie of Scandinavia died this morning at 2 o’clock at the Perry Worden home in Amherst where she had been visiting. Her death was (illegible) asthma.

Stevens Point Daily Journal - November 20, 1939

Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Tobie Funeral Today

Funeral services for Phyllis Leone Tobie, 32 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tobie of Scandinavia, who died Thursday morning at 1:40 o'clock at the Perry Worden home at Amherst where she had been visiting, were held this afternoon. Rev. O O. Sovde conducted the services at 1:30 o'clock at the home, followed by services at the Scandinavia Lutheran church. Burial took place in the Scandinavia Lutheran church. Miss Tobie was born on May 23, 1907, at Amherst.

She had resided at the home of her parents and at the Worden home until three years ago. Since that time she had been employed in Chicago.
Surviving are her parents, a brother, Willard, and five sisters, Mrs. Orin (Marian) Dahlen, Mrs. Edwin (Ruth) Nelson and Emma, Prudence and
Ethel.

Miss Tobie had been ill for only a short time. An asthmatic condition which caused a heart attack is believed to have been the cause of her death.

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Newspaper and date unknown
James A. Johnson

James A. Johnson, 89, Appleton, brother of an Amherst woman, died Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at the Franciscan Care and Rehabilitation Center in Appleton.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Scandinavia Lutheran Church in Scandinavia. Burial will be in Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be at Voie Funeral Home in Iola from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday.

Mr. Johnson was born Sept. 26, 1915, in the town of Iola in Waupaca County, a son of the late Albert and Greta "Gertie" (Lonnem) Johnson. He was married to Grace Thompson on Dec. 6, 1938, in Dubuque, Iowa.

He worked at Foremost Dairies in Appleton until retirement.

Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Valerie (Steve) Smith, Appleton; two sons, DuWayne, Appleton and Gary, Ossing, N.Y.; four sisters, Elvina "Boots" Krogwold, Amherst, Clara (Anthony) Leonardi, Chicago, Ill., Arlene (Daniel) Stallman, Woodale, Ill., and Dorothy Accorsi, Elgin, Ill.; 14 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

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Newspaper and date unknown
Sam O. Johnson

Sam O. Johnson, 87, formerly of the town of New Hope, died Friday afternoon, July 30, 2004, at River Pines Center in Whiting.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Stevens Point, with the Rev. Mark Friedrich officiating. Burial will be at Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery in Scandinavia. Visitation will be at the Boston Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday and at the church from noon Monday until the services.

Mr. Johnson was born Dec. 29, 1916, in Iola, a son of the late Albert and Gertie (Lennon) Johnson. He attended schools there.
He was married to Edna T. Bortz on June 9, 1951.

He worked on the Raymond Murat farm from 1932 to 1946, on the Bill Krogwold farm from 1946 to 1968, and at the Multipak Box factory in Amherst from 1968 until 1974. From 1974 until retirement in 1981 he worked for the Green Bay and Western Railroad on the section crew.

He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, its Young at Heart Club and the railroad union.

Survivors include his wife; one son, David A. (Holly), Floyds Knobs, Ind.; one brother, James (Grace), Appleton; four sisters, Alvina Krogwold, Amherst, Clara Leanardi, Chicago, Ill., Arlene Stallman, Bartlett, Ill., and Dorothy Accorsi, Elgin, Ill.; and two grandsons.

He was also preceded in death by two sisters and two brothers.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - December 6, 1960
Mrs. Jacob Rosholt


Mrs. Jacob Rosholt of Iola died at 1:20 this morning at St. Michael's Hospital, where she had been a patient since last Friday. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Voie Funeral Home in Iola.

Stevens Point Daily Journal - December 7, 1960

Mrs. Rosholt's Funeral Set

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Iola, for Mrs. Jacob Rosholt Town of Scandinavia (Waupaca County), who died Tuesday at St. Michael's Hospital here. She had been in ill health for three years and a patient at the hospital for three days.

The Rev. Kenneth Roufs will officiate, and burial will follow in the parish cemetery.

Mrs. Rosholt the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Nueske. was born at Wittenberg on Nov. 13, 1888. Her marriage took place at Wittenberg on Jan. 20, 1916, and since then the couple had lived on a farm in the Town of Scandinavia.

Among Mrs. Rosholt's survivors are her husband: two sons, Jacob Jr., Anoka, Minn. and Robert. Milwaukee, and seven grandchildren. The body is at the Voie Funeral Home, Iola, where friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - August 25, 1966
Jacob Rosholt

A member of a distinguished pioneer Wisconsin family, Jacob Rosholt, 90, a life-long resident of the Town of Scandinavia, died Wednesday evening at Riverside Hospital in Waupaca, following a six-month illness.

Mr. Rosholt was the son of John G. Rosholt, a lumberman and sawmill operator who in 1885 settled in the community which is now named after him. Mr. Rosholt and three of his 3 sons, Carl, Jen and Milton, founded the State Bank of Rosholt in 1904.

Jacob Rosholt was born Aug. 15, 1876, in the Town of Scandinavia, where he grew up and later farmed on the family homestead for most of his life. Eleven years ago he moved to the village of Scandinavia, where he resided until entering Riverside Hospital several months ago. He married the former Kathryn Nueske at Wittenberg on Jan. 20, 1916. Mrs. Rosholt died in 1960.

Mr. Rosholt is survived by two sons, Jacob Jr., Iola, and Robert, Elko, Nev.; and a half-sister, Mrs. Mabel Lockery, Rosholt; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services for Mr. Rosholt are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Iola, with the Rev. Kenneth L. Roufs officiating. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 3 p.m. until noon Saturday at the Voie Funeral Home in Iola, and from noon until the time of the services at the church.

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Stevens Point Weekly Journal - March 6, 1915
Arve Gullikson


WAS OLD RESIDENT - Death of Arve Gullikson, Town of New Hope Pioneer.

Arve Gullikson, a. pioneer resident of the town of New Hope and father of G. A. Gullikson of this city, passed away at 9:30 o'clock last Thursday evening. Mr. Gullikson's health was very poor for about three years, due to hardening of the arteries, but the immediate cause of his death was pneumonia, which developed only about three days before,

Mr. Gullikson, though born in Norway, was a resident of the town of New Hope for fifty years, during all of which time he owned and conducted a farm. He was seventy-three years of age.

Surviving him are his widow and six children. G. A. Gnllikson, city; P. A., Rosholt: Carl, at home; Mrs. A. Berg, McIntosh, Minnesota; Mrs. Oscar A. Solvred, Thorpe, and Mrs. Roy Solvred, Waupaca. He also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Isaac Nelson of the town of Scandinavia, Waupaca county, and two in Norway.

Funeral services were conducted at the old home Tuesday at 12 o'clock noon by Rev. Nelson of Scandinavia. Burial was made at Scandinavia.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - February 27, 1924
Mrs. Arve Gullikson

Mrs. Arve Gullikson, long a resident of the town of New Hope and mother of G. A. Gullikson of Stevens Point, died at 6:30 o’clock Tuesday morning at the home of her son, Carl J. Gullikson in New Hope.

Mrs. Gullikson lived in New Hope since 1864 on the farm on which she died. Her husband passed away on February 25, 1915. Death was caused by the infirmities incident to old age. She had been in failing health for some time and her death, therefore, was not unexpected.

Mrs. Gullikson, whose maiden name was Johanna Margaretta Foss, was born in Skien, Norway, on May 8, 1840, and was therefore nearly 84 years of age at the time of her death. Coming to this country she settled with her husband on the farm in New Hope which has been the Gullikson homestead. It is situated on state highway No. 161 to Iola.

The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon at the home in New Hope, with burial to follow in the Lutheran cemetery in Scandinavia. All of the members of the Gullikson family here will attend the funeral.

There survive the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Arne N. Berg, McIntosh, Minn.; G. A. Gullikson, Stevens Point; P. A. Gullikson, Rosholt; C. J. Gullikson, New Hope; Mrs. O. A. Solvrud, Thorp, Wis.; Mrs. Ida Solvrud, Chippewa Falls. Twenty-nine grandchildren and several great grandchildren also
remain, together with three sisters and two brothers: Mrs. A. J. Peterson, Amherst; Mrs. Sorn Halverson, Iola; Mrs. George Jarmon, Los Angeles, Calif.; John and Peter Foss of Minneapolis.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal = June 18, 1935
Mrs. Carl J. Gullikson

Mrs. Carl J. Gullikson of the of town of New Hope died Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at her home following an illness of nine years. She suffered a stroke nine years ago and since that time had been an invalid. Last Sunday afternoon, she had another stroke.

Mrs. Gullikson, whose maiden name was Amelia Wimme, was born in New Hope 58 years ago. Surviving are her husband, who is a brother of G. A.
Gullikson of this city, and two sons. Arthur and Harry Gullikson, both, at home.

Funeral services will be held Monday noon at 12:30 o'clock at the Gullikson home In. New Hope, followed by services at the Iola Lutheran church. Interment will take place in the Scandinavia cemetery.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - October 11, 1969
Harry Gullikson

Harry M. Gullikson, 57, Town of New Hope, died at 9 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph's Hospital at Marshfield. He had been a patient there for the past five weeks, and was previously hospitalized for two weeks at Waupaca.

He was born in the Town of New Hope on Dec. 20, 1911, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Gullikson. He attended school in New Hope and in 1935 he married Julia Mork. They farmed in New Hope until 1960, when he began employment for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, Mr. Gullikson was a past director of the Wisconsin Farmers Union, and was a director of the Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives, president of the Portage County Farmers Union Co-op and a director of the Iola Farmers Co-op.

He is survived by his wife; a son Donald, at home, and a brother, Arthur Gullikson, 2718 Algoma St.

He was preceded in death by his parents. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at Our Savior's Lutheran Church at Iola.

Friends may call at the Voie Funeral Home at Iola after 3 p.m. on Tuesday.