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- Bio: Olga Nygaard, 82, a resident of this area for 74 years, died Monday, July 3, 1989, at St. Luke's Hospital after a short illness. Funeral services were held Friday at Concordia Lutheran Church with Rev. Jerry Carlson officiating. Burial followed at Glenwood Lutheran Cemetery.
- Olga was born September 11, 1906, in Day County, Pierpont, SD, to Nels and Josephine Nelson. She came with her family to North Dakota in 1910 when they bought a farm in Upland Township, and attended her first year of school at Highland School #1.
- She went back to South Dakota with her family in 1919, but then returned to the Upland Township farm in 1922. In her earlier years, Olga had worked at various places and helped cook for threshers.
- On June 18, 1925, Olga was united in marriage to John Nygaard in Crosby. They moved to John's farm in Blooming Valley Township where they operated a diversified farm, including diary, poultry, and livestock. In the dairy operation Olga did most of the milking.
- They retired from farming in the early 1970s, moving to Crosby. John died February 25, 1983.
- Olga earned a reputation for excellence in knitting and crocheting. She made dozens of doilies and round table cloths over the past 20 years, giving many of them as gifts to her family and friends. She was an active member of Divide County Senior Citizens, a former member of Glenwood Lutheran Church and presently a member of Concordia Lutheran Church and its church women.
- Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. George (Julane) Haugland and Mrs. Elwood (Luella) Oien of Crosby, Mrs. Alan (Ethel) Spooner of Noonan, Mrs. Fred (Avis) Dissell of Center, and Irene Beasley of Louisville, GA; four sons, Julian, Vernon, Lloyd and John, all of Crosby; 30 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Alice Anseth of Crosby and Gladys Holler of Groton, SD; a brother, Lloyd of Milliken, CO; and several nieces and nephews.
- Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, a sister and an infant grandson.
- (Posted in The Journal in July 1989)
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