| Summary: | came to North Dakota in 1906, with her parents and in 1908, they settled south of Glenfield. Miss Posey taught school for several years. She was the postmaster at Glenfield for 46 years and served as the correspondent for the Foster County Independent for about 60 years. Both of her grandfathers served in the Civil War. Miss Posey now resides in Jamestown. Henry Ravndal Henry Ravndal, son of Arne and Jorena Lura Ravndal, was born on a farm in Juanita, N.D. He moved to Glenfield in 1979. He had one brother, Jasper, and three sisters, Elsie Rusth, Klamath Falls, Ore.; Agnes Green, California; and Mrs. Bud (Lillian) Cline, Wyoming. Andrew I. and Janna (Vatne) Sharpe Back row left to right: Andrew, Ira, Bernice, Janna. Front: Stella and Doris Sharpe. Andrew I. Sharpe (Ole Andreas Skjerpe) was born to Iver and Helene Grosfield Skjerpe on Nov. 26, 1886, in Heskestad, Norway, the fourth son in a family of seven children. At the age of 16, after his confirmation, he followed the path of three elder brothers and emigrated to America, coming to the home of his father's brother, his uncle Martin Ueland, in Griggs County in 1903. Here he attended public school and then was graduated from Aaker's Business College in 1907. He first worked as a bookkeeper and stenographer for R.S. Lunde in Cooperstown and then became manager of the Shepard Farmers Elevator, south of town, where he stayed from 1910-1923. He moved to Glenfield in 1923, where he owned and operated the Glenfield Grain Company until 1931. Following that he then managed the ' Peavey Elevator and Lumber Yard until 1957. Having also dealt in insurance all through his grain-buying days, he started his own Glenfield Insurance Company until 1967. He died in Carrington in January 1968. He married a native Griggs County girl, Janna Vatne, daughter of Tonnes and Bertha Watne Vatne, at her home southeast of Cooperstown, Oct. 9, 1910. Four children were born to them: Ira, deceased; Bernice Alfson, Binford; Doris Bronaugh, deceased; and Stella Cooley, Anchorage, Alaska. There are 16 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren. When the family moved to Glenfield, they became members of the then Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church. Mrs. Sharpe was an active member of the Ladies Aid, the Royal Neighbors, and the Glenfield Homemakers. Known for her kindness and warm hospitality, she opened their home to many from the stranded traveler in the early days to the school teacher who needed "a home away from home" for the school term. Mrs. Sharpe passed away in January 1961. Always a man of vision and civic leader, Andrew Sharpe was instrumental in establishing an early road that passed through Cooperstown and Glenfield as State Highway No. 7 (now 200), during the 1920s. He helped organize the Tri-County Electric Co., in 1937, serving as its president for six years and as director for 25. He was a member of the House of Representatives in the State Legislature from 1939-1945. He served on the township board for 16 years and the school board for 15. He was a member of the American Lutheran Church, of the Masonic Order (Master of the Cooperstown Lodge in 1932), the Shrine, the Elks, and the Modern Woodmen of America. Ira Sharpe Ira Sharpe Ira Harold Sharpe (Ike) was born to Andrew I. and Janna Sharpe on May 15, 1911, in Cooperstown, the eldest and only son in a family of four children. The family lived in Shepard and Ira attended the Shepard School (Bald Hill No. 1) from 1917 until 1923. The family moved to Glenfield in 1923, where his father owned and operated the Glenfield Grain Company, which later became the Peavey Elevator Co. The Glenfield School at that time provided for grades one through 11, so Ira attended his senior year in Cooperstown. He was graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1927, and attended St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., for two years. As a young man, Ira played baseball on the Glenfield team and continued his love of sports throughout his life. Ira devoted most of his adult life to the grain business. He first worked for his father in the Glenfield Grain Company, then worked for the Fargo Seed and Feed Company before managing elevators at Bremmen and at Karnak. His work was interrupted in 1942, when he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served in the South Pacific theatre during World War II for three years. When he returned from service he worked for the Minot Farmers Union Elevator until becoming manager of the Garrison Farmers Union Elevator in 1947. In 1957, the Minot Farmers Union Elevator No. 2, was built and Ira became its manager. He continued in that position until his retirement in 1977. He died in Minot in February 1982. He married Margaret Monagin in Minot, May 24, 1942. There are three children: Katherine Richards, now of Berkeley, Calif.; Jane Haddad (Michael) of Plantation, Fla.; and Susan Sharpe/Dovichi (Norman) of Edmonton, Alberta. There are four grandchildren. -179- Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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